A big part of Tinder's success as a dating app came from its iconic "swipe yes/no" interface. Swiping left or right made the process of finding a date fun, more like a game than a chore.
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A new app called Enso is trying to bring that fun into discovering music on Spotify. The app presents you with a series of 30-second song snippets, like Tinder presents you a series of potential dates, and you swipe "yes" or "no" on each one. You can choose what genre you are looking to find music in, or you can go with a grab-bag assortment.
If you swipe "yes," Enso adds it to a playlist in Spotify that you can go back to later.
If you want to listen to the song the moment you find it, just hold down the center button in Enso and you'll have the option to either listen to it on Spotify or watch the music video on YouTube if it's available.
While Spotify has made large strides in curating music, especially with its cult hit playlist "Discover Weekly," there is something undeniably fun about using Enso to swipe your way to a new playlist.
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Here is what using the Enso app is like:
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First you link the app to your Facebook and Spotify accounts.
The app will then present you with a snippet like this, which you can swipe "yes" or "no" on (I swiped no).
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You swipe generally, or you can pick a certain genre.
If you hold down on the center button of a song...
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...you get taken to a screen that lets you play the song on YouTube or Spotify.
If you select YouTube it will send you to the YouTube app.
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The songs you've liked are organized within Enso by genre...
...and if you don't like them anymore you can remove them.
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They are also saved to Spotify...
...and live in a playlist called "Liked from Enso."
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You can edit this playlist in Spotify to your heart's content.
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