Music fans who don’t want to pay $9.99 per month for Spotify’s premium subscription will now have more features to choose from. The streaming music giant announced Tuesday that it will be releasing several new capabilities for its free music tier that will be launching for iOS and Android over the coming weeks.

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Among the biggest changes is the introduction of 15 new on-demand playlists that the company says will serve up music tailored to users’ personal taste. Listeners will be able to play any track within these playlists at any time, rather than having to wait for the app’s shuffle mode to choose the desired song.

In an effort to offer better music suggestions for non-paying listeners, Spotify also says it will ask users about which artists they like upon signing up for an account, and will then deliver playlists that match those choices. Spotify is also making it possible for users to “like” songs they enjoy and “hide” songs they don’t in order to improve its recommendations. A new Data Saver mode will optimize the app to use less data while streaming, a move that could make its service more appealing in areas with limited connectivity.

The update is also likely an attempt by Spotify to retain its lead in the streaming music space as Apple slowly encroaches. The company has 71 million paid subscribers while Apple Music now boasts 38 million members, which Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services, announced last month at South by Southwest according to multiplereports. Both The Wall Street Journaland Billboard recently reported in February that Apple’s streaming service, which doesn’t have a free tier, appears to be growing more quickly than Spotify.

Taken together, the features included in the update will ease up on the restrictions Spotify has imposed thus far in its free tier. Considering non-paying users can’t listen to music offline, don’t have access to play any track on demand, and can only use the skip button a limited number of times, the update will give those users a bit more control.

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In the depths of the Spotify app, a number of features have been discovered that the developers are apparently working on at the moment. Among them is a helpful feature that should especially please free users of the streaming service.

The new features were found and shown by Jane Manchun Wong, who is known to find previously unseen features in apps or services. In the past days she had discovered several new features in the app of the streaming service Spotify and showed them off on Twitter.

Especially interesting for the free Spotify users might be a hint to an offline function. In a future version of the app it could be possible that non-paying listeners will also be able to access downloaded songs for a limited period of time – currently shown is 30 minutes per day – without internet access.

Spotify is working on letting free users play offline for 30 minutes every day pic.twitter.com/q9Vn3tQOKD

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) September 5, 2020

A karaoke mode, which Wong discovered in the app, should also be very popular. As expected, it shows the lyrics of the song currently playing. Furthermore, the strength of the voices in the song should be adjustable. There are hints that this feature works in iPhone, iPad and also Mac.

Spotify is working on Karaoke Mode

the vocal level is adjustable pic.twitter.com/apeIlETAQs

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) September 7, 2020

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Spotify: New feature for podcasts and playlists

For Spotify’s podcast listeners, the developers are also apparently working on the possibility of saving specific episodes. This allows you to create a simple list of favorites, which is helpful if you want to remember a certain podcast, for example.

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Spotify is working on “Your Episodes” for saving your favorite podcast episodes pic.twitter.com/Zv0xgOA8Ev

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— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) September 5, 2020

A feature that seems unusual at first glance is an «auto-refresh» of playlists. The exact idea behind the feature, which apparently can be activated for any playlist, is unknown so far. However, the description suggests that Spotify automatically adds new songs to a given playlist and updates them regularly. Songs that you have added manually will not be touched.

Spotify is working on “Auto-refresh” for playlists,

noting when enabled, the playlist will automatically refresh w/ new songs pic.twitter.com/n9LoLWBPbo

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) September 5, 2020

Jane Manchun Wong has discovered several other features in Spotify that have not yet been presented. These include a redesigned mode for use in the car, for example, where the buttons have been enlarged for safer operation while driving.

With all these hints, however, it must be noted that the features have not yet been finalized. So it may well be that Spotify decides to change or completely scratch the mentioned features.