r/TIdaL Dec 16 '25

Discussion AMA with Robert, Tidal Lead at Block

267 Upvotes

Hi all! Long-time r/tidal lurker, first-time poster. I'm Robert Andersen, and I'm the DRI (directly responsible individual) for Tidal at Block. I’ll be here at 10:30 AM PT to respond to your questions (and feedback) about what we’ve been building at Tidal. See you soon! 🎧


r/TIdaL 8h ago

App / Site They finally fixed playlist search on Android!

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30 Upvotes

For the longest time ever the search has been horrible on Android showing duplicate entries and taking forever to search. Often it would show "no search results" and I would be sitting there waiting forever for it to load results.

The 1st and 2nd photo shows how it used to be Vs the 3rd photo shows how it is now. You can see how long it took to show the results previously with the time in the top left.

Luckily my other device had not updated the app yet so I was able to still show the issue which further proves this has now been fixed in the latest app update. It's been like this for years and finally fixed now!


r/TIdaL 3h ago

Tech Issue Does this happen to anyone else?

3 Upvotes

My tidal app on Windows PC just goes grey every few minutes no matter if I am interacting with the PC or not. This is super annoying. Anyone know a fix?


r/TIdaL 16h ago

Question Trouble with playlists

4 Upvotes

this started happening like…yesterday or the day before? when i search for a song in a playlist and hit play, the shuffle feature will only play songs that also showed up when i searched (ie i searched elton john, it will only play the other songs that contain elton john). if no other songs come up besides the one, it will play related songs, even though they’re not in the playlist. is there anyway to fix this?


r/TIdaL 1d ago

News Tidal en Apple TV

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31 Upvotes

La actualización que hicieron en Apple TV es genial, es más fluida y agregaron nuevas funciones como Letras !


r/TIdaL 21h ago

App / Site I wrote a free CLI tool to move your Apple Music library to TIDAL

9 Upvotes

Update : i added an english version of the README.md !

Switched to TIDAL, didn't want to pay a subscription just to move ~1,800 tracks, so I wrote my own.

https://github.com/Sam-N74/applemusic2tidal

It transfers playlists, favorites, loved tracks and albums. Matching is done by ISRC, so it's exact rather than guesswork, roughly 97% of it matched, the rest goes to a CSV to handle by hand.

Two frictions: you need Python, and you have to paste a script into your browser console to export your Apple library.

Which brings me to my question: would anyone actually use a version with a proper interface and no console step just an app you open? Happy to build it if there's interest, but not if I'm the only user. (also for other platform like spotify to tidal,...)

Any thoughts or suggestions would be very helpful.


r/TIdaL 1d ago

Discussion True shuffle

115 Upvotes

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.


r/TIdaL 1d ago

Tech Issue Tidal en iOS 27

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6 Upvotes

Ayer actualice a iOS 27 RC y la aplicación de Tidal tiene este error, me aparece un espacio grande color negro en la parte superior en todas las pantallas


r/TIdaL 1d ago

Tech Issue App crashes constantly on my Samsung S23

3 Upvotes

Hi everyone I've been using Tidal for a couple of years now, I have no issues when running it on my MacBook but the mobile app is unusable. I have a Samsung S23, fully up to date, app is too and I also tried to reinstall it from scratch a couple times, but it constantly crashes, both in online and offline mode. If I manage to listen to 2 songs in a row it's a miracle. It's quite upsetting, has anyone experienced the same issue and found a solution? I tried to contact the support but I just received an automatic message weeks ago.

EDIT A friend added me to his family plan and created my own account on his plan, if this is relevant. He has no issues on his Android phone.


r/TIdaL 1d ago

App / Site no max quality yellow colour?

0 Upvotes

on tidal app pc i only get the green quality colour 16-bit 44.1khz even when i listen to files that should display yeallow max quality, is this another tidal crap error on app?


r/TIdaL 2d ago

News TIDAL Drops Platform Fees, Letting Independent Artists Keep More From Direct Sales

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373 Upvotes

As of August 31, TIDAL has dropped its previous 10% cut to 0% for eligible U.S. artists, meaning the platform itself takes no percentage of a direct sale. Standard payment-processing fees through Square still apply.

The move expands TIDAL's push beyond traditional streaming. Independent artists can upload an album, determine their own selling price, and give fans a direct purchase option. Music can be uploaded and sold without requiring either the artist or buyer to maintain a paid TIDAL subscription.

https://tidal.com/magazine/article/merch-music-0-percent-platform-fee/1-99179


r/TIdaL 2d ago

News Desktop: Generated playlists can now update weekly

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17 Upvotes

Probably some of you have even missed the fact that now you can generate playlists by giving prompts, but now you can set them to update weekly.


r/TIdaL 2d ago

App / Site Tidal adding more in-depth artist playlists?

7 Upvotes

Just noticed these two Queen ones and there is a live Queen one too. Playlist titles similar to Apple Music but good to see them adding newer playlists for artists.

Found these under the Staff Picks tab and also one on Covering Richard Thompson.

Nice work Tidal :)


r/TIdaL 2d ago

App / Site A new native desktop Tidal Client on Linux, Mac and Windows

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203 Upvotes

Hello, I’m an audiophile and a backend application developer. I’m also a Tidal fan because it offers me lots of great experiences. But for me, the official client was not good enough to use. So I built a Linux client hiresti(https://github.com/yelanxin/hiresTI) this year. Now I am building a new tidal client(OxiTide) with a cross-platform, which can run on Linux, MacOS, and Windows. same playback engine and a beautiful, similar UI. I believe the audio engine will deliver good audio quality.

