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

Summary

Earlier this week, OpenAI launched a way for developers to build apps within ChatGPT, allowing users to prompt the assistant to perform tasks and answer questions directly related to the participating apps. Several companies have launched their interactive experiences, including Spotify, allowing listeners to ask ChatGPT to create playlists, recommend songs, and more. When you mention Spotify in your ChatGPT prompt, you’ll have the option to connect your account. A button that says “Use Spotify for this answer” will appear at the bottom of the page. Connecting your account allows the AI to access your data, like your likes and listening history, providing relevant context that helps generate better answers. Image Credits:Screenshot of ChatGPT From there, you can ask it for recommendations for tracks, artists, playlists, or podcast episodes based on your tastes. You can be as detailed as you want in your prompts. For instance, 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 top favorite genre, and so on. It also asks you for the preferred length, which is helpful for planning a long road trip playlist. During our testing, we asked it to create a dog walking playlist but all the songs needed to have “Dog” in the title. Here is what it came up with: Image Credits:Screenshot of ChatGPT Tapping a suggested track or podcast episode will open the Spotify app, allowing you to listen or watch directly from there. Techcrunch event San Francisco | October 27-29, 2025 ChatGPT also has the capability to perform actions on your behalf within Spotify, including controlling playback, adding and removing items from your library, creating, editing, and following private playlists, and managing your following list. It’s important to note that when you’re connecting your Spotify account, you agree to the app’s privacy policy. This policy includes important information abou...