According to The Verge, Spotify has announced that it's
beginning to roll out individual buttons for the two functions, which will
replace the combined play/shuffle button that's currently at the top of
playlists and artist pages.
The change is expected to hit Android and iOS devices
"in the coming weeks."
"This new change will allow you to choose the mode you
prefer at the top of playlists and albums and listen the way you want to.
Whether you love the joy of the unexpected with Shuffle mode or prefer
listening to tunes in order by simply pressing Play, Spotify has you
covered," Spotify wrote on its blog.
Spotify's penchant for shuffling tracks has, at times, drawn
the frustration of artists who want their albums to be heard in the original
running order. "We don't create albums with so much care and thought into
our track listing for no reason," Adele tweeted last year.
This led Spotify to display the standard play button by
default on album pages instead of the play/shuffle combo.
It seems a bit ludicrous that Spotify is now using buttons
and its user interface as a differentiator between the service's free and paid
offerings,
Unfortunately, users still won't be able to play or shuffle
any Spotify HiFi tracks. It's now been almost 18 months since Spotify announced
its lossless-quality streaming tier, and the company has still not rolled it
out for subscribers.
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