Am a Premium user, was told that Premium Users would be getting the use of their new idea for organization of the Your Library tab. Didn't really mind, don't see it as much needed. I have few qualms with it other than the fact that there is no longer a section for Recently Played albums/songs. This is a pretty major inconvenience for me, seeing as I have a human memory that likes to forget things on me. Having to create a Recently Played playlist for myself to update every time a new song comes on is pretty impractical and annoying. So, please bring back the Recently Played section/tab. Very useful.   Also, not extremely related, but the function to submit ideas seems hidden away in the tabs of the menu, itself hidden in a rabbit hole of non-expressive buttons (Help>Community>Menu>Ideas), and I was forbidden from posting on mobile (For not activating with my email? That's the first thing I did!). Not directly related to the app itself, but it felt like an issue I had worth mentioning. ... View more

Guess who does still have widgets...  Tidal ... View more

With this new update, the new location/functionality of the 'Recently Played' list has negatively impacted how I listen to music in a big way. I'm going to be more specific with this request since apparently the last time this was requested and got 600+ votes, it was closed for a dumb reason.   I'm suggesting back the OLD recently played list to the library page. I'm suggesting this with full knowledge that you've already implemented another (worse) recently played list on the home page. The new list involves massive photos with much less emphasis on the names of the items but the artwork instead, that scroll horizontally (only showing 2-3 items at a time), with no ability to hide items, and on top of ALL that garbage: it requires an internet connection (it's on the home page of course). There's also not even a guarantee that this horizontal list will be at the top of your Home page because Spotify likes to put promoted content up there and shift everything else down - even though you pay money and don't want ads getting in the way of using the app normally.   And if you don't move this back to the library page, then how about somewhere else? Make it require a button press on the library screen to get to my recently played list for all I care. I just want my vertical OFFLINE list of songs back.   I'm hoping this maybe has a different response. The last time someone posted this idea they didn't acknowledge the fact that there is a new location for recently played and Spotify simply responded: "we moved it". This post isn't suggesting that there isn't a recently played list, it's suggesting that in its current form it sucks. ... View more

Ok we get it, Spotify doesn't want us to have a music library, we're supposed to be doing thumbs up or thumbs down on stations... K except one problem Spotify. THATS PANDORA. I'm cancelling my subscription soon if they don't revert Spotify back to where it's like a music store (you pay for the music, you pay for SD cards and phone service, you should be able to save your music) ... View more

You guys finally listened and implemented a sort-of lyrics system on Android now, Genius' "Behind the Lyrics" (BTL). Now, BTL sometimes shows lyrics, and sometimes shows Genius' explanations for why the lyrics that are being sung that moment are written. So the app can display the lyrics at the proper times already. Genius also already has the full lyrics to most songs in their database. Let us toggle it so it doesn't switch to the explanations. Just the lyrics. I like the explanations, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I want to see what they hear at a specific time, if I can't understand them the explanation won't help me. ... View more

Remember before the update that got rid of the old Your Library tab? Yeah, bring that back. I want an artist's tab that shows every artist in my library, not just the followed ones and then a random list of all the other artists I have saved.  And the songs tab. None of this playlist with every possible song in it garbage. And please, most of all, PLEASE bring back the list view of recently played everything!  Albums, artists, playlists, whatever it be.  And if course, the ability to SAVE AN ALBUM.  I don't listen to track based artists. I LISTEN TO ALBUMS. So let me save that album with one click.  The new user interface is probably great for some people. I hate it. Reddit hates it. So, just give us a nice little button we can press in settings to select which UI we want to use. Please, it's been 1 day and I hate the new UI. It feels like I list a bunch of stuff for the podcasts tab. I don't listen to podcasts. So give me the option to change it.  Please spotify. I'm begging you.  I love the statistics I get through you guys, I love the end of year review, but this UI makes me want to check out Apple music or sound cloud go or something else.  ... View more

Bring back the 'Songs' tab which would contain all tracks saved to the library (not just Liked songs) - Bringing back the 'Songs' Tab will make it possible to shuffle play through all songs that have been saved to the library. - It will also make it easy to see all downloaded songs when in Offline mode.   I enjoy an eclectic mix of music, and one of my favourite things to do pre-update was to go to the 'Songs' tab and select Shuffle play, and just randomly play through all the music saved to my library. Because it was just all songs, this would include songs from saved albums, songs saved into playlists etc.   Another benefit was that in offline mode it meant I could easily see what downloaded songs I had available to play. Especially useful if I wanted to play music in the car but not use data.   Unfortunately Spotify's new UI has removed this (very basic) feature, and attempted to replace it with a 'Liked Songs' playlist. My problem is that I don't usually 'like' a song to add it to my library. I either save a whole album, or I add an individual track to an existing playlist. It seems silly to me to have to add another step of 'liking' a song to this process, just so that it can be added to the 'Liked songs' playlist. I'm going to end up having to 'Like' every single song in my library- and what will be the point of that?   I currently have a premium subscription, and I definitely find it frustrating to have the main way that I use Spotify now impossible! Hope others with a similar issue find this Idea helpful, cheers. ... View more

