Spotify is known for its accurate music suggestions, but sometimes they can miss the mark. If you find that your Home feed or Discover Weekly playlist is filled with songs you don’t like, your only option is to take matters into your own hands. You can manually exclude certain tracks and playlists from your Taste Profile or adjust what you listen to in order to influence your music recommendations.
Currently, Spotify creates your Taste Profile based on your streaming habits, which in turn shapes your music recommendations and summaries like Discover Weekly and Wrapped. If certain content, such as a sleep playlist, is affecting your recommendations, you can manually remove those songs or playlists from your Taste Profile. These changes typically take around 48 hours to take effect, reducing their impact on future recommendations.
One limitation of the current system is that you can only remove signals that don’t align with your taste. You can’t directly tell Spotify what kind of music you’re currently into or provide feedback on your preferences. Instead, you have to rely on the algorithm to learn your new tastes over time as you listen to different music.
Android Authority recently discovered code strings in the Spotify app hinting at a new feature called Notes tied to the Taste Profile. This feature would allow users to add written feedback to influence their Home music recommendations. Strings like “Tell us more about you” and “Your notes help influence what you see on Home” suggest that users will be able to provide input on their music preferences. Placeholder text like “I’ve been listening to a lot of…” indicates that users may have the ability to provide free-form input. There may be limits on the number of notes users can create and the number of characters per note, with users needing to delete existing notes to add new ones.
Additionally, Android Authority found a string suggesting that Spotify may introduce custom emoji reactions for chat messages in Spotify Messages. This feature would allow users to personalize their reactions beyond the standard emojis currently available.
While these features have been discovered in the code, they have not been activated yet, indicating that they are still in development. These potential updates could give users more control over their music recommendations and interactions within the Spotify app.