The short version: Spotify's What's New feed is gone from the mobile app. On your phone, new releases from artists you follow now live under Home, then Music, then Following. On desktop the bell icon at the top right still opens What's New, as of November 2026. Neither one sends you an alert, so you still have to go and look.
What's New was the feed Spotify added in July 2021: a bell at the top of the Home tab that collected new releases from the artists, podcasts and shows you follow. It's been moved and half-retired since, which is why "where did What's New go" keeps showing up in Spotify's community forum. If you're missing something older, "New releases for you" was a shelf in Browse, and forum threads about it vanishing go back to 2018.
Where What's New went on mobile
In 2023 the bell left the Home tab and moved behind your profile picture, in the side panel. A Spotify staff member later said it had been "relocated". Still there, just a lot harder to stumble on.
In January 2026 Spotify's listener help page stopped mentioning it, and by February it was gone from the profile menu too. Spotify called it "retiring certain features" and pointed people to the Following feed.
So on a phone, the Following feed is What's New now. It launched for music in July 2025, modelled on the podcast Following feed that had replaced the old New Episodes list a couple of months earlier.
Podcasts went the same way. New episodes from shows you follow are under Home, then Podcasts, then Following, which is where Spotify's staff send anyone who misses the bell for podcasts.
The What's New button still works on desktop
Open Spotify on a computer and the bell is still there at the top right. Click it and you get a page called What's New, "the latest releases from artists, podcasts, and shows you follow", with a Music filter and a Podcast & Shows filter. Each row shows the release, whether it's a single, EP or album, and how many days ago it came out.
Spotify doesn't document it, so it may depend on your app version or region.
What the Following feed shows
On mobile, tap the Music chip on Home, then Following. You get a list called Latest releases, one card per release, with a preview button, a plus to save it and a play button.
It's the same idea as What's New with a nicer layout. It's mobile only, and Spotify doesn't say how far back it goes. The old What's New kept up to 100 releases from the last 60 days. Spotify's artist help still sends listeners to the profile menu to find it, which tells you how much attention it's getting.
If What's New vanished for you and you want the closest thing back, that's it. Following an artist is what puts them in this feed, so it's only as complete as your follow list.
Does Spotify notify you when an artist you follow releases music?
Not that Spotify documents. Podcasts get a "Get notified of new episodes" switch. Artists you follow get a vague "artist updates" setting lumped in with news and offers.
You have to remember to go and look, which is a big ask for a feature Spotify has moved and then retired. If you want an actual alert, that's what album notifications are for.
A feed isn't a playlist
I didn't use the bell before I started building Tracknack. I didn't know it was there. Looking at it now, it's a nice feature. But it's a feed. Scroll, tap in, back out, tap the next one. Nothing you can press play on and leave running.
Spotify's playlist version of the same idea is Release Radar, and it's choosier. It updates on Fridays and gives each artist one song a week. A remix by someone you follow won't get in on their name, and you get one track from a full album.
And all of it, bell, feed and Release Radar, stops at artists. A new Ninja Tune record from someone you've never heard of reaches none of them. Neither does a track produced by a producer you follow but released under another artist's name.
That's what I built Tracknack to do. You follow artists, labels, and the producers and songwriters in the credits, and everything they put out goes into one playlist on Spotify or Apple Music. Tracks stay until you choose to clear old ones out. Nothing reshuffles on Friday or gets cut to one song an artist. You also get an email listing what was added, which is the release alert Spotify doesn't send.
It has limits. The free plan covers 30 follows and updates weekly, credits are only as good as the metadata behind them, and nothing gets added that never reached Spotify or Apple Music. If you only follow a handful of artists and you remember to check, the Following feed will do. If you follow more than that, or you follow labels, Spotify's own new release features won't keep up. I've put Tracknack next to the other release trackers if you want to compare.
Where is What's New on Spotify?
As of November 2026, What's New is no longer in the Spotify mobile app. On a phone, new releases from artists you follow are under Home, then Music, then Following, in a list called Latest releases. On desktop, the bell icon at the top right of the Spotify app can still open the What's New page, with separate Music and Podcast & Shows filters, though this may vary by app version and region.
Why did Spotify remove What's New?
Spotify hasn't published an announcement. On mobile, the What's New bell moved off the Home tab into the profile picture menu in 2023, and in early 2026 it was dropped from that menu as well. A Spotify staff reply in February 2026 described it as retiring certain features and pointed listeners to the Music Following feed, which launched in July 2025.
How do I see new releases from artists I follow on Spotify?
In the Spotify mobile app, tap Home, then Music, then Following to see the latest releases from artists you follow. On desktop, click the bell icon at the top right if your app still shows it. Release Radar, updated every Friday, also includes artists you follow, but only one song per artist per week.
Does Spotify notify you when an artist releases new music?
Spotify's notification help page doesn't list a setting for new releases from artists you follow, as of November 2026. It documents general artist updates and a 'Get notified of new episodes' option for podcasts. New music from followed artists appears in the Following feed and Release Radar, but you have to open them to see it.
Where are new podcast episodes on Spotify now?
As of November 2026, new episodes from podcasts and shows you follow are in the Following feed: in the Spotify mobile app, tap Home, then Podcasts, then Following. It replaced the New Episodes list in 2025, and Spotify staff point listeners there now that What's New is gone from mobile.
How far back does Spotify What's New go?
Before January 2026, Spotify's listener help page said What's New showed up to 100 releases from the last 60 days. Spotify's artist help page still says it keeps the last 150 notifications or the last 60 days. Spotify doesn't say how far back the newer Music Following feed goes.
Sources and notes
Checked on November 9, 2026. The desktop bell is what the app shows in Latvia; Spotify doesn't document it.
- Spotify Newsroom: What's New feed - July 2021
- Spotify Newsroom: Music Following feed - July 2025
- Spotify Support: Follow artists, podcasts and shows - Home, Music, Following; the January 2026 version with What's New and the 60-day window
- Spotify for Artists: Getting music in What's New - 150 notifications, profile menu
- Spotify Community: bell icon gone, What's New gone and New releases for you gone - staff replies 2023 and February 2026, listener thread August 2018
- Spotify Support: Notification settings - no release alert for followed artists
- Spotify for Artists: Getting music on Release Radar - one song per artist per week
