Found a Heardle bug that allows cheating on iOS

[Formanner]

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

(iPhone 12 mini)

Operating System

(iOS 15.5)

My Question or Issue

Not sure if this would happen before Spotify bought it, but there is a very easy way to hear the first 30s of the song while still on your first try.

Steps:

1. Open Heardle in Safari.
2. Play the first 1s clip.
3. Swipe down from the top-right to open the Control Panel, and Heardle should be in the Now Playing widget.
4. Touch the play button, and the song starts playing and doesn't stop.
5. Return to Safari, and the entire Heardle status bar will continue to the end of the 30s, but if you click the play button again on the Heardle page, it changes back to the 1s first clip, and you can guess.

[Clobee]

I have the same but using a bluetooth set of headphones (Xiaomi Midots). If I play the first second and pause using the button on headphones, then start playing again by pressing the button, the full 30 second preview plays without skipping forward in guess steps.

[StephenTakacs]

Same here. Play 1 second in app, Lock Screen, then play from control panel. The whole song plays without skipping seconds in the app. 

[cy-g0_qp8lzod]

This cheat works on Android as well. 

[redevo]

This also works in macOS Safari using the touch bar scrubber.

[MilesAndMilesDavis]

This also worked before Spotify bought it.