Soooo what did you think about this redesign? By the way, I made a playlist of songs I listened to while redesigning it. ._. You can check it out here if you want to: open.spotify.com/playlist/7ID5fj9qAfcUyrGlbDUtIy
@@ayisaaa7949 and then once you reshuffle, it leaves the same song at the top of the queue EVERY TIME even though the queue has been reshuffled multiple times
I'm so angry i clicked on this video because now I'm never gonna be able to open spotify and not cry at the fact that your redesign is not the actual app....
True, but i kinda dislike it. It's messing with my muscle memory. It would be better IMO if they center the search bar and move home to the old position
@@mm552 *next guy comes into the room and shows actual Spotify layout* “Hmm… terrible design, this is… figure out where I am, I cannot… hired, you are.”
I wish Spotify had a feature on the queue where it would tell you how long the queue you’ve made was in minutes so that you can build a suitable queue rather than just guessing the amount of songs you need. Also, whenever you skip a song on a queue you’ve made by accident YOU CANT GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SONG and then when you try and go back, you’ve messed up your entire queue and now you have to remake it if you can even remember. Spotify fix your queue.
Also, when I just finish making a queue but then add a new song I want to listen to next, u have to scroll to the bottom to drag it to the top. But sometimes I accidentally tap the song because the 3 lines are so small and boom it skips to that song so there goes my whole queue :/
OMG I came here to say the exact same thing. I HATE that option, I’ve even looked in settings if it can be disabled bc I can’t stand that thing (it can’t and I’m loosing my mind over it everytime I enter Spotify)
yeah, i think the original layout (of having the song title, cover art, etc on the left) and the pause/play button being in the middle just feels right
It's crazy to me that this redesign is so good it really doesn't even need a back-end rewrite, because you basically just made all the buttons change places and rewrote the layouts. Like this is actually doable for Spotify, although as is with many concepts, the companies will never go for them.
You do realize how massive the backlash can be for a 'simple' layout reordering? It happens all the time that people become extremely mad just because an app decided to do that. And the reason is quite simple, having to retrain your brain for something that just worked the past many years for something (let's be honest) most don't even care that much about because there's slim to none benefit. The only ones that *might* benefit from it are new users, and that's a huge might because Spotify has all the data to know what their users actually want, which is usually quite different to what they are saying. Effectively they likely would lose more customers than they gain because them being annoyed by those changes.
@@marcely1199 By that logic, we should never introduce any changes or innovation ever? TH-cam used to have stars and an actual dislike count. These changes sparked mass outrage, yet I still see you and me both on the app/website. You roll the changes out iteratively if you’re afraid of disorienting the user. However, the reality is that if an app is established enough, it has a lot of wiggle room as far as making the user unhappy- many will stick around because it’s the option they are accustomed to using.
doubt that back-end part. I'm a developer and I can see that this new design definitely needs some back-end refinements. For example, just the changing the order of the home page or show/hide sections, the new layout needs to be saved into the db so the next time they open the app, the layout stays the way they customised. It's a whole new feature that needs to be broken down
@@riadbk8295 yeah sad reality of big tech but idk about you or me I'd love to see @juxtopposed go full Alex Hormozi on a UI redesign but most people would get really bored with a video focusing heavily on UX, conversion rate, user retention, etc all that business jargon that a select few care for
I will say that it's often a lot harder to get a team of opinionated engineers to work towards a cohesive vision, which is why sometimes it's easier for one person to have a really cohesive design compared to a team
@@nilsgoeke7494 backend sure... front-end probably a couple of months work for 1 engineer. The issue is as companies scale, they get more bureaucratic and inefficient. It happens time and time again which is why I prefer working for start ups.
@@nilsgoeke7494honestlyyyyyy not too hard, most of the elements of the Spotify front end right now could be made in a few weeks by one person including all the design elements
This is so validating. On "now playing" you've got too many icons, and a lot of them aren't standardized. "Cast" and "share" look the same on every other app, so just use those. "Shuffle," "previous," "pause/play," "next," and "loop" are easy, everyone knows those ones. Maybe we could solve the clarity problem by expanding the difficult to parse bottom icons when you scroll down into a vertical list with labels in case you're not sure. Once you get used to doing this you'll learn the controls. You've also got some text cut off behind "like" and "save," this is easy to fix by just moving them down a row next to the band name. Most bands don't have some weird hipster name that stretches across the entire screen, so it's rare that will get cut off. I also feel like the queue should be in its own bar somewhere so I don't have to open "now playing" in order to get to it
With every update I get closer to cancelling. It's getting ridiculous. Let's say I want to see what new music has come out from the artists I like. I have to click the search bar > scroll down and find "Discover" > scroll down and find the section called "New Releases for you." In what world is that intuitive?
for real the app is infuriating now days its so unusable and completely sucks somedays especially since i cant discover music the same way it jusr reccomnds the same things over and over i want variety
This made me realize how many issues I have with spotify that I just put up with because its the way i get music. This would be a million times better and would eliminate so much frustration.
Same. The absolute WORST is the adding to playlist which instantly adds to liked songs. What would the point of liked songs be if every song u ever save is on there??
@@yuhhbaby3179 it used to do that with whole albums years ago, and my account is from before then, so my liked songs is COMPLETELY useless. as a long-time user i'm much more aware of all the problems i have with this stupid app because it wasn't always like this, most of its problems have been introduced since i've been using it
I want to buy your Spotify+ App. Your redesign is awesome. I'm on the verge of giving up my paid subscription. Please, as a paying user, give me an option to turn OFF ALL audio books and podcasts - I just want music. Please do this or I will not be a customer.
