Search & Browse on desktop

[cphafner]

Hi,

On the mobile app there is a Search & Browse function.  When you click this function it pulls up a ton of playlist sorted by genre.  Is this function available on the desktop?  I would love to be able to access these playlists on my PC.

Thanks

[Peter__ · Accepted solution]

Its not properly available on the desktop yet, but I think you will find the Tunigo application inside the desktop app looks shockingly similar to browse 😉 

Peter

[zpon]

Another possibility is to use the radio function. It has some genres and decades at the bottom to create a station from.

[Giannacl]

Browse is available in the desktop app too, there is no icon yet though.
Enter spotify:app:browse in the searchbox 🙂

And a couple of other things they're working on:
spotify:app:messages
spotify:app:collection

[Peter__]

Both Browse and Messages should be available in the sidebar of your desktop client as far as I am aware. If not, what client version are you using (Help/Spotify > About)?

[zpon]

The "Browse" option is not available in my client, version: 0.9.4.183.g644e24e0 on linux. The "Message" option is there though.

[Peter__]

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@zpon wrote:

The "Browse" option is not available in my client, version: 0.9.4.183.g644e24e0 on linux. The "Message" option is there though.

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Ah Browse was added in 0.9.6, so I am guessing we are still waiting on the feature on linux. 

[Aligeiro]

Hi,

I'm on version 0.9.6.81 on Windows and the browse option does not appear on the sidebar.

My workaround is to go the tunigo app and click a link.

Can you help?

[Peter__]

What country are you in @Aligeiro ?
Spotify are aware of some issues in new markets such as Chile.

[Aligeiro]

I'm in Portugal.

[Peter__]

Do you see browse on the web player? 

[Aligeiro]

Yes, I do.

And it's also available on the android app, just not on the windows app.

[Peter__]

Might be worth a clean reinstallation of the desktop client and see if that makes any diffference? 

[Aligeiro]

Just did and remains with the same behavior.

[Peter__]

I've escalated this as an issue already, so I will add your details to the escalation for the time being all I can suggest is using the spotify:app:browse shortcut to access browse in the desktop client.

[Aligeiro]

Thanks for the help.

Will someone contact me regarding the issue? Or should I just check this thread?

[Peter__]

You should get emails when anyone replies to this thread, hopefully it will just appear and start to work on its own once they fix the issue!

[meahtenoha]

Hey @Aligeiro exactly which OS are you using? Windows 7? 

[Aligeiro]

Yes, windows 7 64 bit.

[KucharczykL]

Sup, guys. I came across this thread just now because the browse feature isn't showing up in the sidebar for me either. I'm from Czech Republic, if that makes any difference.

e: Windows 7 x64 SP1