How do I view the current playlist?

iOS 10.2.1


Apple Music


TL/DR: Where's the "Current playlist" button?


Long version:


Is it me or is it really cumbersome to view the current playlists? If I start a playlist and play a few songs from it, then start browsing my library looking at my Artists and albums and such, how do I get BACK to my current playing playlist without having to click Artists->Library->Playlists then scroll through dozens of playlists to find the one I am currently playing. By this time, I have almost died from frustration and want to throw my iPhone into a well.


Example scenario: I start a playlist "Sad Songs" and listen to it for a while, then I go digging for other things that I might want to add to the playlist. I see a song, but am not sure if it's already in the playlist or not. How do I click to get back to the Playlist without a minimum of five clicks and scrolling?


"Now Playing" and "Up Next" shows me upcoming songs, but I check out my playlist using this area because it doesn't that come before it unless I've played them and the upcoming songs aren't always from the playlist (if, say, I've added a "Play Next"). Am I missing something?


unrelated user interface rant:


When I click the Search button on the bottom of the Music app, why oh why do I have to click the Search bar again before I start inputting my search text? Did pressing the Search button once not make it pretty clear that I might be interested in doing, well, a search? Why do I have to reiterate it? Yes, I'll submit this to Apple feedback, but complaining here is more immediately gratifying.

Posted on Feb 2, 2017 6:55 PM

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Jul 13, 2017 5:14 PM in response to Brewster B

JUST FIGURED IT OUT!!!


Bring back up your current song (bordered at the bottom of the app usually)


Instead of clicking on the ellipses (...) button where you would normally Add to Playlist or See Lyrics; you instead JUST SCROLL DOWN! Lol


Not intuitive at all. I never would have guessed this. Just got lucky. Super easy - but they should rethink this. I've been trying to figure this out for almost a year now. Amazon's UI is way easier to figure out, even though the app is super laggy.


HTH!

Dan

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