A member of spotify team said to separate the FLAC idea post, into FLAC local playback and FLAC streaming. Someone else can create a FLAC streaming post, as I'm only after local playback. The original post with the 2 ideas in one post is here. http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/Flac-on-Spotify-at-least-playback-of-your-own-flac/idi-p/8555   Vote for this post if you want LOCAL PLAYBACK OF FLAC FILES ONLY.   WHY WE NEED SPOTIFY TO PLAY OUR FLAC COLLECTION Spotify already plays ALAC, all be it with stability problems, but what we really need is local FLAC playback because FLAC is the defacto standard for lossless audio encoding. 7digital has recently started selling FLAC yet spotify can't play them. Why not??? http://www.7digital.com/find-music/7digital-recommends/flac   The most commercially successful band on the planet (The Beatles), have released official remastered versions of all albums in 24bitFLAC format on a usb device. http://www.everythingusb.com/the-beatles-stereo-usb-limited-edition-17961.html Numerous bands have sold albums in FLAC format through their websites. FLAC is the defacto standard for lossless encoding, so please start supporting local playback of FLAC.   Another idea that is important to me is fixing the appalling "set the same volume level for all tracks", which doesn't take into account the subtle volume transients of an album that audio engineers spend hours working on. The following volume normalization method retains the intended volume differences as part of the album. http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/VOLUME-NORMALIZATION-IN-SPOTIFY-DAMAGES-INTEGRITY-OF-THE-ALBUM/idi-p/220712 ... View more

Hi from Azerbaijan! We want to able to use Spotify in here, please. Last time we tried but it didn’t get enough upvote so you didn’t make it happen. But I'm pretty sure a lot people from here ready use Spotify. You can check the activity of azerbaijani listeners from other music streaming applications such as Apple Music, Deezer, Yandex music, Vk music, SoundCloud etc. It’s really hyped right now. Even though, Azerbaijan is a small country, people from here totally into music. And also I have personally tried all of other music streaming platforms but Spotify is unique about creating song radio, offering a weekly discover, recommending related songs, playlists from Spotify and from other users. Also I have observed that tourists from other countries are preet upset when they can’t use Spotify in here (after 1-2 week it shows a problem about country as they said). So, im looking forward to see good news from you. And I can help whatever it takes. Thanks, love you all! ... View more

Let say my friand and I are living apart and want to listen to the same music, at the same time. It's a really easy feature to implement and I, a loner, spent nights with my friend chatting, listening to the same music but with delay. Let one user to be administrator, and anyone would be able to join his/her feed, listening to the same. I think it has a lot of potential in terms of marketing and all, influencer can create big communities, like the empaty boxes in 'Does Androids Dream of Electric Sheeps?'. It could create the community, or social media if you will, feeling that Spotify definitely lacks.  ... View more

Yesterday I was driving with my daughters, who both listened on music on their headsets, via Spotify. I n oticed them stopping the music every now and then, or swapping headsets for a moment, to share what they listen at the moment. This lead me to thought.   Would it be possible to start a shared synchronized playlist/session, that is playing synchronized across devices/accounts. When opening the playlist/session all listeners would be hearing the same song the same time. So,  kind of a radio.  session  could be shared via a link giving the opportunity to share link to listen only mode or allow link user to act as DJ.   I think this kind of feature would let users be more social over the music and Spotify.    ... View more

Music is meant to be shared. However, one often receives a song or album suggestion at a time when they are unable to give it the listen it deserves. I propose Spotify creates a “Shared With Me” playlist that automatically detects any song that has been shared with you much like how Google Drive functions. Songs can be shared within the app and you’ll receive a notification that a new tune has been added to this playlist and serve as a queue created by fellow music enthusiasts. Please vote for this much needed Spotify feature to support more music getting more listens.   ... View more

In the past, I was able to select an artist radio, and then I could like or dislike songs based on my preference to slowly mold the station into these really awesome stations. Recently I have noticed that any artist station, song station, or any saved station I have made have lost the ability to like or dislike songs. The like and dislike functionality still appears in playlists like my discover weekly, but it is gone from the stations I have been molding for years. For example I had a Rage Against the Machine radio that had my preferences for over a year I would listen to at the gym. Now, the songs change each day, but there is no way for me to have a say in them. I know for a fact many songs I have disliked in the past have appeared in these playlists, and this was never an issue up until recently. The algorithm for editing these stations was fantastic, and I'm really bummed to see it disappear. I would love to see it come back.  ... View more

Add a "Resume Playing" button to playlists instead of just "Shuffle Play." This is a small feature, but it's one that I would really like to see added to Spotify. Sometimes I really would just like to pick up where I left off in a playlist instead of shuffle playing every time. Oftentimes, shuffle playing results in a lot of repetition, and this would help to pretty much eliminate that. I have a large playlist of all my favorite songs that I listen to while driving, studying, playing games, etc. Sometimes the situation calls for another playlist, but I am always afraid of playing something else because I will lose my place in the playlist that I usually listen to. In my opinion, this feature would take spotify's versatility to the next level. I posred this idea to reddit and it received a lot of positive feedback: https://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/bxjxzk/misc_add_a_resume_playing_button_to_playlists ... View more

