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Lindaclaire03 · ‎2018-02-26

Or at least give us a good reason for retiring it! It's my number one go to.

Beaniebaby1995 · ‎2019-07-04

Now that windows on arm devices are out in the wild I'd like to see a Spotify windows app compiled for ARM64. This would drastically increase battery life for these devices and Microsoft let's you port exisitng code to arm64 as well. You could also take advantage of other features such as LTE connectivity and instant on for these devices.

ecman1999 · ‎2017-08-21

As a premium user, I'm concerned that spotify should have a 64-bit application for windows because my spotify is constantly crashing, laggy, and most of the time, it freezes. Pretty annoying. Also, I have a HUGE music library at spotify. Needed it in order to work fully well with my PC running Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

kayvanhosseini · ‎2018-03-03

I guess you had a good reason for removing a favorite feature such as Running. I am sure you already know that many people like me, cancel their subscription and you still think it will be more cost-effective if you remove the feature. So I am not going to push you for bringing it back. However, I don't understand why you don't make all of those playlists available now. If you don't want to maintain the bpm detector feature, still you can publish all of those playlists based on their bpm. For instance the playlist for Hard Rock, bpm 160. Or Heavy Metal bpm 165. At least people like me who know their desired bmp can use your service and stay a paying customer.

huWolfy · ‎2017-11-15

Hi, I've set both the autostart in minimized mode and the minimize to tray options, but upon autostart the window is not only on the systemtray, but also on the taskbar. It would be nice if Spotify would be able to start only on the system tray (with a separate option, or when both of this settings is turned on). Best regards, Balazs

MattNosNos · ‎2019-02-07

The app STILL does not run on the background when all apps are killed. It would be of great use if it kept running on the background like Deezer and Soundclound do. It is super annoying to have to load the app again every time you hit the "CLEAR ALL" button and have your music interrupted. PLEASE, ADD THIS FEATURE ASAP. I know Spotify has a team more than capable of solving this issue with ease.

mbrady1999 · ‎2019-02-03

When will Spotify support the Wear OS running community with offline playback for Wear OS devices? Wear OS looks to be the most widely used wearable platform in the future, but has no option for offline playback that are available on Apple, Samsung and Garmin watches. We need this option for Android/ Wear OS users.

Sabretusk · ‎2019-01-10

The Spotify app doesn't support 144Hz monitors. It is anoying when you open spotify your cursor goes to 60Hz. It goes from smooth to choppy, this makes the app unpollished. I guess this isn't that hard to fix. Because the app doesn't use that much GPU power to run. The GIF file below can give an example. There are even monitors that can putout an 240hz refresh rate. Cheers.

franciscosoler · ‎2016-09-21

Now that the Apple Watch 2 can be used for running without the iPhone, you should definetely create the spotify app for the Apple Watch. Otherwise you will lose a lot of customers (including me) that will switch to Apple Music in order to be able to run and listen to their music without carrying the iPhone.

Clinstwood · ‎2016-02-19

Hi there! 🙂 Keep up with Spotify Imagine that you want to go out for a run and you have an awesome playlist with your favourite running tracks. Do you think that music alone is enough to motivate you to reach your limits and get the most out of your run? I would like to introduce a concept to you I've had on my mind for a long time. I always thought that it sounded more like a gimmick rather than a useful feature, but the more I thought about it the more it made sense. Being a digital designer, I took the liberty to draw a few quick sketches on Spotify’s mobile interface. It works quite simple: All you have to do is set the minimum running speed using the slider. If your running speed goes below the specified minimum the music will gradually start sounding as if it is in slow motion with low pitch which serves as a signal that you need to hurry up if you want to hear the song the way it’s meant to be heard. If you swipe up you will go to a performance review. This is where you can see a timeline with all the tracks during your last run. The white line represent the chosen minimum run speed (15 km/h in this case). It is surrounded by green waves which indicate your speed (and motivation?) derived from a particular song during your run thus letting you judge whether to keep it or remove it. To access this function, all the user has to do is tap on the “Keep Up” button just below the player controls. Thank you for your time 🙂 /Alex

user-removed · ‎2019-07-19

On the Now Playing screen, the Add to Liked Songs button is very buggy in Apple Carplay while it works great for the Web player, ios app and Apple Watch app. The Web player, ios app and Apple Watch app show a White outlined Heart icon for any song which is being played in the Now Playing screen: Song not yet added in Liked Songs playlist - Web Player Clicking on this icon puts the song in my Liked Songs playlist and the icon becomes green filled Heart icon: Song added in Liked Songs playlist - Web player Clicking on the same icon again removes the song from my Liked Songs playlist and the icon color again becomes outlined white heart icon. The same behavior is mirrored by the ios app: ios App Screenshot and the Apple Watch app: Apple Watch screenshot Now the bummer comes in Apple Carplay where instead of showing a Heart icon, a plus icon is shown: Apple Carplay screenshot Now, this plus icon behaves in the way that clicking on this plus icon adds the song to the Liked Songs playlist and this icon is hidden. There is no way to remove this song from Liked Songs playlist from Apple Carplay. This plus icon also behaves erratically where tapping the heart icon in Apple Watch for the current song adds the song to the Liked Songs playlist but doesn't remove this icon from the Now Playing screen for the current song. The idea is to make the behaviour consistent for Apple car play with Apple Watch, ios app and web player. There should be a heart icon in Apple Carplay Now Playing screen and it should behave exactly like others.

ktdid · ‎2017-10-18

I'm not sure why you removed the ability to adjust the tempo for running playlists. I'm sure I'm not the only one that used this feature regularly. Especially the "Recommended for You" running tempo playlist. Here I was able to find new songs that were PERFECT for my growing running playlist I'm incredibly disappointed, not only for my own enjoyment of this app but since I have used this playlist to recruit other people to subscribe to Spotify, I just convinced people to sign up for a feature that is no longer available! PLEASE bring this back!

