• Spotify is adding a Fewer Repeats shuffle mode
• Premium users can still switch back to Standard
• Smart Shuffle become optional earlier this year

Spotify’s shuffle function, it’s fair to say, has been a bit of a mess up to this point: we’ve had algorithms that bring too many repeats, we’ve had a Smart Shuffle feature that introduces songs not actually in the playlist, and now Spotify is changing up shuffle again.

The new default shuffle mode – previously just called Standard – is changing to become known as Fewer Repeats. It doesn’t take too much detective work to figure out that you should hear fewer repeated songs with this mode enabled.