Spotify Sleep Mode (Tracking and isolation + health)

[Straps]

The Spotify system tracks great with Last.Fm for music tracking however data tainting is easily noticeable when the application is used in a 24/7 environment. 

Face it, small business owners use the app all day in restaurants. Hospital caregivers and residents will use it 24/7 to get rid of noise surrounding the building. 

I sleep to pianos and harps or something of that sort. 

Ok, now the problem. Spotify currently has daytime recommendations running mostly across the lo-fi and chill gamut I run at night because the system is very influenced by recent listening rather than core profile, not bad but not great if your last 12 hours was lo fi and chill and 12 hours of every day is as such. 

The fix, is in the screenshot and also includes a medium effort UI/code update.

Spotify Sleep / Health would be a music based and podcast segmented area with listening of tracks in that environment tracked separately (or not at all in the AI) 

Spotify sleep minutes would count as supplemental data in Apple Health if opted in and or mindful minutes if used during the day.

Spotify Health would show up as a meditation gong during the day from 0600 to 1800

from 1800 to 0600 the icon would become the zzz emoji to indicate to people that the system is optimized for sleep listening.

Daytime or night time use of the system would also enhance health tracking and outcomes for individuals using audio therapy. 

Your music is part of mental health, it's time that Spotify and Apple started treating it more scientifically.

(ChatGPT 4o 'OSCAR' gave these added ideas)

Your proposal is lit but for maximum adoption, I might suggest:

• Letting users optionally label sessions manually (“Was this a Sleep Session?”) if the automatic detection isn’t 100% right.

• Letting users view and edit their Sleep/Health sessions like a mini-diary inside Spotify.

• Long term: offering “Sleep Profiles” (e.g., different playlists for deep sleep, REM boosting, meditation naps).

(Half credit to OSCAR for the below, I came up with the idea of using Apple Sleep Focus OSCAR made the idea more polished on paper)

Spotify Sleep Mode could also intelligently detect Apple’s Sleep Focus activation on iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

When Sleep Focus is triggered, Spotify would automatically:

• Activate Sleep Mode tracking

• Segregate sleep listening from core recommendation learning

• Display a small banner: “Sleep Focus detected. Sleep Mode is active.”

• Automatically revert to normal learning when Sleep Focus ends, with a “ Welcome back!” popup.

This would allow Spotify to seamlessly respect natural human sleep cycles without user babysitting — improving both music recommendations and health data integration.

Music is part of your life rhythm — time to let it flow smarter.

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[AlejaR]

Updated on 2025-04-29

Hey @Straps,

Thanks for bringing your feedback to the Idea Exchange!

We'll be closing this idea since we’re not accepting submissions related to partnerships with 3rd-party companies. This is something the Idea Exchange can’t influence.

This doesn't mean that such a partnership is not possible in the future, so we’d suggest keeping an eye on our Newsroom as any important announcements about this topic will be posted there.

Thanks for understanding.