Swiping Left and Right for Different Genres is Gone

[LogosJogos]

  

Just wanted to share something I've noticed recently.

It seems like the feature where we could swipe left and right to browse through genres is no longer available in the latest Spotify app update. It was a really useful way to discover different moods or genres quickly,

Now, I can't swipe between genres anymore—it disappeared and now there is only the Discover Page. I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or if there's a new way to access genres that I'm missing?

If this was an intentional change, Spotify bring this back. It was the best way to find new favorites!

[Joan]

Hi @LogosJogos,

Thanks for reaching out.

We'd like to preface this by saying that we’re always testing possible improvements and new features, so you might see something on the app or get a brand-new feature for only a temporary period as part of a test.

Nonetheless, to make sure we're on the same page here, can you clarify what exactly you had before and what you see now? Do you mean you were able to swipe side to side to change genres or still only up and down? Do you mean that these discovery pages are now missing on your end entirely and replaced with something else? Let us know and we'll look into it further.

Keep us posted.

[LogosJogos]

thanks for the reply, and for your questions…

prior to the update to iOS 18.1.1 I was able to swipe left and right when searching for songs in the Discover page; it allowed me to change genres when swiping left and right in the discover page and then I was able to also scroll up and down to stay in that same genre.

I’m still able to get to the Discover page, but for a moment there was no hashtags included. I checked today and it looks like the hashtags are back.

but I am still not able to swipe left and right for the genres prior to my latest phone update.

I feel like it’s hard to explain because it was more of a new GUI interface. And as you clarified, sometimes there are new features that are in test phases

Let me know if you have any more questions for me.

Thanks again!

[Eni]

Hey @LogosJogos,

Thanks for all the info you've sent so far! 

We could reproduce this on our end and we've gone ahead and reported it to our internal teams. We'll let you know as soon as we have any info.

In the meantime, make sure to keep the app up to date. 

Cheers 🙂 

[Ivelina]

Hey @LogosJogos,

We appreciate your patience while we looked into this.

It seems that there were some changes made backstage in regards to how the feature to swipe left and right to browse through genres works on iOS and what you're experiencing is expected at the moment. 

We're always looking for ways to improve and offer better functions to our users and we really appreciate you reporting this behavior. 

Should you need help with anything else, don't hesitate to reach out to us anytime.