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Date : Tue Apr 29 2025 15:15:07

Spotify has secretly added a new way to disable one of its most disliked 
features, and Im fully on board

Date:
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Description:
Spotify has quietly added a new solution to disabling one of its most 
annoying features. This is how you can disable Smart Shuffle.

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Ive been a loyal Spotify subscriber for the best part of 10 years, and there 
are many reasons why Ive stuck with it (my Daylist is the first thing that 
comes to mind). However, despite this, there are several downsides to one of 
the best music streaming services - its Smart Shuffle feature being one. But 
now theres a new way to disable this annoying feature altogether. 

Spotify introduced Smart Shuffle in 2023, a feature that weaves song 
recommendations in between the ones in your personally curated playlists, and 
it didnt sit well with music fans-  myself included - to say the very least. 
Thankfully, you no longer have to put up with its annoyances as users have 
spotted a new way to disable it. 

Eagle-eyed users on Reddit brought attention to the new Enable all play modes 
toggle in the Spotify app settings that was added very quietly. When this 
setting is enabled, you can sift through the Linear, Shuffle, and Smart 
Shuffle options when listening to your playlists. Disabling it turns off 
Smart Shuffle for all of your playlists. You can now remove Smart Shuffle! 
from r/truespotify 

This new setting appears differently for some users (see below) but has the 
exact same functionality. So far, it seems as though its gradually rolling 
out globally - Ive already taken advantage of it - so it may not be visible 
to all Spotify users just yet. Comment from r/truespotify Goodbye Smart 
Shuffle, we never needed you anyway 

Though it was designed to breathe new life into your listening experience and 
offer a personal new music discovery alternative, a large portion of Spotify 
subscribers never warmed up to the feature as a whole, complaining that its 
rotation of song suggestions lack in variety and dont live up to its daily 
renewal promises. On top of that, Smart Shuffle annoyingly interrupts the 
standard Shuffle function. 

When Spotify first brought out Smart Shuffle, I dabbled in it mainly as a 
means of finding similar songs to fill out my specific playlists, an 
alternative way of using the Recommended songs list at the bottom of each 
playlist. At first, it was handy, but the novelty wore off rather quickly. 

For a feature that uses your music habits as well as the knowledge of 
Spotifys music experts to offer new song suggestions, its not the most 
dynamic music discovery feature and lacks scope. There are far better 
features out there for music discovery - I stand by the trusty New Music 
Friday playlist thats generated weekly, and Ill reiterate my soft spot for 
Spotify Daylists. So, for now, its time to disable Smart Shuffle until 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/audio/spotify/spotify-has-secretly-added-a-new-way-t
o-disable-one-of-its-most-disliked-features-and-im-fully-on-board


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