The Spotify shuffle feature (and other services of the same type, this is not exclusive to the Swedish company) has staunch supporters, absolute opponents, and in between a large number of users who believe that there are times when it makes sense to use them, and others when not. Fortunately, and as with almost everything, these in-between positions are also the most common, although the extremes are much noisier.

In my case, for example When listening to recordings, I prefer sequential playback and playlists, designed by me or third parties, where the order of the songs has a reason. On the other hand, I have some “container” lists in which I add songs by genre, by mood, or by associating them with some type of specific activity (driving, relaxing, work, etc.) with which I prefer random mode to ” surprised” every time a new song starts.

That doesn’t mean, yes, that he always behaves like that. Sometimes I feel like listening to one of the “container” lists sequentially, and other times I want to break the preset order of the ordered album or compilation. And I don’t consider myself weird enough to think I’ve invented something, in fact I’m putting my hand in the fire that there are many other people who act in a similar wayalternate between the two modes as you feel at any time.

By the end of last year Spotify prefers a random to sequential playback mode on discs and playlists. However, in a quick, efficient and positive response to the complaint, Adele modified their interface so that discs now only display a sequence play button at the top, and the playback controls at the bottom must be accessed to activate shuffle.

However, the lists still show a single button for both modes, in which most of its surface activates sequential playbackwhile the smaller one triggers random:

However, this will soon change, as we can read on the company’s official blog each of the functions will have its own button. And it’s of course that users who want to activate random mode in the list have until now had to specify their target to make sure they choose the right option.

These types of changes, the smallest ones, are usually the most appreciated by users, and in this case I think (in my perception as a user) we are facing one of those successes. And I think Spotify should stop with broken promises and instead make real service improvements. And because some long-awaited ones like Spotify Hi-Fi seem postponed sine to dieunless you continue to work on what is completely within your control.