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One Hit Wonder
Mar 20, 2026 6:27 PM UTC

Apple Carplay playlists

Why can i only view my playlists in year order? It is dangerous as I now have to scroll through 10 years or more, whilst driving, to display my earliest playlists! 
i cannot use siri as it is far too unreliable when driving.

    6 replies

    Jaime.Deezer
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Mar 22, 2026 9:19 AM UTC

    Hi ​@jules-d We've harmonised the sorting and display of your favourite albums, playlists, and artists i CarPlay — they're now ordered by recently added (most recent first) and grouped by year for easier browsing.

    jules-dAuthor
    One Hit Wonder
    Mar 23, 2026 2:21 AM UTC

    I can easily remember the name of a playlist - but not what year it was created. So, I now have to view the carplay screen multiple times as I drop down through the years. Am i alone in recognising the danger of viewing a screen multiple times when driving?
    I can rename a list easily to start with the letter ‘A’, I cannot change the creation date. The playlists display in alphabetical order within the phone app BUT NOT ON CARPLAY. 
    why? 

    Guitar Hero
    Apr 24, 2026 5:10 PM UTC

    Agreed, this is irresponsible and dangerous for driving.

    it needs reverting back before a serious accident happens.

    if not changed I no will migrate to a more responsible platform.

     

    Roadie
    May 31, 2026 4:04 PM UTC

    I completely agree as well, sorting by recently added/ year is obviously much more dangerous and makes playlists much harder to find. Voice control does not work well enough to accurately find playlists either. So this seems a really stupid change by Deezer.

    awesomemac
    Superuser
    Superuser
    May 31, 2026 8:00 PM UTC

    This has been a question from me as well:

     

    Roadie
    May 31, 2026 8:05 PM UTC

    Thank you, I took a look through, very helpful to know. If its a CarPlay issue which is Apple’s responsibility I hope they see sense soon, since this change is crazy!