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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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I can't see my tv as a available unit.

As i said the problem is that i can't se my tv as a unit in the app. Casting from for example you tube works great but it won't work in Spotify. I got a premium account and the tv is on the same network as my two phones and tablet. Tv: Loewe Bild 1.6...

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As i said the problem is that i can't se my tv as a unit in the app.  Casting from for example you tube works great but it won't work in Spotify. I got a premium account and the tv is on the sa...

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Solved!! songs keep changing in the middle of the song!

this happens mostly on android but just happened in my PC desktop player. sometimes i am able to play 2-3 songs but somehow every time i listen to spotify, the song cuts out and some random Thai (i think) music comes on. strange random artists i've n...

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this happens mostly on android but just happened in my PC desktop player.  sometimes i am able to play 2-3 songs but somehow every time i listen to spotify, the song cuts out and some random Tha...

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Random pause with Encore Mdsd DAC

Hi, I received my new DAC Encore Mdsd. It works perfectly on my computer and phone (Asus ZenFone Selfie).But when playing songs with Spotify, it stops playing quite often, sometimes every 3 seconds.The problem occurs both offline and online.Any help?...

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Hi, I received my new DAC Encore Mdsd. It works perfectly on my computer and phone (Asus ZenFone Selfie). But when playing songs with Spotify, it stops playing quite often, sometimes every 3 seconds...

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Random problem

Hi I have a problem on spotify since a few days : It’s impossible for me to random play songs from my playlist. When I click on random, spotify want me to choose an album and he random plays all this album. But It’s impossible to do with all the play...

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Hi   I have a problem on spotify since a few days : It’s impossible for me to random play songs from my playlist. When I click on random, spotify want me to choose an album and he random ...

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Removing songs from playlists / entire playlists

Hi,I have a question. If I remove from a playlist one or more songs, or I remove a entire playlist, those songes will be removed from the cache of my phone? Indeed I have Premium and I hav dowloaded all ym playlists but sometimes i remove songs / pla...

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Hi, I have a question. If I remove from a playlist one or more songs, or I remove a entire playlist, those songes will be removed from the cache of my phone?   Indeed I have Premium and I hav...

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Solved!! Lockscreen-controls not working on Huawei P9

It is not possible to control the Huawei P9 with EMUI 5.0 and Andoid 7.0, just as with Google Play Music or the Music app. The only thing you can control is a notification, but that is very flawed. The Huawei support could not help me, and it apparen...

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It is not possible to control the Huawei P9 with EMUI 5.0 and Andoid 7.0, just as with Google Play Music or the Music app. The only thing you can control is a notification, but that is very flawed. T...

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Downloaded music soft deleted after changing SIM card

Hi, the other day I experienced this issue and since it's not something that is straightforward for the QA team to find I figured I'd share the bug and the repro steps here. SummaryIf the phone doesn't have connection or is in airplane mode and you c...

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Hi, the other day I experienced this issue and since it's not something that is straightforward for the QA team to find I figured I'd share the bug and the repro steps here.   Summary If...

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Spotify suddenly will only let me Shuffle play

**bleep** just happened to my Spotify. For some reason it is telling me to upgrade premium just to play a song, **bleep** is this **bleep**. I understand that this is supposed to be a premium feature but that's stupid af, plus I've had the ability to...

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**bleep** just happened to my Spotify. For some reason it is telling me to upgrade premium just to play a song, **bleep** is this **bleep**. I understand that this is supposed to be a premium feature...

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Black screen and closes, not launching since spotify updated to 7.9.0.746

Brief description of the issue:Black screen and crashes when trying to launch the app. Won´t open or launch. it happened after it updated to this last version, before it was great.It won´t even create its own folder in Android-Data- Steps to reproduc...

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Brief description of the issue: Black screen and crashes when trying to launch the app. Won´t open or launch. it happened after it updated to this last version, before it was great. It won´t even c...

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Premium Concerns

I have premium on my phone but when I downloaded Spotify on my tablet and signed in my premium didn't transfer over. Is it supposed to or can I only have premium for 1 device?

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I have premium on my phone but when I downloaded Spotify on my tablet and signed in my premium didn't transfer over. Is it supposed to or can I only have premium for 1 device?

