topic next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive in Android

next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

mruwek — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:55:39 GMT

After one of the latest updates (8.7.72.546) I can only start playback from Google Maps navigation view, but next/previous song buttons are inactive (grayed out).

I've checked this with one older (8.7.58.455) version found (I uninstalled current version and installed from older APK file) and those buttons were active again.

Screenshots below.

Plan

Premium

Country

Poland

Device

Motorola Edge 30 Neo & Nokia 5.3

Operating System

Android 12 & Android 11

Re: next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

mruwek — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:15:19 GMT

I should add that this older APK version had properly updated itself via Google Play Store a minute ago and it's not working again, so the issue was introduced somewhere between 8.7.58.455 and 8.7.72.546

Screenshots with working version 👇

Re: next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

bbenoit — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:58:25 GMT

I have the same problem

Re: next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

mruwek — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 06:15:41 GMT

Looks like it's fixed in beta version that had just landed on my phone: 8.7.76.348

Re: next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

lostechoes — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 18:48:47 GMT

I have the same issue. How can I find this beta version with the fix?

Re: next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

mruwek — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 07:37:06 GMT

> How can I find this beta version with the fix?

https://community.spotify.com/t5/FAQs/How-do-I-become-a-Spotify-Beta-tester/ta-p/4551518

Re: next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

mruwek — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:21:21 GMT

I reverted to the stable branch to check if the recent update fixed this issue. The bug is still present though with Spotify stable version: 8.7.74.443.

Please merge fix from the beta soon.

Re: next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

lostechoes — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:59:30 GMT

Thanks.

Let's hope they implement the fix on the stable release soon.

Re: next/previous song buttons in Google Maps are inactive

lostechoes — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:36:29 GMT

This issue seems to be fixed with the latest stable 8.7.76.359 release of the Android app (from Play Store).