Lossless playback of a song played first time buffers alot (sudden stops in playback)

[Gagrotxgb]

Plan

Premium platinum 

Country

India

Device

Pixel 8 pro 

Operating System

(Android 16

My Question or Issue

Lossless playback of less popular songs keeps stopping during playback like its buffering BUT its not buffering as i can stream a 4k video on yt at the same time (i have 150mbps fibre connection and switching to high strength 5g also doesnt solve the problem)

The issue doesnt repeat for the same songs as its saved in cache but after clearing the cache and playing the same song - the issue doesnt show up!

This points to an issue in streaming a lossless song the first time india is causing random stops in playback giving illusion of buffering!

Fix asap!

Song - eitbaar by Bohemia

Playback time - 18/11/25 at around 11:55am

[Dessi]

Hey @Gagrotxgb,

Thanks for reaching out and welcome to the Spotify Community!

To see if a different audio quality would improve the playback experience on your end, it'd be great if you can try lowering it to Very High or High temporarily. You can also perform a clean reinstall of the app to make sure any damaged cache is removed and that you're running the latest version.

Let us know how it goes.