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Android Alpha & Beta Programs

What are the Spotify Alpha and Beta programs? By signing up as an Alpha or Beta tester of the Spotify app, you will get early versions of our new releases before we roll them out to everyone else. This is an invaluable help for us, as it allows us to...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't work at all when I use my SD card

PlanSpotify PremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy A50Operating SystemAndroid 11Spotify Version8.7.44.968 My Question or IssueThis happened right after a phone update and spotify update. Spotify does not work at all with my SD card. All my playlist...

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Plan Spotify Premium Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy A50 Operating System Android 11 Spotify Version 8.7.44.968   My Question or Issue This happened right after a phone update a...

marianistefanoj

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Superuser Contribution How to report a third party app that doen't respect ToS

Hi there,there's an Android app that IMO infringe the ToS of Spotify (it lets download tracks by non premium account); how to report it?

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Hi there, there's an Android app that IMO infringe the ToS of Spotify (it lets download tracks by non premium account); how to report it?  

Maria

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Superuser Contribution Like button not updating

PlanPremium FamilyCountryGermanyDeviceGalaxy S22 Ultra 5GOperating SystemAndroid 13, OneUI 5.1 My Question or IssueOn the mobile app in some listening situations the like songs button isn't working properly. It'll add the song to your liked songs but...

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Plan Premium Family Country Germany Device Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G Operating System Android 13, OneUI 5.1   My Question or Issue On the mobile app in some listening situations the like son...

Dunnerski

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs won't play in playlist

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountry DeviceNote 8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueThe songs that have already been added in playlist awhi...

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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country   Device Note 8 Operating System Android 9 &...

Maria

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Android no sound

PlanPremium DeviceMoto G10Android My Question or IssueI have no sound when playing tracks.I do have sound when selecting items such as 'Explore Genres' I've read many of the similar threads and have tried(amongst other things) all of the following:Mu...

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Plan Premium   Device Moto G10 Android   My Question or Issue I have no sound when playing tracks. I do have sound when selecting items such as 'Explore Genres'   I've read ...

Sdawlatly1

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Superuser Contribution Spotify nao reproduz no celular

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDeviceGalaxy A50Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueMeu spotify nao está reproduzindo nada! Ontem deu um erro em que falava que estava offline (mesmo eu estando conectada a internet) e depois a barra de baixo é que ...

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Plan Premium Country Brasil Device Galaxy A50 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Meu spotify nao está reproduzindo nada! Ontem deu um erro em que falava que estava...

Susan_GP

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Android Radio stuck on weird screen

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceCar radioOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueUsually when I play music, I get a screen with actual visible buttons. But all of a sudden, I get a HUGE image that goes over the buttons and because of that, my Spotify i...

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Plan Premium Country NL Device Car radio Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Usually when I play music, I get a screen with actual visible buttons. But all of a sudden, I g...

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Superuser Contribution Swipe to queue not working with enhanced playlists

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceHuawei Mate 10 ProOperating SystemEMUI 12 (Android 11) My Question or IssueI noticed that the swipe to queue feature does not work when playing a enhanced playlist. I don't see why it would be a problem in terms of ...

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Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Huawei Mate 10 Pro Operating System EMUI 12 (Android 11)   My Question or Issue I noticed that the swipe to queue feature does not work when pla...

Susan_GP

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Songs not playing on Samsung S23

So I woke up today and Spotify won't play any songs, it plays my podcasts fine (they are not downloaded) but no music will play, regardless of whether it is downloaded or not. When I try to play a song from a playlist the green play button turns to a...

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So I woke up today and Spotify won't play any songs, it plays my podcasts fine (they are not downloaded) but no music will play, regardless of whether it is downloaded or not.   When I try to ...

SayemR

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Superuser Contribution Songs not playing on Samsung phone

PlanFamilyDeviceSamsung Galaxy A10Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or Issue After a recent phone update, it has become impossible to play songs through my mobile phone. Pressing on a song to play as per usual just brings up the song as normal, ...

