Spotify is taking on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app

One of the things that companies have built in the age of AI is to connect services such as email, calendar, notes, and notes to create daily summaries in words or audio. Spotify is once again succumbing to this temptation and releasing a new stand-alone program called Studio and Spotify Labs for this purpose.

Today, the company has released the ability for users to search for a topic by creating a podcast about it. Spotify is also adding personal experiences to this podcast tool. And, because in 2026 companies will not stop adding assistants to their programs, the new Studio program has an assistant who can search the Internet and take personal information to create your podcast.

For example, this tool can create a daily summary or podcast based on your email address and schedule. Users can also create a series of steps such as “Create a daily summary of my trip through Italy. Plan my day using my calendar and make a reservation. Suggest an unforgettable dinner place near where I will be staying. And finish with podcast ideas that I would like to run” to create a podcast.

All these AI-generated podcasts are stored in your Spotify library for your personal use and are synced across all devices. They are not publicly available.

The audio company cautioned that this is an early preview of the app, and the AI ​​may make mistakes and may produce unreliable results at all times.

The company is rolling out the app through research in more than 20 markets. It said the app will be available to select users 18 years of age or older.

This tool will compete with Google NotebookLM, which started to become popular podcast generation based on what was chosen a few years ago. And in true Google fashion, the company released another product to make it happen a daily podcast based on the Discover feed. Since then, the format of creating a podcast to research a topic or get a daily overview has been adopted by companies like Adobe and ElevenLabs and programs like A hero and Wow.

Spotify’s launch of a desktop app follows its recent release of a command line tool for users of scripting tools such as Claude Code or Codex to create personal Podcasts and save them to their Spotify library. With the new Studio software and features for your podcast, non-coders can now take advantage of these offerings.

The launch is another example of how Spotify wants to get involved in the entire audio space. With its desktop app, Spotify can offer more integrations for creating podcasts in the future. In addition, it can use this new software to record audio for a Granola-style notepad. Although this is a fantasy, we have seen the beginnings like Take it back and Cluely being a card reader, so that could be another interesting area for the company.