Spotify adds a running mode to its app

6:00 AM PDT · July 29, 2026

Spotify is adding a new mode to its phone app for people who like to listen to music on runs. The new running mode cues up songs based on different phases of runs, and selects tracks based on your preferences and tempo.

Paying subscribers can find the running mode in Fitness Hub, and can select from one of the 25 presets. Users can choose their workout type from options like interval runs, steady runs or pyramid, and can customize the duration, beats per minute, and the kind of music they want to listen to.

As well as playing songs, running mode can create audio cues for different stages of your run, too. This feature only works in English for now.

The new mode takes advantage of the AI chops Spotify has been testing as part of its prompted playlists for the past year...

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