The amount of work on this is insane. As someone who does UX/UI Design, you can really see the wonderful balance of user, business, and visual goals. AND THEN video editing on top to break down the changes? My goodness.
the only thing i had was that some of her changes go directly against principles of UX research, like for example too many customization options tends to decrease overall user satisfaction because there is certainly such a thing as "too complex". most of her changes were excellent but she's definitely developing for a technologically advanced audience and that is almost never the right approach, the vast majority of the time (especially for something as widely utilized as a music player) the biggest and most impactful user profile is one of a technologically average person and a fair bit of her design does not target that
@@wj11jam78 They don't care because you guys still use their app and pay for it, I'm against spotify my whole life and I use TH-cam and Apple music, while literally every person around me uses spotify. Why the f*ck you do this if it's so bad??
Holy shyt, i just realised the new version of desktop Spotify has had the Home and Search button moved up to top, pretty much just like she suggested! M I N D B L O W N!
With ~10 years of experience in web dev i would love to have someone like you on the team. I've watched most of your videos and every few seconds i think "nice", "yup", "great idea" :D I would rate every work i've seen from you 10/10. If there ever comes the day where i can work with such a good UI designer i would cry for joy.
Agree! And she even puts it in a very concise way, in a manner that non-tech oriented people can understand. There's no tech jargon like "the UI layout is disproportionately sized to the viewport which blah blah blah," so even management could understand what she's getting at (which can be even more important, since they're the ones deciding everything ;-;)
you know what spotify needs? a history log of all the songs you listened to in the pst bc sometimes you hear a song in recommended, like it and never hear it again or remember the name
they actually do! at least on the mobile app. if you click the profile button in the top left-you’ll see “listening history”. you can check your history there
The mobile version (at least on iOS) has a listening history feature, which you can access by clicking on your profile icon in the top corner. It dates back a few months, but it used to sometimes reset on app updates (but that seems to be resolved).
The one thing I hate about your videos is that I can NEVER use these UIs again without thinking about how much better they could be if they used your design ;-; You just never miss and I love the way you consider how users interact with these sites/apps! Edit after finishing the video: just as i feared, I might have to switch to a different music streaming service now
with how spotify is running itself into the ground by paywalling lyrics (i listen to kpop, reggaeton, and sza, the three types of music you need lyrics to understand) apple music is looking REALLLY good (and i lowkey hate the apple music design too, but its looking better than spotify or soundcloud, and i can pay for it with my apple giftcard too!)
@@lajawi. Not exactly. They’re just locking it behind Premium, so technically this doesn’t affect you if you’re already a member. Free users are just getting an even worse experience.
i audibly said "YESS" when you talked about adding a discover tab! that'd fix so many issues of the UI having all of that discover stuff crammed into the home tab
Fucking this. When I want to find new artists I'll go looking for them. The more you try to shove marketing funnels down my throat the more I'll just mentally block out 90% of the screen
the biggest frustration with Spotify; in app popups when I'm just trying to quickly put on my music. I love how you always harp on allowing the user to customize their homepage UI, I feel like companies don't allow it cause its how they shove all the ads into our face.
one thing ive always wanted on mobile is the ability to see the specific amount of streams on a song. its for some reason only on desktop but such an interesting feature to use.
Doin it right Everybody will be dancing and we'll Feeling alright. Everybody will be dancing and be Doing it right. Everybody will be dancing and we'll be Feeling all right Everybody will be dancing to the
Thoses videos are so satisfying ahah, seeing all our frustrations go away about apps we use everydays. It kind of also raise some awareness on how they do to maximize control over users, your videos are very educative and interesting!
I don't like lightmode but it's important to realise some people can't see enough contrast without it. Treat it as an accessibility option, always implement it. There's always a reason someone sets their customisations.
I love how you single handedly made a spotify UI thats a shit ton better than what they make with a whole team, impressive and i love the redesign its so much more easy to use and has a ton of elements i think are missing
Been a while since I canceled my Spotify Premium subscription because of their god awful UI. The easy distinction between songs, albums, playlists and others (which you've done sooo elegantly by the way) and the customizable home page layout in this video alone would make me return instantly.
@@Ricky-137c - I’ve been using TH-cam Music because I was paying for Premium anyway. Honestly it’s UI isn’t the best either. But at least it not trying to shove down useless junk like podcasts and audiobooks down your throat. It’s recommendations are quite good as well!
@@Ricky-137c not OP but I moved to my own music collection at home and TH-cam Music for streaming. If you're looking to replace your entire system my fave is Tidal (recently moved to one price) but Qobuz easy second place
They and all the electron apps (like discord) should just go for something different like flutter or else. But not electron. The dumbest concept known to man.
it took me years to give in and use spotify and to this day I'm still NOT used to it despite using it daily. and now you managed to put into words everything I dislike about this UI 😭 bless you, you're my hero.
I love that you clearly take a lot of time to actually use the app and know the pain points. It's not just a pretty UI re-design (which already is cool!) but ALSO a UX-redesign. Listening to the weekly suggested song playlist, finding a cool song in there I want to add to a specific playlist and then... having to add it to my faves and then having to remove it from there and add it to a playlist is such a PAIN POINT for me in this app. I felt seen in this video T-T
this is not a ux redesign. at least, they didn’t provide any evidence of user research, information architecture, or interaction design. they did do the bare minimum for visual design, but there’s so much more to ux design, making corrections based on your own experience is the opposite of user-lead design.
@@underscore_d.t theres forums for spotify where many, many people express anger over a lot of the problems she addresses, its really as easy as her scrolling through that for a bit and taking notes on what people hate about it
Spotify's frontend & UI/UX team needs to implement these changes ASAP. This would encourage so many more people to actually pay for the platform, and for us who currently and have for a long time paid for the platform, it's like a "thank you" for sticking along.
It is not that easy tho. Sometimes some features can't be bringed asap because the underlying logic might break. These changes might contain some of it. Spotify will eventually make these changes but it will take time. It might seem easy here but trust me it is not.
