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Spotify Tempo

A little more
in your
rhythm.

Your music. Your movement.

Interactive product concept

Live prototype · Start a workout and explore the flow.

Role
Product design & prototyping
Project
Independent Spotify concept
Focus
A broader workout experience

01 / Before Tempo

Start with what’s familiar.

Spotify’s existing screens set the visual language:
dark surfaces, clear controls, and familiar navigation.

Spotify Home screenshot showing listening shortcuts, content recommendations, and the Home, Search, Your Library, and Create navigation.
HomePersonalized listening, familiar navigation.
Spotify Search screenshot showing the search field and Music, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and Live Events categories.
SearchBrowse music, podcasts, and more.
Spotify Your Library screenshot showing category filters, saved playlists, and saved episodes.
Your LibrarySaved music and podcasts in one place.
Spotify Create menu screenshot showing Playlist, Collaborative playlist, Mixed Playlist, Blend, Prompted Playlist, and Jam.
CreateThe app’s existing creation options.

Original screenshots · Select a screen to see it at full size.

The direction

Make the workout
part of the listening.

Tempo explores a workout flow inside Spotify: choose how you want to move, set your session, then find a mix of familiar favorites and new music.

Spotify already offers Running Mode. This concept explores a broader workout setup and interface, rather than claiming tempo-matched running as a new idea. Product context

02 / Choose your movement

Start with
the workout.

Running, walking, strength training, cycling, HIIT, or a custom session. One clear choice starts the flow.

The example continues with a run.

Tempo step one: six workout types including Running, Walking, Strength Training, Cycling, HIIT, and Custom Workout.

03 / Shape the session

Your pace.
Your tempo.

Choose a running style, target pace, music BPM, and duration. Pace and music tempo stay separate; the proposed music selection preserves each track’s original speed.

Tempo running setup showing running style, a 9:30 target pace, unit controls, and 160 BPM music tempo.
A target pace is a goal, not a live reading.
Tempo setup showing 170 BPM, optional running cadence, session-duration choices, and Continue.
Music tempo, optional cadence, and session length.

04 / Make it yours

Keep the music
that moves you.

Choose Liked Songs, playlists, recommendations, or a mix. Add genres and artists, then adjust the balance between familiar favorites and new discoveries.

Tempo step three showing music-source choices, optional genres, and favorite artists.
Choose where the music comes from.
Tempo personalization showing the familiar-to-new discovery control, an illustrative 170 BPM lineup, and Start Workout.
Preview the starting lineup before beginning.

05 / Keep moving

The session,
at a glance.

Playback stays familiar. Target pace, music tempo, and workout phase sit together, with a Tempo Shift action within reach.

The prototype uses illustrative tracks and simulated playback. It does not track live activity.

Tempo workout playback with standard music controls, target pace, music tempo, workout phase, Tempo Shift, and End workout.
View the full concept board Spotify Tempo concept board with a central workout phone screen, Spotify branding, and the A little more in your rhythm presentation.
Project notes & sources

Play the published Tempo prototype

Existing Spotify UI and the Tempo concept screens are shown separately. All screenshots were supplied for this case study and are displayed unchanged; the regular Spotify screens have CSS device frames.

Spotify’s published Running Mode includes session and music-personalization controls. Tempo is presented as a workout experience exploration. No original user research, live Spotify integration, or measured outcomes are claimed.

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