say2twice · ‎2016-07-19

Currently, the recommended playlists that come with the running feature are great because you get to pick playlists of songs in your genre. The 'recommended for you' playlist is my favorite since it really picks out songs that appeal to my taste for me to run to. I've even used it as a source of new songs at times. The only real problem I have with the playlists is that they get repetitive. I run pretty regularly as do a lot of other people, and due to the playlist not self refreshing or updating with new songs after a clearly stated amount of time, or a clear way to influence or refresh the songs selected myself, after a while, I only end up hearing the same songs over and over again. The only way to hear a different set of songs within a playlist right now is to change the bpm and run at a different pace, but even if you do that, you can run into the same problem. I recommend an auto refresh setting that changes the songs after a set amount of time similar to that of the 'discover weekly' playlist, although it doesn't have to be weekly. I also recommend a manual refresh button for individual playlists. If either of those features aren't possible, at the very least giving a clear statement of how to influence the 'recommended for you' playlist and how long it takes for the playlists to refresh would help.

Kjetil_f · ‎2017-08-11

Love the Mighty Spotify Player. Finally it's possible to have a ultra portable device to use with Spotify. I rather not listen to music then to bring a heavy phone with me. The Mighty is basically a iPod Shuffle, but it lack one crucial feature. The shuffle part! Please impliment this feature soon. As a shuffle listening kinda guy I really don't want to know what song comes next when I'm out running. Please impliment the shuffle sooner rather then later. I know it's Spotify that needs do handle this part, so don't kill a perfect device by not supporting it.

Gur23 · ‎2015-06-24

So the running element is really good, prefect for running or jump rope. However, the recommended playlists (especially recommended for you) needs refreshing regularly. As someone who regularly runs/uses a jump rope the content isn't fresh enough and I end up listening to the same songs over and over again. It should either fresh automatically after you listen or I should have a refresh button to switch up the tracks at the same tempo. Not sure I can run any faster than I am now and that seems to be the only way to change the tracks I'm listening to so its something different.

turbobb · ‎2019-04-07

Downloading playlists to the watch is nice. Being able to do the same with podcasts would be incredibly useful for workouts and gardening.

MattSuda · ‎2015-11-13

So I used Spotify Running for the first time last night and when I slowed down, I noticed that the song was still going fast to the initial tempo it detected. According to the help article, you have to manually take out your phone, turn on the screen, and then adjust the tempo yourself in the Spotify app. This is kinda lame because what's the point if you have to stop your run, reach into your pocket, take out your phone, and adjust the tempo. https://support.spotify.com/learn-more/guides/#!/article/running Please make it so the tempo is automatically detected and changed when speeding up and slowing down. Especially when you can no longer run and you need to cool down by walking for a little bit. And if you want to speed up all of a sudden, the tempo is still on the initially set tempo. Is this possible or is this a battery life sucker?

neadamthal · ‎2018-11-02

I'd like to have strava and spotify to work together. Not only could the two apps integrate to avoid the need to flip back and forth, but music is a huge part of many runners' workouts and spotify could be supplying strava with the track list data during workouts both for user's visibility but also for more enhanced features. For example, tracking the songs during peoples' workouts and correlating their beats per minute/genre/etc with the workout data, machine learning could figure out what songs people run/workout better to and build playlists of those songs. Good fodder for song suggestions as well.

Powerforwardllc · ‎2018-02-27

Seriously! I need it to run! My run just sucked crusty toe nails with out it. I mean you take away the one thing that makes Spotify unique and replace it with a random tempo “running” playlist category in workout? Has anyone who made this decision ever tried to run like that before? Get bent, Spotify!

emilsebaste · ‎2017-04-03

How may people run with Spotify? A lot! Now imagine that your body can become an engine for your player. Simple example, when I want to go out and run I usually use some activity tracker to measure my performance and Spotify for music. Then after every 1km music gets interrupted with my current tempo or whatever information is set in activity tracker. What if I could set in Spotify the range for my average tempo let's say 10-12 km/h in which music plays at 100% speed. When I slow down and go below 10km/h music slows down as well. That's how I know to speed up and keep my pace. It seems super cool to speed up and music speeds up to it's regular tempo. Similar situation when you run to fast. SO it would be you who adjust music. Spotify would measure your running speed via GPS, additional setting for speed range would be necessary and that's it. I would definitely like to try this type of motivation. Thanks, emil

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Closed Ideas

[Running] Bring back Running

[Desktop] Compile Spotify for ARM64 windows

[Desktop] Make a 64-BIT version for Windows

[Running] Offer BPM/Genre Specific Running Playlists

[Desktop] Autostart minimized to System Tray

[Android] RUN THE APP ON THE BACKGROUND

[Android][Running] Offline playback for Wear OS in Spotify app

[Desktop] 144 Hz Monitor or even for 240hz

[iOS] Spotify app for Apple watch 2

[Running] 'Keep Up' Mode in Running

[iOS] Apple Carplay 'like' (❤︎) button

[Running] Bring back Running with Tempo Adjustment

[All Platforms][Running] Automatic and manual refresh for running playlists

[Mighty] Shuffle function on Mighty player

[Running] Update recommended playlists regularly with new songs

[Samsung Galaxy][Running] Download podcasts for offline listening on Samsung Galaxy watches.

[Running] Automatically detect and adjust tempo when speeding up or slowing down

[Running] Strava Integration

[iOS][Running] WHY!? DID YOU REMOVE RUNNING WITH TEMPO DETECTION?!?! BRING IT BACK!

[Running] Automatically adjust tempo when speeding up or slowing down