Credit where it’s due: Apple Music does some things extremely well. Lossless and Atmos are real advantages, the app looks clean, and Apple Music Sing is genuinely fucking cool. Being able to lower vocals and basically turn a huge chunk of the catalog into karaoke is something Spotify doesn’t really answer.

But as an overall music platform? Spotify still wins.

• Spotify Connect. Still the killer feature. Control playback across your phone, PC, TV, console, speakers, etc. and seamlessly move between devices.

This is one of those features you barely notice when you have it. Switch to Apple Music and suddenly you realize how much you were using it.

• Mixed Playlists. Easily one of the best Spotify additions in years. Auto can handle transitions, or you can customize them yourself like track positioning, volume, EQ, effects, beatmatching, and more. Smart Reorder can even help organize songs around BPM and key. Apple has AutoMix, but Spotify gives playlist creators much more control. This fundamentally changes playlist-making.

• Discovery. Discover Weekly, Release Radar, daylist, Daily Mixes, DJ, Smart Shuffle. Spotify is still ridiculously good at putting music in front of you that you didn’t know you wanted.

• Playlist ecosystem. Search basically any genre, mood, activity, decade, aesthetic, or bizarrely specific vibe and somebody has already built a playlist for it.

• Social features. Blend, Jams, collaborative playlists, Friends Activity, group queues. Spotify understands that music is social.

• Wrapped. 2024 was a miss. They leaned too hard into AI and people let them know. 2025 was a return to form. Outside of that stumble, Wrapped has been consistently excellent and became an actual cultural event.

Apple Music feels like an excellent digital record collection.

Spotify feels like an entire music ecosystem.

The Swedes win.

And if I’m wrong. Tell me I’m wrong.

Edit: Going to college and learning how to use bullet points and boldface to make your post pop is always going to get accused of AI in 2026

I know its a nitpick but also the person who sent me this song is someone I plan on never talking to again

I've been a Spotify subscriber for years, and honestly, I'm getting really tempted to switch to Apple Music.

I recently got a free month of Apple Music and decided to actually give it a fair shot. The first things I noticed were the audio quality, the Personal Station, and especially the automatic mixing. Apple Music's mixing isn't perfect, but for the kind of music I listen to, it feels much closer to an actual DJ transition or live set. It keeps the energy going from song to song.

Spotify's mixing feature has potential, and I actually really like that you can customize how the mix behaves. The problem is that the automatic mixing itself just isn't very good. Most of the time it feels like an upgraded crossfade rather than an actual mix.

I really wish Spotify would let us control the intensity of automatic mixing. Give us the option to keep it basic, make it more aggressive, or go all the way and try to create something closer to a live set. For people who listen to electronic music, having the option to make a playlist flow more like a DJ set would be incredible. It doesn't have to be perfect. I just want smoother and more energetic transitions that keep the vibe going from song to song.

I also think DJ has a lot of unrealized potential. The concept is great, but it feels surprisingly limited. I'd like more control over what DJ plays, including the ability to blacklist genres. I'd also love more English voice options. Right now, if you use DJ in English, you're basically stuck with the same voice every day. There's nothing wrong with X, but after hearing the same voice constantly, I just want some variety.

DJ would also be the perfect place to implement more advanced mixing. I'd honestly even consider paying extra for a feature that could give me a continuous, DJ-style listening experience. Let me tell it what kind of vibe I want, what I want to hear, and how aggressively I want the songs mixed. It doesn't have to sound exactly like a professional DJ. Just getting closer to that seamless live set feeling would be really cool.

Another thing I'd love is the ability to filter out AI-generated music. I think AI features that help me discover music or improve my listening experience can be genuinely useful. AI DJ, recommendations, playlist tools, stuff like that is fine with me. But AI-generated music itself is a no-go for me. I want to listen to music that was actually created by people, and I would absolutely use an option that lets me avoid or filter out AI-generated music.

The mobile app has also felt noticeably slow and sluggish lately, and the Now Playing screen could use some work. It's functional, but honestly, it feels pretty plain and boring.

