topic Re: Only 10 seconds from playlist songs in Android

Shuffle is now a premium feature??

softsanrio — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:12:55 GMT

Plan

Free

Country

Device

Xperia L2

Operating System

Android (Not Sure Number)

My Question or Issue

On my phone (Xperia L2) i play my playlist in shuffle order, not because i want to because i have to! Whenever I play a playlist or song it is locked on shuffle and does not allow me to turn it off because it is "a premium feature" but when i go on my ipad or mac. It allows me to play music freely, can someone please help me with my situation?

Re: Shuffle is now a premium feature??

Novy — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:49:48 GMT

Hey there @softsanrio,

Thanks for reaching out.

We can confirm that this is an expected behavior. The free experience on mobile doesn't include on demand listening, but this is something you can do if you're on a tablet or using the desktop app.

Hope this sheds some light on the matter. If anything else comes up, the Community will be here.

Cheers!

Re: Shuffle is now a premium feature??

softsanrio — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:16:10 GMT

That's a bit strange becuas emy friend with an iphoen can is It just an " android won't get that feature of smth?" could it maybe be older devices don't get that bc I think my cousin with an android can disable it too

Re: Shuffle is now a premium feature??

KatesHere — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 08:25:14 GMT

Are your friends on Premium? Because if you are on Premium you can just play playlist tracks in any order, by clicking on each. That's called on demand playing (because you can play what you "demand" whereas if you are on Free, it starts playing tracks in shuffled order).

Re: Shuffle is now a premium feature??

softsanrio — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:39:56 GMT

They don't have premium

Only 10 seconds from playlist songs

Antti54 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:13:23 GMT

I use the free version of Spotify on my Android phone and my Android tablet. I've put together a playlist which for some reason doesn't work properly on my phone. When you open the playlist on the tablet, a list of songs appears where you can choose which song you want to listen to in full.

When I open the same list on my phone, the view is different. The play button allows you to listen to the playlist but below the play button there is a text "Self-added" that opens the list of songs but from there Spotify only plays a 10 second snippet of the songs in the playlist, not the whole song.

How do I fix this so that the phone plays the whole song?

Plan

Free/Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

My Question or Issue

Re: Only 10 seconds from playlist songs

Antti54 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:35:32 GMT

Some more information, in case somebody could solve this problem: phone is Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite with Androus 12 and tablet is Samsung Tab S7 Fe with Android 14. Spotify is free version with latest updates.

Re: Shuffle is now a premium feature??

Antti54 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:25:10 GMT

Jos on tosiaan niin että Spotify pakottaa ostamaan Premium -version tämän takia niin antaa olla. Ei kiitos.

When I click a selection in a playlist, it plays for 10 seconds and stops t

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:13:20 GMT

It then goes back to the song it was playing, which is not in the playlist

Can’t stop recommended songs

PhoebsandIvy — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:23:42 GMT

Plan

Free

Country

UK/England

Device

iPhone 14

Operating System

iOS 18.6.2

My Question or Issue

Months ago I reported an issue regarding recommended songs consistently playing without smart shuffle turned on (or autoplay). Recently, however, these recommended songs have been playing more frequently. When I went to double check that I definitely do not have smart shuffle on, I noticed that apparently ‘shuffle’ is now locked behind the premium paywall. Is this a permanent feature? Because if so I cannot use Spotify anymore, this is some next-level greed.