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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...

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tictoc0417

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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...

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Anne-Mette

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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...

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Alonegamer

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Superuser Contribution Now Playing bar suddenly stops

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung S24+Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueFor the last few days the Now Playing bar in the Android pulldown menu suddenly stops progressing (not sure how to describe this so here's a picture)To fix it I have...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung S24+ Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue For the last few days the Now Playing bar in the Android pulldown menu suddenly stops pro...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music keeps stopping and then going to beginning

PlanFamilyCountryUSADeviceSamsumg Galaxy A15 5GOperating SystemOne UI 8.0Andriod 16 My Question or IssueWhen listening to music (this doesnt happen all the time) but my music will stop, then when i try to play it using my headphones or earbuds it wil...

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Plan Family Country USA Device Samsumg Galaxy A15 5G Operating System One UI 8.0 Andriod 16   My Question or Issue When listening to music (this doesnt happen all the time) but my mu...

MihailY

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Cómo recuperar mi música en un dispositivo nuevo?

Inicié sesión en un dispositivo nuevo y mis playlists y mis me gusta no están por fa ayudaaa!!

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Inicié sesión en un dispositivo nuevo y mis playlists y mis me gusta no están 😭😭😭 por fa ayudaaa!!

Gemeniss

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Superuser Contribution Choose between Google Cast and Spotify Connect

Plan Premium Country Poland Device Pixel 7 Pro / Samsung S22 Operating System Android 16 My Question or Issue I've been using spotify to stream to my NAD C338 via spotify connect for couple of years now. Recently it stopped working - only google cast...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Pixel 7 Pro / Samsung S22 Operating System Android 16   My Question or Issue I've been using spotify to stream to my NAD C338 via spotify c...

DVanderfin10

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Superuser Contribution 2026 RAV4: Android Auto skipping Spotify songs when using steering wheel control

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21 5GOperating SystemAndroid 15My Question or IssueWhen using Android Auto in a 2026 Toyota RAV4, pressing the steering wheel "Next Track" button causes Spotify to skip two songs instead of one. Th...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S21 5G Operating System Android 15 My Question or Issue When using Android Auto in a 2026 Toyota RAV4, pressing the steering wheel "N...

Maria

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Superuser Contribution Spotify 20/Party of the year infinite loading

PlanFreeCountryBrazilDevice(Galaxy A11)Operating System(Android 12) My Question or IssueI've discovered about the party of the year thing on May 12th, ive got to the app's main page and there it was. I clicked on it, the golden was seal appeared and ...

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Plan Free Country Brazil Device (Galaxy A11) Operating System (Android 12)   My Question or Issue I've discovered about the party of the year thing on May 12th, ive got to the app's ma...

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Superuser Contribution Getting "DJ Is Not Available In Your Country" error

I have Premium and am on a Galaxy S21. I've only had this issue in the past week. If I am on Wifi, it gives me that above error. So in order to start it, I need to disconnect from wifi, restart the app, then it will usually start. This only happens o...

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I have Premium and am on a Galaxy S21. I've only had this issue in the past week. If I am on Wifi, it gives me that above error. So in order to start it, I need to disconnect from wifi, restart the a...

Yordan

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[All Platforms] Devices do not properly sync play status between each other

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceWeb (Windows/Chrome Browser), Windows application, Samsung S21 FEOperating SystemWindows 11, Android 16 My Question or IssueI tried to surface this issue here years ago (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-not...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Web (Windows/Chrome Browser), Windows application, Samsung S21 FE Operating System Windows 11, Android 16   My Question or Issue I tried to surf...

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Superuser Contribution Android widget not working on 3rd party launchers

Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Samsung Galaxy A53 Operating System Android 5.1 My Question or Issue The new 4*2 widget with album suggestions isn't showing any album art. Was ok up until yesterday.

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Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Samsung Galaxy A53 Operating System Android 5.1   My Question or Issue The new 4*2 widget with album suggestions isn't showing any album a...

