20-05-2025
Spotify has made a subtle change that has left users FURIOUS - as one vents 'people who design apps have no regard for muscle memory'
It is one of the world's most popular music apps, used by millions of people every single day.
But Spotify has made a subtle change that has left its users fuming.
In a recent update, Spotify altered the layout of the home screen, moving the 'Your Library' tab aside to make room for a new 'Create' button.
For the app's daily users, this small change has been wildly frustrating as it replaces the most-used feature with an option many customers never touch.
Tapping the '+' button in the bottom right-hand corner, users can access options to add a new playlist, collaborate with friends, or join a 'Blend' with another user.
Spotify Premium users also have the option of accessing a 'Jam' to listen with other users in real time or use the ' AI Playlist' feature.
In a blog post announcing the changes, Spotify wrote: 'We wanted to simplify access to our music-curation tools.'
However, the new options have not gone down well with fans on social media, with one writing: 'People who design apps have no regard for muscle memory.'
On social media, furious users have complained that the new button is terrible for people with 'muscle memory' of opening the 'Your Library' tab
On April 7, Spotify introduced a new set of features which were supposed to 'put you in the driver's seat and offer you more control over your listening and discovery.'
Spotify said: 'Our latest updates give you even more tools to curate playlists, refine your recommendations, and shape your music journey.'
But as the release rolled out, customers flocked to social media to express their hatred for the new design.
On X, one user wrote: 'Why would you move library and add a useless create button.'
Another furious commenter ranted: 'The person at Spotify why approve this UI change for a s***** create button should be k***ed.'
While one Spotify customer chimed in: 'I HATE that new Spotify "create" tab. The most useless addition.'
Social media users' biggest complaint is that the new 'Create' button is exactly where the old 'Your Library' button used to be.
Since this would often be the first thing users open, people are now finding themselves constantly pressing the 'Create' button out of habit.
Spotify users moaned that the new 'Create' button was in the exact location that the 'Your Library' button had been, leading them to mistakenly press the new option
One commenter complained that the new button layout 'gets me every time'
A user complained: 'People who design apps have no regard for muscle memory fr I'm gonna crash out if I click this new create button instead of library one more time on spotify.'
'Yo @Spotify adding a create button where library was, is a terrible for day for those of us who used muscle memory to click it before.'
Another added: 'The placement of the create button on spotify is so stupid. It gets me everytime aswell thinking it's my library ffs.'
As the changes hit users' phones, many also began calling for Spotify to undo the update.
On Spotify's community forum page, posts with hundreds of supportive comments ask the company to either remove the 'Create' button or give users the option to hide it.
Likewise, on X, frustrated users angrily demanded that the new option be removed from the app.
One commenter wrote: 'omfg @Spotify please put the library button back where it was WHAT IS THISSSSS.'
'GET RID OF THE CREATE BUTTON WE DON'T NEED IT,' another user exclaimed.
Commenters on social media begged Spotify to undo the change and put the 'Your Library' button back where it had been
Users angrily demanded that the create button should be removed
One Spotify customer complained that the button should be removed 'right now'
While another furiously wrote: 'Get that create button off my goddamn app right now spotify.'
The change to the app's UI also came alongside a number of minor updates to music discovery and playlist functions.
These include a number of ways to turn off or limit the amount of music suggested by Spotify's algorithm.
For 'Premium' subscribers, the queue function has been updated to include better access to suggestion controls like Smart Shuffle and Autoplay, with the option to turn these off entirely.
Users will also be able to 'Snooze' any songs they don't like for 30 days, temporarily removing them from their recommendations.
Additionally, all users will see new features designed to improve playlist management.
These include the addition of the 'Add', 'Edit', and 'Sort' buttons at the top of your playlists and the option to turn liked songs into a playlist directly by filtering according to genre.
