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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 causes significant battery drain on Pixel 8 Pro

Pixel 8 Pro, Android 14, Spotify Premium build 8.8.76.667, Sweden. Brand new phone and first day of use, and installed the app earlier today. Spotify has somehow managed to drain 38% (!) of battery with 4 minutes screen time and 4h 44 mins background...

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  • Pixel 8 Pro, Android 14, Spotify Premium build 8.8.76.667, Sweden.   Brand new phone and first day of use, and installed the app earlier today.  Spotify has somehow managed to drain 38% (...
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Superuser Contribution Deletion of app data.

I have changed storage location from internal mem to SD card. However 6gb app data has not been removed, I need space. Can I safely just delete the app data. Many of my existing pod downloads did not get transfered to my sd card.

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  • I have changed storage location from internal mem to SD card. However 6gb app data has not been removed, I need space. Can I safely just delete the app data. Many of my existing pod downloads did not...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify not loading on my Android TV

PlanPremiumCountryCyprusDeviceSony Android TVOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSpotify is failing to load on my TV, it was fine on Sunday 4th May, but on Monday it wouldn't load, and it won't load today eithe...

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  • Plan Premium Country Cyprus Device Sony Android TV Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Spotify is failing to load on my TV, it was fine...
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Superuser Contribution Instagram Fade effect

When you share your song on instagram, it gives you 3 options where 2 of them are plain colors and 1 has a faded effect but I don't see it. I even updated Spotify and instagram and nothing has changed. Please help

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  • When you share your song on instagram, it gives you 3 options where 2 of them are plain colors and 1 has a faded effect but I don't see it. I even updated Spotify and instagram and nothing has change...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify identifying my phone as a tablet

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceXiaomi Mi A3Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueThe Spotify app on my phone says that I'm on a tablet. Because of this I can't see the Canvas feature. Reinstalling the app didn't resolve this.

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Xiaomi Mi A3 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue The Spotify app on my phone says that I'm on a tablet. Because of this I can't see th...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Re: Loudness consistency between normal / preview on desktop, W10

I've had some issues regarding preview mode and volume as well, on my android. I'd accept preview being always full volume as an intended behavior, but on my end, it's being very inconsistent with regards to obeying the normalization setting.Flipping...

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  • I've had some issues regarding preview mode and volume as well, on my android.  I'd accept preview being always full volume as an intended behavior, but on my end, it's being very inconsistent w...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Create playlist from recent plays

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysia DeviceOppo Reno 8T 5GOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueHow do I select songs in my recent plays and directly put it on a playlist without adding a song at a time?

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  • Plan Premium Country Malaysia  Device Oppo Reno 8T 5G Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue How do I select songs in my recent plays and directly put it on a playlist...
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Superuser Contribution Bug Report: play queue being overridden when casting, can't play songs that aren't on queue

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceOnePlus 8T, Nest Mini, Nest Hub (Second gen)Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueWhen casting to my Google Home devices, Spotify will not play tracks from my Metal Mix playlist when selected. While cast...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device OnePlus 8T, Nest Mini, Nest Hub (Second gen) Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue When casting to my Google Home devices, Spoti...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist Locking

This is an issue mostly from a very specific instance. I don't think this feature exists but if it does that would be amazing. Is there a way to "lock" or "freeze" a playlist once it's created? Meaning the creator cannot alter the playlist unless the...

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  • This is an issue mostly from a very specific instance. I don't think this feature exists but if it does that would be amazing. Is there a way to "lock" or "freeze" a playlist once it's created? Meani...
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Superuser Contribution My app stops playing certain songs after one second

When I click on songs in my playlists Spotify stops certain songs after one second. For example in one playlist it plays all songs except for the Hermano Gutierrez songs that I have in there. This happens to many more songs, but it's especially annoy...

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  • When I click on songs in my playlists Spotify stops certain songs after one second. For example in one playlist it plays all songs except for the Hermano Gutierrez songs that I have in there. This ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't log into app

I can log in and use spotify on web version without no issues, but it keeps erroring any time I try to login in the app. I've done all I could such as restarting phone, clearing cache and data or reinstalling app and I even get the permium subscripti...

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  • I can log in and use spotify on web version without no issues, but it keeps erroring any time I try to login in the app. I've done all I could such as restarting phone, clearing cache and data or rei...
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Superuser Contribution "Get the Best Experience on Android 12..." Pop Up

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceGalaxy Note 20 UltraOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueI keep getting a pop up that says "Get the best Spotify experience on Android 12...Allow Bluetooth". I don't necessarily see a reason to allow bluetooth sinc...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue I keep getting a pop up that says "Get the best Spotify experience on Android 12....
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Superuser Contribution Spotify not playing through Google Cast

As of this morning I cannot connect Spotify to my Google home speaker. Other apps connect fine but Spotify won't. I've tried clearing the cache on Spotify, restarting both my android phone and the speaker. Spotify and Google Home are both up to date ...

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  • As of this morning I cannot connect Spotify to my Google home speaker. Other apps connect fine but Spotify won't. I've tried clearing the cache on Spotify, restarting both my android phone and the sp...
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Superuser Contribution Output device unexpectedly switching from Google Nest Hub to "This phone" when launching Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDevicesGoogle Pixel 9Google Nest HubWindows 11 PCGoogle Pixel 9 Operating SystemAndroid 15 (BP1A.250405.007)Spotify Version9.0.40.391Google Nest Hub Operations System26.20250116.103.2201 My Question or IssueSpotify on Android ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Greece Devices Google Pixel 9 Google Nest Hub Windows 11 PC Google Pixel 9 Operating System Android 15 (BP1A.250405.007) Spotify Version 9.0.40.391 Google Nest Hub Op...
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Superuser Contribution Option to skip podcast episode from Daily Drive disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceGoogle Pixel 7 Pro Operating SystemAndroid 15My Question or IssueWhen playing a podcast episode from Daily Drive, I used to have buttons both for skipping 15 seconds and for skipping the entire episode. This was available in...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Google Pixel 7 Pro  Operating System Android 15 My Question or Issue When playing a podcast episode from Daily Drive, I used to have buttons both for skip...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify adding random songs when playing my playlist.

I have a premium plan. I am in the US. I use Spotify on PC(Windows 10) and Android (Samsung Galaxy S22 Running the latest software UI ver 5.1, Android v13 with all patches). I play some long playlists in order. I have noticed lately that all of a sud...

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  • I have a premium plan.  I am in the US.  I use Spotify on PC(Windows 10) and Android (Samsung Galaxy S22 Running the latest software UI ver 5.1, Android v13 with all patches).   I pl...
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Superuser Contribution I have a question

I really like the pc spotify app but i thing that it is not ass good on mobile is violating the guidelines if I instaled some Windows emulator on mobile and use it that way?

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  • I really like the pc spotify app but i thing that it is not ass good on mobile is violating the guidelines if I instaled some Windows emulator on mobile and use it that way?  
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to stop my phone from controlling volume on my computer

Hello, I have the following problem: whenever i am playing music on my computer, the volume control button on my phone is directly linked with my computer spotify volume so whenever i click less volume it just changes that of my pc spotify instead of...

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  • Hello, I have the following problem: whenever i am playing music on my computer, the volume control button on my phone is directly linked with my computer spotify volume so whenever i click less volu...
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