topic Re: Crossfade happening while turned off in Desktop (Windows)

Crossfade happening while turned off

AlKaZ — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:35:04 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

Desktop PC / Nothing phone 2a

Operating System

Windows 11 / Android 15

My Question or Issue

Experiencing ~5s of crossfade on both of my devices despite the duration being set to 0s and the setting turned off. Automix is also turned off. Happens with my own Playlist as well as others'.

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Vasil — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:30:55 GMT

Hey @AlKaZ,

Thanks for reaching out!

It's quite odd that the setting won't turn off, this may indicate that something is overwriting your manual changes to the settings. As there seem to be no similar reports on the forum, I'd recommend some troubleshooting here.

We can start by logging out everywhere first - you can do so by following this page. Once you're logged out, log in to a single device and check your Crossfade settings. Toggle them on and back off in case they appear off but the app behaviour remains the same.

Something else that's worth checking is if you have the Mix feature toggled on: it allows users to create seamless and customizable transitions between the songs in the playlist and you might have accidentally activated it while viewing the playlist. To turn it off, tap the "Mix" button at the top of the playlist again or if you don't see it, look for a "Turn off mix" option in the three dots menu instead.

💡 Tip: When the feature is enabled, the Play button changes its appearance as shown on the screenshot below.

Should the issue remain, it may be getting caused by something that behaves like the Crossfade setting e.g. a third party app. I'd advise removing them one by one to see if that would make a difference. Any apps can later be re-added at your convenience.

Once things are sorted on one of the devices, see if this will be the case for the rest of them as well - log in on them one by one and verify the app's settings and behaviour.

Hope this helps! Keep us posted on how things go 🙂

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

wormintrouble — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:27:09 GMT

The exact same thing is happening to me! Gapless playback, automix, and crossfade is all turned off but I am getting about 5 seconds of overlap. Logging out and back in has not fixed it.

Cross fade when cross fade is turned off

simonkniemeyer — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:44:41 GMT

My app in windows cross fades the songs, even though I have turned off both cross fade and automix - it is driving me crazy. Can someone help please.

Thanks.

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

KlavinGaber — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:01:52 GMT

Me too. wth. Possible musician renumerration scandal? Because a song was not completely played and may only settled the artists for a partial listen of some description.

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Fededrade — Wed, 06 May 2026 11:18:05 GMT

I am also having the same problem, and it started out of nowhere! It's so annoying

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Maria — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:30:49 GMT

Hey folks,

Thanks for reaching out in this thread! Apologies for the radio silence, we just came across this thread again and as we're seeing a few new reports here, we'd like to look into this further.

Just to confirm, have you tried all the steps mentioned earlier in this thread by @Vasil? Such as removing 3rd party apps and switching off the Mix feature.

If so, and if this behavior persists, it would be great if you could send us a few more details on what's happening from your end:

Does this happen on all devices you use Spotify on or just a specific one?
Are you using Bluetooth headphones when this occurs? Any difference when listening directly from the device(s) speakers?
Current Spotify version.

Keep us posted!

Songs still bleed into one another with automix/crossfade turned off.

blackgabbath — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:34:25 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

Pixel 8A

Operating System

Android

My Question or Issue

In playback, I don't want songs bleeding into one another. I want some separation between songs. Gapless playback and automix are both turned off. Crossfade is at 0 seconds. But still, the songs bleed into one another.

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Cardboard_Box — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:02:44 GMT

I was having an issue with this as well, turns out Mix was toggled on in the queue. Turning that off fixed the issue, I recommend anyone having this issue looking there.

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Electrose — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:01:20 GMT

This is not solved at all. One person, ONE, said they solved it with the automix being disabled. Everyone else LITERALLY said it wasn't. This is just Spotify being lazy and not wanting to do there jobs. Whomever marked it as a solution either can't read, or is intentionally avoiding doing there actual job and helping us all who are STILL having this issue.

My automix is off, same with crossfade. Setting crossfade to zero seconds and turning it on somehow makes the crossfade over ten seconds. There are no additional apps that have been installed on my computer. I have reinstalled with fresh, clean installs only for it to come back after a day or two.
I should be able to have shuffle on and it not crossfade the songs as those two things are ENTIRELY different things and should be unrelated. If you've set it up so they are then I will refer you to a dictionary because that's just dumb.

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

dave1960 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:43:24 GMT

I have the same problem, bleeding between records,turned everything off and it still does it.Its very annoying, any help would be appreciated

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Yordan — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:34:19 GMT

Hey folks,

The following features can trigger seamless transitions between songs:

Crossfade - Overlaps 2 tracks by fading out of the first while fading in the next. To disable it, go to Settings > Playback and drag the slider to 0s (mobile) or switch it off completely (desktop).

⚠️ Note: On desktop, 0s doesn't mean Crossfade is off. You have to switch off the feature completely from the toggle on the right.
Automix - Allows seamless transitions only in select Spotify-created playlists. This can also be disabled in the app's Settings > Playback.
Mixed playlists - Allows users to create their own custom transitions between tracks. When the feature is active, the big green Play button will change its design and turn dark grey instead. This can be turned off either from the 'Mix' button at the top of the playlist or from the 'Turn off mix' option located in the playlist's three-dot menu.

Crossfade and Automix turned off.

Mixed playlist.

If you use Spotify across several devices we'd recommend adjusting the above settings on all of them.

Hope this clears things up.

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Flavorphotography — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:11:40 GMT

Like other Users have indicated, I have adjusted the settings as you’ve described and am still experiencing at least 5-8 seconds of of cross fade between songs.

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Ras_Italman — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:25:39 GMT

Some mixes are labelled 'Mixed playlist'....'turn off mix' on those playlists

Re: Crossfade happening while turned off

Ras_Italman — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:16:36 GMT

If crossfade and automix functions not responding, remember to also go to your mix's (NOT SONGS) options (3 dots) and click 'Turn off mix'