Spotify Premium Users Can Now Adjust Track Playback Position From the iOS Lock Screen

[MacRumors]

Spotify has quietly added the ability for users to adjust the playback position of the currently playing track directly from the iOS lock screen.

The option to adjust the progress of a playing track - also known as audio scrubbing - from the lock screen has been a feature of Apple's native Music app for some time, but the ability has been missing from Spotify until very recently, as noted by Reddit user kermitch.

The API that enabled third-party app developers to add audio scrubbing to the lock screen was introduced in iOS 9.1+, but it looks as if Spotify only got around to including it with the most recent update to the app on July 4.

It's worth noting that only Spotify Premium subscribers can scrub tracks, so users on the Free ad-supported tier won't see any change to their lock screen when playing tracks via the app.

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[Telos101]

Neat. About time!

 

[MattJessop]

Praise be! Praise be!

I thought that this was a limit with iOS until I realised that I could scrub with Overcast.

Now Apple Watch plx

 

[twinlight]

Aaah finally! Got my app update today.

 

[andycarver]

Whoopee

 

[matrix07]

Life of 3rd party app. lol.

 

[Paddle1]

Didn't even notice but it's true! Glad this is finally here.

 

[d0minick]

when can i change the track from my AWatch. seems pretty frickin simple

 

[bbfc]

Hope Deezer introduce this.

 

[technopimp]

Now if Spotify could make their app stable when connecting to their BMW connected app...love having to unplug/close app/restart/stand on one foot to get it to connect for more than 5 minutes at a time...

I'm sure with this release it'll be even worse...

 

[zooby]

.

 

[Strelok]

They just now got this...?

And people here love to claim Spotify is better than AM. They didn't even have a basic feature until now.

A basic feature that I couldn’t care less about.

 

[twinlight]

when can i change the track from my AWatch. seems pretty frickin simple

Uhm, you can? And also some other things.

 

[magicschoolbus]

They just now got this...?

And people here love to claim Spotify is better than AM. They didn't even have a basic feature until now.

AM is BLOATED and the Mac version is confusing as hell.

 

[TVGenius]

Every time I see a post like this, I'm amazed at the basic features that Spotify or Pandora have lacked all along that Slacker has had essentially from day one.

 

[dmylrea]

Every time I see a post like this, I'm amazed at the basic features that Spotify or Pandora have lacked all along that Slacker has had essentially from day one.

And yet, I happily continue to choose to give Spotify my money each month. Some things just matter more than the ability to skip ahead in a track.

 

[iObama]

They just now got this...?

And people here love to claim Spotify is better than AM. They didn't even have a basic feature until now.

Yes, in all of the comparison charts, this one's always highlighted in red with a bold font. A big, big deal.

 

[Duel]

I don't have premium Spotify and i can't understand why you need to open that big Window to change palyback position from the app with iPad. If i would have premium could i just change playback position without going big window where is album art.

I mean this line here, am i missing something or would premium work from here without pressing that arrow.

 

[SoN1NjA]

I thought that this was a limit with iOS until I realised that I could scrub with Overcast.

Same, I thought Apple didn’t allow the scrubber for 3rd party apps, but Google Play Music had it so I wondered why Spotify hadn’t implemented it yet

 

[TonyLukes3]

when can i change the track from my AWatch. seems pretty frickin simple

Try using the Now Playing app on the watch. Works well, also allows for thumbs up / thumbs down

 

[GreyOS]

The most basic feature Spotify doesn't have on iPhone is songs being grouped into albums under the artist view in your library. Nope instead you get one long list of the artist's songs.

WTF Spotify, really!

 

[twinlight]

Y

The most basic feature Spotify doesn't have on iPhone is songs being grouped into albums under the artist view in your library. Nope instead you get one long list of the artist's songs.

WTF Spotify, really!

Do you mean the sort button? Custom, artist, titel or recently added. It's there sometimes.

 

[GreyOS]

Y


Do you mean the sort button? Custom, artist, titel or recently added. It's there sometimes.

No I mean
Your Library > Artists > pick an artist who you have say 5 albums saved > all songs are one big list

 

[ovo6]

SoundCloud and most apps should have this wtf should be free

 

[msephton]

The iOS 11 version of this "now playing" lock screen is a real downgrade. It's basically just a notification.