[All Platforms] Remember Position in Playlist / Album

[wigglebit]

Please remember the current song playing in a playlist so if I switch away to a different playlist and then switch back, Spotify will know where I left off.

I often can't finish a playlist right away or my mood changes so I might switch to a different playlist. Later, I want to finish the previous playlist, not start over again.

[Heelgut]

I think this feature is really overlooked by Spotify because without it using their dynamic playlists like Discover Weekly or Podcasts playlists (Your episodes) annoying to use. 

Really hope Spotify would bump this up. 

[easytigerjim]

Why isn't this already a built in feature? It's so obvious and can't possibly be difficult to implement. I switch back and forth between several playlists as well (some of which have over 1,000 songs) and I want to pick up where I left off...every single time. Who wouldn't want to do this? If you have 1,000 songs in a playlist and switch back to the beginning every time, you'll never hear the songs at the end of the playlist.

[hlr678]

Every other similar app I use to listen to podcasts and audiobooks has a bookmark option and it's frustrating to not have that option with Spotify (which I use for music and podcasts mainly).. I'm listening to a 383 hour playlist right now, but it's not the only thing I listen to. It is one that I need to listen to in order, though. I'm tired of constantly having to search through this playlist every time I need to figure out where I left off.

Yes, it's an excessively long playlist, but even a playlist of an hour or more can be frustrating without being able to mark your place if you need to or want to. There is no way to do this in Spotify now, so I've had to resort to trying to remember to take a screenshot every time I finish a session with that playlist so I can find my way back. Of course, I don't always remember and then I have to spend too much time trying to figure out where I left off.

The queue option doesn't help either because if I'm listening to another playlist, Spotify goes back to the queue after every single track, which makes it difficult to listen to different things.

It's unfortunate this basic functionality isn't available in Spotify for paid subscribers. I don't know if other music apps have this option, but every podcast and audiobook app seems to. Surely it should be possible? I hope it is and that it's a feature that will be implemented soon.

[drew345]

Netflix can remember where I am across multiple movies, and series. Audible can remember where I am across multiple e-books, and podcasts. Kindle can remember where I am across multiple books. Why can't Spotify do this with albums and playlists? I doubt the other platforms even had to discuss putting in the feature; it is just so obvious. My phone can beat a chess grand master, but cannot remember where I am in a playlist without me jotting it down in my notes.

[harborguy]

I would just like to add my voice to this as well. While I am a relatively new user of Spotify, I was surprised that I could not have the system/mobile app remember where I left off in a playlist or to simply place a bookmark. A playlist I am listening to is 212 HOURS (9 days) long. I would love to work through it but finding where I left off...almost impossible. 🙏

[mtdtsy53]

This issue must be implemented. I have found a nice playlist. That includes 9983 songs, 490 hours.

[RICK53]

After more than a decade, somehow we don't believe you will ever make this basic change.

[ChrisPine]

Because shuffle is broken (has been for years; different thread), it's hard to hear the songs at the end of a long playlist. But then it occurred to me: if Spotify would just remember where I am in a playlist, then I wouldn't have to shuffle anything; I could just loop the playlist and eventually here all of the songs in a playlist. Why hasn't anyone thought of this?

Then I saw this monster thread and lost all hope for humanity. Corporations are trash, and we, the customers who fund them, are to blame.

Amusingly, Spotify actually curates some very long playlists. You know it's hard to actually hear all of the songs in a long playlist without some kind of manual bookkeeping, right?

[RMH1]

Correct on all accounts

That’s why I cancelled my account and expect when enough follow, that will get their attention. Spotify will be desperate, implement the feature and offer discounts to come back.