https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-lagging-badly/m-p/1726829#M84884 <P>Hello,</P><P>after 3 years using Spotify, the lag becomes worse with every update.</P><P>On all my smartphones (HTC Desire 500, Xperia Z2, Xperia X Compact), Spotify was slow, especially when in Online Mode, but right now, it is almost impossible to use.</P><P>Downloading songs takes so much time because I have to restart the app several times before it does anything. Streaming music is not fun at all because it always lags. Even just loading albums/playlists takes minutes from time to time.</P><P>The only thing that really works is playing music in Offline Mode. The problem is that I have to download something in order to use Offline Mode...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It is just annoying. With every update, I hope the Android developers might fix it, but since 3 years, it just became worse. I doubt there is a solution, I just want to know if anyone is experiencing the same problems.</P><P>If it does not get better, I will be forced to use another music app as Spotify simply becomes unusable.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:14:12 GMT rockysq 2017-06-29T09:14:12Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-lagging-badly/m-p/1726829#M84884 <P>Hello,</P><P>after 3 years using Spotify, the lag becomes worse with every update.</P><P>On all my smartphones (HTC Desire 500, Xperia Z2, Xperia X Compact), Spotify was slow, especially when in Online Mode, but right now, it is almost impossible to use.</P><P>Downloading songs takes so much time because I have to restart the app several times before it does anything. Streaming music is not fun at all because it always lags. Even just loading albums/playlists takes minutes from time to time.</P><P>The only thing that really works is playing music in Offline Mode. The problem is that I have to download something in order to use Offline Mode...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It is just annoying. With every update, I hope the Android developers might fix it, but since 3 years, it just became worse. I doubt there is a solution, I just want to know if anyone is experiencing the same problems.</P><P>If it does not get better, I will be forced to use another music app as Spotify simply becomes unusable.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:14:12 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-lagging-badly/m-p/1726829#M84884 rockysq 2017-06-29T09:14:12Z