For parents it can be something very recurring, opening their menu Spotify and be saturated with playlists, recommendations and favorites with children’s songs or podcasts. However, this issue, which for some may be a nuisance, is now having a more definitive solution.
These are accounts within the plan familiar Premium so that young listeners (under 13 or market equivalent) have their own space to explore music, with parents and guardians still in control.
This expansion follows successful pilots in 10 markets: New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, SpainItalia, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. Available exclusively as part of a Premium Family plan, managed accounts offer additional value to plan administrators by providing a music listening experience designed for younger listeners to create playlists, receive personalized Spotify recommendations, and enjoy features like daylist and Discover Weekly.
“At Spotify, we want to give parents and kids the ability to explore music together, from introducing kids to the same songs you loved at their age, to helping guide their individual discovery. Every child is different and every family’s journey is unique, so we’ve been evolving our tools to help caregivers share music in a way that feels good to them,” they say from the Swedish company.
Managed accounts provide a music-only listening experience that Family Plan administrators can control through their settings in several ways. These currently include:
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- the explicit content filter,
- the ability to control and restrict playback of specific artists and songs, and
- a switch to hide the video and Canvas (short looped videos that accompany the songs).
Interactivity features are also limited on managed accounts, with no access to age-restricted features like Messages.
To set up the managed account, Family Plan owners can head to their account pages in the app, select “Add a Member,” and then select the “Add a Listener Under 13 (or local market equivalent)” option, then follow further instructions.
