- Spotify rolls new features for his library with podcasts, which brings you closer to the shows you love
- This includes a new following feed on the homepage that groups all the podcasts you follow
- There is also a new feature that helps you discover new shows that Spotify has been criticized for missing previously
Spotify has introduced a small slurry of new podcast features, all designed to increase the presence of his library with audio and videocasts to the same level as its music catalog – the most notable new addition is a new following feed.
Yesterday, the platform announced the new features of a blog post, and even though they are smaller additions to Spotify’s interface, they play their role in bringing you closer to the podcasts you love while helping you discover your next favorite show. They also give creators an upper hand, with Spotify adding ‘It gives them new ways to reach even more audiences across the globe’.
The new features are already starting to roll out to users and are widely available, with the exception of one that Spotify says will be ‘rolled globally in the coming weeks’. So if you are an avid podcast fan or at least you are trying to be, these are the three new tools to test out.
1. New podcasts after feed
The most important podcast feature in the three is the new following feed, a dedicated space for shows you are already following. It puts them all in a place on the Spotify website so you can stay on top of new episodes and releases from the creators you listen to most.
When you go to the Spotify start page and use the podcasts filter at the top of the screen, it now shows an extended postpan that you can activate. From there, all the latest episodes from the podcast you follow appear. It’s simple and easily accessible.
2. Podcast -recommendations in your home feed
In addition to bringing you closer to your favorite makers who have doubled on their podcast discovery features. The other new feature is a recommendation -focused feature on your homepage.
Just below your website – shortcuts, Spotify has started showing recommendations for new audio and video casters, ready to play or save. This new addition is designed to save you time as you roll through Spotify’s podcasts categories in search of a new show while adhering to your own ethos to optimize exposure to creators.
3. New ‘In this episode’ section
Spotify recently launched his ‘Follow -Ald’ feature for audiobooks and it does something similar with podcasts. In the coming weeks, Spotify will roll a new ‘In this episode’ section for podcasts, which allows creators to link to content they mention in episodes also available on Spotify.
For example, if a creator mentions a specific album, song or audiobook in a podcast episode, the section ‘In this episode’ shows these titles and allows you to explore the referenced content.
Over the past few years, Spotify has given a lot of attention to bringing new features that allow users to optimize the music discovery, but it has received criticism for not applying the same on podcasts. But these features mark a step towards Spotify’s new strategy for Podcast Discovery.
The battle for the best podcast platform continues, and Spotify is fighting to compete with them like Apple Music and YouTube, the latter of which is the current reigning champion of podcast fans in the United States.