@@biolater I understand where you're coming from, but I also know for a fact how easy it would be to implement these changes as I am a UI/UX designer & implementation specialist in a professional setting. I have also looked into the source code of Spotify, at least for the desktop application on Windows, and it would not be difficult in any way to complete the changes displayed in the video.
that will never happen because they have a certain strategy to push their new fancy features that gets responsible manager promoted and responsible developers fired after it failed
@@nextgenstudios335 If you're an UX Designer then you must also know that reworking previously implemented features will always be pushed back to "later sprints" aka "basically never". In the state Spotify is in right now - finally wanting to turn a profit - KPI performance will dictate development roadmaps and business decisions. And we both know that Iteration and Refinement of existing functionality will close to always take a back seat to some new feature because Business believes that adding new stuff will enable that sweet sweet premium upsell. I'm confident that the product teams know damn well what and how to easily implement a lot of the things talked about in the video, but will just not receive enough resource allowance to actually do so.
@@nextgenstudios335 if you were a ux designer like you claim, you would know the field is a lot more user focused than what the video showcased. contextual inquiries, site maps, affinity mapping, and so much more is needed before you even begin the visual design aspect. if i knew you were advocating for poorly researched designs as a ux designer, i’d have you removed from my team and you’d be invited to look for a job elsewhere.
8:16 this is honestly the most important thing for me that i want spotify to change. I don’t even like hearing podcasts or audio books, and seeing random recommendations on the main home page pisses me off so bad. Also the fact that your friends are being shown on the following page along side the artists you follow is hella annoying. Thank you so much for your video, maybe it could be useful to the Spotify Team!
I think they are good in what THEY want to do... to put every single artist/podcast/etc that pays them into our face in every opportunity. It's exhausting.
@@anderson.ribeiro yeah a lot of people forget that the objective is to make money first and foremost. removing the premium button, removing sponsored content unrelated to the search, making smart shuffle less invasive. As a consumer of course that would all be nice, but it those changes all actively lose the company money
@@badgoogle4509 but so does people leaving spotify for platforms like youtube... like you gotta acknowledge that happy or at least not mad customers keep the lights on
I never thought spotify has such simple UI design issues like similar icons for play now and video or not matching icons between desktop and mobile. This really got me out of my rose tinted glasses thank you
The only thing I didnt like was the moving the play button to the left. Knowing how i navigate, having to drag my cursor all the way to the left every time would be a hassle when I tend to hover my cursor in the middle. HOWEVER. Everything else is amazing. What a wonderful job!! I cant imagine how much effort this took to make and consider. Bravo
It's so satisfying how you get the problems and then fix them. Tabs would be sooooooo goood. I want to live in what ever universe your fixed version of Spotify is now :D
@@stekkerbox no hard evidence since i didn't do it (i have the best alibi money can buy) but the usual suspects: Marketing, Sales & Management ruined it. Front- and Backend wants to make good software.
@@Patterner Atp w copilot and a $5 VPS I can have my own player 💀 and just feed these images to gpt4 to spit out some react for frontend. Slap a Postgres SQL w a CRUD schema and ima stop paying.
Some very nice changes. Listening to your reasons for everything is infinitely more interesting to me than any of the individual changes you make, so I appreciate whenever you go in-depth about it.
ngl i do like using spotify and find it usually convenient but mfg you made some good points here. although you didn't suggest a more conveniant way to sort playlists, which is my biggest gripe with the app outside of the ones you mentioned
Yeah, I wish we had more options to sort playlists. I listen mainly on mobile so the folders are not very useful to me, and you also have to click through in them which is annoying. I think it’d be easier if you could add custom “tags” to it that you could filter!
I agree with most changes except the "Now listening" bar on desktop. It's far too ubiquitous to change having the play/pause and skip forwards/backwards buttons in the middle, not just on Spotify but most other music apps. It's also Skeuomorphic from the iPod days with the big round middle button in the control wheel to pause without having to look at it inside your pocket. Feels *too* foreign.
amazingly well made video and beautiful redesign - i hope the spotify team watches this and takes notes!!! would love to see you redesign the youtube site + app next, i've never liked their UI, specifically the placements of certain buttons,
It's hard to explain how wonderful and beautiful this whole redesign process seemed to me. You did the entire process logically, systematically, and organically, while still being able to do great work. All of the UX improvements made sense from a user perspective, even to me who doesn't even use the app, and somehow you even introduced sponsor content that was directly related to the content, in a useful and real way. First video I've seen of yours and I'm already looking forward to seeing more. I hope I can become a great designer in the future too! Here C.V, an UX / UI Designer and Full Stack Developer 👍
The only improvement I would make for this is a visual element to your library. I like that Spotify has a visual library for your playlists; I’ve made icons for every one of them so I can find them easily. Otherwise it’s harder to find them, especially if you’re disabled or something(like me)
me tooo i find pictures and crop them square to use, so i know my cute songs playlist is the heart cloud, or the boss bitch playlist is a lady in tall heels haha
As a full-stack developer that is 11 years old, I find your redesigns better than the original designs every SINGLE time in terms of UI and UX. No doubt, you are a great designer. You demonstrate what makes a good User Interface very clearly.
I am a fullstack dev as well. Frontend and backend, which is why I watch her videos. This is great to learn about what makes a good UI. I don't think that a lot of these changes are too difficult on the backend either. Just well managed usability adjustments. I don't even feel like it would get a lot of pushback from "regulars". Like the Reddit redesign.
On one hand i absolutely loved this video, your voice, the way you present everything and just your general knowledge. On the other, I left this video with a large amount of frustration that companies like Spotify really don't seem to care about anything other than "marketing techniques" and whatever else when creating UI. I hope it's more a lack of ability, somehow
i was just thinking a lot of the edits made are things apple music does so much better already... i like spotifys recommendation algorithm more than apple autoplay but no ways I'm paying for spotify over apple
Soooo what did you think about this redesign?
