Deezer App Update WebOS LG TV

Hey there @JP Macalinao! 

You should be able to see the audio quality! 

Can you please send us a screenshot of what you see? 

No hifi. Can you help?

Hey there! 

I talked to our developers and they said they are working to have the sound quality displayed soon! 

Anyways, if your have Hifi in your offer, then the music is played in Flac quality, even if it does not say 😉

Ill take your word for it i guess, but pls update that soon. Also display the album in the now playing screen.

Well, the LG update is here and, tbh, maybe it would be better if it was not rolled out.

I had to major issues with the old one:

1. Favourite list was not possible to see in full - only 10 or so songs were there without possibility to “see more”.
2. Search was slow and the letters were in line - no keyboard - so using magic remote was awkward, especially since you couldn’t press another letter until the app found predicted result.

New app solved the first issue. Search is somewhat improved  as you don’t have to wait for predictions before typing another letter, but the awkward “keyboard” was retained. I find this to be much better in Spotify app as it uses a normal qwerty keyboard on screen.

However, new app is much worse.

1. Artist discography is all mixed up and when you open it, regular albums are mixed with compilations and singles/EPs. This is annoying especially for those artists who have an extensive back catalogue. Possibility to sort A-Z or by the release date doesn’t help much since most of the release dates are not correct - presented are Deezer release dates, not true album release dates.
2. A widget showing what’s playing is visible only on the home screen, so you have to go back from the album/playlist screen to see it. Old app had a possibility to see the menu on the top of the screen so you could browse between views much more quickly. It’s also annoying that whenever you exit playlist screen and come back, it always moves you back to top and that was something which made me stop using the app on my Onkyo receiver.
3. Most importantly, possibility to “add to the queue/playlist” or “listen next” is removed. This was the best feature in the old app and it’s really a deal breaker. To be honest, if I could (or know how to) move my music to Spotify app i would do it in an instant and cancel Deezer.

As per the HiFi...I have a “Premium” subscription via Croatian Telecom as a partner. I had some issues with my subscription 2 years ago when I wanted to switch to direct Deezer subscription, but it was for some reason not possible (don’t get me started on that:-)) and I really wanted to have a HiFi one. However, some days prior to upgrade, I noticed that my account on LG TV was shown as “HiFi”. This is possibly due to my switch to another provider’s optical network and connecting my TV via LAN cable. As I installed the new app TV shows my regular “Premium” subscription. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to really test the quality or the difference thereof. Bottom line - strange things happened.

@Tomislav968 is "HIFI" showing on the now playing track for you?

@Yula I did comparisons from casting (with HIFI logo) and LG app (no HIFI logo on now playing). I am not convinced the LG app is HIFI. Bass is much fuller on casting. Hope you fix this ASAP.