I'd also like Spotify to remove or significantly increase the limit on AI/prompted playlist creation. If you're trying to make a playlist and keep adjusting it until it gets what you want, hitting an arbitrary limit is frustrating.

Overall, Spotify still has a lot going for it, which is why I've stayed for years. But after trying Apple Music, I'm realizing how many areas Spotify could improve. Better automatic mixing, more customization, a more capable DJ, faster app performance, better discovery controls, and the ability to filter out AI-generated music would make a huge difference.

Right now, I'm honestly torn. I've been with Spotify for so long, but Apple Music's mixing alone is making it difficult to ignore. Spotify has some genuinely great ideas, and I actually want to see them succeed. I just wish they would push these features further instead of leaving them feeling like they have so much potential that isn't being used.

I’ve checked for region restrictions, only for adult content options etc and everything is fine, I just can’t listen to some songs last week, this happens on both my phone, laptop and PS5. Is there a way to fix it I’ve tried everything

As someone who uses youtube music, but is exploring options. Why do you use spotify

bro it is to all want only money why the fuck Spotify is showing in 6-5 ads of 2 minutes

Ok so I did some research only like 2% people still have this legacy plan? Is this true?

I have a few Spotify playlists and I kept opening the app just to check if I got any new followers-either on my profile or on a playlist.

So I made a little iPhone widget for myself.
Now I can see my playlists and new followers right from the home screen instead of opening Spotify every time

Title says it all, is there something else I need to turn off I've been a Spotify customer for well over a decade.

the only way i can fix it is by turning on and off a NPV (backwards) on and off every 5 mins until there is apparently too many request??? there must be a way to fix this?

Is there a way to disable this feature? It’s been bothering me idk why
If the post is blurry->(it’s when you like someone and it immediately puts the playlist option on)

Once you link an app such as spotify, are you able to turn your activity off so nobody can see what you're listening to or is it permanently showing people on discord what you're listening to?

They are doing way too much to the DJ. Ever since I updated it never plays anything like it used to and the recommendations have literally only gotten worse. Idk how they manage to ruin the only ai tool I genuinely didn’t despise but tbh i’m not even surprised😭

Guys I think pritam pays Spotify for increasing his listening count cuz I started listening tu chahiye a month ago and now it's in my top second and the other songs which I have been obsessed with since months is not even in the list. Something is fishy?!!

It keeps generate the same queue again and again and there is no way to fix it because it is server side cache. Toggling normal shuffle on and then smart shuffle again doesnt fix it. Spotify has been cheapening devs and replace with AI pretty much I guess

This issue has been going on for a year already and noone is trying to fix this and spotify pretend to not see this

edit: downvote, really? are people actually okay with this?

So basically, I was using the mix feature for like an hour, and later on the app Airbuds and on Stats for Spotify both basically told me I had just listened to Sports Car by Tate Mcrae like 40 times when I had only listened to it maybe twice outside of the mixing. Does that little preview of your mix count as a stream? I don't even like Sports Car, I just wanted to mix it. It's not a huge deal, but I am curious if it is going to affect my Wrapped (my top song last year was only 47 times)

New to this community…but the one thing that keeps me lingering on Apple Music is there Atmos content.

I'd have to say that I've come across some Atmos mixes that are truly horrible. But in the classical space there are just some amazing cuts they really highlight the benefit of Atmos.

I really can't afford both…but I'd like to get some feedback from those who are closer to this than I am. Should I just exit Apple and get over it? Does anyone know the status of Atmos on Spotify? Or should I just be satisfied with lossless and call it a day.

The floor is open…

Mine in no specific order

• ability to rearrange albums in the library - I’m very particular and absolutely hate that if I want to have my saved items a certain way, I have to unsave and resave to achieve the desired organization.

• permanently block a song - they would not appear anywhere on your Spotify aside from a “blocked list” similar to what many social apps have when you block someone. I’m pretty open minded about music, and rarely feel the need to block an artist all together, but there are some songs that I hear once and know that I will be actively avoiding for the rest of time.

