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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 Getting music Spotify don't have on to phone and listen to it

The problem is that I have added a song to a playlist and downloaded it on my phone (worked three times before) but it will not download it so I can listen to it. Why don't they make local files on phones so you don't have listen form to places

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The problem is that I have added a song to a playlist and downloaded it on my phone (worked three times before) but it will not download it so I can listen to it.   Why don't they make local f...

Maria_B

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Cannot reorder tracks in playlist

How do you reorder tracks in a spotify playlist? I've read other threads but I have no "Edit" option, no way to filter columns, etc as mentioned in those threads. This is a VERY basic funtionality and I want it. Thanks

Regular

How do you reorder tracks in a spotify playlist?   I've read other threads but I have no "Edit" option, no way to filter columns, etc as mentioned in those threads.   This is a VERY bas...

Borowscy

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Car mutes when pausing tracks

Hello all I have Spotify Premium on my Android device, and I am driving on Seat Ibiza 2016 model.My phone connected to the car integrated audio system using Bluetooth. Every time when i'm pausing the track being played, to hear something else (e.g. W...

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Hello all   I have Spotify Premium on my Android device, and I am driving on Seat Ibiza 2016 model. My phone connected to the car integrated audio system using Bluetooth.   Every time ...

Gmwhiteh

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Spofify on Vivo V5

Hi Spotify,I am using Vivo V5, within spotify apps I couldnt see equalizer on it. Also, i want spotify to appear on my lock screen? Can you fix this?

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Hi Spotify, I am using Vivo V5, within spotify apps I couldnt see equalizer on it. Also, i want spotify to appear on my lock screen? Can you fix this?

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external card offline music disappearing

Hi Spotify,I have regular problem and even though I doubt it can be solved I am so tired of this I am trying to find answers. Already looked on forums etc. I have my offline albums on external card. When I connect my phone to PC/Mac all the offline m...

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Hi Spotify, I have regular problem and even though I doubt it can be solved I am so tired of this I am trying to find answers. Already looked on forums etc.   I have my offline albums on exte...

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Player switches output from PC back to phone after BT headset phone call

For some reason, if I have Spotify open in my phone and PC (music playing on the latter), it keeps switching audio output back to phone from PC after I take a phonecall with my BT headset. Any ideas as to why it keeps doing so? Environment:PC: Lenovo...

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For some reason, if I have Spotify open in my phone and PC (music playing on the latter), it keeps switching audio output back to phone from PC after I take a phonecall with my BT headset. Any ideas ...

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Solved!! where is my file actually stored?

it's on external memory on spotify settings, but it's also using my internal memory on my phone settings..

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it's on external memory on spotify settings, but it's also using my internal memory on my phone settings..

diardo

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What is the difference between saved music and downloaded music?

This question has been asked before but it was marked as solved when someone answered that downloaded means you can listen offline, but this can not be true as I can listen to my saved music offline even when it is not downloaded. Also I have a secon...

Regular

This question has been asked before but it was marked as solved when someone answered that downloaded means you can listen offline, but this can not be true as I can listen to my saved music offline ...

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Solved!! Shuffle stops after choosing a song

This didn't used to be a problem. If I have my music on shuffle but decide to choose a specific song to listen to, the shuffle function is then cancelled and my music begins playing in order. I couldn't find any settings to change this, so how do I p...

Music Fan

This didn't used to be a problem. If I have my music on shuffle but decide to choose a specific song to listen to, the shuffle function is then cancelled and my music begins playing in order. I could...

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Recent update - unable to add songs to my playlists

My app was recently updated and when I click add to playlist, nothing happens and the playlists do not show up. Is there a way to go back to the older version?

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My app was recently updated and when I click add to playlist, nothing happens and the playlists do not show up. Is there a way to go back to the older version?

Joe

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Superuser Contribution Can't download artist playlists

I'm wanting to download an artist's playlist, Diana Upton-Hill, but there's no button for downloading, just to save the songs to my music favorites. She has multiple albums, is there a reason I can't download any content?

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I'm wanting to download an artist's playlist, Diana Upton-Hill, but there's no button for downloading, just to save the songs to my music favorites. She has multiple albums, is there a reason I can't...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Android App strart playing the same song when I'm using the Mac App

Hello Good Afternoon, recently I have had alot of problems with the Spotify app (Android), I'm listening my music on my Mac (spotify App, no web) and It randomly stops playing on the Mac and it starts on the phone... I belive that it has something to...

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Hello Good Afternoon, recently I have had alot of problems with the Spotify app (Android), I'm listening my music on my Mac (spotify App, no web) and It randomly stops playing on the Mac and it start...

Maria_B

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Solved!! Add to queue not working

Whenever I click to add songs to queue, it registers that I clicked, but the songs don't actually add to the queue anymore. This is only a problem on android as I have Spotify on pc, IOS, and android.

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Whenever I click to add songs to queue, it registers that I clicked, but the songs don't actually add to the queue anymore. This is only a problem on android as I have Spotify on pc, IOS, and android.

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Ads made Spotify stupid

i understand that there are supposed to be ads, but not like this;it asked me to watch a video for 30 mins of ad free music, so i did. it never said "thanks for watching", then it played two more ads, 3 songs, and another ad. stuff like this has happ...

Casual Listener

i understand that there are supposed to be ads, but not like this; it asked me to watch a video for 30 mins of ad free music, so i did. it never said "thanks for watching", then it played two more a...

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Spotify voice feature?

So today I opened the Spotify app and was presented with a full screen telling me about some new Spotify voice control feature. Upon pressing the "show me how" button the app just returned to the original interface. Is this some new feature that was ...

Newbie

So today I opened the Spotify app and was presented with a full screen telling me about some new Spotify voice control feature. Upon pressing the "show me how" button the app just returned to the ori...

rexwh91

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Why does Spotify take up so much space?

I clear data and my cache, then within a few hours of listening my storage numbers are approaching 400mb. How is Spotify storing song data that balloons the app so badly, easily bumping storage needs to 2 gigs+. Any way to stop this storage hogging?

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I clear data and my cache, then within a few hours of listening my storage numbers are approaching 400mb. How is Spotify storing song data that balloons the app so badly, easily bumping storage needs...

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Spotify sonos issues

Sonos app works just fine on android samsung s7. Spotify can not find the sonos speaker. Is there a solution for this ptoblem?

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Sonos app works just fine on android samsung s7. Spotify can not find the sonos speaker. Is there a solution for this ptoblem?

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Recommended Songs

How do I enable the reccommended songs feature at the bottom of my playlists? It was kind of a big reason for me switching to Spotify from apple music but I can see it for some reason. (For Mobile Devices)

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How do I enable the reccommended songs feature at the bottom of my playlists? It was kind of a big reason for me switching to Spotify from apple music but I can see it for some reason. (For Mobile De...

Duzi

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Spotify opens chrom on Android only when connected to bluetooh

Hi I noticed that spotify opens chrome on Android Mobile when it is connected to car blueetooth, making it impossible to operate as chrome always popup after 1s. When the bluetooth is disconnected it is not happening.

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Hi   I noticed that spotify opens chrome on Android Mobile when it is connected to car blueetooth, making it impossible to operate as chrome always popup after 1s.   When the bluetooth ...

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