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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.
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.