Hey there,
Is there Spotify running support ve Android phones? Or will there be any support in the future?
Thank you.
Thanks! I'm very excited to see it on Android (and just signed up for the Android beta testing program).
Are there any early impressions you can share? (If not, I understand.)
Well, I can say we're waiting impatiently it to be released.
I won't be searching for the songs i need when i'm running anymore.
One month later, still waiting.
Spotify, I;m getting fat, what's up with that Android's running update?
On spotify 3.3.0.939 Beta you can listen those music (no tempo detection) also its only available in beta so if you update it you won't be able to listen those running songs (they are really awesome).
@TitusMartinus I've edited out that link in your reply. Please don't post download files to the beta apk as you agreed to not do that when you've joined the beta program. Thanks.
Still nothing...
Also waiting for this feature. Soon please!!
I wonder why I pay the same as ios users and have less features.
Still waiting very patiently for the running feature... or am I missing it? I see the new layout/player but no running or tv options. I'm also a paid user, wondering why iOS gets these features before Android users, especially if we all pay the same price.
TV options aren't as big of a deal to me as Running though, as I use Spotify for music and don't plan on using the TV option.
2 months, 19.98€ euros
seriously considering resiliating, as u only seem to care about ios users.
I've been thinking the same, since it's soon 3 months since they released to iOS, that why am I paying full price for a portion of the service?
oh please, stop the whining. The feature IS coming to Android. However the feature is a bit backwards if you ask me. It would be better if you could set the pace (e.g. BPM) first. The music is supposed to help you keep the pace, not the music to adopt to your tempo.
I'm actually waiting for Running on Android to become a paying subscriber... if, however, it always tries to keep measuring my tempo and adapt the music to it, instead of being able to set a target tempo, it is going to be less useful... looking forward to trying it anyway, though
How is the "Running" and "Now" features taking so long (over 3 months) after it was released on iOS to be implemented in the Android app? It feels like Spotify has hit a major issue with the Android platform about those two features and it looks like we will not be getting them.
Prove me wrong Spotify and release them soon.
Well the Summer is ending and the "running" feature would be rather pointless in the winter . If you want to release it now would be the time to do so.
The "it's being Beta tested" is being used too often really. This is starting to remind me of the South Park episode of The Game of Thrones..."don't worry they're coming" 😛
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When? I just bought premium, because I thought running was only in premium version 😞 How to become a tester?
@dorritvogn wrote:When? I just bought premium, because I thought running was only in premium version 😞 How to become a tester?
Unfortunately applications for the beta are closed. You can see the official thread here.
But don't worry, running is currenty rolling out to those on the stable build at the moment so should appear soon; testing is underway for the tempo matching also and that should be rolling out once verifed as working across multiple devices.
I can see the feature already, and I'm not in the Beta program. Even on the free tier I could see and use it, but now I've "paid" for premium (30 days free for now...).
Anyway, I've actually used it twice for running, and here are a few thoughts...
- You set the tempo you want in 5 bpm increments, and Spotify will play songs that match it. That's how I prefer it, so I'm happy, but I find this increment quite coarse, especially considering that you cannot set the "tolerance"... I guess it is +/- 2.5 bpm, but it would be nice to be able to set it (under advanced settings if you willl).
- I have set "cross-fade songs" to OFF under settings, but in running they still cross-fade quite a lot. Again, it would be very useful to be able to set this to one's liking!
- This is the most annoying: I would expect the Running feature to work very much like the "radio stations", getting random songs based on some "starting point" (I particularly like starting a Radio from my "Liked from Radio" playlist), but pre-selecting the songs to be around the target BPM. For Radio, this works perfectly, and I do get quite random songs and artists everytime I start the same Radio.
However, for Running, the only "Radio" (or playlist as you call it) that my personal taste can have some influence is the "Recommended for You", and, at least for me, this playlist is stuck for some time after I started it on only two artists! It is very far from a random selection of artists and songs from my personal play history everytime I start it!I hope you can make the "Running" playlists more like the Radios, but simply limiting the songs to a BPM range!!!
Leo.
PS: I just opened Spotify on my mobile now to check some stuff, and Running has disappeared!!! ****???
Just an FYI, if you google Spotify APK beta download you can find one of the most recent versions of the beta download for the Spotify running app regardless of signing up as a tester or not. I am sure that Spotify appreciates any additional feedback they can get regarding the app. A forewarning though, exercise extreme caution when attempting to download any files not verified by Google Play.
The running feature is available for some users now (me for example) in the official release (not beta). It allows you to select the pace and choose from prepared playlists or a playlist that's a variation of your own playlists. Pretty nice... now just le me voice control to favourite, ban or like songs 8-)
An interesting observation is that because they can play songs that are a certain BPM there must be some BPM information available for the songs. It would be great if that could be made public and searchable so you could create your own playlists. Using jog.fm to find tunes is a bit cumbersome.
Yeah, they released the function's "lite" version, where you set your own pace unlike iOS one where it detects your pace. So because they were 5 months late they decided to release a faulty product. This is even worse, utter failure as service and app development.
