[All Platforms][Other] Button on play queue to shuffle current selections

[zardox]

Currently, in the panel "Playing from play queue" below "Now playing," if there are any selections queued, there is a listing titled "Next in Queue" with one option "Clear Queue".

My request - 

Add an additional button labeled "Shuffle", have it appear only if there is more than one selection in the queue. Pressing this "shuffle" button does a random sort of the selections currently in the queue.

Note : selections below in the "Next from" section are not included, no change is made to their order.

I need this because I routinely make a selection of singles and albums from several artists but I want then to shuffle the selections. This is kind of like building a playlist on the fly.

1. An alternate idea would be to have a button that transfers selections in the queue to a playlist. But that is less preferable because I don't want a new playlist to be added

[Kawaily]

I have been thinking about this for a long time so I'm glad someone suggested it. I often add several playlists/albums to my queue and I have to shuffle manually which is annoying, takes a long time and is not really randomized.

[pablolie]

Can I superlike this? I'd even pay $100 to support this enhancement to playlist shuffling, which is oddly dysfunctional.

[Stbyle20]

You should be able to shuffle the songs that you have put in your queue. I often queue a bunch of songs from artists, but then have to manually mix them all together by dragging the songs around in the queue. 

[Luan]

Updated on 2023-02-03

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[Yordan]

Updated on 2023-03-21

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[Luan]

Updated on 2023-03-31

Hey! It looks like your suggestion is growing up fast and it's amazing! We are going to change its status to 'Good Suggestion' now and we hope it continues being supported by more and more users.
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[johndbr]

I love this feature! Please consider it! Sometimes making a playlist is too much of an effort. I have hundreds of them. Also, it would be nice to easily divide the ones that I like from the ones that I created.

[ChefDarkShadow]

I think looping could be applied here as well. We don't have a "Loop Queue" button and that would be plenty useful for when you don't want to lose your songs in the queue.

[gustavbergenudd]

Hi there!

I've been thinking about something. Very often, I queue up a lot of songs, sometimes up to 80. It could be that I quickly go through artists I want to listen to and queue up the specific songs I want to hear from them. Eventually, it becomes like a temporary playlist for that moment. Whether it's background music for a dinner or if I have a four-hour hard work ahead and want some music playing. Anyway, one feature I'm currently missing is the ability to shuffle the songs in the queue. Instead of hearing 5 songs from one artist and then 5 songs from the next artist, I'd like to be able to shuffle all the songs I've added to the queue.

Alternatively, perhaps you could have a "Create Temporary Playlist" option where I can select 15 artists, and then Spotify choose songs I usually listen to from those artists, along with maybe a new song I should try?

That would be highly appreciated! Thanks!

[SamHinkie]

Today I tried adding whole albums to my queue after clearing it, then pressed shuffle button to shuffle the songs in those 5 albums. It only shuffled the order of the albums, not the separate songs in them 😭