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Spotify to Deliver Personalized Weekly Playlists

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Spotify is taking on Apple Music with weekly, customized recommendations.

Every Monday morning, Spotify will hit you with a new, two-hour "custom-made" playlist of fresh music. Dubbed Discover Weekly, the playlists will be based on your own listening habits, along with the jams similar fans are enjoying at the moment, "making your playlist completely unique and full of deep cuts and new discoveries," Spotify wrote in a blog post.

"It's like having your best friend make you a personalized mixtape every single week," the company said.

As your taste in music evolves, so too will the playlists. Spotify promised that "the more you listen, the better it gets."

The Discover Weekly playlist will be located at the top of your Playlists folder, across all of your devices. The feature is rolling out across all platforms today, so you should see your first Discover Weekly playlist soon if it's not there already. It will be refreshed with new songs every week, so be sure to save your favorites before the week is out.

"High Fidelity's Rob Gordon had it right — the making of a mixtape is a very subtle art," Spotify's VP of Product, Gustav Söderström, said in a statement. "That's why we created Discover Weekly. There's never been a simpler, more personalized way to discover music, with every playlist tuned just to you every single week."

In introducing Apple Music, Cupertino criticized rivals, like Spotify, that rely on algorithms to serve up music recommendations. Apple Music includes staff-curated playlists, in addition to live radio shows from popular DJs. For more, check out our comparison: Apple Music vs. Spotify: Which Is Best?

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Managing Editor, Consumer Electronics

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I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering smart home, home entertainment, wearables, fitness and health tech, and various other product categories. I have been with PCMag for more than 10 years, and in that time have written more than 6,000 articles and reviews for the site. I previously served as an analyst focused on smart home and wearable devices, and before that I was a reporter covering consumer tech news. I'm also a yoga instructor, and have been actively teaching group and private classes for nearly a decade. 

Prior to joining PCMag, I was a reporter for SC Magazine, focusing on hackers and computer security. I earned a BS in journalism from West Virginia University, and started my career writing for newspapers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

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My little Florida beach bungalow is brimming with smart home tech. I have a smart speaker or display in every room, allowing me to control other connected devices by voice. The Nest Hub on my bedside table lets me set wake-up alarms, control my smart light bulbs, and set the temperature on my smart thermostat. I use the Amazon Echo Show 8 on my kitchen counter to browse recipes, reorder protein powder, check the weather, and watch the news while I do dishes. 

Because I suffer from allergies, air purifiers are essential. My favorite model is the Dyson Purifier Cool TP07, which doubles as a fan and continuously sends indoor pollution data to its companion mobile app. 

My pitbull Bradley sheds, so a good robot vacuum is a must. I currently use a premium Ecovacs Deebot that can both vacuum and mop, empty its own dustbin, and wash its own mop cloth. 

For fitness, I like to mix up my routine with cycling, indoor rowing, running, and strength training in addition to yoga. I take classes on the Tonal 2 smart strength training machine, I row indoors on an Aviron machine, and track my beach runs with an Apple Watch while listening to music on my Apple AirPods Pro. On the weekends, I love riding e-bikes like the rugged, beach-friendly Aventon Aventure for fun and fitness.

My job involves a lot of virtual meetings, so a quality webcam, microphone, and ring light are important. I use the Jabra PanaCast 20 webcam, the Elgato Wave: 3 microphone, and a Yesker tripod ring light. 

As for my preferred phone platform, I'm an iPhone person, but I've also extensively used Android for product testing.

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