Spotify’s AI DJ gets new voices and an option to stop the chatter

Spotify’s AI DJ has been around since 2023, and the company expanded it to more languages and markets earlier this year. The company says 80% of listeners come back to the feature « week after week », and today it’s adding a wider choice of voices in English and Spanish, plus an option to turn off most of the commentary between songs.

Joining the original DJ X are seven new English voices with American, British, Irish, Australian, and Indian accents, each with its own personality. There are three US options: Casey (laid-back and warm), Tess (direct, with a bit of an edge), and Lane (a…