Being logged out of Desktop version every day.

Hi ​@vladnc just want to let you know that regarding the Desktop app, to reduce the number of automatic logouts, our teams said that users must keep installing the most recent versions.

For the Android Auto, that it is a mirror of the mobile application, our team confirmed me that about 2 months ago, an improvement was introduced to reduce the automatic logouts.

But again here, the recommendation is the same. User must keep the mobile update.

Please let us know if that improves the UX while using the Deezer app on your PC and car.

Hello, thanks for the response, it seems to be happening about every couple of weeks on each device. On my Android mobile phone I only use Deezer with Android Auto, so I usually notice I am logged out after I begin driving, when the music doesn’t start. I decided to give Deezer one more chance with Android Auto 9 days ago, but I had issues again. Deezer refused to play music from within Android Auto. This is the error:

Usually, to fix that I would have to stop the car, open the app on the phone, and log in again. However it’s much easier to switch to a competitor’s music app using voice commands, while still driving, so that’s what I did instead. Since then, I have been using again that competitor’s music app while driving. And as far as I remember I didn’t use Deezer on my Android phone since then.

BTW, keeping the apps updated was almost certainly not the issue on my Android phone, as I have automatic updates enabled. On the desktop it could have been related to updates, as I sometimes leave the app open for extended periods, which seems to prevent app updates, but talking to support I understood that being logged out periodically, every 2 weeks or so, is intentional, and it’s not necessarily related to app updates.

Yesterday, when I began replying here, I checked the version again. I was on version Deezer 8.0.26.4 on my Android phone, which seems to be the most recent version. Without opening it on the phone, I went to my car, to see if it works without issues. I wasn’t expected that, but this time it worked perfectly from the first attempt without asking me to login again, although, as far as I remember, I didn’t login in the App on the phone for weeks, possibly since last month. So I think you might be right about the most recent versions fixing some of the issues with Android Auto. I’ll keep using it and report here if I have any more issues.

On Desktop, I was on version 6.0.260.0. I just opened it now, after not using it for a few days, and it’s asking me to log in again. Honestly, I don’t understand what security this provides. It just opens my browser, where it finds the saved session, then it sends me back to the app. Why have the login information saved persistently in the web browser, but not the application itself? It doesn’t make any sense to me. From support, I understand it’s some kind of licensing issue that forces you to log me out periodically from the apps. But since the authentication is saved in the web browser anyway, and that doesn’t seem to expire, or at least not as frequently, I fail to see how this has any effect other than annoy the users.

I just checked for updates manually on my desktop now, and it seems there is another version for the desktop. Of course, now that the app is open, when I try to update I get this error: “The app can't update when it's open.”. Not sure if there anything you can do to prevent this, or at least give some notification in the app that an update is available. After closing the app and installing the update I’m now on version 6.0.270.0, and after opening the app again it didn’t ask me to login again, which shows this issue is not actually related to updates.

Regarding VPNs or other similar software, no, I don’t use any to access the Internet, it’s just a regular Internet connection.

Hello ​@vladnc thanks for your super detailed reply. I have just shared it with your developers.

Glad to hear that with the recent update on Android, the experience on Android Auto has improved.

In the latest update 8.0.27 we have introduced additional improvements, with a highlight for the search feature.

Regarding the experience on Desktop, I also experience here and there a logout, but because I am constantly switching accounts due to my work, I don’t notice this, but I will keep an eye on the behaviour after the recent updates on the app.

Anyway, as said above, I shared your post with our developers, highlighted a couple of sentences and if something new comes up, I will come back to you.

Hello, thanks for the reply, I didn't have any more issues on Android Auto.

As for the Windows desktop app, I just opened the app now, and I got the login page. It has been 15 days since my previous login.

On the other hand, when I opened Deezer in the web browser, I got the option to play music immediately, without any login. Basically, at this point the Windows app is worse than just using the browser from this point of view.

Which got me thinking, I could probably just install the web site as an app, using the browser feature and get a better experience:

I just did that from Microsoft Edge (a similar option is available in Google Chrome since they share most of their code), and so far it looks good, even the option to start it automatically with Windows is available. And I also get the option to cast the music, which the Windows desktop app didn't seem to have.

The only slightly annoying thing is that this message shows up from time to time:

But it doesn't seem to affect anything, the music plays just fine, despite the warning, which is inaccurate, as I am never offline.

I know it is not ideal ​@vladnc but I am glad you found a workaround for the problem in the meantime.
Your feedback is very much appreciated and I will add your comments to the previous feedback Leonidia already shared with our devs.

Thanks 

Thanks, I didn't experience any more issues since my last post.