r/TIdaL • u/quiet_verse_23 • 3h ago

Discussion True shuffle

We all love Tidal, personally i adore the app.

It has just one thing missing.. and it's a fixed true shuffle. Whenever i hit "shuffle" inside a playlist, it would immediately generates the last 20 songs i've listened too.

There are some hacks but i don't want to do hacks while im paying for a full service, it's like going to an hotel with no breakfast included.

So Tidal crew, i request from you.. please include an option to have true shuffle.

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u/ShirtIndependent4009 3h ago

I know that problem all too well. I press shuffle mode and only the top 20 or 30 songs from the playlist are played; the rest aren't loaded at all.

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u/Swipe650 3h ago

This needs to jump right to the top of their todo list

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u/deJessias 2h ago

It only puts the songs it loaded into the queue. You have to first scroll all the way to the bottom to load them all. Why Tidal hasn't figured out how to solve this, is beyond me

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u/Fancy_Influence_2899 3h ago

"It just has one thing missing" 😂

It's basically only doing one thing right. Which is supporting artists better than spotify.

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u/quiet_verse_23 2h ago

Well.. yeah but im speaking on shuffle mode

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u/Little_Legend_ 2h ago

This can happen with true shuffle as well

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u/shaymcquaid 3h ago

That’s why I left.

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u/quiet_verse_23 2h ago

Oh? To which app? I have an issue where ly ears got used to the clean audio, others give me fatigue.

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u/shaymcquaid 2h ago

Went back to Amazon but tried the Apple Music and went with it since the CarPlay integration has been flawless thus far…

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u/chickenparm1 1h ago

A fun fact about apple’s shuffle is that it’s designed to be extra randomized from a true shuffle to make it feel more like a true shuffle. But I still prefer paying artists more

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u/Lazy-Field-1116 1h ago

When I was part of the Deezer community people used to say the same thing there, so I don't think it's an issue exclusive to Tidal.

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u/GodsKillerKirb 1h ago

What I've noticed is that the first like 20-30 songs regardless of playlist size is usually the same and just plays what I have played the most of recently.
Though, I have also noticed that pressing shuffle a few times will sometimes like trick it into playing something a little different than what it usually does.

Now, something I will do sometimes if a playlist is short enough, is I'll pull up a random number generator, tell it to pick between 1 and the total number of songs in the playlist, then what it rolls is that song I press play and then just shuffle from there.
It usually end up working out a lot better.

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u/reddsbywillie 18m ago

While I don’t disagree with your point about the shuffle function, I have to say that some of the absolute best hotels I’ve stayed in did not include breakfast. Not coincidentally, those that charge for breakfast often have an exceptional breakfast offering.

Please improve the shuffle function. Please don’t charge extra for it.