Spotify today announced a new running mode that turns playlists into structured running sessions based on workout type, tempo, and listening habits. It is first launched on iOS.
Located in the app’s Fitness Hub, the feature allows runners to choose from 25 presets that can be changed based on workout type (interval, regular, or pyramid, for example), with options for duration, beats per minute, and preferred music type. Spotify then matches the track selection to the chosen tempo and cycles through songs as the session progresses.
Optional audio cues can be enabled to guide users through their run, although they are only in English at the moment.
Spotify suggests the feature grew out of its fitness-based “guest playlists,” a natural language playlist feature that has seen many fitness prompts directed its way.
Running mode accompanies fitness content Spotify added in April, when it began offering Peloton classes and creator workout videos in the app.
Strava discontinued its Spotify integration in the app late last month and removed the music controls that had resided in Strava’s workout view since 2023, so Spotify’s new mode could be a timely balm for runners who want to keep listening.
Spotify says the new Running mode is available starting today for premium subscribers in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden.
