topic Re: The new "Explore this playlist" feature is amazing and I love it in App & Features

"Explore This Playlist" feature toggle

aliencheesesticks — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 14:55:51 GMT

My Discover Weekly and Release Radar now have these big popups in them that say Explore This Playlist that take up like 40% of my screen, and are annoying. It now takes longer to get to my music, because they appear above the tracks in the playlist so I have to scroll past them every time I open the playlist.

How can I turn these off so I can get to my music as efficiently as before? Thanks!

The new "Explore this playlist" feature is amazing and I love it

Setpimus — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:37:55 GMT

That's it, just an appreciation post for a feature I didn't even know I needed.

I've been skipping through my Discover Weekly songs at the end of every week to save the ones I like, and it was becoming a bit of a chore. Now I can do it much faster, and directly get to the right part of the song to be able to identify whether I want to add it to my playlists.

A great idea, and I hope the team in charge of it get some props!

Re: The new "Explore this playlist" feature is amazing and I love it

zipoxtra — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 22:19:42 GMT

can u pls elaborate on that function?

went into the weekly discover playlist

and did not see this option anywhere

Re: The new "Explore this playlist" feature is amazing and I love it

Setpimus — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 07:11:51 GMT

It may only be partially released then? I know Spotify tend to test features on small segments before they commit to it fully. From a quick Google search I see mentions of it from November of last year, so it's been in the works a while.

Anyway, it takes you to a screen with a short audio clip from a song in the playlist and its info with the canvas in the background, generally the most interesting part of it, and you can go to the next or previous item in the playlist by scrolling up or down. Kind of like TikTok, but for the music in the playlist. Songs have tags on them, which if you click on, will take you to other songs with the same tag, that you can scroll through as well.

Very neat feature.

Re: The new "Explore this playlist" feature is amazing and I love it

zipoxtra — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 12:43:29 GMT

unfortunately I don’t have that feature

on playlists themselves. only the ones

suggested to me in music tab.

wondering if there is a way to toggle it on and off? maybe I accidentally switched it off?

Re: The new "Explore this playlist" feature is amazing and I love it

akarory — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 02:05:03 GMT

y e s. my adhd brain has me consuming music like oxygen. these lil preview scrolly things make it so much easier to find what i like! i hope it's a thing they're rolling out for the whole site, like *every playlist,* whether that's possible or not.

i need it.

Re: The new "Explore this playlist" feature is amazing and I love it

akarory — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 02:07:41 GMT

. . . help i can't delete it. 💀

Re: "Explore This Playlist" feature toggle

Fun_Considered — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 02:35:07 GMT

Completely agree with OP.

Re: "Explore This Playlist" feature toggle

Joe_Taylor — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:37:57 GMT

I also agree. Super annoying!

Turn off the "Explore this playlist" animations

reed201 — Mon, 29 May 2023 16:16:16 GMT

The childish animations in the new "Explore this playlist" feature on Android are not helpful. They are annoying. Please provide a way to turn off this useless "feature" or better yet just get rid of it. I'm surprised you added it. Spotify is generally a good app. This feature just adds bloat.

Re: "Explore This Playlist" feature toggle

pantalona — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:42:30 GMT

Agree - it's super annoying. Could that option not be toggled on or off either on the home screen or in settings? I don't need nor want this feature!

Re: "Explore This Playlist" feature toggle

Pokio_ — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 05:18:55 GMT

I know people are annoyed by this feature

BUT PLEASE WHY DO I NOT HAVE IT

I would really love to be able to quickly choose which songs I like. And yes you should add the option to toggle it on and off so who want it can get it and who don't can not. PLEASE

Re: "Explore This Playlist" feature toggle

ChayD — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:17:30 GMT

I originally thought "Oh no, not more stuff to clutter up the UI!", but in hindsight, this is a pretty useful feature for quickly going though recommendations and keeping the ones you like without having to mess around skipping through tracks and deciding whether you like them or not. It could do with being a bit less intrusive in the form of a button on the playlist screen rather than hogging screen real estate with tiny videos.