Spotify wants to keep you up to date with new singles and albums from your favorite artists

With so much new music released every week, it can be difficult to keep track of what’s going on in the pipeline. Unless you’re passionate about music blogging, knowing when one of your favorite artists is releasing a new single or album often seems impossible. Spotify’s app lets you follow the bands you love, and now it takes that feature to its logical conclusion: a new feed designed to keep you up to date with all your favorite music and podcasts.

Not all Spotify updates are well received, but this one is relatively inconspicuous and really useful. The What’s New page displays any new releases of artists and podcasts you’ve followed in the app. Spotify has already made new releases available both in the Release Radar playlist and occasionally on the homepage, but this list features each single, album, and episode in reverse chronological order. If this all sounds familiar to you, it’s because the company tested something similar last year, although the “Follow Feed” never ended up shipping beyond limited testing.

The What’s New icon appears as a bell icon in the top right corner of the app, next to the “Recently Played” shortcuts and settings. When there is a new version that you haven’t viewed, it will have a little notification dot. You can filter music and podcasts in or out by tapping the toggles at the top of the list. Each entry indicates whether it’s a single, album, EP, or podcast episode, so it’s easy to know what you’re about to listen to before you launch. reading. Overall, it’s a great addition that pairs well with something like Release Radar.

Spotify says the feature will be available to all users around the world over the coming weeks. If you are impatient, I managed to get it to work on my phone by clearing the app cache.