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Android Alpha & Beta Programs

What are the Spotify Alpha and Beta programs? By signing up as an Alpha or Beta tester of the Spotify app, you will get early versions of our new releases before we roll them out to everyone else. This is an invaluable help for us, as it allows us to...

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Podcast restarts after an advertisement

Plan PremiumCountryFinlandDeviceSamsung a33Operating SystemAndroid 15 My Question or IssueFor couple of weeks now I have had this issue of podcast jumping back to start aftet an advertisement. This happened in Trigonometry and Piers Morgan podcasts. ...

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Plan  Premium Country Finland Device Samsung a33 Operating System Android 15   My Question or Issue For couple of weeks now I have had this issue of podcast jumping back to start ...

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Pick and Play, Zapping illimité

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceSamsung Galaxy A25 5GOperating SystemAndroid 15 version One UI 7 My Question or IssueBonjour, je voudrais savoir pourquoi les modérateurs qui gèrent le tableau des idées n'aiment pas les idées des utilisateurs gratuits nota...

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  Plan Free Country France Device Samsung Galaxy A25 5G Operating System Android 15 version One UI 7   My Question or Issue Bonjour,   je voudrais savoir pourquoi les modé...

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"something went wrong" when accessing the "Your updates" window

I don't know how to create a topic in the issue section, but here we are. I'm having this issue for quite a while now, using beta version, S23ultra latest android and updated app. Tried clearing data already. Also happens at my s10+  

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I don't know how to create a topic in the issue section, but here we are. I'm having this issue for quite a while now, using beta version, S23ultra latest android and updated app. Tried clearing data...

Mabys

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Superuser Contribution Cant work out background play

Hi all, when playing spotify and my phone screen turns off, the music stops. Spotify keeps prompting me to change my background activity and when i click on the button, it takes me to settings but i can't seem to find the right area to alter this? Th...

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Hi all, when playing spotify and my phone screen turns off, the music stops. Spotify keeps prompting me to change my background activity and when i click on the button, it takes me to settings but i ...

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Superuser Contribution Music stops when opening certain apps

PlanStudent PremiumCountryPolandDevicePixel 9aOperating SystemAndroid Hi,Everything was fine, until recently. There are games that pause the music. Unpausing doesn't work, reinstall, relogin aswell, I've tried everything in settings both Spotify and ...

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Plan Student Premium Country Poland Device Pixel 9a Operating System Android   Hi, Everything was fine, until recently. There are games that pause the music. Unpausing doesn't work, re...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Music stop when get certain notification

PlanPremium CountryMalaysiaDeviceXiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5GOperating SystemHyperOS 2.0.2 My Question or IssueDoes everyone have same issue has me ? Music suddenly pause for no reason after receiving certain notification

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Plan Premium  Country Malaysia Device Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G Operating System HyperOS 2.0.2   My Question or Issue Does everyone have same issue has me ? Music suddenly paus...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Volume normalization malfunction

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceSamsung Galaxy S20FEOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueA day, around one month ago, I noticed that my audio quality had decreased. Like, songs that I had already listened to 20+ times suddenly seemed slightl...

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Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Samsung Galaxy S20FE Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue A day, around one month ago, I noticed that my audio quality had decreased. ...

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Android client recognizes USB DAC Devices as Bluetooth Device

PlanPremium DeviceRedmi Poco F5 Operating SystemAndroid 15 My Question or IssueAndroid client recognizes USB DAC Devices as Bluetooth Device  

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Plan Premium   Device Redmi Poco F5   Operating System Android 15   My Question or Issue Android client recognizes USB DAC Devices as Bluetooth Device      &...

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Superuser Contribution New Layout for Adding Songs to Playlist interferes with system controls

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S24Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueIs there a way to either revert the layout back to how it used to be (with the "Done" button), or increase the grabbable target area to swipe down the list? Swip...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S24 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Is there a way to either revert the layout back to how it used to be (with the "Done"...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Liked Songs Section on Artist Page

Hi, early this month i changes my plan from Premium to Free, but i notice that after i changes my plan, the liked songs section on the artist page are not showed up on the android app anymore, while on the desktop app the section are still visible. I...