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Volúmen

He cambiado mi movil a un samsung note 3 con els software de note 7. No puedo modificar el volúmen de la música. Si lo bajo del todo se queda en silencio, si le subo un punto automáticamente se escucha fuerte y aunque suba o baje el volúmen se escuch...

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He cambiado mi movil a un samsung note 3 con els software de note 7. No puedo modificar el volúmen de la música. Si lo bajo del todo se queda en silencio, si le subo un punto automáticamente se escuc...

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S5 plays but no sound from ford sync

got a new 2017 ford with sync my s5 connected and found spotify no problem for about 2 weeks but then it finds it and appears to play but no volume it works on other devices but not my car if i reinstall spotify do i have to find and download all my ...

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got a new 2017 ford with sync my s5 connected and found spotify no problem for about 2 weeks but  then it finds it and appears to play but no volume it works on other devices but not my car if i...

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Solved!! Download Error :Max 3 devices / You are at limit / downloads removed from this device

I have a Samsung Note 4. I have only one device and only downloaded some playlists to this one device. Sometimes I use the desktop spotify version to stream music. One day I opened Spotify on my phone and received this "Download Error" message. All m...

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I have a Samsung Note 4.  I have only one device and only downloaded some playlists to this one device.  Sometimes I use the desktop spotify version to stream music.  One day I opened ...

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Sincronizar som do carro

Tenho um cruze e não consigo fazer o som do meu celular Moto maxx, sair no som do carro, o som não reconhece meu celular, o que pode ser?

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Tenho um cruze e não consigo fazer o som do meu celular Moto maxx, sair no som do carro, o som não reconhece meu celular, o que pode ser?

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Samsung S7 Issue w/ metadata and control using Bluetooth

Hello..I've just bought a Samsung galaxy s7 and for my sadness I discovered that my favorite app, spotify, doesn't work fine with the greatest concurrent of iPhone nowadays.. hard to accept! I used to use a Moto X connected via Bluetooth with my car ...

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Hello.. I've just bought a Samsung galaxy s7 and for my sadness I discovered that my favorite app, spotify, doesn't work fine with the greatest concurrent of iPhone nowadays.. hard to accept! I us...

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Mobile App - Playback Controls

After a recent update, I no longer see any playback controls for the Spotify app. When I start a radio or a song, the music plays, but I am no longer greeted with an album cover or the standard play/pause skip and previous (I am currently using premi...

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After a recent update, I no longer see any playback controls for the Spotify app. When I start a radio or a song, the music plays, but I am no longer greeted with an album cover or the stan...

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Superuser Contribution Access problem

Now when I try to log in into Spotify it say that if I want to hear music for more than 14 days I have to say where I'm going. I'm Italian but I live in Germany what could I do now? My account is logged in with my facebook account. Please help.Quando...

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Now when I try to log in into Spotify it say that if I want to hear music for more than 14 days I have to say where I'm going. I'm Italian but I live in Germany what could I do now? My account is log...

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Solved!! Can you change your name back to your original username after connecting to facebook?

after I connected my spotify account to my facebook it changed the name to my full name, I've unlinked them, but it's still the same. I'm just wondering if its possible to change back, and if so then how?

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after I connected my spotify account to my facebook it changed the name to my full name, I've unlinked them, but it's still the same. I'm just wondering if its possible to change back, and if so then...

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Only shuffle, no exact songs

A quite long time i have this problem and haven't found a solution yet (Hopefully you can help). If I click on a Playlist and want to listen to a specific song, but it only allows me to shuffle. I searched about a lot of things; I have an internet co...

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A quite long time i have this problem and haven't found a solution yet (Hopefully you can help). If I click on a Playlist and want to listen to a specific song, but it only allows me to shuffle. I se...

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Solved!! Spotify uses my internal memory also if I selected SD card in the options

Hi, although I've selected SD card to save my offline music, in addition to the memory rightly occupied by the music on my SD card, Spotify takes up a lot of space in my phone internal memory without reasons and the space occupied grows if I download...

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Hi, although I've selected SD card to save my offline music, in addition to the memory rightly occupied by the music on my SD card, Spotify takes up a lot of space in my phone internal memory without...

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