
Spotify wants to make it easier for you to discover and preview podcasts you might dig β so it has revamped its podcast section to better accommodate your needs.
The streaming service announced that starting today podcast descriptions will be more prominent so you can get a sense of what a show is about at a glance, without having to swipe for further details.. Itβll also display βdescriptive show categoriesβ under each podcast, ranging from βpersonal storiesβ to βtrue crime,β βtravel,β and βrelationships.β
[Read: Spotify now suggests which podcasts you should listen to next]
In addition to those changes, Spotify is also moving βtrailerβ snippets all the way to the top of the episode list, so you can preview a show before committing. Itβs worth mentioning this will only happen if a show has already added a trailer β if not, you wonβt notice any difference.
Spotify says despite these UI changes, the podcast section maintains all of its older features, so the experience shouldnβt feel unfamiliar β just improved, or so the company hopes.
Personally, Iβm yet to receive the new look (running version 8.5.45.62 on Android), but that might have to do with where Iβm based (Amsterdam). Chances are the update is already available to users in the US, though.
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