Spotify has tweaked its shuffle settings again so you’ll hear less repeating in your playlists

• Spotify adds shuffle mode Less repeats
• Premium users can always revert to Standard
• Smart Shuffle will become optional earlier this year

Spotify’s shuffle feature, it’s fair to say, has been a bit complicated so far: we’ve had algorithms that brought in too many repeats, we’ve had a Smart Shuffle feature that introduces songs that weren’t actually in the playlist, and now Spotify is changing shuffle again.

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