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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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Shuffle play without interjecting songs

This is Mozart does not have the three different shuffle icons, just two. Spotify interjects unwanted songs. Enough! I can't even hide this song to keep it from playing. Do I need to find a different music service?

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This is Mozart does not have the three different shuffle icons, just two. Spotify interjects unwanted songs. Enough! I can't even hide this song to keep it from playing. Do I need to find a diffe...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify cutting out when opening full screen game

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy s9Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueWhenever I try to play spotify in the background while playing a game (Adventure Communist, Gardenscapes etc) it works for ~30 seconds then cuts out. The song s...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy s9 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Whenever I try to play spotify in the background while playing a game (Adventure Com...

kindgrad

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Superuser Contribution Lost of referral link for two months

Recently just got a notification for a 2 month referral link and then lost it. Checked my email and everything and it isnt present.

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Recently just got a notification for a 2 month referral link and then lost it. Checked my email and everything and it isnt present.

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Superuser Contribution Couldn't load the lyrics for this song

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDevice(OnePlus 5T)Operating System(Android 10) My Question or Issue I am running  the latest spotify version on my phone. No matter what song I choose that has lyrics label next to it, I always get this message. I've tried uninsta...

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  Plan Free Country India Device (OnePlus 5T) Operating System (Android 10)   My Question or Issue   I am running  the latest spotify version on my phone. No matter what so...

Lyubka

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Spotify cuts on and out when using waze

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAUSTRALIA Device(Galazy a53Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueAs I'm driving with spotify on it keeps cutting in and out with waze navigation. Tried turning all settings off via both apa and nothing changes. Is there a...

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Plan Free/Premium Country AUSTRALIA  Device (Galazy a53 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue As I'm driving with spotify on it keeps cutting in and out with waze naviga...

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Superuser Contribution Synchronise between Android and AAOS

Plan PremiumCountry NetherlandsDevice Google Pixel 7 & Volvo C40Operating System Android 13 (app = 8.8.66.563) & AAOS 11 (app = 4.3.6.0) My Question or Issue (According the relevant App Stores the apps are up-to-date)On the phone app home screen I ha...

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Plan  Premium Country  Netherlands Device  Google Pixel 7 & Volvo C40 Operating System  Android 13 (app = 8.8.66.563) & AAOS 11 (app = 4.3.6.0)   My Question...

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Superuser Contribution Search menu Feature

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung S10Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issueis the new search bar seen in the attached image a new experimental feature? I’m not a very big fan of it so far and every other person i have asked has not seen this ye...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung S10 Operating System Android  My Question or Issue is the new search bar seen in the attached image a new experimental feature? I’m not a ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unable to login on Android phone

Hello, PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHuawei P30Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI am unable to login on the Spotify App on my Android phone. Whenever I try to login I get an error message telling me"A problem occurred.Would you like to tr...

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Hello,   Plan Premium Country Germany Device Huawei P30 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I am unable to login on the Spotify App on my Android phone. Whenever I t...

florabat

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Superuser Contribution Android fails to play over bluetooth until other app plays

My Question or IssueI open Spotify in Android, press Play. It starts playing then pauses. I repeat, it pauses. I press play, nothing happens. Repeatedly. I open another app (Voice Recorder, for example), play something. I return to Spotify and press ...

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My Question or Issue I open Spotify in Android, press Play. It starts playing then pauses. I repeat, it pauses. I press play, nothing happens. Repeatedly. I open another app (Voice Recorder, for exa...

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Superuser Contribution Music stops playing randomly in the middle of a song from my library

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S22 UltraOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI pay for premium but dont use it due to music randomly stopping mid song

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Plan Premium Country Canada   Device Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I pay for premium but dont use ...

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Solved!! Music stops when a call comes in, even on do not disturb and silent mode. I have a galaxy A5

Plan/PremiumCountryCanadaGalaxy A5Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI use the music in my massage practice and put my phone to do not disturb and silent mode. Still, calls ring through right in the middle of ...

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Plan /Premium Country Canada Galaxy A5 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I use the music in my massage practice and put my phone to ...

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Superuser Contribution Lyrics don't show on the mobile app

PlanFreeCountryRomaniaOperating SystemAndroid 13My IssueI just went on the mobile app today to listen to a song and noticed I can't see the lyrics. And I mean the lyrics of popular songs too, everything. I've tried uninstalling the app and logging ba...

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Plan Free Country Romania Operating System Android 13 My Issue I just went on the mobile app today to listen to a song and noticed I can't see the lyrics. And I mean the lyrics of popular song...

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Superuser Contribution How do I stop Spotify changing my phone lockscreen?

PlanFreeCountryUKDeviceMotorola e5Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or IssueWhenever Spotify is playing, it automatically changes my phone lockscreen to a zoomed in version of the cover image for the song that is playing. How do I change it s...

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Plan Free Country UK Device Motorola e5 Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue Whenever Spotify is playing, it automatically changes my phone lockscreen to a zoomed in v...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Laggy app since last update

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueSince the most recent update I'm having unusual issues with the Android app. It's very laggy, it frequently says I'm offline even though I'm not, sometimes...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S9 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Since the most recent update I'm having unusual issues with the Android ap...

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Superuser Contribution Auto offline in mobile network

All the time I leave the wifi connection and enter the mobile network (which my phone does automatically when no wifi is available) I have to manually activate the Offline mode in Spotify in order to save my mobile quota for other apps. Why can't the...

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All the time I leave the wifi connection and enter the mobile network (which my phone does automatically when no wifi is available) I have to manually activate the Offline mode in Spotify in order to...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps closing when playing in the background.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Samsung Galaxy 22 Ultra)Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or IssueSpotify keeps stopping whenever it is running in the background or when my phone screen turns off. It's been happening for years and on other phone...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device (Samsung Galaxy 22 Ultra) Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps stopping whenever it is running in the backg...

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Solved!! Ford Sync 3 and Spotify

I recently got a new 2017 Ford Focus that has Sync3 and the app connection with Spotify can be patchy. I paired my phone (Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo) with the car and the car found Spotify in the apps, all good. Now, sometimes when I switch the car on, Sp...

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I recently got a new 2017 Ford Focus that has Sync3 and the app connection with Spotify can be patchy. I paired my phone  (Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo) with the car and the car found Spotify in the ap...

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