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Spotify adds a running mode to its app

Running Mode will be available to Premium users on iOS in select countries.

Spotify adds a running mode to its app

TL;DR

  • Spotify introduces a new running mode to its phone app.
  • The mode uses AI to cue songs based on run phases, user preferences, and tempo.
  • It is available to paying subscribers in the Fitness Hub and offers 25 presets.
  • Users can customize workout type, duration, beats per minute, and music genre.
  • The feature can also create audio cues for different stages of a run (English only for now).
  • This mode was inspired by user observations of Spotify's prompted playlists for fitness.
  • The feature is available starting Wednesday for Premium users on iOS in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden.