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Guitar Hero
February 21, 2022

Is there a fix for Deezer Playlist to work properly with Android Auto?

  • February 21, 2022
  • 19 replies
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When using the Android Auto app, Playlist playback control still needs improving:

1) Playlist running order cannot be changed from Standard. I'd like the option to play the most recently-added tracks first. 

2) Playlists always restart from the first track when selected, which is very unhelpful with larger track lists.

I suggest when a playlist is selected there could be a prompt: Resume / Restart? If Resume is selected the previously played track in the playlist continues and the track order follows that previously set. If Restart is selected, it could then prompt Play Standard / Recently Added first? and play based on the selection. Either this or have these options placed in a sub-menu to be pre-selected. 

I notice this issue has cropped up periodically in the forums but it's still not been addressed. Please can a fix be implemented? 

19 replies

Guitar Hero
February 22, 2023

@Johnathan.Deezer Thanks for forwarding this to relevant team.

Also for you information, YT music and Spotify are among the best android auto apps and both have option to browse inside a playlist and start any song within the playlist. Also both the apps shows the “Queue” button when a playlist is being played and selecting this button shows list of all song inside that particular playlist (play queue) and from this list user can further change to another song.

This is kind of a deal breaker for me.

Guitar Hero
August 3, 2023

Any updates on this?

 

Jaime.Deezer
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 6, 2023

No updates I am afraid @Chento Albrecht, however, we recently launched Automotive OS: 

 

One Hit Wonder
April 24, 2024

Please don't propose us to switch the car. It is lot easier to switch the app. Give some stuff to your loyal users and do two simple fixes. They really won't require tons of effort. Even a junior developer will probably be able to do them on his own.

 

Please provide us with:

 

1. Playback order from the latest song to the oldest song in the playlist - this is simple fix in your business logic

2. Ability to choose a song from the playlist - probably this api has to be called https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/media/session/MediaSessionCompat#setQueue(java.util.List%3Candroid.support.v4.media.session.MediaSessionCompat.QueueItem%3E)

 

Leonídia.Deezer
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 31, 2024

Hi @MichalG, well  change car would be probably nice 😅, but seeing our users leaving that is something we don't want to see.

After reaching out our product team, it was mentioned that there are plans to bring some improvements in the next quarters.

No much was disclosed, but the first priority aims to solve some resilient issues and improve the app stability.

After that, we will work in the search feature, queues and finally the sorting feature in playlist view.

With the queue list view available in the player, users will be able to navigate and choose a song from the playlist.

So fingers cross that all that can be implement during this year.

Guitar Hero
October 7, 2024

Hi @Leonídia.Deezer, is there any progress yet on this subject?

Jaime.Deezer
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 10, 2024

Hi @Brutus we don’t have any updates or ETA for this yet.
Apologies for the inconvenience

Guitar Hero
April 24, 2025

Are there any updates on this now? I'm currently trying out Deezer and features like this (and a few others) are part of the determining factors if I will stay on as a paid subscriber.

Roadie
April 25, 2025

Adding my request on this topic as well. This is truly annoying while driving. Seems like it's still not happening any time soon... Kind of a deal breaker though