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Spotify wants to suggest songs based on your emotions – BBC News
The streaming giant patents a method of suggesting songs based on a scan of your emotional state.
By Mark SavageBBC music reporter
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image captionSpotify says its patent will allow more accurate music recommendations
Spotify has patented technology that will allow it to analyse your voice and suggest songs based on your “emotional state, gender, age, or accent”.
The patent, which was filed in 2018 and granted on 12 January, would allow the streaming giant to “make observations” about a user’s environment and emotions using speech recognition technology.
Spotify could…
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