Spotify is introducing a characteristic to inform individuals when their favourite artists and podcast producers have a brand new launch to take a look at. Taking the type of a bell icon you’ll discover on the high of the app’s dwelling interface, the What’s New panel collects new releases from bands, musicians and exhibits you observe on the platform. Spotify says the characteristic will replace in real-time, with a blue dot overlaid on high of the bell icon indicating when the panel has been refreshed with new content material. Spotify plans to roll out the characteristic to all Android and iOS customers over the approaching weeks.

In intent, What’s New is much like Spotify’s present Release Radar playlist. They’re each designed to floor new content material so that you can add to your Spotify library, however the way in which they go about that job is totally different. Like Discover Weekly, Release Radar makes use of a mixture of human curation and software program to focus on the songs you’re more than likely to take pleasure in from a brand new album, EP or single. What’s New, against this, forgoes curation in favor of comprehensiveness. It additionally has the benefit of a devoted interface component. As a playlist, it’s simple for Release Radar to get misplaced amongst all the opposite playlists you’ll be able to add to your Spotify library.