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Plan Family Device Samsung Galaxy A10 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue   After a recent phone update, it has become impossible to play songs through my mobile pho...

Perkinsrob

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Superuser Contribution Can’t Add Playlists to Spotify Kids

My kids’ MP3 players (running Android 7.0) worked great with Spotify Kids. All of sudden, when I go to the “For grown-ups” page, Spotify Kids locks up and I can’t access adding playlists. I updated to the latest version of Spotify Kids, but no change...

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My kids’ MP3 players (running Android 7.0) worked great with Spotify Kids. All of sudden, when I go to the “For grown-ups” page, Spotify Kids locks up and I can’t access adding playlists. I updated t...

AlejaR

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Don't Volume Down When Pause The Song

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceSamsung A54Operating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI was use Spotify on iOS, music stop with volume downing but in Android, the music stop without down the volume. How can I solve this problem? (My english is not ...

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  Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Samsung A54 Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I was use Spotify on iOS, music stop with volume downing but in Android, the m...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Video podcasts will not play

I have not been able to play podcasts that have a video option on my phone. I have tried a clean install. I've tried clearing data and cache. I've tried toggling the video settings on/off with restarting the app. I'm not able to play audio only versi...

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I have not been able to play podcasts that have a video option on my phone. I have tried a clean install. I've tried clearing data and cache. I've tried toggling the video settings on/off with restar...

Vasil

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Superuser Contribution Downloaded songs stop playing as if buffering

Whenever I play any downloaded audio, after around usually 15-20 minutes of listening, Spotify will stop playback as if buffering, with the time still ticking up. When I pause, it jumps back to where the audio stopped and will usually play a few seco...

Visitor

Whenever I play any downloaded audio, after around usually 15-20 minutes of listening, Spotify will stop playback as if buffering, with the time still ticking up. When I pause, it jumps back to where...

Vasil

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Superuser Contribution Saving to SD card formatted as internal storage impossible?

hi, being a premium user Id like to use Spoitfy offline on my smartphone.Problem: with limited internal storage (Google Apps cannot be deleted) I HAD to format my SD card as internal storage.By doing so I cant use my SD card as Spotify storage. WHY?C...

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hi,   being a premium user Id like to use Spoitfy offline on my smartphone. Problem: with limited internal storage (Google Apps cannot be deleted) I HAD to format my SD card as internal s...

Susan_GP

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Superuser Contribution Pressing Pause Disables Play Button on Pixel Watch 2

Devices: Pixel 2 Watch (version 13), Pixel 6 Phone (Android 14) Steps to reproduce:Open Spotify app on Pixel watch 2Choose something to playPlay through phoneClick pause on watchNote that all music pauses and play and skip buttons become disabled. On...

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Devices: Pixel 2 Watch (version 13), Pixel 6 Phone (Android 14)   Steps to reproduce: Open Spotify app on Pixel watch 2 Choose something to play Play through phone Click pause on watch No...

Lyubka

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Superuser Contribution Eliminate an artist from the home page

I open spotify and constaly a podcast is suggested in my home page. Moreover, apparently this author starts automatically added in my song list.How can I eliminate this suggestion from my home page and how can I stop it to be in my queue?

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I open spotify and constaly a podcast is suggested in my home page. Moreover, apparently this author starts automatically added in my song list. How can I eliminate this suggestion from my home pa...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution How to enable Spotify Canvas?

I don't have Spotify Canvas on my phone. It used to work normally, but now I don't have and can't see an option in settings to enable it. How to deal with this problem? I have the latest app update

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I don't have Spotify Canvas on my phone. It used to work normally, but now I don't have and can't see an option in settings to enable it. How to deal with this problem? I have the latest app update

yanshtt

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I literally can't log in on my android phone

I tried Facebook login and regular login, it just goes to a black screen. I'm on a pixel 6 Pro, downloaded the app from the play store

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I tried Facebook login and regular login, it just goes to a black screen. I'm on a pixel 6 Pro, downloaded the app from the play store 

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