By the way, I made a playlist of songs I listened to while redesigning it. ._. You can check it out here if you want to: open.spotify.com/playlist/7ID5fj9qAfcUyrGlbDUtIy
being a linkin park fan made me love your channel even more
Frontend devs are gonna have a hard time and headache, fixing all of these while cursing you😂
I think a complete recode of the frontend would fix many things xDDD
Amazing video as always. Would love to see an Amazon redesign. I don't understand why they still have such an old UI, especially the descktop website.
love this so much... but where's the light mode 😭
i just want them to stop enabling the goddamn smart shuffle when i literally didnt click it
How about they add real shuffle before they make it smart
THIS 😭 and i have to click a million times to turn it off
@@ayisaaa7949 and then once you reshuffle, it leaves the same song at the top of the queue EVERY TIME even though the queue has been reshuffled multiple times
I hate that option so much it’s unreal
@@aidenDE exactly, instead of shuffling through the same songs everytime
I'm so angry i clicked on this video because now I'm never gonna be able to open spotify and not cry at the fact that your redesign is not the actual app....
This is why I use Apple
@@micahlingle1060 real
u can do it but i don't think you have enought time/knowledge to do it
@TrustandbelieveintheLORD wtf dude
@TrustandbelieveintheLORDok
Omg the collapsable tabs in albums UGH god I hope they hire you
Dodie!
i become the leonardo dicaprio pointing meme whenever i see my favourite artists comment on other videos
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Spotify recently just updated their ui, and they have the search bar and the home icon on the top of the app now!
haha yeah!! i was like omg they did the search bar thing from the video i watched.
for real!
They finally hit that low bar!
a very small step in the right direction. maybe in 10 years we'll get a full fledged app
True, but i kinda dislike it. It's messing with my muscle memory. It would be better IMO if they center the search bar and move home to the old position
Spotify Manager: "This is a nice design, so much sense it makes, you're fired"
"A nice design this is, so much sense it makes, fired you are"*
@@mm552?
@@mm552gotta love corporate Yoda
@@mm552 *next guy comes into the room and shows actual Spotify layout*
“Hmm… terrible design, this is… figure out where I am, I cannot… hired, you are.”
Steal it, we must.
I wish Spotify had a feature on the queue where it would tell you how long the queue you’ve made was in minutes so that you can build a suitable queue rather than just guessing the amount of songs you need.
Also, whenever you skip a song on a queue you’ve made by accident YOU CANT GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SONG and then when you try and go back, you’ve messed up your entire queue and now you have to remake it if you can even remember.
Spotify fix your queue.
omg i couldnt agree more its so frustrating when i skip a song in my queue by accident and i CANT GO BACK TO IT😭
Yes
THANK YOUUU!!!!!
Also, when I just finish making a queue but then add a new song I want to listen to next, u have to scroll to the bottom to drag it to the top. But sometimes I accidentally tap the song because the 3 lines are so small and boom it skips to that song so there goes my whole queue :/
this already is a thing though?
The "most played" section for artists NEEDS to exist.
there is a sextion for the songs you liked by the artist. it's practically the same thing as your suggestion
@@oddball1336 not really though.
@@oddball1336 its not the same tho. i have over 2k songs in my liked. it likes to repeat songs but not my favorites.
@@oddball1336 think they mean most played artists
@@oddball1336 do u mean 'section' or am i crazy?
I was watching this video, and just out of curiosity, I opened Spotify and got a popup saying they updated the search bar haha.
The fact they switched shuffle and smart shuffle makes me enraged every time I use the app
Exactly, and you have to press that thing like 3 times
OMG I came here to say the exact same thing. I HATE that option, I’ve even looked in settings if it can be disabled bc I can’t stand that thing (it can’t and I’m loosing my mind over it everytime I enter Spotify)
OMG so true like who in their right mind would use it anyway?
LITERALLY IT KILLS ME IT'S SO FUCKING ANNOYING
Yeah I had the aux at work and thirst by knocked loose played because I didn't realize they switched them. :/
One thing I think Spotify does right is the pause/play button being in the centre, but aside from that, I'd love every change you made.
yeah, i think the original layout (of having the song title, cover art, etc on the left) and the pause/play button being in the middle just feels right
yeah same and i didnt fancy the library much
Heavy agree, as a left handed phone user, handedness is brutal in some app UIs, center is perfect
i agree. i like having the album cover on the right, but EVERYTHING ELSE is annoying :))
@@meandarker totally agree, i’m left handed too
It's crazy to me that this redesign is so good it really doesn't even need a back-end rewrite, because you basically just made all the buttons change places and rewrote the layouts.
Like this is actually doable for Spotify, although as is with many concepts, the companies will never go for them.
You do realize how massive the backlash can be for a 'simple' layout reordering? It happens all the time that people become extremely mad just because an app decided to do that. And the reason is quite simple, having to retrain your brain for something that just worked the past many years for something (let's be honest) most don't even care that much about because there's slim to none benefit. The only ones that *might* benefit from it are new users, and that's a huge might because Spotify has all the data to know what their users actually want, which is usually quite different to what they are saying.
Effectively they likely would lose more customers than they gain because them being annoyed by those changes.
This is basically just Apple Music’s layout
@@marcely1199 By that logic, we should never introduce any changes or innovation ever? TH-cam used to have stars and an actual dislike count. These changes sparked mass outrage, yet I still see you and me both on the app/website.
You roll the changes out iteratively if you’re afraid of disorienting the user. However, the reality is that if an app is established enough, it has a lot of wiggle room as far as making the user unhappy- many will stick around because it’s the option they are accustomed to using.
@@mpark06 Changing the ENTIRE layout of an app vs making small changes through a series of updates is a very different thing.
doubt that back-end part. I'm a developer and I can see that this new design definitely needs some back-end refinements. For example, just the changing the order of the home page or show/hide sections, the new layout needs to be saved into the db so the next time they open the app, the layout stays the way they customised. It's a whole new feature that needs to be broken down
I ADORE your redesign. Happy to see that Spotify apparently watched this, since the home/search on top has now been included in the desktop app 🥳🥳
I hope the Spotify frontend team watches this
Let us all hope
I will literally volunteer to work FREE for them on this UI smh
UI design team
I think the frontend team probably knows about a lot of this already but has its hands tied by the management/marketing side of things
@@riadbk8295 yeah sad reality of big tech but idk about you or me I'd love to see @juxtopposed go full Alex Hormozi on a UI redesign but most people would get really bored with a video focusing heavily on UX, conversion rate, user retention, etc all that business jargon that a select few care for
A single person did what a whole team couldn't
No, because actually implementing this stuff is a lot of work... sadly
@@nilsgoeke7494 Trust me they have enough money and resources, they can definitely do this.
