[Other] Exact release date across all platforms

[skitfish]

Spotify has exact release date information for albums - it can be viewed in the mobile app (at least under iOS, v8.5.41).

Using the official desktop app, however (macOS, v1.1.24.91.g4ca6d5eb) you only get the year.

Why the disparity? I would have thought that, if anything, the desktop app would contain more granular information, while the mobile app would contain more of a summary.

Year is not very granular at all - artists can do a lot in a year, and fans sometimes like to know at least the month they released something, if not also the day.

Thank you for reading

[jimverneuil]

Please, please, please bring back the precise release date on desktop application !

Making monthly playlists is becoming impossible without the exact date of release

Artists also put out several project the same year, if not the same month and it becomes impossible to sort everything  out.

Thanks

[0081]

I review music, and find it really helpfull to see when an album was released, or at least put on the platform. So seeing that completely removed from the desktop is disorienting and cofusing. The new Layout also doesn't make new releases stand out enough.

[Aistro]

Agreed - no idea why they removed this - was a cool bit that I can't think of a reason why they removed..

[chrisbr]

This drives me insane. Why would they remove fundamental info like this that would literally take up 20 characters.                   

[test328]

Before the new design we could see the day the newest song came out from the artist, now we can only see the year when it came out. It would be nice to bring back the feature to show at what day & month the newest song came out from the artist.

[MattSuda]

If you hover over the release date in the new 2021 desktop app update or the web player for several seconds, the full release date will show in a popup tooltip. They should just show the full release date by default. The tooltip is slow and small.

[MattSuda]

If you hover over the release date in the new 2021 desktop app update or the web player for several seconds, the full release date will show in a popup tooltip. They should just show the full release date by default. The tooltip is slow and small.

[MattSuda]

If you hover over the release date in the new 2021 desktop app update or the web player for several seconds, the full release date will show in a popup tooltip. They should just show the full release date by default. The tooltip is slow and small.

[Mario]

Updated on 2021-07-07

Hey folks,

Thanks for coming to the Spotify Idea Exchange and voting to make this happen.

We're happy to announce that this feature is now available. All you need to do is hover over the song's release year: this will show you the full song's release date 🙂

Once again, thanks for helping us make Spotify better, by participating here on the Community!

[MattSuda]

It would be nice to just display the full release date by default on the release pages. It takes too long to have to hover over every time.