Smart Auto Playlists

Spotify Auto Playlist categorizes music based on user activities, creating personalized playlists that adapt to current moods and environments for a seamless and relevant listening experience.

Spotify

Auto Playlists

About:

People’s music tastes change with their activities and journey.

Spotify Auto Playlist is a project aimed at enhancing the listening experience by categorizing music based on user activities. By tagging songs with activities like driving, working out, or relaxing, the algorithm creates personalized playlists that adapt to the user’s current mood and environment, offering a seamless and relevant music experience.

Highlights:

  • Feature IDEA

  • Qualitative Research

  • Hi-Fidelity Protoype

Current Challenges

  • Focus Shift (Interviewee 3)
    “I hate changing songs in the middle of workout set. Like I’ll be going at 225 (lb) for 5 (reps) and I will be unable to push on the fourth rep because the song doesn’t match the vibe”

  • Retrieval of Songs (Interviewee 5)
    “At times I have to play multiple playlists one after the other because there are certain songs I like in each of them. For some reason I never have the energy or the patience to sit and find those songs and compile it in a playlist. I am sure most of these songs are added to that thumbs up (Liked Songs) playlist but again there are many in that. Half the time I am hitting next over and over again till I find a song I vibe with”

  • Exploring New Songs (Interviewee 2)
    “I bet one of the toughest tasks to accomplish is to find new songs to listen to. something which is not too different from the genre and vibe and is probably new. Its harder for me since I dont have a set of artists I follow and who even follows music news”

Research Insights

Listening to music is a background activity which is suppose to enhance the experience of the primary activity.

Research indicates that people listen to music in order to enjoy the task at hand. This task can range from casual reading to exercising to partying. Therefore it can be concluded that majority of times, the listener’s taste in music changes based on his/her activity being performed.

Proposed Solution

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Interaction Design

Step 1

Hold the ‘+’ icon

Step 2

Select an activity icon

Step 3

Sit back and relax

How does it help?

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