I will say that it's often a lot harder to get a team of opinionated engineers to work towards a cohesive vision, which is why sometimes it's easier for one person to have a really cohesive design compared to a team
@@nilsgoeke7494 backend sure... front-end probably a couple of months work for 1 engineer. The issue is as companies scale, they get more bureaucratic and inefficient. It happens time and time again which is why I prefer working for start ups.
@@nilsgoeke7494honestlyyyyyy not too hard, most of the elements of the Spotify front end right now could be made in a few weeks by one person including all the design elements
Adding to playlist instead of adding to favourites button is extremely accurate point
the addition of a "Save for Later" would be a godsend. i try new music and genres a LOT, i have like 5 playlists of just "try these songs later" songs
Spotify actually added this recently
@@auliamate i thought i was just being picky lol didn't know other people did this 😅
It used to be there long ago Idfk why they changed it
This is so validating. On "now playing" you've got too many icons, and a lot of them aren't standardized. "Cast" and "share" look the same on every other app, so just use those. "Shuffle," "previous," "pause/play," "next," and "loop" are easy, everyone knows those ones. Maybe we could solve the clarity problem by expanding the difficult to parse bottom icons when you scroll down into a vertical list with labels in case you're not sure. Once you get used to doing this you'll learn the controls. You've also got some text cut off behind "like" and "save," this is easy to fix by just moving them down a row next to the band name. Most bands don't have some weird hipster name that stretches across the entire screen, so it's rare that will get cut off. I also feel like the queue should be in its own bar somewhere so I don't have to open "now playing" in order to get to it
You highlighted AND FIXED everything that I, as a 10 year premium user, debate canceling my subscription over on a daily basis.
Please do!
THIS
i've just been running spotify 2019 desktop app with updates blocked
With every update I get closer to cancelling. It's getting ridiculous.
Let's say I want to see what new music has come out from the artists I like. I have to click the search bar > scroll down and find "Discover" > scroll down and find the section called "New Releases for you." In what world is that intuitive?
for real the app is infuriating now days its so unusable and completely sucks somedays especially since i cant discover music the same way it jusr reccomnds the same things over and over i want variety
“Miss hearing” -> “mishearing” is such an amazingly layered joke.
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this reminds me of little misfortune... i always thought her name was MEANT to be 'little Ms. Fortune'
Just wish I could see them again :/
This made me realize how many issues I have with spotify that I just put up with because its the way i get music. This would be a million times better and would eliminate so much frustration.
Spotify is one of those apps that works best when you forget that you're still using it.
Same. The absolute WORST is the adding to playlist which instantly adds to liked songs. What would the point of liked songs be if every song u ever save is on there??
The amount of BS we tolerate is insane
@@yuhhbaby3179 it used to do that with whole albums years ago, and my account is from before then, so my liked songs is COMPLETELY useless.
as a long-time user i'm much more aware of all the problems i have with this stupid app because it wasn't always like this, most of its problems have been introduced since i've been using it
You dont have to tolerate it, Apple Music is 90% what she designed
Your clearheadedness is refreshing
This video is unironically worth at least a few million dollars, if not way more
I want to buy your Spotify+ App. Your redesign is awesome. I'm on the verge of giving up my paid subscription. Please, as a paying user, give me an option to turn OFF ALL audio books and podcasts - I just want music. Please do this or I will not be a customer.
@@andrew2004sydney wrong person to reply to
The amount of work on this is insane. As someone who does UX/UI Design, you can really see the wonderful balance of user, business, and visual goals. AND THEN video editing on top to break down the changes? My goodness.
1000% agree, just insane
soo goals fr
AND the story telling !! This video is incredibleeee, so much work!!
the only thing i had was that some of her changes go directly against principles of UX research, like for example too many customization options tends to decrease overall user satisfaction because there is certainly such a thing as "too complex". most of her changes were excellent but she's definitely developing for a technologically advanced audience and that is almost never the right approach, the vast majority of the time (especially for something as widely utilized as a music player) the biggest and most impactful user profile is one of a technologically average person and a fair bit of her design does not target that
The profile part is so real. I've been using Spotify for years and I always forget where the profile is located.
Finding the damn settings takes so long I need to pack rations before I try to find it.
Or sometimes I need to access my friends account, or should I say "followers" and it takes so long for me to find my profile to find THEIR profile
😭 LMAO@@matthewalvarojr.2634
I LOVE YOU, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE NEEDED MAN!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Spotify needs to see this and hire you or implement your feature.
SPOTIFY HIRE THIS TALENTED PERSON NOW
We need a Discord redesign especially for the mobile app cause it's driving me insane
id love to see a video about discord
tbh im totally fine with the desktop version but omg the mobile ver is a mess
@@bobthegreat297 agreed
They just reverted the dumb navigation shit and now your DMs are top left again. Thank god! Update the app!
a discord redesign would be a feature length film 😭
i absolutely love this; it's tragic how absolutely substandard the UIs are in this day and age, they should be cutting edge. LIKE THIS.
They shouldn't be cutting edge, they should be tried and true.
A good UI isn't that hard, companies have just forgotten how to make them
@@wj11jam78 They don't care because you guys still use their app and pay for it, I'm against spotify my whole life and I use TH-cam and Apple music, while literally every person around me uses spotify. Why the f*ck you do this if it's so bad??
Holy shyt, i just realised the new version of desktop Spotify has had the Home and Search button moved up to top, pretty much just like she suggested! M I N D B L O W N!