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Hi, early this month i changes my plan from Premium to Free, but i notice that after i changes my plan, the liked songs section on the artist page are not showed up on the android app anymore, while ...

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Samsung Soundbar (lossless issiues)

PlanPremiumMy Question or IssueI’m running into a frustrating issue with my Samsung Soundbar S60B and I’m hoping someone here might have insight. Here’s the situation: My soundbar appears in Spotify under AV and Bluetooth, so playing music works perf...

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Plan Premium My Question or Issue I’m running into a frustrating issue with my Samsung Soundbar S60B and I’m hoping someone here might have insight.   Here’s the situation:   My soun...

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Superuser Contribution Android Auto displaying wrong podcast length

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePixel 9 Pro & BMWOperating SystemAndroid 16iDrive 7Spotify version 9.0.78.1116 My Question or IssueWhen listening to podcasts in android auto, the wrong podcast length is displayed. Displaying something like 32:00/30:00 The ...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Pixel 9 Pro & BMW Operating System Android 16 iDrive 7 Spotify version 9.0.78.1116   My Question or Issue When listening to podcasts in android aut...

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Superuser Contribution spotify connect

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom Device(Samsung Galaxy Tab s9 5G)Operating System(Android) My Question or IssueI do not have WIFI so i only use mobile data which i have unlimited of. Now my bose home speaker doesn't seem to show up in devices to conn...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom   Device (Samsung Galaxy Tab s9 5G) Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue I do not have WIFI so i only use mobile data which i hav...

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Superuser Contribution The playlist downloaded to the SD card disappears.

PlanPremiumCountryJapanDeviceSamsung Galaxy A52 5GOperating SystemAndroid 14One UI Version6.1Spotify Version9.0.78.1116The SD card I'm usingSanDisk microSD Card 1TB UHS-I U1 Class 10 (SDSQUAC-1T00-GH3MA) My Question or IssueI usually download playlis...

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Plan Premium Country Japan Device Samsung Galaxy A52 5G Operating System Android 14 One UI Version 6.1 Spotify Version 9.0.78.1116 The SD card I'm using SanDisk microSD Card 1TB UHS-I U1...

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Superuser Contribution Show the artist's name on the lock screen

On the Android app currently, only 5 characters of the artist name are shown, and then three dots to show it continues of course. Honestly I would just appreciate an increase in this, showing 8 characters and no dots would be helpful. I think the bes...

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On the Android app currently, only 5 characters of the artist name are shown, and then three dots to show it continues of course. Honestly I would just appreciate an increase in this, showing 8 chara...

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Superuser Contribution Mix Feature Bug/Not Working Properly

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsungOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI am having a major issue with the new Mix feature that just rolled out to my device in beta. For context, I am trying to make a transition from about 1 minute in...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I am having a major issue with the new Mix feature that just rolled out to my device i...

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Spotify says I'm offline when using data?

PlanFreeCountryUSDevicePixel 7 pro Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify says I'm offline when using data but not on wifi. I tried reinstalling, cache and storage clear, and clean reinstalling, but nothing fixes it. How do I fix this?

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Plan Free Country US Device Pixel 7 pro  Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Spotify says I'm offline when using data but not on wifi. I tried reinstalling, cache and ...

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Superuser Contribution Only one artist plays when playlist shuffled

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceGoogle Pixel 4aOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI have a playlist containing 579 songs with a run time of over 31 hours. For the past few hours, every time I've shuffled this playlist, only one specific artist pl...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Google Pixel 4a Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I have a playlist containing 579 songs with a run time of over 31 hours. For the past fe...

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Superuser Contribution [Android] Spotify pausing itself when charging phone

PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceSamsung Galaxy A40, Samsung Galaxy A41, Motorola moto g42, Samsung Galaxy A42 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 9 - tried on some smartphonesOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify pausing itself when charging phone. It pausing ...

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Plan Free Country Poland Device Samsung Galaxy A40, Samsung Galaxy A41, Motorola moto g42, Samsung Galaxy A42 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 9 - tried on some smartphones Operating System Android &nbs...

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