Spotify launches Studio agent for personalized podcasts
spotify labs launched 'studio', an ai agent for windows that generates personalized daily briefings and podcasts by integrating listening history with external data sources like emails and calendars.
spotify introduced 'studio', a standalone desktop application from spotify labs designed to function as an automated agent that generates personalized audio briefings and playlists. the software connects with third-party apps like email clients and calendars to aggregate data, promising to take actions such as web browsing research and task organization on the user's behalf. concurrently, the platform released a chat-to-podcast feature for premium subscribers, enabling users to query episodes for specific topics and timestamps. this expansion positions spotify against competitors like google and microsoft by leveraging its existing audio user base to test ai-generated content consumption.