A new tool from Spotify finally allows you to transfer your music from Apple Music, YouTube Music or Deezer in a few seconds.
Tl;dr
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- Spotify makes transferring playlists easy with TuneMyMusic integration, making it easy to migrate from Apple Music, YouTube Music or Deezer directly within the app.
- The music streaming platform enriches the user experience with personalized suggestions, daylists, playlist collaborations and AI covers, accessible even to free users.
- This strategy aims to win back and attract subscribers, despite recent controversies and criticism of the CEO’s advertising choices and investments.
A strategic tool in the face of competition
For a few days, Spotify is deploying a new feature that could well be a game-changer for fans of streaming music: the direct integration of a playlist import tool, designed to facilitate the transition from rival platforms. Behind this movement can be seen a clear desire: to attract users tempted by other services but held back by the difficulty of transferring their music library.
This new feature is based on the collaboration with TuneMyMusica third-party service already known to industry regulars. Now there’s no need to juggle between applications: from the “Your Library” tab of the Spotify mobile app, simply scroll down to the “Import your music” option. A few guided steps then allow you to connect your old service – whether it isApple Music, YouTube Musicor even Deezer. And unlike the limits imposed by TuneMyMusic solo, here the transfer is simplified, integrated and automatic.
Features that appeal… even to skeptics?
If some people still cringe at the platform’s recent choices – we think in particular of the massive boycott following controversial advertisements for the American ICE, or the investment of outgoing CEO Daniel Ek in the military startup Helsing –, these improvements could calm people’s minds. Especially since several artists have withdrawn their music as a sign of disapproval, despite increasing subscription figures in the last quarter.
Faced with this area of turbulence, the strategy seems clear: focus on innovation and user comfort. The long-awaited addition of lossless audio and this new import tool could well convince the hesitant.
New uses and increased personalization
Once their playlists have been transferred, each newcomer to Spotify discovers a whole range of options. The platform focuses on a personalized experience with automatic suggestions (the famous “daylists”), but also advanced possibilities for:
- Collaborate on playlists shared with friends;
- Create personalized covers using artificial intelligence;
- Adjust musical transitions or organize your library by mood or genre via Smart Filters.
Appreciable point: many of these tools remain accessible without subscribing to the highly commented Premium subscription at $11.99.
Pushing you to take the plunge?
In short, while Spotify is going through a turbulent period, this kind of technical development could play a decisive role in the streaming wars. Between building loyalty and winning over new audiences tired of the rigidity of old models, the Swedish service hopes to regain some ratings… and restore its reputation.
