[iOS][iPadOS][macOS] Support for interactive playback widget

[Emil_Beck_Aagaard]

Hi, in the new iOS 17/iPad OS/Sonoma update Apple is adding support for interactive widgets. I would love if you could experiment with adding this feature to Spotify as it isn’t currently supported. 

The widget could come in multiple sizes, ranging from a simple pause button to a full album cover, upcoming music and the ability to scroll in a song or podcast for the big screens.

EDIT: Thanks for the support, remember to like the idea, so we can get this feature implemented 😁!

[CasperDamm]

Please add interactive now playing widgets! 🙏🙏

[gravespy720]

It looks like someone else has this same suggestion and they have WAY more votes than this page: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/iOS-Support-for-interactive-playback-widget/idi-p/563449...

if you’ve voted on this page, make sure you go vote on the other one as well. 

[Luan]

Updated on 2023-10-07

We're thrilled to see that your suggestion is rapidly gaining popularity and we're updating its status to Good Suggestion.

We hope that it will continue to gain support from more users. Thank you for your valuable contribution - we truly appreciate it!

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[Emil_Beck_Aagaard]

Dear Spotify team, 

I suspect that something has happened with your like system, as my idea had been marked as a new suggestion, and then a good suggestion twice. 

(The above suggest that the like counter has been reset, I think it has happened because I edited the initial post with a thank you message 😬)

In your guidelines it reads that after 180 likes, which we are way past, this idea should be marked as a live idea. Can you please fix this and change the idea mark to live idea?

[Rogovic99]

I dont understand how it's been a month since iOS17 release and this thing is not implemented. It's been on Android for years and it was great. WE NEED IT!

[NachoBD2]

Almost 500 votes and it is still in good suggestion status. Please review and change it to live idea. I hope they implement this new iOS 17 feature as soon as possible.

[Mamba08]

Please add this interactive widget to ios17!  Much needed!   Add a play/pause/forward and backward buttons  

[Rogovic99]

This is truly disappointing that such an important feature is ignored

[Brad34]

Great idea! Would love this on macOS especially. I constantly end up swiping over to my spotify window to see what's playing, who it's by, what the album artwork looks like and if I've already liked the song or not.
Would also be nice to know if I'm already following the current artist or not and have a quick button to do so (maybe in a larger widget)

[Erwollo]

Would love to see this, a convenient way to pause/play/skip instead of opening whole app. I've been waiting for this feature for a long time now