You can now connect your Spotify account to ChatGPT: Here’s how to do it

Earlier this week, OpenAI launched a way for developers to build apps within ChatGPT, allowing users to ask the assistant to perform tasks and answer questions directly related to the participating apps.

Several companies have launched their interactive experiences, including Spotifyallowing listeners to ask ChatGPT to create playlists, recommend songs and more.

When you mention Spotify in your ChatGPT prompt, you have the option to link your account. A button will appear at the bottom of the page that says “Use Spotify for this answer.” By linking your account, the AI ​​can access your data, such as your likes and listening history, providing relevant context that helps generate better answers.

From there, you can ask it for recommendations for songs, artists, playlists, or podcast episodes based on your tastes.

You can be as detailed as you want in your directions. For example, you can create a playlist with a specific mood in mind, choose the event you want the playlist for, or request to include only your most listened to artists, your favorite genre, and so on. It also asks for your desired length, which is useful when planning a playlist for a long road trip.

During our testing, we asked to create a dog walking playlist, but all songs had to have “Dog” in the title. Here’s what it yielded:

Tapping on a suggested song or podcast episode will open the Spotify app so you can listen or watch directly there.

ChatGPT also has the ability to perform actions on your behalf within Spotify, including controlling playback; add and remove items from your library; create, edit and follow private playlists; and managing your following list.

It’s important to note that when you link your Spotify account, you agree to the app’s privacy policy.

This policy contains important information about data sharing and security, stating that if ChatGPT experiences a security breach, there is a risk that your data could be accessed by unauthorized parties. In addition to giving ChatGPT access to data like what songs and podcasts you play, what’s stored in your Spotify library, and who you follow, you also provide your IP address and approximate location.

However, you can unlink your Spotify account at any time.

Also Spotify explained in a blog post that it does not share artist and creator content with OpenAI for training purposes. Any music, podcasts or other audio or video content on the platform remains protected.

The feature is available in English in 145 countries for all ChatGPT Free, Plus and Pro users on web and mobile.

Both free and premium Spotify users can use the integration; However, the company says premium users will get a more customized experience.

Other companies have also integrated their apps into ChatGPT, including Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma and Zillow. With the integrations, you can, for example, ask Coursera to teach you something or search Zillow for apartments near you within a certain price range.