Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app
Spotify has launched a new desktop app called Studio by Spotify Labs, designed to generate personal podcasts. This app allows users to create audio briefings based on their emails and schedules, competing with Google's NotebookLM. Currently in research preview, the app is available to select users aged 18 and older across more than 20 markets.
- ▪The Studio app can generate podcasts based on user requests, including daily briefings and recommendations.
- ▪Spotify's new app is in early preview and may produce unreliable content due to AI limitations.
- ▪The app aims to expand Spotify's involvement in audio content creation and could lead to future integrations.
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One of the common features for companies to build in the age of AI is to connect services like email, calendar, documents, and notes to create a daily brief in text or audio format. Spotify is also giving in to this temptation and releasing a new standalone desktop app called Studio by Spotify Labs for this purpose. 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.
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