Spotify now lets you stop playing all of its videos

Spotify is adding new toggles to turn off any and all videos within the app, for both music and podcasts. The controls are rolling out worldwide, work across all platforms and devices, and can be used by family plan managers to limit video content for each member of the subscription.

The new controls haven’t arrived on my account or devices in the UK yet, but they will appear under Content & Display settings on phone, or the Display section on desktop. The current toggle disables Canvas clips – short, looping, auto-playing videos played by Spotify Added to the app in 2019 – It is joined by a new switch that disables access to it Music videosAnd another to disable all other videos, including podcasts and vertical video.

If you manage a family plan, you will have access to these controls for each individual member of the plan, similar to existing controls for managed accounts. Once video controls are disabled at the plan level, these users will no longer have the option to switch to video versions of songs or podcasts.