topic Re: Android app lacks basic features in Android

Android app lacks basic features

MoosMas — Fri, 22 May 2020 09:02:26 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Netherlands

Device

OnePlus 7 Pro

Operating System

Android 10

My Question or Issue

The Android app lacks basic features present on other platforms. I have used an iPhone for the past couple of years and when I made the switch to Android, I assumed the features I used often would be present on Android too. Boy, was I wrong.

I used to swipe right on a track to add it to my queue. Android didn't even have this feature it doesn't seem too hard to implement, right? Well, I've seen posts on here from 5 years ago saying people want this feature on Android too. Guess what, we still don't have it.

The playlist redesign, came first on iOS, still not available on Android.

When I'm browsing my library and viewing a playlist, I suddenly think of a song I want to look up. I go to the Search tab and look up the song. When I go back to my library, it starts at the top of my playlists, not remembering where I was before switching tabs.

This is probably the most annoying thing of the Android app. On iOS you can just switch tabs and pick up where you left off but no, not on Android.

The Android app has over 500 million downloads so a significant portion of Spotify users is located on Android. You'd think they would at least implement these basic features to please the Android users and offer the same experience on Android and iOS.

Re: Android app lacks basic features

smolboiRiley — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:23:00 GMT

I just love how nobody gives a s**t. I totally forgot the inconvenience that I got with Spotify on Android since I moved over about 3 years ago. Had to use my old iPhone for a few days until my phone got serviced and boy oh boy the experience is day and night. Spotify on iOS just flows, and barely crashes. It's just odd how my almost 5 year old 6S can handle Spotify better than my 1 year old S10. Kinda bizarre.

Re: Android app lacks basic features

MattSuda — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 03:15:51 GMT

Hey @MoosMas

Good news!

Android users can now swipe to queue songs

You can check out the news here:

New Android Feature: Swipe to queue songs