topic Re: Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear in Android

Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear

user-removed — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 23:16:53 GMT

Hi,

Would it be possible to add controls for "Thumbs Up/Down" to the Spotify Android Wear app? This would be quite handy, because it would mean I don't have to pull out my phone to rate tracks.

Also, why can't I rate tracks on things like my "Playlist of the Week"? This would allow me to let Spotify know if it did a good or bad job with that personalized Playlist...

Thanks!

Re: Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear

jean3601 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:22:56 GMT

Hey @user-removed, Welcome to the community! 🙂

It looks like you are suggesting an idea 🙂

All ideas should be posted in the ideas section here 🙂

Re: Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear

Stevecu — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 22:07:24 GMT

This is not an idea, it's a bug.

Re: Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear

Joe — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 23:22:00 GMT

A bug is a feature which doesn't work as it should whereas you're asking for a missing feature to be added so the ideas section is the best place for your post. You can copy and paste your original post to save typing.

If you're adamant that this is a bug, post in the issues section but don't be surprised if they mark it as "not a bug".

Re: Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear

Stevecu — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:36:03 GMT

I retract my claim that this is a bug. But it does seem very odd that there appears to be no way to tell spotify that I like a song outside the context of a station. Does adding a song to my library and / or a playlist accomplish this.

Re: Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear

jean3601 — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 22:32:53 GMT

@Stevecu

Adding a song to your playlist and playing it more will allow Spotify to better understand your listening habits 🙂

Re: Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear

Stevecu — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:35:14 GMT

Thanks.

What about just adding it to a playlist (or, really adding several of my favorite albums to several playlists) without listening to them right away? Will Spotify use there presence in my playlists as a hint?

Similarly, what about just saving a song to my library (by hitting + when it plays) without adding it to a playlist?

Remember my goal is to help spotify get to know me faster. I don't listen to music all day and while I'm getting pretty good recommendations already, there is a lot of room for improvement. Specifically, neither my Daily Mix, nor Discover weekly are playing many (almost none) songs from either my playlists or my library.

I'm going to also look for a better topic to cross post this ...

Re: Thumbs Up/Down with Android Wear

jean3601 — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:52:49 GMT

@Stevecu

Well, Spotify won't play any of the songs in your playlists or library in discover weekly as the idea behind discover weekly is to discover new song. But the longer you listen to Spotify the better it will get to know you!

Adding songs to playlists, especially playlists you play often will probably help Spotify understand your taste in music. for your daily mix, it's quite simple, press the like button or dislike button on tracks (pressing like will add it to your library) and that will help improve your daily mix

As for helping Spotify get to know you faster, the algorithms are created in order to pick up what you like through daily interactions without adding any effort to your side, so the best way to help Spotify get top know you better is to listen to songs, press like where you can and add your favourite tracks to your library and play them, that's the best way to get Spotify to improve on your discover weekly 🙂