Spotify rolls out Smart Filters for Premium in seven markets

Spotify began rolling out a new set of personalization tools called Smart Filters to Premium users on mobile and tablet devices in seven English speaking markets this week, offering ways to sort saved content by activity, mood or genre. The feature, available initially in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa, is part of a broader push to give listeners more control over what appears in their libraries and recommendations.

Smart Filters appear as an icon in the top left of the Your Library page. Tapping it brings up three categories Activities, Moods and Genres each with multiple subfilters such as Party, Yoga, Relaxing, Funky and decade or niche genre options. Selecting a filter reshuffles the library to surface matching artists, albums and playlists, and Spotify says the filters can also surface podcasts and audiobooks and in some cases launch a session with its AI DJ. The company said the rollout began last week and will continue over the coming weeks for eligible Premium subscribers.

Alongside Smart Filters, Spotify highlighted several other new playback and playlist management controls. Premium users can now snooze a...