Spotify, which introduced Comments on podcasts in July, is now rolling out new settings and controls to help creators better manage their comment sections.

Spotify launched Comments for podcasts, allowing listeners to leave comments on episodes. Creators can like and respond to comments, enable or disable them, and approve which ones are displayed.

Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced an expanded partnership.

Spotify is testing video-based courses through new partnerships with educational platforms such as BBC Maestro, PLAYvirtuoso, Skillshare, and Thinkific. The courses fall into four categories: Make Music, Get Creative, Learn Business, and Healthy Living, and will be displayed alongside music, podcasts, and audiobooks.

TikTok launched Add to Music App, a new feature allowing US and UK users to save songs they discover on TikTok to major streaming services such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify.

Spotify has launched Showcase, a new ad campaign tool designed to help artists and their teams run sponsored recommendation ads. These ads appear as mobile banners at the top of Spotify's home page, a highly frequented section of the platform.

Spotify is adding new features for podcaster creators.

Spotify announced plans to introduce new AI-powered features.

Spotify has launched a new feature called Broadcast-to-Podcast (B2P), which enables broadcasting publishers to easily convert their existing content into podcasts

But this year, Spotify is allowing artists to be more directly involved. They can record and upload a 30-second video to be included in the Wrapped experience for their top fans.

Spotify expanded Video Podcasts to more creators.

Spotify changed the name of its social audio feature Spotify Greenroom to Spotify Live and is integrating it directly into its app as well as keeping a standalone app.