Possible Shuffle bug/ UI problem

Question

My Question or Issue:

I have found a possible bug/ UI problem regarding the "Discovery Weekly"; "Dein Mix der Woche" playlist. It also seems to affect the "Mixtape" playlists as well.

The problem here is that if you have listend to a playlist in shuffle mode directly before you listen to the "Discovery Weekly", without deactivating the shuffle mode your "Discovery Weekly" playlist will also play in shuffle. Even when you don't press the random song button on top of the playlist.

The problem you can not deactivate the shuffle mode in this playlist. You need to go to a different playlist and deactivate the shuffle mode otherwise the playlist will always play in shuffle mode.

I believe the reason for this is because the "shuffle" button and the "song repeat" button are replaced (which are normally next to the "play/ pause" button) by the "like" and "dislike" button.

It's not a big problem but it costed me several minutes to figure out why my playlist was on shuffle. Anyways I hope it helps to fix the bug/ UI.

Device

(Samsung Galaxy S9+; Android 10)

Spotify Premium

(Version 8.5.62.904)

Jeremy · Answer

Hey @Blaine84,

Thank you for your post and feedback.

We're always testing things by adding or removing features to make Spotify better overall. We’re sorry that this means you’re not able to use the shuffle feature like you wish to do at the moment.

You can always create an idea about this and have people vote on it.

Click here to read more about how your feedback reach Spotify.

If you have any questions we're always one reply away 🙂

Cheers!

Blaine84 · Answer

The option to turn off shuffle is indeed in those 3 dots, but wow is it out of the way. The Release Radar playlist recently began defaulting to shuffle, and I HATE this change. Actually makes me angry when I'm expecting to hear that new song I like, but I get something else instead. Makes me want to switch to another service.

Xenia · Answer

Hello @musambani,

Thanks for getting in touch with us! No worries - We're here to help 🙂

You should be able to switch shuffle off and on from within the 3-dot menu in the Now Playing view when listening to your Discover Weekly:

In case you're missing the shuffle button, it'd be great if you could share a screenshot with us of how things look on your end as well as sending over the following details:

* Device details (build/model/OS)
* Exact Spotify version

Keep us in the loop and don't hesitate to ask if you have any other questions.