Where did search and sorting go?

[sseebbee95]

Plan

Premium

Country

 Sweden

Device

Samsung Galaxy 8

Operating System

Android

My Question or Issue

Today I noticed that I can no longer search or sort in my playlists. Usually I could just scroll to the top and then a bit more to access this but it's completely gone. It's currently sorted for latest added and it's impossible to sort through over a thousands songs for a specific one I want to listen to.

[Kat82]

Plan

Premium

Country

Australia

Device

Samsung Galaxy 8

Operating System

Android (not sure of version but I always keep my phone up to date)

My Question or Issue

I used to be able to scroll to the top of my playlists to the Filter to search for a song in that playlist. This function seems to have now disppeared??

[AeroZ]

Hello @Kat82!

Is this happening with all the playlists or a specific one(s)?

[Kat82]

Hi AeroZ

It seems to be all of them.. I've got about 15. And its only recent as I was searching through one a few days ago.

[AeroZ]

Hey @Kat82!

Could you link me one of the playlists that you're unable to filter?

[Kat82]

Sure AeroZ! 

https://open.spotify.com/user/kat_munro82/playlist/5iXkQg56P2QzcFVFABGgtl?si=Dy6xgeeFRbCIYY22JJdwtA

I keep checking on a regular basis that it wasn't just a glitch but still can't see the Filter search area at the very top.

[charcharbeans]

I am having the same issue.  It's just no longer there.  Now you have to press the 3 circles on the top right and choose find in playlist.  I'm pretty frustrated and I'm hoping this will be remedied because I use that feature everyday.  Swiping down was so simple and convenient.  Burying the option in a menu is counterintuitive and just plain dumb.  If it isn't fixed, I will likely move on from Spotify because I'm getting tired of changes that don't add to the user experience and just make it more frustrating.

OnePlus 5  Android 8.1.0 with Oxygen 5.1.7

Spotify version 8.4.81.558

[AeroZ]

Hey @Kat82!

Are you unable to filter the playlist at all or are you able to do it from the dotted menu like @charcharbeans says?

[Kat82]

Yes @AeroZ - I have the same option as @charcharbeans

I looked in the playlist menu yesterday before posting this issue in case there was some kind of filter there.. but I must have been looking for filter and search because I didn't notice Find in playlist.

Very frusturating but as long as I can search I'm a happy camper.

Thanks!!

[AeroZ]

Great @Kat82 that you got it sorted.

The different UI is part of an A/B test it seems. I still have the pull down to filter option myself. 

[charcharbeans]

It's terrible, how would one get the old version back with the more sensible and user friendly pull down to filter option?  I'm pretty much ready to cancel over this.