The new update is terrible.    Problems:   1. The artist page is not in alphabetical order 2. Liked songs playlist holds only liked songs, not albums saved.      It should be understood that if I save an album I like those songs. I do not need to go and like each song individually.  3. Recently played should be brought back 4. There is a lot of glitches with not downloading music I requested to download. 5. It is way too hard to find the music you just downloaded.    Please return to the old version or find a way to fix these problems.            ... View more

Let me say that I think much of the new UI update is fine, and includes some good ideas! Unlike other posts here, I’m not advocating Spotify just “go back” to the old UI.    Allowing people to *filter* their artists into just those they follow is a great idea! Having just songs that are directly liked go into the liked songs playlist is a good idea!   But those should be *separate* from the way you access the songs you save to your library. Almost everyone I know who uses Spotify used it the same way iTunes, iPods, google play, Apple Music, basically any digital form of listening to music has ever worked: you save songs or albums or part of an album to your music collection, and then you can access those same set of songs by the artists’ names, albums’ names, song titles etc. The new update ruined this experience for many, many users, and effectively destroyed my library as I had grown it.    The goal of the new additions, in giving users new ways to group their music, is fine! Great even, but there was no need to take away other functionality. The old way and the new way didn’t have to be mutually exclusive. Saving a song could be differientiated from liking it! More options are better, removing functionality is bad.    I have no problem with the aesthetic changes to the UI, or the other changes to the way certain functions have been regrouped. The podcast changes seem positive! I do miss the way recently played was previously listed vertically, but could live without that.    But for the love of music, PLEASE re-integrate the library as it’s own saved collection you can access via artist name, song name, and album name, separate from liked songs or followed artists. Allowing these options to exist side by side would truly make spotify better than it has ever been.  ... View more

I'm really surprised about the removal of the "recently played" feature. This was a huge part of how I use the mobile app, and a standout feature for Spotify. The update to the Your Library page has a number of problems, but the loss of the "recently played" list is close to a deal breaker. I'd love to move my entire family plan to an app that has a useful UI. ... View more

On (at least) the iphone app, selecting a playlist and then swiping on the main summary top bit, it says who it was made by, last edited, and how long the total playlist time is. I would love to see a feature where it simply says how many songs are in such playlist. I believe it does this on the computer app, though not iphone?    Even when scrolling throughMusic->Playlists, simply seeing how many songs are in there instead of just the cover art, name of the playlist, who it’s made by, and maybe the download sign, just say next to that how many are in there     Thanks! ... View more

I use Spotify mainly to organize and play my playlists for my fitness classes.  I need to know my total song count, and the total run time for a full playlist so I know I am finishing class on time-- not early, and not running over.  These options exist on my PC version, but I'm on the fly so often it would really be beneficial to have it available on mobile (both apple and android platforms).  I realize song count on playlists used to be an option-- I relied on it heavily and had to estimate my time frame, but it has disappeared with the most recent update.  I need it back, and would love to just have a spot underneath the title of my playlist that showed my total time like the PC version: Playlist name, created by USER, # songs, XX minutes. Thank you. ... View more

As a Spotify member since beta and a Premium member for who knows how long, I'd like to see a change to Favorited Songs from Radio that was recently changed for the new update.   Problems with Update: I favorite a lot of songs on radio/stations and usually don't immediately remember the name of the band or song. But, I almost ALWAYS remember the album cover. So when I want to return back to that song I saved and check out the album/artist, I know I can go to my Saved Albums and sort by recently added to find what I need. The recent update really hinders this, as throwing them all in a playlist will almost make favoriting songs a hassle, as you would have to scroll through text and text to find what you are looking for. Not to mention, this is a step backwards, as this is how Saving songs from radio used to work years ago.    To fix this issue, I am presenting a few options to make me and probably some other Spotify users happy!   1. Moved Saved Songs back to Saved Albums - This is probably the easiest solution, and I honestly do not know why it got removed in the first place.   2. Make it a Setting Users can opt in/out of - If someone really doesn't want favorited songs saved as an album, why not make this an option instead of forcing it on everyone?    3. If You Don't Change it Back, Add Album Covers to the left of the song on the playlist - This way, you get your way, but also users do not lose the visual reference to a song they saved.   Additional Feedback: So, right now, if I favorite a song from a station, it doesn't get saved as an album, it only lives in a playlist, right? But if I favorite a whole album, I saved the album, and then all the songs get added into the playlist anyway? What's the difference?   I can live with the Recently Added being removed (not really, but I could adjust), but in my opinion, removing Favorited Songs from the Saved Albums Library literally erases years of history from my own account and will change how I favorite and listen to songs moving forward. Please reconsider this recent update.   thanks, rccx ... View more

