Spotify's new Track Reactions update gives you yet more ways to judge your friends' music taste in Collaborative Playlists but I'd like the emoji list to be even more brutal

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Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:20:32 +0000

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Spotify's new Track Reactions give you a new way to interact with your
friends in Collaborative Playlists.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Spotify is rolling out Track Reactions for Collaborative Playlists This lets you react to songs added by other members from a choice of six emojis It's rolling out in select markets now, but Spotify hasn't said which ones One of Spotify s most handy tools are Collaborative Playlists, which allow you and your friends to work together to pool songs into one monster playlist now theyre getting a new upgrade that makes them even more interactive.

The best music streaming service shared on a community page that its in the process of rolling out Track Reactions, which is essentially a feature that lets you use emojis to react to songs added to your Collaborative Playlists. Spotify says the tool is rolling out over the coming weeks in select markets to Free and Premium users aged 16 and older, though we dont know which
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Just like emoji reactions on platforms like Facebook Messenger, it works similarly, giving you a choice of six; a standard red heart, a laughing face, a thumbs-up, headphones, fire, and an emotional face. When you send a reaction, it appears next to the track name, and you can view the reactions added by other collaborators in the playlist.

The addition of Track Reactions means that Collaborative Playlists will now look slightly different than before. The profile image of playlist collaborators now appears on the song thumbnail indicating which member added which song, and now the Track Reaction icon has taken the spot to the right
of a song title next to the three-dot button. You may like Spotify adds short-form videos to New Music Friday playlist Spotify may soon allow users
to change usernames and add profile bios Spotify updates Listening Stats with new design and social features (Image credit: MateusM / Spotify Community) Track Reactions are automatically enabled in Collaborative Playlists that
have 10 or less members, and only the people within the playlist can view them, meaning outside viewers wont be able to see which songs have which reactions. You also dont have to stick with them if you dont want to the playlist creator can disable Track Reactions in the playlists Name and
Details settings.

Were going through a time where most of Spotifys new tools are reliant on the powers of AI, most recently its two new AI features for podcasts , so Track Reactions feels like a reminder that Spotify does have human elements to its user experience. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

When it comes to Collaborative Playlists, I use them mainly for creating playlists with friends for gatherings and other social events (we have an annual summer meet-up, so the tool really comes in handy there). Now that Spotify has thrown Track Reactions into the mix, I cant see it being used for anything other than judging each others song choices and Im actually okay with that.

Emoji reactions are a commonly-used feature among my friends across our slew of group chats, whether thats for reacting to silly texts on Facebook Messenger or responding to unhinged videos we send to each other on TikTok.
It wont be any different in the case of Spotify, and hopefully it will encourage more conversations about the music were currently listening to.

For now, the emoji options are very limited and dont quite represent a wide scope of emotions they all seem to be pretty positive-leaning, with the exception of the emotional face emoji, which is often used to represent sadness or that feeling of smiling through the pain. To really take it to the next level, the choice to use custom emojis would open the floodgates for users to be even more expressive, or in my case, severely more judgemental.

Track Reactions are locked into the Collaborative Playlist experience for the time being, and Spotify hasnt announced any plans to expand it to other playlist-making tools yet. Weve contacted Spotify for more details about
this, as well as which markets will have access first, so well update this story when we know more. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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