Studio by Spotify Labs is a standalone desktop app that creates daily briefings and topic podcasts in text or audio form by connecting services such as email, calendar, documents, and notes. Users can generate podcasts from personal context, including email and schedule, and can issue multistep requests to plan a day, recommend locations, and include tailored podcast recommendations. The app includes an agent that can browse the web and fetch personal information to produce a personal podcast. Generated audio is saved in the Spotify library, synced across devices, and kept private. The company offers the app as an early research preview in more than 20 markets for users 18 and older, warning that AI may produce mistakes and unreliable content. It competes with NotebookLM and adds daily podcast creation based on the Discover feed.
"Today, the company released the ability for users to explore a topic by creating a podcast about it. Spotify is also adding personal context to this podcast generation tool. And, because in 2026 companies can't refrain from adding agents to their apps, the new Studio app has an agent that can browse the web and fetch personal information to create a personal podcast."
"For instance, the tool can create a daily briefing or a podcast based on your email and schedule. Users can also make a multistep request like "Create a daily audio brief for my road trip through Italy. Walk me through my day using my calendar and bookings. Recommend a memorable dinner spot near where I'll be. And end with a podcast recommendation I'd love for the drive" to generate a podcast."
"All these AI-generated podcasts are saved in your Spotify library for personal consumption and are synced across devices. They are not available publicly. The audio company warned that this is an early preview of the app, and AI can make mistakes and may output unreliable content all the time."
"The company is releasing this app in research preview to more than 20 markets. It said that the app will be available to select users who are 18 years or older. The tool will compete with Google's NotebookLM, which started popularizing podcast generation based on selected source material a few years ago."
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