On mobile (both iOS and Android) the alphabetical jump menu on the right hand side of the screen was removed in the new UI update. While there are other navigation options available, the jump menu by letter was a great way to navigate your music. Kind of like the days where you would go into a record store and flip through CDs or vinyl on a shelf but in your hand.   Let's simply restore this indexed jump menu on the right hand side of the screen. There is plenty of space for the letters. I can't find the appropriate thread for this idea, specifically referencing mobile applications and the new UI. If there is one, please mark this as a duplciate.  ... View more

I've seen that a lot of people have already suggested this so I'm sorry for being repetitive but I really think that we should be able to see Friend Activity on Mobile. Music brings people together and I've had plenty of great conversations by people seeing my recent activity or me seeing others recent activity. It's also a great way to find new music. It's just so good it shouldn't just be limited to Desktop.  ... View more

In the last big mobile update, Spotify removed the ability to access saved songs from an album by clicking on that album in Your Library. In the most recent update, Spotify entirely removed the ability to save an album in Your Music without saving the entire album.   I, like most of my friends who use Spotify, tend to navigate my saved music through the album view. Albums are easy to identify and help organize my saved music. Scrolling through albums of saved songs is much quicker and easier than scrolling through thousands of songs in the Liked Songs playlist. Not to mention that it's near impossible to find a song whose name and artist you've forgotten without seeing the album art.   Please bring back the ability to save and recall some songs in album view; it helps users find music more easily, and increases the diversity of albums and songs they listen to. ... View more

I dont use playlists, I like having my music all in one place just because I "liked it" made it easy to mass download as I can't use my data on music. But now thats all it is music that I liked. My artists tab only shows music from the very few playlists I do have. This was an awful thing to do. Not everyone makes playlists, its too much work. You ruined it. CHANGE IT BACK!!!!!!!! ... View more

I favorite a lot of songs on radio/stations and usually don't immediately remember the name of the band or song. But, I almost ALWAYS remember the album cover. So when I want to return back to that song I saved and check out the album/artist, I know I can go to my Saved Albums and sort by recently added to find what I need.   The recent update really hinders this, as throwing them all in a playlist will almost make favoriting songs a hassle, as you would have to scroll through text and text to find what you are looking for. Not to mention, you moved them to a category called "Recommended Albums", but you have to scroll through your entire library of albums to see it! I don't think many people will even realize it's there.    Please move "Liked Songs/Recommended Albums"  back to Saved Albums.   thanks, rccx     ... View more

The old mobile UI so many of us loved had our own beloved libraries and collections front and center by using the whole screen to show playlists, albums or podcasts.   The new update introduces two design UI/UX decisions that I absolutely can't get behind.   The huge titlebar   You know that in design big=important, right? The biggest thing now is the titlebar where we can switch between podcasts and music.   But the decision if a user wants to listen to podcasts or music is made even before she/he launches the app.   I leave the house, take my phone out of my pocket knowing that I want to listen to that new abum or playlist on the bus ride. I go to: Library -> Playlists and stay there until I unplug my headphones.   I'm cooking or washing the dishes and I want to listen to that new podcast episode? I choose: Library -> Podcasts and listen until I'm finished. We do not switch back and forth between music and podcasts multiple times. We don't want this huge titlebar to push our own content further down.   If you absolutely want to keep it, please at least don't let it show everytime there is just a slight scrolling upwards.    Huge Icons   This would not be such a big problem If you didn't choose to color playlist folders and the "add playlist" button in this "Mockup Gray" shade.   This just does not look nice.    When I open the app I do not see my awesome music collection, I see gray mockup icons that make me feel like I use an 0.0.1 version of Spotify.   You also chose to force usage of this "Favorite Songs" playlist by placing it on top with no option to hide it. I don't want to use it because the concept of "liked songs" together in a playlist musically makes no sense to me. I like different songs, I like happy ones, sad ones, neutral ones. Listening to this playlist would be an emotional rollercoaster.    Now for the "new idea" part:   Bring back full screen content views. Let us navigate to them by choosing if we want to see albums, artists, podcasts or singles on a seperate screen. Our own collections are the most important part of your app. Make the icons smaller again OR move the "Add Playlist" Button to the top right, allow hiding of "Liked Songs" and make playlist folders visually appealing by setting colors or cover art.   Spotify please, at least gives us 1 good and thought out response to our massive criticism.  Please don't close this idea (like the other one about the new UI) by giving one of those Copy-Paste responses telling us how to use the interface correctly.  We understand how to use the interface. We just don't like it because you made design mistakes. If you close this idea again everyone visiting this thread will see how bad your communication with your users really is.     ... View more