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[Changelog] February 13, 2026
Hooray, the kids are finally back to school, and I'm back at work. I had family visiting until last week, which means that even though I was getting things done, I wasn't ever able to sit down and properly focus on things.
Here's a snapshot of what I've been up to...
AI Music
- The curators feed can be filtered based on AI preference
- Playlists now also reveal an approximate percentage of AI songs
- For playlist owners, they are able to see specifically which songs have been detected as AI
- The AI detector itself has had some tweaks (mostly on the temporal side) and I ran new training based on additional samples
- Changed the label "Processed AI" to "Hybrid (AI+Human)"
- For those curators who do feature AI, we now split out their AI-specific approval %
Ads
- Users can now adjust the age range they're targeting
- A bunch of work to be ready for Meta's "Andromeda" interests targeting update
- When targeting premium regions, we encourage a minimum of 10 credits per day (previously 5)
Payments
- Support for Google Pay and Apple
- Redid the UI and signup flow
Feedback
- Voice-to-text upgrades:
- Toggle between "browser" (uses your local browser's built-in voice-to-text) and "cloud" (uses ChatGPT's voice-to-text API)
- Translate to language of your choice
- Abuse:
- Improved bot / script detection for submissions and Hot or Not (unfortunately I can't divulge my techniques 😉)
- Crackdown on duplicate / similar feedback
Marketplace
- Specialists can now leave notes for their whole team
- Improved the "save draft" feature - it was occasionally forgetting which specialists had been selected
Miscellaneous
- GIF counter in the #curators chat (by popular demand)
- When viewing the list of curators I've made improvements to the way each curator's playlists are surfaced and sorted
- Universal page-specific messaging system for admin alerts / messages
- Playlist applications have become a bit more stringent - with checks for consistent growth and listeners before you can actually submit an application
- SoundCloud deprecated their MP3 API endpoint and replaced it with HLS AAC - which means higher quality audio, but required a bit of reconfiguration
- Users can translate lyrics
- Hot or Not exports now include genres
What's next?
I've got a fairly big change up my sleeves that involves reducing the "friction" for new users who want to promote their music. This includes quicker uploads and one-click promotion âš¡. That should all be ready by end of February!
Feature requests? Bug reports? Leave a comment below!