New shuffle play feature only lets me hear my local playlists on shuffle

[ws1482]

This is ridiculous. Every week or so it's another issue with the IOS app. First I wasn't able to sync my local files. Now with this new shuffle play feature, I can only listen to my local files on shuffle. Would Spotify rather I use itunes to listen to music. You guys need to get your stuff together over there. I would use the premium version of Spotify but the problem is they are missing most of the music I want to listen to.

[oupennypacker]

i stand corrected, my cc expired.  apologies to the spotify corp

[maavikko]

Me too! 🙂

[imrazor]

Why hasn't this been fixed yet? I am also unable to play local files in anything other than shuffle mode.

[Joe]

@imrazor Do you have a subscription? If not, you can only use shuffle mode on an iphone. There's a comparison table here which highlights the diferrences.

[imrazor]

Thanks for replying and clarifying, but this makes the mobile app mostly useless for me. Why on earth can't I play my own music in the order I want? I understand that Spofity's licensing agreements dictate the shuffle mode for streamed tracks, but this doesn't make sense for music that I've bought and own.

[Joe]

I guess they want to encourage folk to take out a subscription to get all the great features. You can always stick to itunes for listening to the music you own.

[sarahahmad123]

i have spotify premium and have made playlists available offline that i would like to access on my new ipod shuffle. is this possible?!

[Peter__]

@sarahahmad123 - Unfortunately not if that content is from Spotify. You can't put Spotify music onto any devices that doesn't have a Spotify app.