https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Playback-Paused/m-p/4544371#M137322 <P><SPAN>P</SPAN><STRONG>lan</STRONG></P><P>Free</P><P><STRONG>Country</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;USA</P><P><STRONG>Device</STRONG></P><P>Pixel 2</P><P><STRONG>Operating System</STRONG></P><P>Android Pie</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>My Question or Issue</STRONG></P><P>Ever since upgrading to Pie I have been having an issue where playback is paused frequently. Sometimes after each song it will pause but usually it will only play a few seconds of a song before it pauses. In the notification bar a message will appear saying, "Playback paused - Your account is in use somewhere else." I have tried restarting my phone, clearing the data and cache, and reinstalling Spotify but none of those things have resolved the issue.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 10 Aug 2018 02:58:13 GMT Togurt 2018-08-10T02:58:13Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Playback-Paused/m-p/4544371#M137322 <P><SPAN>P</SPAN><STRONG>lan</STRONG></P><P>Free</P><P><STRONG>Country</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;USA</P><P><STRONG>Device</STRONG></P><P>Pixel 2</P><P><STRONG>Operating System</STRONG></P><P>Android Pie</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>My Question or Issue</STRONG></P><P>Ever since upgrading to Pie I have been having an issue where playback is paused frequently. Sometimes after each song it will pause but usually it will only play a few seconds of a song before it pauses. In the notification bar a message will appear saying, "Playback paused - Your account is in use somewhere else." I have tried restarting my phone, clearing the data and cache, and reinstalling Spotify but none of those things have resolved the issue.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 10 Aug 2018 02:58:13 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Playback-Paused/m-p/4544371#M137322 Togurt 2018-08-10T02:58:13Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Playback-Paused/m-p/4544469#M137334 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/20853372">@Togurt</a>, welcome to the community!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>First of all, I recommend that you perform a clean reinstall of Spotify on your device. You can find device-specific steps on how to do this<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><A href="https://support.spotify.com/using_spotify/troubleshooting/reinstallation-of-spotify/" target="_self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">in this article</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If this has no effect on your issue, then you should <A href="https://support.spotify.com/article/someone-has-gained-access-to-my-account/" target="_self">take a look at this article</A>, as it sounds like someone else has been accessing your account.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope this helps, thanks and have a great day!</P> Fri, 10 Aug 2018 07:01:40 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Playback-Paused/m-p/4544469#M137334 user-removed 2018-08-10T07:01:40Z