With ~10 years of experience in web dev i would love to have someone like you on the team. I've watched most of your videos and every few seconds i think "nice", "yup", "great idea" :D I would rate every work i've seen from you 10/10. If there ever comes the day where i can work with such a good UI designer i would cry for joy.
Agree! And she even puts it in a very concise way, in a manner that non-tech oriented people can understand. There's no tech jargon like "the UI layout is disproportionately sized to the viewport which blah blah blah," so even management could understand what she's getting at (which can be even more important, since they're the ones deciding everything ;-;)
omg thank you 😭😭
@@Pyseph yeah probably one of the best UI/UX devs out there
@@juxtopposed don't just thank them, send them your rates
She's too smart, they would never hire her. Companies like this need "yes men" and not real designers like Juxtopposed.
you know what spotify needs? a history log of all the songs you listened to in the pst bc sometimes you hear a song in recommended, like it and never hear it again or remember the name
they actually do! at least on the mobile app. if you click the profile button in the top left-you’ll see “listening history”. you can check your history there
They have a version of that on mobile
they have that
@@lionelkentler LMAOOOOO
The mobile version (at least on iOS) has a listening history feature, which you can access by clicking on your profile icon in the top corner. It dates back a few months, but it used to sometimes reset on app updates (but that seems to be resolved).
The one thing I hate about your videos is that I can NEVER use these UIs again without thinking about how much better they could be if they used your design ;-;
You just never miss and I love the way you consider how users interact with these sites/apps!
Edit after finishing the video: just as i feared, I might have to switch to a different music streaming service now
with how spotify is running itself into the ground by paywalling lyrics (i listen to kpop, reggaeton, and sza, the three types of music you need lyrics to understand) apple music is looking REALLLY good (and i lowkey hate the apple music design too, but its looking better than spotify or soundcloud, and i can pay for it with my apple giftcard too!)
@@auliamateSpotify is paywalling lyrics!!?
@@lajawi. yes 💀
@@lajawi. Not exactly. They’re just locking it behind Premium, so technically this doesn’t affect you if you’re already a member. Free users are just getting an even worse experience.
@@lajawi.they're limited for free users to a certain amount per month
Your design should be the standard for every music app.
Every single detail you outlined and fixed , I'm literally shocked
i audibly said "YESS" when you talked about adding a discover tab! that'd fix so many issues of the UI having all of that discover stuff crammed into the home tab
Fucking this. When I want to find new artists I'll go looking for them. The more you try to shove marketing funnels down my throat the more I'll just mentally block out 90% of the screen
Yes! Spotify used to be so simple and easy, but now it’s mostly just trying to show you stuff you’re not interested in. This design is so much better
ads will be the downfall of all these companies
the biggest frustration with Spotify; in app popups when I'm just trying to quickly put on my music.
I love how you always harp on allowing the user to customize their homepage UI, I feel like companies don't allow it cause its how they shove all the ads into our face.
They have the audacity to claim Premium has no ads, when they do this and constantly push podcasts in your face
@@_BangDroid_ CONSTANTLY
The amount of work and thoughtfulness that went into this is just insane. The best UI/UX content I've seen on TH-cam.
12:00 THANK YOU!! The most frustrating part of using Spotify, so many interactions just to add a song to a specific playlist.
one thing ive always wanted on mobile is the ability to see the specific amount of streams on a song. its for some reason only on desktop but such an interesting feature to use.
fellow daft punk enjoyer
like this if you enjoy daft punk
Giorgio by moroder ❤
@@juxtopposed too busy working harder faster stronger to make it better
Seeing Justice in the "people also like" section made me happy! The french electronic scene is aweosme
Doin it right
Everybody will be dancing and we'll Feeling alright.
Everybody will be dancing and be
Doing it right.
Everybody will be dancing and we'll be
Feeling all right
Everybody will be dancing to the
Thoses videos are so satisfying ahah, seeing all our frustrations go away about apps we use everydays. It kind of also raise some awareness on how they do to maximize control over users, your videos are very educative and interesting!
At this point watching your channel should be industry standard.
bro i didn't realize how much i didn't like about Spotify till you made it better
I don't like lightmode but it's important to realise some people can't see enough contrast without it. Treat it as an accessibility option, always implement it. There's always a reason someone sets their customisations.
Tbh there should be a slider that you can drag from full black to full white so we can choose exactly how we want it.
I see it in the intro but not in the actual video? Did she forget or did I miss it??
@@gurratell7326 I want everything grey so I see nothing
@@gurratell7326That would be extremely hard to create, and would not be as profitable to Spotify as compared to other features
Yes I have astigmatism and light mode is so much better for my eyes
This is an insane video, never been happier seeing a UI video on TH-cam before
I love how you single handedly made a spotify UI thats a shit ton better than what they make with a whole team, impressive and i love the redesign its so much more easy to use and has a ton of elements i think are missing
Been a while since I canceled my Spotify Premium subscription because of their god awful UI. The easy distinction between songs, albums, playlists and others (which you've done sooo elegantly by the way) and the customizable home page layout in this video alone would make me return instantly.
what are you using now? I need a good alternative
@@Ricky-137c - I’ve been using TH-cam Music because I was paying for Premium anyway. Honestly it’s UI isn’t the best either. But at least it not trying to shove down useless junk like podcasts and audiobooks down your throat. It’s recommendations are quite good as well!
@@Ricky-137c not OP but I moved to my own music collection at home and TH-cam Music for streaming. If you're looking to replace your entire system my fave is Tidal (recently moved to one price) but Qobuz easy second place
@@Ricky-137cmusi is great! there are ads but they don't interrupt your music & you can just exit the ads UI after a few seconds/short countdown :)
Oh, also bumping this for what alternative you currently use, thanks!
First of all they should make it bug free and fast. The mobile cache grows like cancer, Ctrl F doesn't open the search, ...
this 😭
Yeah but Ctrl-L does. Like going to the location bar in a web browser. Who designed this?
there is even a cmd-k modal (besides the cmd-L) that rarely works (somewhat about where the :focus is...)