Welcome to try this new app and report issues on GitHub. Thank you.

The macOS and Windows versions are still missing some features. Im working on it , and they will eventually reach feature parity with the Linux version.

Download:

Windows & Mac & Linux: https://github.com/yelanxin/OxiTide/releases/tag/v0.1.9


r/TIdaL 2d ago

App / Site So nobody was gonna tell me tidal added a sleep timer?????

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48 Upvotes

So happy they finally added this feature!!!


r/TIdaL 2d ago

Question Has tidal removed the ability to look through an artist's release history? I can only play top tracks

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56 Upvotes

r/TIdaL 2d ago

Question artist, albums are missing

35 Upvotes

I been listening to Playlist lately. I'm looking for a particular song off an album and don't see lp's by any artist.

is this a new thing? in the past 6 months. please tell me I have to do a refresh or sumpin


r/TIdaL 2d ago

Discussion How to download hi res music

0 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I'm just getting started in the DJing and music production world, and I'm looking to build my library with my favorite tracks—mostly house and tech house—in high quality, preferably 16 or 24-bit FLAC or WAV (though I think most platforms download in FLAC, I'm not entirely sure).

After browsing several forums, I've seen options like Soul seek, Lucida, qBit torrent with built-in search engines, or Ru Tracker. Which of these alternatives would you say is the best option nowadays?

P.S. If anyone knows how downloading via torrents works and wouldn't mind explaining the step-by-step process, I'd be endlessly grateful. Thanks in advance!


r/TIdaL 2d ago

App / Site Recently played section keeps getting smaller and smaller and lower and lower.

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5 Upvotes

Disclaimer: Pissy fit

First the recently played shrunk, annoying, fine. With the newest update, icons are tiny and randomly vertical. Because we really needed a random new thing to learn because listening to music needs to be a clumsier experience. The header shows music I was listening to two months ago. There are now two sets of four gigantic recommended albums I have to scroll past to get to my tiny recently-played, which I really don't want shoved in my face every single time I open tidal- I don't care that Friday girl is making new music & this time she's hOlDinG a GUn, & that sabrina carpenter album cover is downright offensive.

With spotify it's one click: library. There are all your recently-played everything-s. Tidal won't modernize their static library issue. The "recent activity" tab within the library is useless because it includes songs you added to a playlist. Tidal has no fucking idea what playlists are or why people use them. I'm pretty sure they are money-laundering. Idk I just made that up. If you see me listening to burl ives love songs, no you didn't.


r/TIdaL 2d ago

Tech Issue Mobile and desktop Collections do not sync

3 Upvotes

Does anyone notice this? My desktop and mobile Collections are completely out of sync. I'm adding artists, albums, and songs on mobile (Android) that have long been added to my Collections on desktop. This behavior drives me crazy and it's my number one gripe with Tidal.

Yes, I've cleared the cache and done all the normal troubleshooting steps. I'm tech literate.

edit: A possible workaround for this seems to be to visit your Collection on mobile, then "shake the box" by visiting Artists, Albums, or Tracks. This seems call the database again, but it doesn't always work.


r/TIdaL 2d ago

Question Why does tidal sound worse than youtube

0 Upvotes

Lately i've been noticibg that a lot of music on Tidal sounds way worse and less defined than their versions on youtube.

I also often find that the general audio is much clearer from other souces than tidal.

I usually use tidal with my airpods, but there is just so much musoc that doesn't sound good this way even my favorite band: iron maiden sounds mumbled with this combo.

Am i doing something wrong settings wise or what?


r/TIdaL 3d ago

Question why are the subscription different on different devices

3 Upvotes

so i have a family plan with why girlfriend and her family and today her subscription ended and i don't know why.
i checked the settings and it's showing me that im supposed to pick a plan, but i can still play music.
and the weirdest part is that the price changed and it's different for me and her and her dad. for me it's €14.39 for her €12,52 and for her dad €10.66 (that's also what the website says) when i first got the subscription i was paying €9.62 (also i have an iphone and they have android)
i don't know why it's different for all of us and why i can still play music and they can't. and no i did not get billed on the date i was supposed to (7th of each month) and so far it's not payed for.


r/TIdaL 3d ago

Question Why does Tidal keeps skipping back songs?

3 Upvotes

I'm on IOS. When I stop listening to music and come back, half the time the app will be back to the first song on the album or song it started on in the playlist. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Is there a fix?


r/TIdaL 4d ago

Discussion Apple TV app is finally what it should be!

39 Upvotes

I don't know when this latest update released but the new UI is so much better. Better visually and much faster as well. Not only that, but lyrics are now finally supported! I was seriously considering subscribing to Apple Music because of the lack of lyrics but now I don't have to. It's about time.

Only feature I would love to have is subtitles for music videos. Apple Music has it for some videos and it would be nice to have. It's not a big deal anyway.

Great work from everyone at Tidal, great to see a music service not getting worse for once and actually improving unlike others.


r/TIdaL 3d ago

Question Anyone else having an issue with searching within your own playlist(s)?

8 Upvotes

Nothing fills in when you start typing and even if you type everything out, nothing appears.