Spotify Wrapped 2024 live – all the latest on its new AI-powered features and how to find them mark.wilson@futurenet.com (Mark Wilson) | usagoldmines.com

Spotify Wrapped 2024 is finally here – which means it’s time for the streaming service’s ruthless algorithms to pass judgement on our music tastes for the year. And this time, Wrapped even has an AI-generated podcast where virtual hosts dissect your musical adventures.

Yes, thanks to Google’s NotebookLM, Spotify Wrapped has a pretty big new addition to its popular recap feature. Alongside that new Wrapped AI podcast (more on that below), other recent features like AI Playlists and AI DJ are also getting a twist for Spotify’s reflection on your year in music.

As Spotify veterans, we’re here to run you through how to find your Wrapped 2024 recap, what to do if it isn’t showing up and, most importantly, how embarrassing our Wrapped recaps have been this year. If we make you feel a bit better about your music taste in the process, we’ll consider that a job well done.

So whether you’re still patiently waiting for Spotify’s elves to deliver your Wrapped, or are simply here to gloat, here’s all the latest from the trenches of this year’s Wrapped experience…

Spotify Wrapped 2024: the essentials

• How do you find it? Spotify Wrapped 2024 should appear when you open the app (make sure you’re running the latest version), but if not head to the app’s Home tab. You should see a banner that takes you to your Wrapped experience and a ‘Wrapped’ button at the top. Alternatively, head to Spotify’s web version. For more detailed guidance, head to our how to find Spotify Wrapped 2024 guide.
• What’s new this year? Spotify has gone pretty big on Wrapped this year, introducing a few new AI features. The headline one is ‘Your Spotify Wrapped AI Podcast’, but there are also new twists on features like AI DJ and AI Playlist. Another nice touch is ‘Your Music Evolution’, which sums up how your tastes have changed over the year.
• What if it isn’t showing up? The Spotify Wrapped rollout is rarely plain-sailing, so what can you do if there’s no sign of it? Make sure you’re running the latest version of the app for a start, then head to our guide on what to do if Spotify Wrapped 2024 isn’t working.

Yes, Wrapped is rolling out now

Spotify has finally tired of every single reply to its social media accounts being a skeleton meme with a ‘waiting for my Wrapped’ tagline – the button has been pressed, and Wrapped 2024 is rolling out now.

It’s too late to game those algorithms. The next time you open your Spotify app (making sure you’re on the latest version) you should see a Wrapped 2024 banner appear among your mixes – tap it to find the unvarnished truth of your year in music.

Alternatively, if you’re old-school or secretly checking at work, you can find Wrapped 2024 in the macOS or Windows apps, or in a web browser.

You may want to try the mobile web player first…

Spotify Wrapped 2024 is now officially rolling out, but not everyone (including many on the TechRadar team) are seeing it in the app yet.

But one way to see your slideshow is to open a browser on your smartphone then head directly to the Spotify web player (making sure you’re logged in on the app). You should then see the slideshow of your musical highlights, which will keep you busy while the full Wrapped heads to the app.

Isn’t Wrapped a bit late this year?

Early December feels a little late for Wrapped, but it’s not an unusual time for Spotify to hit the rollout button. Last year, it did land on November 29, but in 2019 it appeared on December 5, while the year before it arrived even later on December 6.

So while it feels like Wrapped should be a late-November affair, the more common rule now is that it lands on a Wednesday, which it’s done for the last five years now. Have we just done a Wrapped-style analysis of Wrapped? Well, it’s about time the tables were turned…

Here’s what Wrapped 2024 looks like

While I wait for the full Wrapped to hit my app, I’ve watched my slideshow in the mobile player (above). It’s pretty similar to previous years, with the main new feature being ‘Your Music Evolution’.

That shows you your particular music obsessions at three different times of the year. Apparently I was into ‘Atmospheric Ritual Ambient’ in September, which sounds a bit Wicker Man but I’ll take it…

How do you find and share your new Wrapped AI podcast?

The star of this year’s Wrapped 2024 is definitely the new AI podcast, which has just landed for me – even though it’s fairly short at just over three minutes long. It’s rolling out for a “limited time” in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and Sweden only, so it’s worth playing it soon.

You can either find it in your Wrapped home feed (by tapping the banner in the Home tab) or by tapping the app’s ‘Search’ function and typing in “Your Spotify Wrapped AI podcast”. You can also share the unique podcast with others (assuming it’s safe for public consumption) by tapping the share icon underneath the playback menu.

Now, let’s try and have a listen without cringing too hard…