Spotify is working on a Notes feature to edit taste preferences

In short: Spotify is developing a “Notes” feature that could let people write simple feedback to adjust music recommendations.

What happened

Spotify already builds a “Taste Profile” for each listener. Think of it like a memory of what you seem to like, based on what you play, skip, save, and add to playlists. That profile helps power personalized features like Discover Weekly, Daily Mixes, and the year-end Wrapped summary.

People can also make small manual fixes today. If you tap the three dots next to a track or playlist, you can choose “Exclude Track from Your Taste Profile.” This is useful if a one-off listen, like kids’ songs or sleep sounds, starts showing up in your recommendations.

TechCrunch reports that Spotify is now working on a new feature called “Notes,” spotted in the app’s code and not released yet. Notes would let you add, edit, or delete short text feedback about what you want, for example “more hip hop” or “instrumental only.” The report says Spotify may set limits, like how many notes you can add or how long they can be.

Why it matters

Spotify’s recommendations respond strongly to repeated listening, low skip rates, saves, and playlist adds. That means your habits can steer what the app keeps giving you, sometimes in ways you do not want. A Notes feature could act like leaving a quick instruction for Spotify’s recommendation system (like telling a waiter “no onions”), so your Home screen and playlists reflect what you actually want now, not just what you happened to play last month.

Source: TechCrunch AI