Playlist Radio is being removed from the context menu

[Eni]

In March 2023, we're removing the Playlist Radio option from the playlist context menu. We'd like to hear your thoughts and feedback about this change in the comments.

  

FAQ 

Are we removing the whole radio feature?

No, we are only removing Playlist Radio. Track/artist and album radios will still be available.

Do we have features where users can have a similar experience?

Yes, right now we have the enhance button or the recently rolled out smart shuffle to give recommendations based on user-created playlists.

[windsweptwanderer]

another completely moronic choice from spotify, you have to love corporate innovation 🙂 i can't wait till they bring it back and put it behind a paywall, like they did with lyrics! innovation is great, i hope they get rid of all the music in the next update i think that would be fun and cool

[ihavetrashbrain]

Why remove it when there was nothing wrong with it? It doesnt "enhance" anything it was fine the way it was smgdh

[srkv]

one of the worst desicions i ever saw product-wise. you removed a huge way people use your product, to zero benefit to the user. I assume you are trying to steer users to other parts of the app, in order to reach some kind of metric. good luck with that. I will no longer be paying you for your experiments in fancy charts making at the expense of the experience you provide your users.

[ohbendy]

I mean why not ask for 'thoughts and feedback' _before_ you make a needless change like this? Playlist radio was the only way to find similar artists and tunes. Smart shuffle is the worst of both worlds: if I want to listen to a playlist I don't want extra random stuff filtered in, and if I want playlist radio, I don't want the tunes that are already in my playlist as I know them already. Please revert this 'improvement'

[0001980793]

Dearest Spotify

Please give it back!!!

Thank you

[danielsenc]

This was the best feature you had! Honestly, it was the only way for me to find new music that I enjoyed. Please, please, please bring back this feature!!! Starting a radio based on a playlist was really the best feature you've had. Bring it back!

[avensdesora]

Bring back the "Radio from Playlist" please!!! This was a fabulous feature to get new music.

[Gianni8]

Why would you do this? Just was looking for it and went like wth... bring it back!

[foxwhisperer661]

This was the best way to find new similar music based on subsets of different kinds of music organized by our playlists. This is a dearly missed and appreciated feature please bring it back I know I’m not alone in this opinion. 

[guzman]

Bring back playlist based radio stations!!

[Bloqbeta]

What a Shame ,  that was my favorite way to listen to music.  Suddenly spotify is not tha appealing.

[Xerberum]

Please reintroduce this feature - missing it and wondering since it's removal about the reasoning...

[GoblinLogic]

Yes hello this is still terrible, please revert. Spotify is what I have for mental health. Please.

[kodagrux]

WHY would you remove this features!?

[paigebalin]

opinion: the only acceptable opinion.

smart shuffle sucks. 

BRING BACK PLAYLIST RADIO. 

[caseyforever]

Just we wanted, less options for finding new music. 🤦🏽🤷🏽

Why?!?

Please bring it back, but make it actually better. Right now all the suggested songs at the bottom of my set list are mostly by the same band or one exact genre even though my seriously has hundreds of songs across a wide range. 

Clearly Spotify has not figured out the algorithm for how people's musical tastes work. My biggest frustration with Spotify is that if I listen to a song of a certain feel and style when I ask for more songs of the same it just gives me songs from that era that other people also listen to in that era. Nooooo. We want songs that sound similar. 

[thehobhobbit]

part of making a UI that's convenient and easy to use is, frankly, not making unnessecary changes. tools that change so you can't use them anymore aren't useful. my MP3 player is the same as it's always been, and I can still use it. Spotify please Ctrl+Z this change, I used the playlist radio as my primary source of finding new music. don't make me learn all the new ways, I just want what I've always had.

[ricclegg]

I miss it deeply. I used that feature a lot and would like it back

[Argus_Vidicon]

I'm sorry that I've posted this several times, but it's only to prove that Spotify is being silly about Playlist Radio.

It still works perfect on my Windows 7 software.  The software refuses to update, so my version of the software still has Playlist Radio.

It works great and I can get it started on the PC then everything continues to work on the smartphone app and I can close the software on the PC if I wish.

The history gathers on the PC if I leave the software running.

If I close the software and continue on the smartphone app the history gathers there.

I can then save a playlist created by the history, and it's a darn good playlist.

I don't know what Spotify is up to, but it's definitely silly and unnecessary to have taken away Playlist Radio.

I won't mention the thread about Spotify discontinuing Car Thing, because that's beyond silly, it's just plain stupid and rude.

[solojim]

So sad they disabled this function. But why? Could listen to so many new tunes in my genere.