Spotify is rolling out<\/a> a new feature called Song Psychic<\/a> that will allow its customers to ask Spotify questions and get answers in the form of music. The addition builds on the success of Spotify\u2019s personalized, year-end review called Wrapped<\/a>, which offers clever ways of turning Spotify\u2019s music data into insights designed for social sharing. But in the case of Song Psychic, the goal is not to look back and your listening history, but to leverage Spotify\u2019s understanding of music and song titles to answer a range of personal questions \u2014 like those you might ask a psychic or Magic 8-Ball just for fun.<\/p>\n To use the feature, you can visit spotify.com\/songpsychic<\/a> on your mobile device or scan the QR code on Song Psychic\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Once in the new experience, you can pick from a variety of broader categories, like School, Friends and Family, Love, Career, Life\u2019s Greatest Mysteries, My Future, Myself, Style, and Lunch. (The latter can help you decide what to have for lunch!)<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Spotify<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Within each section, there are a number of pre-populated questions you can tap on to get answers, like \u201cAm I the drama?,\u201d \u201cDoes my crush like me back?,\u201d \u201cWill I get a raise?,\u201d \u201cShould I go to prom?\u201d and many others. Or, you can start typing your own question in the provided box and the app will start offering suggestions of others you could ask.<\/p>\n When you have entered your question, the \u201cSong Psychic\u201d asks you to press your finger on the screen, then colors swirl around as mystical music hums in the background before your answer is revealed in the form of a song.<\/p>\n For example, if you asked if someone has a crush on you, it might answer with a song titled \u201cYou Wish\u201d (ouch!) or something more affirmative. Some of the answers are a bit mysterious. Just as a Magic 8-Ball sometimes refuses to answer a question with its \u201cAsk Again Later\u201d response, Spotify\u2019s Song Psychic may respond with an answer of its own, like \u201cWhy?\u201d instead of directly responding. Or it could offer a vague timeframe, like \u201cEventually\u201d (a song by Tame Impala). All its responses are in the form of musical tracks, however.<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Spotify<\/p>\n<\/div>\n We found that you don\u2019t actually have to press your finger on the screen to get your response \u2014 that\u2019s just a gimmick. But your answer is shareable by tapping on a button below which pops up a built-in sharing sheet for posting the answer to WhatsApp, Instagram Stories, IG DMs, Messenger, Facebook\/Facebook Stories, Snapchat, X, Messages, and more.<\/p>\n Though Spotify doesn\u2019t advertise the experience as being AI-powered, it does give you the feeling of asking an all-knowing AI chatbot a question.\u00a0 (We\u2019ve asked the company to clarify what technology powers the Song Psychic, and will update if it shares more.) On its FAQ, however, the company notes that its answers are \u201cgenerated entirely at random,\u201d meaning it\u2019s not leveraging your personal data to come to its conclusions. The experience is also designed for \u201centertainment only,\u201d the site warns, and \u201cshould not be considered a serious source of advice on any issue whatsoever\u201d \u2014 an addition that a lawyer surely forced Spotify to include.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a bit of a lag in navigating the app and getting responses at times \u2014 so it\u2019s nowhere near as fast as something like ChatGPT. We also got stuck on a screen and the back button wouldn\u2019t work during one of our tests. Still, the experience can be quite fun and would likely increase users\u2019 time spent in the Spotify mobile app, if it were better advertised. The Song Psychic wasn\u2019t immediately available through its own hub in the app, though, so you\u2019d have to keep returning to the website to get it to pop it up.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_8061.png?w=314\")
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