topic Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts in Other (Podcasts, Partners, etc.)

Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

davecarring — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 16:33:23 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

Samsung Galaxy S10

Operating System

Android version 12 (snowcone)

My Question or Issue

Is it possible to customize the amount of time that you can skip forward or backward in a podcast? Looks like the default is set to skip 15 seconds in both directions when the next track button is pushed. I'd love to change it to 30 seconds forward and 10 seconds backward.

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

geovanebento — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 21:17:44 GMT

Hello how are you? Unfortunately, this function of choosing the time to skip doesn't exist yet, but you can speed up the audio in the parts you don't want to hear.

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

derekdouglas — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:23:46 GMT

PLEASE Spotify allow a 30 sec skip! 15 sec skip is way too short to get past the many ads. Just about every podcast app allows a 30 sec skip.

Or is that the reason why you won't implement it is because you want us to hear the ads?

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

rhinoroberts — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:49:45 GMT

Please do not mark this as a solution, this is not a solution. Pushing the 15 second button forward is much quicker than fast forwarding.

Other podcast apps have this customization The fact that Spotify does not incorporate this is laughable. I expect better from a premium service

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

TesFalcon1 — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 02:14:57 GMT

**bleep** agree that skipping 30 sec forward / 15 sec backward would be ideal. That's how I had Stitcher setup.

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

silasramsden61 — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 06:22:44 GMT

This is not solved, lazy solution.

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

skitfish — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:53:59 GMT

I’m really surprised to find out that the skip interval cannot be changed. This is 2023; Apple Podcasts have allowed this to be customised forever!

Hitting the '15' button over and over and over again is so tedious.

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

AArroyo — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 02:34:55 GMT

This isn’t a solution and should not be mark as one.

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

Iceman35 — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:45:26 GMT

Not a solution at all, we all agree we need a personalised customization of the time gap, 15, 30, even 2 seconds in some transcription works for exemple would be great and it is so simple to implement that a refusal is a lack of consideration for users.

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

caeci11ius — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:23:56 GMT

I've posted an "idea" to encourage this to be fixed. If you have this issue, please upvote here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Adjustable-Podcast-Skip-Time/idi-p/5832984

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

PulsatingRhino — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:07:58 GMT

I would love to be able to customize the skip back/forward buttons. For example 5 sec back and 5 sec forward. 15 sec is to large in my opinion. Sometimes I need to hear again what the person said 1 sentence ago not a whole paragraph. It's a time waster

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

pyzathc — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 05:26:40 GMT

exactly, I also need it to be 5sec

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

pyzathc — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 05:29:37 GMT

this thread is two years old and they still haven't added it...

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

kompressorv12 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 22:12:47 GMT

Add +30 seconds plz

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

TechRemarker — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:51:35 GMT

Unfortunately, it's presumably because Apple added long before Podcasts (which started with Apple) were being heavily monetized. And thus the setting was added focusing on what's best for the user and would be tough to remove the feature since people would know it because of ads and get major backlash. Where is in the modern era Podcasts are very monetized with ads and so Spotify does not want to make it easier to skip ads and since they never offered they only have to worry about people complaining about the missing feature rather than major backlash for removing a feature. But yes, I very much it was possible to. Apple Podcast is a far superior app for Podcasts but for all of us who listen to all all content music and audio books in Spotify, it makes it so much easier to have Podcasts in one app. So at the end of the day something we may have to live with, or use Apple Podcasts instead with the downside of having to use a separate app and content not having automated playlist that include music and podcasts (especially helpful in the car).

Re: Adjust Skip Time on Podcasts

Faqqothunter — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:47:16 GMT

That's exactly it. Completely nefarious.