On widows ui doesn't load if you alt+tab when launching spotify. This app is a mess
They and all the electron apps (like discord) should just go for something different like flutter or else. But not electron. The dumbest concept known to man.
it took me years to give in and use spotify and to this day I'm still NOT used to it despite using it daily. and now you managed to put into words everything I dislike about this UI 😭 bless you, you're my hero.
I love that you clearly take a lot of time to actually use the app and know the pain points. It's not just a pretty UI re-design (which already is cool!) but ALSO a UX-redesign.
Listening to the weekly suggested song playlist, finding a cool song in there I want to add to a specific playlist and then... having to add it to my faves and then having to remove it from there and add it to a playlist is such a PAIN POINT for me in this app. I felt seen in this video T-T
this is not a ux redesign. at least, they didn’t provide any evidence of user research, information architecture, or interaction design. they did do the bare minimum for visual design, but there’s so much more to ux design, making corrections based on your own experience is the opposite of user-lead design.
I have met exactly 0 people who like the way Spotify handles adding music to their playlists, but have met MANY people who dislike it.
idk if I'm just on a different version or what but just tap the 3 dots and and do "add to playlist." works for spotify-generated playlists for me.
@@underscore_d.t theres forums for spotify where many, many people express anger over a lot of the problems she addresses, its really as easy as her scrolling through that for a bit and taking notes on what people hate about it
Spotify's frontend & UI/UX team needs to implement these changes ASAP. This would encourage so many more people to actually pay for the platform, and for us who currently and have for a long time paid for the platform, it's like a "thank you" for sticking along.
It is not that easy tho. Sometimes some features can't be bringed asap because the underlying logic might break. These changes might contain some of it. Spotify will eventually make these changes but it will take time. It might seem easy here but trust me it is not.
@@biolater I understand where you're coming from, but I also know for a fact how easy it would be to implement these changes as I am a UI/UX designer & implementation specialist in a professional setting. I have also looked into the source code of Spotify, at least for the desktop application on Windows, and it would not be difficult in any way to complete the changes displayed in the video.
that will never happen because they have a certain strategy to push their new fancy features that gets responsible manager promoted and responsible developers fired after it failed
@@nextgenstudios335 If you're an UX Designer then you must also know that reworking previously implemented features will always be pushed back to "later sprints" aka "basically never". In the state Spotify is in right now - finally wanting to turn a profit - KPI performance will dictate development roadmaps and business decisions. And we both know that Iteration and Refinement of existing functionality will close to always take a back seat to some new feature because Business believes that adding new stuff will enable that sweet sweet premium upsell.
I'm confident that the product teams know damn well what and how to easily implement a lot of the things talked about in the video, but will just not receive enough resource allowance to actually do so.
@@nextgenstudios335 if you were a ux designer like you claim, you would know the field is a lot more user focused than what the video showcased. contextual inquiries, site maps, affinity mapping, and so much more is needed before you even begin the visual design aspect. if i knew you were advocating for poorly researched designs as a ux designer, i’d have you removed from my team and you’d be invited to look for a job elsewhere.
I just love the way you work, you make so much an impact!
8:16 this is honestly the most important thing for me that i want spotify to change. I don’t even like hearing podcasts or audio books, and seeing random recommendations on the main home page pisses me off so bad. Also the fact that your friends are being shown on the following page along side the artists you follow is hella annoying. Thank you so much for your video, maybe it could be useful to the Spotify Team!
0:20 "...spotify is busy doing all the side quests"... is there a better summary?
Beautiful work, as usual!
Holy shit you are bringing up all my frustrations, ideas, and even many more great ideas!!! I use Spotify SO MUCH and want EXACTLY your design
Amazing how a different way to show and see Spotify makes me be so happy, this feels so better
A design like this should be a given for such a big company. Its crazy to me how they are so bad and you alone do such a good job
I think they are good in what THEY want to do... to put every single artist/podcast/etc that pays them into our face in every opportunity. It's exhausting.
@@anderson.ribeiro yeah a lot of people forget that the objective is to make money first and foremost. removing the premium button, removing sponsored content unrelated to the search, making smart shuffle less invasive. As a consumer of course that would all be nice, but it those changes all actively lose the company money
@@badgoogle4509 but so does people leaving spotify for platforms like youtube... like you gotta acknowledge that happy or at least not mad customers keep the lights on
The chime between sections has made me go insane.
I think it’s intentional to keep us ADHD kids paying attention
Why is it there?!?!
the 'harmony' is so jarring lol
I love the "Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!!" type energy🔥🔥🔥
I just found your channel, and this is my second video. As a developer I just can say: Thank you, and I love you (Profesionally)
I never thought spotify has such simple UI design issues like similar icons for play now and video or not matching icons between desktop and mobile. This really got me out of my rose tinted glasses thank you
The only thing I didnt like was the moving the play button to the left. Knowing how i navigate, having to drag my cursor all the way to the left every time would be a hassle when I tend to hover my cursor in the middle. HOWEVER. Everything else is amazing. What a wonderful job!! I cant imagine how much effort this took to make and consider. Bravo
The voiceover is top-tier! The editing (smoothness, memes), ideas, and even the FLOW of the whole video 👏👏👏, I fully respect
It's so satisfying how you get the problems and then fix them. Tabs would be sooooooo goood. I want to live in what ever universe your fixed version of Spotify is now :D
I didn't know that Deezer's UI was so good until I saw this video. congratulations on the content.
Deezer's UI is the worst thing out there bruh
@@turbulentmind2044 When was the last time you used it?
They changed a lot of things last year. A lot of cool features.
I use Deezer since 2011
As a frontend engineer I love your ideas
as a backend engineer i love her ideas
@@Patterner do you have any idea why the andorid app is so shitty vs ios
@@stekkerbox no hard evidence since i didn't do it (i have the best alibi money can buy)
but the usual suspects: Marketing, Sales & Management ruined it. Front- and Backend wants to make good software.
