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[iOS][Discover] Restore Touch Preview on iOS App

Touch preview removal on last iOS vers. update looks like it hasn't been a great idea. You are on time to restore it, one of the best Spotify features.

Updated on 2019-03-19

Hey!

 

Thanks for coming to the Community, and adding your vote to this idea!

 

This feature was originally removed from the app due to low engagement. There was a statement at the time which you can check out at https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Touch-Preview-on-iOS-removal/td-p/1857905.

 

We're keeping this idea as 'Not Right Now', as it's not something we have any immediate plans to add back onto the app.

 

If we do have any new info to share we'll check back in here with a new status.

Cheers!

Comments
Ray1981

This is a company that obviously don’t respond to their customers, so why waste your time asking the same question over and over 

Luc4s

Dear Spotify .. seriously now!

 

Bring this feature back PLEASE

 

Almost 40 pages of disappointed customers and you guys don’t say a single word??!

Hennifer
Pretty sure they said a word by changing this to “not right now”. Pretty
much cofirmed for being either a patent/money/storage/technical problem
they arent interested in changing, or they signed a licensing deal that
includes language that prevents them from offering portions of media. Or a
combination of both (lets not change the automated generation of samples to
exclude music licensed from (recordhouse)).

The preview audio did loop only a portion of a track not literally seek the
streaming version of a song at a specific position so thats my guess.
abbybaron

I really think you should consider adding this feature back it was an AMAZING feature and i really don't enjoy spotify as much with out it. Thanks for you time i hope you consider this. 

Trevorsachs

Hey Spotify, I’ve got an idea

 

I know you guys believe your users really would like to see the long press have more expansive abilities, however the long press for preview feature is sought after by many users as well. So, how about a little toggle in the settings page with the option of long press for preview or whatever feature you guys come up with. Best of both worlds for everyone. 

 

Hope this idea helps, Trevor

howgee

Loved this gem of a feature. Please bring it back!

Pgallagh25

Such bull**bleep**. Why take away this feature? I used it heavily and it’s annoying to see an app update remove functionality without adding anything. This was unique to Spotify and now you’ve taken away something that differentiates you from competitors. Weak.

KurtSlagle

Please bring this back.  Even if it had low engagement, that is no excuse to remove a feature that didn't have any notable amount of complaints.  I can no longer preview music when using Discover, and thus it takes orders of magnitude longer time to find new music.

JadedDarkness

I love how they see how requested this is but the idea is still in a status of "not right now". I've never seen an app continuously get worse. Every update seems to take away an aspect that I love. This touch to preview made discovering new music so easy and simple. I probably won't keep my premium subscription if this isn't added back by the end of the year, I'd rather go to another service that is actually improving.

alus992

Terrible choice by Spotify. Iw was awesome feature that made me subscribe...