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Missing: Adding the "Now Playing" song to a Playlist

I have a lot of songs but I want to manage my music by creating playlists on the go, so I purchased an iPod Touch and Stuffed in all my music to iTunes to sync to my iPod Touch. Done.


Just found out that you can NOT add the currently playing song to a playlist, new or existing. The easiest way to add the currently playing song, to a new or old playlist is to (This will be long), first, memories at least a few keywords of that currently playing song e.g. title, artist, or album, and then go to Playlist tab, select the playlist or add a playlist..., click on Edit, click on add song, search the song and add to Playlist, Click Done. Not easy.


I find this very time consuming. I expected to see iPod Touch have this as a very very basic feature.


My question: Is there a Product Enhancement Request already submitted about this? I had my iPod Touch with iOS 4 when I purchased it. Now I have iOS 5, no fix to this issue still.


It would be really really appeciated if Apple's Product Management Team could give us a heads up if this feature will ever be available.




Kindest Regards

iPod touch, iOS 5, Add "Now Playing" song to Playlist

Posted on Oct 21, 2011 5:10 PM

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Oct 21, 2011 7:09 PM in response to razorous

I second that. I just use the "recently played" playlist as kind of a makeshift on-the-go playlist. But to create a playlist from scratch, they've GOT to make it easier than scrolling through thousands of songs. I just don't create playlists on the ipod touch/iphone anymore. I do it on iTunes and sync it to the device.


Maybe they think playlists are just too "old-school". They have "cutting-edge" features (no doubt to appeal the younger folks) like play a song by saying the song name, yet they don't give you a basic feature like on-the-go playlisting.

Missing: Adding the "Now Playing" song to a Playlist

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