Spotify AI DJ adds typed requests and Spanish support

Spotify expanded its AI DJ feature on Wednesday, giving Premium subscribers the ability to type music requests, submit requests in Spanish to the platform’s Spanish-language DJ, and choose from three personalized prompt suggestions to shape listening sessions. The updates, available in English and Spanish across more than 60 markets, follow earlier additions this year that allowed users to make voice requests to the AI DJ.

The typed-request option addresses a frequent user complaint about the voice-only interface. Spotify said text input was the most requested feature and that adding it would make the DJ more convenient for commuters and listeners in quiet or crowded settings. Users can now combine genre, mood, artist, or activity in a single request, and the DJ will respond to either typed or spoken prompts. Spotify recommended accessing the feature by searching for DJ in the app, pressing play on the DJ playlist, and tapping the DJ button in the bottom-right corner to issue a request.

The addition of Spanish request support brings parity between the platform’s English and Spanish AI DJs. Spotify’s Spanish-language persona, called DJ Livi, will accept both voice and text...