Kaon

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Superuser Contribution Spotify stops music when receiving a WhatsApp message

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceXiami Mi 10T Pro 5GOperating SystemAndroid 10My Question or IssueSpotify will stop the song permanently whenever I receive a WhatsApp message. All WhatsApp notifications are off both in the app and on the phone system. ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Xiami Mi 10T Pro 5G Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue Spotify will stop the song permanently whenever I receive a WhatsApp message. All W...

pkt05

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Superuser Contribution Lyrics don't stay on the screen when changing songs

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMotorola Moto G8Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueCurrently, when visualizing lyrics either through the box below the play/pause button or through the dedicated full screen lyrics page and another song start...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Motorola Moto G8 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Currently, when visualizing lyrics either through the box below the play/pause bu...

moss4brains

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Superuser Contribution Spotify is trying to play notification is not going away

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Note 9Operating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueHello, recently with the latest update, my Spotify went crazy and sending a notification to me about the song is trying to play. This notification is not going away. I tried clean ...

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Plan Free Device Xiaomi Note 9 Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hello, recently with the latest update, my Spotify went crazy and sending a notification to me about the song is tr...

bigkruz

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Superuser Contribution [Connect] Disable automatic switching between devices

Spotify Connect is great but the automatic switching is not for everyone. Please allow us to disable automatic switching between devices. I understand Spotify doesn't like user to play in more than one device and I am happy with that, but the applica...

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Spotify Connect is great but the automatic switching is not for everyone.   Please allow us to disable automatic switching between devices. I understand Spotify doesn't like user to play in mo...

Semjasa

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Superuser Contribution Playback issues: Songs going silent on Android app

Hey folks, We're creating a new thread (here's the old one) to gather reports about the above issue where the progress bar of a song keeps moving but there's no sound coming out. Some users have reported that disabling the following options resolved ...

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Hey folks,   We're creating a new thread (here's the old one) to gather reports about the above issue where the progress bar of a song keeps moving but there's no sound coming out. &n...

Guil2612

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music stops playing when I open another app

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Pixel 3a)Operating System(Android 11) My Question or IssueI'm trying to figure out how to keep Spotify playing in the background when I open another app that wants access to my phone's audio.Specifically, when I view a vid...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (Pixel 3a) Operating System (Android 11)   My Question or Issue I'm trying to figure out how to keep Spotify playing in the background when I open anoth...

n4-vl_uzkc03r

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Crashes Android SystemUI

Since last weekend (march 9, 2024) I've been unable tonuse the app properly. If I put on a song my phone flickers between a black screen and the background image, as if locking and unlocking the phone on its own until one of these two outcomes: 1) th...

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Since last weekend (march 9, 2024) I've been unable tonuse the app properly. If I put on a song my phone flickers between a black screen and the background image, as if locking and unlocking the phon...

b-carman

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App won't run in the background.

PlanPremiumCountryEngland/ UKDeviceMoto g35 Operating Systemandroid 16 My Question or IssueSo for some context, for two years, I've had an issue with my phone playing music —it usually cuts out randomly and unpredictably, because of this, I purchased...

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Plan Premium Country England/ UK Device Moto g35  Operating System android 16   My Question or Issue So for some context, for two years, I've had an issue with my phone playing mu...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Sound keeps briefly dropping out

Plan: Premium DuoCountry: UKOS: Android 16Device: Google Pixel Tablet I'm trying to use Max Richter's "Sleep" album as a sleep aid, but the sound keeps glitching and it has the opposite effect. There are two problems:Gapless playback doesn't always w...

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Plan: Premium Duo Country: UK OS: Android 16 Device: Google Pixel Tablet   I'm trying to use Max Richter's "Sleep" album as a sleep aid, but the sound keeps glitching and it has the opposit...

RoMa2300

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps moving my offline files from my SD card to my internal storage

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGalaxy S20 Ultra 5GOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI tell Spotify to download my offline songs to my SD card. It does it, and everything is OK for a few days. Then i notice that Spotify is re-downloading my s...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I tell Spotify to download my offline songs to my SD card.  It does ...

LukeHa

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