Im probably dead wrong. But can’t I just feed these images to gpt4 and it’s going spit out some react.
@@Patterner Atp w copilot and a $5 VPS I can have my own player 💀 and just feed these images to gpt4 to spit out some react for frontend. Slap a Postgres SQL w a CRUD schema and ima stop paying.
me when a user of an app creates the concept design for an app and its 20x better than anything we could ever wish for in a design made by a company
Oh my goodness.... Yes please. These changes must happen. And as a web designer myself, thank you for showing me mobbin
I thought this channel was the guy who simplified every website design and was expecting the worst, but what a pleasant surprise!
LOL me too
Your UI redesigns are nicely simple, incredible and thoughtful and make complete sense. Spotify would be muuuch better with some of these changes.
Some very nice changes. Listening to your reasons for everything is infinitely more interesting to me than any of the individual changes you make, so I appreciate whenever you go in-depth about it.
Love the flow of this video, first time watcher but you make it really easy to follow and very informative. Fantastic work.
ngl i do like using spotify and find it usually convenient but mfg you made some good points here.
although you didn't suggest a more conveniant way to sort playlists, which is my biggest gripe with the app outside of the ones you mentioned
Yeah some of her fixes seemed more convoluted than convenient tbh lol but spotify is a damn mess so
Yeah, I wish we had more options to sort playlists. I listen mainly on mobile so the folders are not very useful to me, and you also have to click through in them which is annoying. I think it’d be easier if you could add custom “tags” to it that you could filter!
I think my spotify is broken, and stuck in an old version. This video made me seriously grateful that this is the case.
same
You helped me notice all the issues I had with the Spotify UI that I didn’t realize I had. Great video, I LOVE this new UI design!
I agree with most changes except the "Now listening" bar on desktop. It's far too ubiquitous to change having the play/pause and skip forwards/backwards buttons in the middle, not just on Spotify but most other music apps. It's also Skeuomorphic from the iPod days with the big round middle button in the control wheel to pause without having to look at it inside your pocket. Feels *too* foreign.
Im absolutely addicted to this series!
Such a good flowing video, great editing and really clever redesigns
Amaaaazing job! Simple but brilliant tweaks.
amazingly well made video and beautiful redesign - i hope the spotify team watches this and takes notes!!!
would love to see you redesign the youtube site + app next, i've never liked their UI, specifically the placements of certain buttons,
this is awesome!!! i’ve been waiting for someone to talk about this for yearsssss thank you your ideas are so great!!🤩
So many companies need you, it's actually crazy
i would cry from happiness if spotify actually listened to you, IM BEGGING FOR SPOTIFY TO BRING BACK LOOP
This is amazing work, and the fact that you did this all yourself AND made an entertaining yt video out of it too!
It's hard to explain how wonderful and beautiful this whole redesign process seemed to me. You did the entire process logically, systematically, and organically, while still being able to do great work.
All of the UX improvements made sense from a user perspective, even to me who doesn't even use the app, and somehow you even introduced sponsor content that was directly related to the content, in a useful and real way.
First video I've seen of yours and I'm already looking forward to seeing more. I hope I can become a great designer in the future too!
Here C.V, an UX / UI Designer and Full Stack Developer 👍
Your music taste is *chefs kiss*
I miss the 2022 version so much, everything looks messy now...
you're amazing, your design gives me hope!
Never clicked so fast
someones gotta recreate this in spicetify
YES
was literally looking for this comment 😭 PLEASE
Yapping for 20 mins and making some edits in aftereffects is easier than reimplementing all that...
@theairaccumulator7144 nobody said it was harder lol obv making it a spicetify theme is going to be more involved
The only improvement I would make for this is a visual element to your library. I like that Spotify has a visual library for your playlists; I’ve made icons for every one of them so I can find them easily. Otherwise it’s harder to find them, especially if you’re disabled or something(like me)
me tooo i find pictures and crop them square to use, so i know my cute songs playlist is the heart cloud, or the boss bitch playlist is a lady in tall heels haha
your subtle animations and along with your information is truly masterful. I liked, subscribed and commented. 👍
You design and editing is amazing
This is the best UI UX video I have ever watched, thank you so much for the information provided in the video
As a full-stack developer that is 11 years old, I find your redesigns better than the original designs every SINGLE time in terms of UI and UX. No doubt, you are a great designer. You demonstrate what makes a good User Interface very clearly.
I am a fullstack dev as well. Frontend and backend, which is why I watch her videos. This is great to learn about what makes a good UI. I don't think that a lot of these changes are too difficult on the backend either. Just well managed usability adjustments. I don't even feel like it would get a lot of pushback from "regulars". Like the Reddit redesign.
@@sonarun Yeah the work in these videos is just based on design principles and other than that, just pure creativity,
damn! its pretty impressive you have a dev job like that as a pre-teen
yeah I am 11 currently
oh daaamn this dude's either making it big or is got it going early
either way congrats my guy don't let the pressure build tho
On one hand i absolutely loved this video, your voice, the way you present everything and just your general knowledge. On the other, I left this video with a large amount of frustration that companies like Spotify really don't seem to care about anything other than "marketing techniques" and whatever else when creating UI. I hope it's more a lack of ability, somehow
This video is actually a really good study of how to develop a good UI, with logical user experience choices. I am definitely using this one later
Yeah this video man… your perspective and eye for good user experience, then ur visual breakdown of it visually is beyond impressive.
I actually really enjoy the Spotify UI but your redesign made it even better :)
Awesome! U solved a lot of the app issues I’ve been struggling with.. Loved it!
I love your layout so much that it made me sad and I ended my Spotify subscription and went to Apple Music officially.
i was just thinking a lot of the edits made are things apple music does so much better already... i like spotifys recommendation algorithm more than apple autoplay but no ways I'm paying for spotify over apple