With Spotify Wrapped having launched this previous week, I can’t assist however consider three particular function requests I’d wish to see applied into Spotify. As somebody who works from residence and spends quite a bit (76,589 minutes this yr, to be precise) of time with Spotify on within the background, I’m intimately conversant in the app and its foibles.
Quite a lot of you will learn this text and inform me the best answer to my Spotify woes could be to easily change to Apple Music, and that’s advantageous. Earlier than you do, although, know this: I’ve already given Apple Music a go, and I completely loved it, and I completely desire its UI to Spotify’s by a landslide. Nevertheless, the truth is that I’ve been a Spotify subscriber since 2013 – which means I’ve a decade of my musical identification saved inside Spotify. The considered switching (re: dropping) that a few years of playlists isn’t one thing I’m ready to do.
Apple Music disclaimer, achieved. Transferring on to the three issues I’d like to see Spotify implement the iOS app.
Podcast cleanup
Whereas not everybody likes that Spotify has podcasts to start with, I’m not a type of individuals – actually, I really like that I can take heed to each my music and my favourite podcasts throughout the identical app with out having to obtain a separate, extra podcast app to additional litter my iPhone.
That stated, Spotify’s podcast feed is… a large number.
Within the image above, there are three podcasts that I’ve performed, as famous by the checkmark icon. In actuality, I’ve solely listened to Offline with Jon Favreau, and the opposite two I’ve “marked as performed,” which means I by no means actually listened to them to start with.
If you happen to take heed to quite a lot of podcasts, the “marked as performed” function – which produces the identical end result as listening to a podcast the entire manner by way of – means that you’re left with a graveyard of podcasts that serve no goal besides to litter your feed. What I’d like to see on this house is the power to dismiss podcasts you not wish to see (suppose: swiping to delete/archive emails), permitting you to solely hold within the feed the podcasts you’re at the moment listening to or haven’t but had the possibility to listen to.
Personalizing the homepage
Spotify ought to give us the power to rearrange our homepage; not solely would this quell the Spotify-subscribers-who-don’t-listen-to-or-care-about-podcasts crowd, however it could enable all of us to spotlight the aspects of Spotify that we’re most eager about. I’m not speaking a couple of ton of autonomy, simply the power to maneuver rows of options – new music, lately performed, podcasts, Spotify Originals, and so on. – right into a homepage that is sensible for every person’s preferences.
The above image is the highest half of my present homepage, and whereas I perceive that Spotify is pushings its Wrapped function throughout its platform, I’m already over it. As a replacement, I’d like to see newly launched music by artists Spotify is aware of I take heed to or recommended podcasts based mostly on what I at the moment take pleasure in.
Journey mixes
A real pie-in-the-sky second for me could be if Spotify, utilizing your location, allowed you to toggle on a “Journey” function.
A few years in the past, an excellent pal and I took a two-week roadtrip over the summer season. We went from Michigan to Colorado, Colorado to Utah, Utah to Wyoming, after which Wyoming again residence to Michigan. Whereas we had been in fact ready with a few collaborative playlists that had been peppered all through our dreamy two week roadtrip throughout the nation, a “Journey” function that pulled native artists right into a playlist would have made it that rather more particular – a Roadtrip Combine, if you’ll.
The identical may very well be utilized anytime you visited a brand new nation. Somewhat than solely trying out which music is widespread beforehand, it could be superb in the event you might open Spotify in your telephone whereas on a seaside in Belize to see a playlist tailor-made with native musicians, songs, and artists out of your precise location.
Wrap-up
I do know Spotify leaves quite a bit to be desired by Apple followers, however for these of us who’ve been with Spotify a very long time, these options would make for a extra customized, user-friendly in-app expertise.
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