I think it's really cool that college students get discount for spotify but it would be great if high school students could get the same thing , it would be amazing to being playing music wherever we want for a low price and since I find spotify better than pandora. $5 is extremely affordable for high school students and a lot would sign up for that price if that was an option ... View more

The new change from the "Songs" playlist to "Favorite Songs" is not only pointless but really confuses the original purpose of the "Songs" library. Many users used the "+" icon to save songs they were interested in, but not all of the songs users saved were "Favorite Songs". My system, for one, was to save songs I kind of liked, then go through them later. The songs I thought were the best, I removed the "+" and put those songs into another playlist entirely. So, none of the songs on that playlist are actually my favorite song and now I'm going to have difficulty returning to this system when all of these songs have hearts on them and are labeled "Favorite Songs".   Just go back to the way it was. Honestly Spotify, there are so many more important changes to implement and you do this? ... View more

This of course could be referenced to PS3 and Wii as well, but as a primarily 360 user I'm biased ;) I'm hoping that something is in the works to bring Spotify to 360. Being that so many people have their gaming consoles setup through their home audio, it would really up the ante on the sound experience. As a premium user I use Spotify all the time but my living room is begging for it!   Heres to hopin! ... View more

Hi Spotify,   Please eliminate the ads with car horns/honking in them. Or at least edit the clip to remove those sounds. It is a safety issue affecting the mental health and well-being of listeners (from previous posts, it is startling and fear-inducing for both pedestrians and drivers listening to Spotify).   Apparently this problem has been around since 2015.  I heard the ad today, on the app,  1/2/19. When I did a quick search of the word “honking” in the community boards, one update said this issue was addressed in 2017 (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implemented-Ideas/All-Platforms-Other-Do-not-make-ads-with-car-horns-in-them/idi-p/1217695)   Please look into this ad again since it is still playing and there are still posts from 2018 about it. Thanks for reading, and I hope this gets resolved soon. ... View more

We need no words, when music sounds: Datefy   Magical relationships begin when you truly vibe with someone, and one of the best ways to know if this is gonna happen is through music taste. It would be awesome if Spotify makes this possible, by matching people with shared music taste and location.   Vote this idea to make this happen!     ... View more

I loved using my starred playlists. It was an easy way for me to favorite songs and cache them for offline use without having to search for them or go through album after album. Removing this in 1.0 is annoying and a poor idea. Bring them back! ... View more

I would be so great to have DLNA support in Spotify, both in the desktop and mobile versions.   There should be a simple "Play To" feature so music can be played on the living room stereo and controlled from a mobile device without the use of a combination of desktop computer, JamCast, 2Player, WD TV live box ect.   It could be combined with AirPlay support, but I'm using a Windows/Android setup myself.   Hope people (and Spotify) will support this feature soon - it would really take Spotify to the next level at home! ... View more

The current maximum duration for student discount on Spotify is 4 years total. Unfortunately this does not fully cater for part time students, who can spend a minimum of 6 years completing their degree. It also does not cater for those studying Masters or PhDs. It would be great to be able to increase this duration by the number of years the student is actually studying, not just the 4 years currently allowed.  ... View more

IDEAS: To make premium users premium again, there needs to come something what makes a difference. Like how Spotify used to be, you can’t listen to Apple Music without subscription.   1. Let premium users be able to add downloaded songs, straight to the device. What should be possible, only an (bigger) update. Like (kinda) ‘spotydl’ inside the app or  to make it easier voor developers an separate app with access to link the Spotify playlists.    2. Do something about the UI. Really: - Make the ‘options’ button more clear.   - Make the actions menu fit in one page, without scrolling. This is actually already possible when the album cover won’t be showed. The scrolling makes it just irritating and Apple more easier.   - If that’s not possible for some reasons, then make it at least ‘movable’. Search a song and just go to ‘view artist’ then you see the unlogical order of it.     3. Integrate an option to select multiple songs to batch add songs to your playlist instead of one by one. The ‘Discover music’   is so much better than Apple Music. Since free users are only able to shuffle that part, will make Premium users life more easier and paying for something.     4. Improve the playlist edit, delete and sorting options. The specifics of that are to be found by 10.000 other ideas from other people.     I’m not giving a deadline, but if   it won’t improve I   will switch to Apple. Build new playlists with the smooth UI way and still shuffling my playlist, but only free.     Thanks!     ... View more

There are artists that I don't like, to the level that I never want to hear them, at least not on Spotify. It might be because said artists have been accused with sexual harassment, or maybe I so dislike them that I prefer to always skip it. Obviously I will never start playback from said artists' pages etc, but they may appear in playlists or radios that I like. When that happens, I want Spotify to automatically skip those songs. Similarly, some genres I don't like may appear in playlists and radios that I do.   Anyway, I want to be able to filter out it blacklist songs by artists and genres. ... View more