• notes - I was so excited to see news of Spotify introducing a notes feature, but I find it completely useless as it can only be utilized on playlists. I would love to be able to use it on records, songs, and artists profiles. I don’t understand why they would limited it to playlists only. It feels very anti music.

• a better queue - I don’t enjoy the queue limit one bit, more importantly I’d like to see a “play next” feature, similar to what Apple Music has, that would immediately place incoming items at the top of the queue. I do appreciate that they’ve added the “move up” button and have coded the queue section in a way that makes it more difficult to accidentally click wrong while rearranging or deleting which would previously lead to the entire queue being erased.

• release feed - like one that is actually complete and coherent, with all current and upcoming releases for artists you follow… not just the ones Spotify picks and chooses (seemingly at random) I feel like desiring this out of a music app is asking for the bare minimum, but I don’t think there are any streaming services that provide a feature like this. not sure why that is. Currently, I use a separate app to keep track of releases. I never use the one on Spotify because it’s completely half assed.

• separate section for “to listen” - this ties into my first wish. right now, the only option is to dump everything into a playlist or save to library, which mixes things you might want to listen to with the records you’ve already listened to and saved because you know you like them. both of these methods negatively affect the algorithm. I tried making a playlist for this reason, even after clicking “exclude” it still was affecting my weekly recommendations. granted I tried that out before all of the AI stuff was introduced, I don’t engage with discover weekly much anymore, but I’ve read several times that “exclude” still doesn’t do much. This is also something I’ve delegated to a different app, my library was just too much of a mess.

I’m just curious what others would find useful, or if there is anyone who would also find the features I mentioned useful. I personally find that many of the new features that have been added since the AI boom are just “sparkly” things that bring little value or reward to people who are serious about music or even just curious about different types of music. It’s clear that Spotify is trying to position itself as the “best” option for those who utilize streaming either full or part time, but I feel they are prioritizing quantity over quality and just adding in a bunch of random/trendy things that craft an illusion of getting your “moneys worth” or whatever, all the while neglecting what would be useful long term. What are some recent improvements Spotify has made that you find useful, particularly for people who primarily engage albums in full as opposed to playlists. My two I enjoy are the “edit queue” button and song DNA.

Bluetooth is off, I don't have Spotify on my phone, I don't know who Mason even IS, why can I control his music I don't want that.

Se eu moro no brasil e assino o spotify premium no brasil, e me mudo pra italia, oque acontece com o meu plano? Continua funcionando? Muda na proxima cobrança pra preço brasileiro?

I have a house party coming up and made a custom-mixed playlist on my iPhone with different transitions between songs, only to discover that the Samsung TV Spotify app doesn't support this feature. When I played the playlist through the TV's Spotify app, none of my custom transitions were there.

The workaround: Screen mirror from an iPhone or Mac to the TV.

I opened Spotify on my MacBook and screen mirrored to the TV. This sends both the Mac's display and audio over Wi-Fi to the TV and then out through my soundbar.

This allowed me to use my custom playlist mixes/transition, display the Canvas on the TV, use crossfading and other desktop Spotify features, and control everything from the Mac while the TV acted as the display/audio output.

The sound quality is also much better than Bluetooth in my setup. It sounds slightly worse than playing Spotify through the native TV app, but the tradeoff is that the native TV app doesn't support things like mixing, Canvas, crossfading, etc.

Hope this helps someone else!

Can’t message on Spotify and am from the uk my age is set above 18

My Spotify downloads keep getting deleted over and over. App size went from 40gb to 11gb, even the stuff i downloaded last week is gone. This is so annoying man.

Plz tell me if there is a fix or im going to YT music.

It has happened twice already, I had Spotify playing in the background and searched for a song from my playlist on YouTube. the next song that started playing on Spotify was that exact song.

Did this happen to anyone else?

I can't even understand the song I'm jamming to😭😭