Spotify brings back its app's rewind button

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Yes, we know, we feel your pain – we too have been incredibly stressed out every time Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' ends on Spotify and we've got to manually repeat it.

Thank the sonic overlords at Spotify then for deigning us worthy of being once again bestowed the ability to automatically repeat a track that we love.

The repeat button is returning to the Spotify app's now playing page, after it was unceremoniously tucked away under a menu screen in a previous update, much to the chagrin of the streaming service's users. 

Other tweaks

The update which brings the button back to its rightful place is beginning to roll out to users now, and comes with a few other slight interface tweaks.

You'll now find that artist and song titles are aligned to the left in the now playing pane, while all now playing songs have a "Heart" button for saving a track, a feature previously isolated to radio and curated playlists.

If you can't see the update yet, it should be landing on handsets in the next few days.

Gerald Lynch

Gerald is Editor-in-Chief of iMore.com. Previously he was the Executive Editor for TechRadar, taking care of the site's home cinema, gaming, smart home, entertainment and audio output. He loves gaming, but don't expect him to play with you unless your console is hooked up to a 4K HDR screen and a 7.1 surround system. Before TechRadar, Gerald was Editor of Gizmodo UK. He is also the author of 'Get Technology: Upgrade Your Future', published by Aurum Press.