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antonio.virdis
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September 30, 2026
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“Add to queue” behaves like “Listen next” on all platforms

  • September 30, 2026
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Hi,

I would like to report a bug affecting the playback queue.

There are two different options for adding tracks or albums to the current playback:

  • Listen next (“Ascolta subito dopo” in Italian on my system)
  • Add to queue (“Aggiungi alla coda di ascolto” in Italian on my system)

Normally, these two options have different behaviors:

  • Listen next adds the selected track or album immediately after the currently playing track.
  • Add to queue adds the selected track or album at the end of the current playback queue.

However, for the past few weeks, both options have been producing the same result: the selected track or album is always inserted immediately after the currently playing track.

I have reproduced the issue on different platforms:

  • Deezer desktop app for macOS: 7.1.340
  • Deezer app for iOS: 11.23.0.1
  • Deezer Web app using Microsoft Edge on macOS

Since the same behavior occurs across different clients, it does not appear to be specific to a single app or platform.

Thanks!

Best answer by Jaime.Deezer

The buttons do different things and that difference is more obvious when you add multiple tracks/albums.
“Play Next”:
The most recently selected track is played first.
Example:
You first select track A, then B, then C using “Play Next.”
The playback order is: C → B → A
“Add to Queue” (new behavior):
The selected tracks are played in the order in which you add them – before the rest of your playlist.
Example:
You first add track A, then B, then C to the queue.
The playback order is: A → B → C

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antonio.virdisAuthor
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September 30, 2026

I just noticed this issue has been posted several times.
I will leave this on to “reinforce” the request 

Jaime.Deezer
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Jaime.DeezerAnswer
Community Manager
September 30, 2026

The buttons do different things and that difference is more obvious when you add multiple tracks/albums.
“Play Next”:
The most recently selected track is played first.
Example:
You first select track A, then B, then C using “Play Next.”
The playback order is: C → B → A
“Add to Queue” (new behavior):
The selected tracks are played in the order in which you add them – before the rest of your playlist.
Example:
You first add track A, then B, then C to the queue.
The playback order is: A → B → C

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    antonio.virdisAuthor
    Guitar Hero
    September 30, 2026

    Thanks ​@Jaime.Deezer . 
    I personally do not like this new behavior but at least I get it now. 😁
    What many of us are probably looking for is a “Play last” function.

    Jaime.Deezer
    Community Manager
    Jaime.Deezer
    Community Manager
    September 30, 2026

    Fair enough, and your feedback is very much appreciated for a better user experience.

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    antonio.virdisAuthor
    Guitar Hero
    October 7, 2026

    ​@Jaime.Deezer 
    After thinking about it a bit more, I’d like to add some further feedback.

    Actually, I think the current behavior is very close to what many users, including myself, would probably expect and want. In practice, “Add to Queue” works almost like a “Play Last” function.

    The key point in your explanation, in my opinion, is “before the rest of your playlist.”

    Let me use my typical Deezer session as an example. I start playing an album, and then, while listening to it, I add a number of other albums or tracks using “Add to Queue.”

    In this scenario, the FIFO behavior you described works perfectly for all the albums/tracks I add with “Add to Queue”: if I add A, then B, then C, they will be played in that order.

    There is just one exception: the first album.

    When the queue is empty, “Add to Queue” is disabled, so I have to start the first album using the Play button. As a result, that first album is effectively treated as the “rest of the playlist,” while the albums I subsequently add to the queue are inserted before it.

    So, from the user’s perspective, the FIFO behavior seems to apply only to items explicitly added through “Add to Queue,” rather than to the whole listening session.

    I wouldn’t necessarily call this a bug, but it feels somewhat like an accidental side effect of how the queue is implemented rather than an intentional feature. If “Add to Queue” is intended to behave like “Play Last,” it would be great if this behavior could also include the album that started the listening session.

    Thanks again for the explanation!

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