If you’ve ever scrolled through your notifications on Spotify and wished for a little more context—beyond just the latest album drops or podcast episodes—the company may have you covered soon. As of early July 2025, Spotify has quietly begun testing a brand-new notifications feed dubbed “Your Updates” on its mobile app. Rather than highlighting only fresh releases under its existing “What’s new” tab, this companion feed delivers updates about your personal network: new followers, changes to collaborative playlists, ticket alerts for shows you’ve marked as favorites, replies to your podcast comments, and more.

Where to Find “Your Updates”

For those lucky enough to be part of the test group, the new feed lives in the slide‑out menu you get when tapping your profile picture in the top left of the Spotify mobile interface. Look for a fresh “Your Updates” entry below your profile details. A little blue badge on your avatar will signal when new activity lands in that feed—much like how the existing “What’s new” tab shows a dot when new releases arrive.

Inside, you’ll spot notifications such as:

• New followers: See when someone hits “follow” on your public profile.
• Playlist edits: Be notified when a collaborator adjusts tracks or adds new songs to a shared playlist.
• Event alerts: Catch ticket sale announcements or availability updates for artists you love.
• Podcast engagement: Watch for replies to comments you’ve left on podcast episodes.

You can either mark all as read to clear the badge or swipe individual items away one by one. Spotify’s design choice here mirrors social‑media notification feeds, aiming to blend music discovery with more personal interactions.

The feature was confirmed via a tweet from CEO Daniel Ek on July 9th:

We recently started testing out a new type of notification feed in the Spotify app that shows you things like who has started to follow you, new playlist collaborators, concerts near you and other personalized updates. If you’re part of the test, you’ll see all of this under “Your Updates” in your sidebar. It’s still in the early days but curious to hear what you all think.

Ek emphasized that the social dimensions of this test are “still in the early days,” hinting that more interaction‑driven features could be on the horizon. Given Spotify’s history of iterating quickly—whether with the “What’s new” feed in 2021, TikTok‑style discovery experiments in 2022, or recent podcast discovery tools—the company appears keen to make the app feel both more communal and engaging.

On one hand, “Your Updates” could revive some of the social energy that once characterized Spotify’s desktop “Friend Activity” sidebar—where you could see what your buddies were listening to in real time (albeit limitedly, and phased out years ago due to privacy concerns). On the other, it’s a freewheeling sandbox for Spotify to test how notification‑driven engagement shapes listening habits and community building. Imagine showing up to an artist’s ticket sale within minutes instead of hours, or getting a nudge when someone comments on your hot take about that true‑crime podcast episode.

Of course, there’s a fine line between offering genuinely useful alerts and bombarding users with digital clutter. To that end, Spotify has baked in an automatic cleanup: all notifications in “Your Updates” will self‑destruct after 90 days, keeping the feed lean and relevant over time.

For now, “Your Updates” remains a limited experiment. There’s no word yet on when—or if—it will roll out to the full user base, nor on additional categories of alerts (think karaoke night invites from friends or automatic highlights of your own streaming milestones). But Spotify’s iterative approach suggests we might see more personalization and social features trickle in over the next few app updates.

If you’re itching to try it, keep your Spotify mobile app updated, tap your avatar, and cross your fingers for that telltale blue badge.