"That's the thing about real randomness: It can be clumpy. Just like you can roll three sixes in a row, a purely random shuffle might never seem to play the song you're hoping for, or it might stack the same artist or album closer together than your brain expects. The math is right, but the feeling is wrong,"
"Instead of giving you one random order and calling it a day, we now generate hundreds of truly random versions of your playlist. Then we score each one for freshness, looking at how recently you've played certain songs, how much variety is packed into the opening stretch, and whether you're getting repeats too soon,"
Spotify introduced a shuffle option that repeats fewer suggested songs and set it as the default for paid subscribers. The updated shuffle reduces plays drawn from recent listening history and increases exposure to new tracks. Paid users can switch back to the Standard Smart Shuffle in Settings > Playback > Shuffle Mode. Both free and premium users can tap any song to play next while shuffling without rearranging the queue. The shuffle algorithm generates many random playlist orders and scores them for freshness, variety, recent plays, and repeat spacing to improve the listening experience. An AI-powered audiobook recap button plays a summary up to the user's stop point.
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