[All Platforms] Separate Queues for Podcasts and Music

[jeffreyfhow]

Hi there,

Would like to propose this again as it looks like related tickets were closed and not addressed.

Just want to share a concrete example on why this would be helpful... Throughout the day I'm listening to either music (while working) OR podcasts (while commuting). If I'm commuting to work, I'd like to queue up podcasts to listen to while commuting. This includes coming back to the same podcast queue when I'm commuting home from work (ie. same queue in the morning and evening). The problem is, I listen to music during the day while I'm working. So I need to clear my podcast queue and then queue everything up again after work. 

I think fixing this would increase user engagement on your apps. For example, having my podcasts on Apple podcasts is just more convenient now because I don't need to deal with this daily inconvenience. Every week, that's multiple hours of engagement per user (for a subset of podcast listeners) that you could be gaining back.

I'm a huge fan of Spotify, so I'd love to be able to seamlessly use your app over Apple Podcasts for this use case. Thanks 

[jonasberdal]

I have a habit of queuing up the podcasts i want to listen to next. When I switch to listening to music I have to remove all the queued podcasts. It is nice to have a single app for podcasts and music, but I'm pretty sure most people have different 'modes' of listening, and normally don't mix listening to music and podcasts.

[osornios]

Updated on 2020-07-12

Marked as new idea, which is a repost of this inactive idea.

[KimKayoh]

Please fix this issue. This is a very basic feature request -- one that I consider to be Minimum Viable Product worthy. I don't know of anybody who would want to intentionally have a queue of a few songs, then a podcast or two, then songs, then a podcast... it makes literally no sense. User research, personas, and user journeys would help define these use cases to better inform design choices (human-centered design is my professional field).

Even with no formal research, I can tell you that users come to Spotify with a "mode" in mind, for example:  1) listen to podcasts (most frequent podcast listeners queue up multiple), 2) listen to defined music playlists they've made, 3) listen to "liked" songs and have Spotify recommend new ones similar (a la Pandora), etc.

Additionally, users will want to switch from "podcast mode" to "music mode" and have their songs shuffle as they switch tasks (e.g. music for working out or studying, then podcasts for doing the dishes or commuting).

[KimKayoh]

Also, this idea had 64 votes on a previous thread, then was moved here (all votes seemingly lost). This doesn't seem fair. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Closed-Ideas/Mobile-Separate-queue-for-podcasts/idi-p/4776081

[KimKayoh]

Also listed under "Help for Android" with 63+ votes...

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Separate-Music-amp-Podcast-queues/m-p/4387135

[hatcat]

I’ve hoped for this feature for so long! I often listen to podcasts in the car, but hate the current queue feature, and it’s super annoying to have to pull over and remember which podcast I wanted to listen to next. I never add them to the queue as it’s always  embarrassing when someone is with me and a self-help/psych podcast is queued after a song..
Just have a separate queue!
I agree with the other user that mentioned opening the Spotify app with a “mode” in mind, i.e. listening to music at the gym, or listening to podcasts when commuting. 

It’s annoying having to use other apps for podcasts

[Terrelltn13]

Please I need this feature so desperately 

[12142487572]

Please separate queue for podcasts and improve the podcasts interface.

I'm trying to use spotify to listen podcasts but when it miss some basic features like this, i think about using other apps.

The current interface makes me have to add many podcasts to queue each time that i want to listen to music and then want to come back to podcasts again.

[trulsskeie]

I don't know if it helps, but I use an app called ShiftFM for this. It's mostly for training, but I also use it for Pomodoro and in general throughout my workout day to switch between a music queue and a podcast queue. You can easily import your music and podcast from Spotify into the app.

Disclaimer: I'm one of the creators of the app

[Xenia]

Updated on 2020-12-25

We’re going to close this as a duplicate since a similar idea has already been suggested here. If you could add your vote and comments there, that helps to keep things tidy!

We’ve made sure to transfer over all the votes gathered here to the original idea.

Cheers!