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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...

Spotify

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Spotify won't download from song tab

Okay, so I got a new phone today, deleted the saved song cache on my other phone and all of my other playlists download to this new phone just fine. But for some reason when I try to turn the tab labeled "Songs" to offline mode download it just... wo...

Newbie

Okay, so I got a new phone today, deleted the saved song cache on my other phone and all of my other playlists download to this new phone just fine. But for some reason when I try to turn the tab lab...

Daniel

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Can't Play Downloaded Music

I've been having issues playing downloaded items. Even though a playlist is marked as downloaded, and the tracks show that they are on the device, they will only play when connected to a network. To confirm, I've downloaded a playlist, then turned of...

Casual Listener

I've been having issues playing downloaded items. Even though a playlist is marked as downloaded, and the tracks show that they are on the device, they will only play when connected to a network. &n...

BitwiseOperator

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Solved!! trouble sorting playlists

I want to sort my plalists, and I'm trying to following the instructions here: https://support.spotify.com/us/learn-more/guides/#!/article/sorting-and-filtering I have no problem opening the playlist I want to sort, but I don't know how to: "Pull dow...

Gig Goer

I want to sort my plalists, and I'm trying to following the instructions here:   https://support.spotify.com/us/learn-more/guides/#!/article/sorting-and-filtering   I have no problem op...

Daniel

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No navigation-notifications while listening to music

Hello I found an anoying bug in Spotify.When Im listening to music and a notification is coming in, the volume of the music is lowered, but the notification is not played.This is really annoying when Im in the car and the navigation app (Sygic) is tr...

Casual Listener

Hello 🙂 I found an anoying bug in Spotify. When Im listening to music and a notification is coming in, the volume of the music is lowered, but the notification is not played. This is really a...

s_amu

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bug
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[Android] cannot send message without facebook

Hello, I understand that not having Facebook is unusual these days, but I think it's a worthwhile edgecase Bug: Cannot send a track to a friend, either by full name, or Spotify name Reproduction steps:Disconnect from Facebook Use android client (5.0....

Casual Listener

Hello,   I understand that not having Facebook is unusual these days, but I think it's a worthwhile edgecase 😁   Bug:  Cannot send a track to a friend, either by full name, or Sp...

Chris_D

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Green Scrollbar Disappeared

On previous versions of the Android app, when a user would press and hold on the scrollbar, a green, larger scrollbar would appear on top of the smaller, grey scrollbar. This green scrollbar was draggable, allowing for swift navigation of giant playl...

Casual Listener

On previous versions of the Android app, when a user would press and hold on the scrollbar, a green, larger scrollbar would appear on top of the smaller, grey scrollbar. This green scrollbar was drag...

Daniel

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Volume issue

Hi, recently I have noticed that when using spotify on my Ipad 2 or Samsung Galaxy S6 the volume increases and decreases for no reason whatsoever. It makes listening to music really annoying.I do not have volume normalization turned on and usually li...

Newbie

Hi, recently I have noticed that when using spotify on my Ipad 2 or Samsung Galaxy S6 the volume increases and decreases for no reason whatsoever. It makes listening to music really annoying. I do n...

Daniel

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Solved!! Get local music stored on SD card to show up in My Music on Android Mobile App

Samsung Galaxy S7Android: Marshmellow 6.0.1 Spotify: 4.9.0.992 I have music stored on my SD card. That SD card is mounted in my Galaxy S7 as storage. Is there anyway to have my music (stored locally on my sd card in my phone) show up in my spotify ap...

Newbie

Samsung Galaxy S7 Android: Marshmellow 6.0.1   Spotify: 4.9.0.992   I have music stored on my SD card.  That SD card is mounted in my Galaxy S7 as storage.    Is ther...

Daniel

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problem

Only plays 1 song when on shuffle mode

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Only plays 1 song when on shuffle mode

Daniel

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No Storage Area Found

Hi. why does it always notify No Storage Area Found whenever i try to open spotify. i just downloaded the app fyi.

Newbie

Hi. why does it always notify No Storage Area Found whenever i try to open spotify. i just downloaded the app fyi.

Daniel

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Why remove fast scrolling?

Seriously. Developers. Why remove a very useful function that worked. Just removed it. Just like that, in the newest update. I'm talking about dragging the scroll bar on the side down, so you can instantly scroll to a point in potentially huge playli...

Regular

Seriously. Developers. Why remove a very useful function that worked. Just removed it. Just like that, in the newest update. I'm talking about dragging the scroll bar on the side down, so you can ins...

MattSuda

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Functionality
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Lockscreen fullscreen widget Android 5.0/6.0?

I use Spotify mostly in my car, as I drive around 2 hours every day. The current widget when the screen is locked is so tiny and has a X right next to the skip track button, so I constantly close the player unintentionally. This is a terrible design....

Roadie

I use Spotify mostly in my car, as I drive around 2 hours every day. The current widget when the screen is locked is so tiny and has a X right next to the skip track button, so I constantly close the...

jonasherdegen

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Songs need to be restarted occasionally, and suggested songs for a playlist over 40 songs in length

Hi, I have been having no problems with Spotify until a couple of updates ago. Since then, songs in a playlist will occasionally start playing with no sound. If I pause and then unpause the song, it starts over and begins playing correctly. Another i...

Casual Listener

Hi, I have been having no problems with Spotify until a couple of updates ago. Since then, songs in a playlist will occasionally start playing with no sound. If I pause and then unpause the song, it ...

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My Spotify app on Android crashes when I create new playlist folder in the desktop app

Hi. I have a big problem. Here's how it all started: A few months ago I noticed that I couldn't put my playlist folders inside newly created playlist folder (Windows desktop app). I thought ok, i'll wait, maybe they'll fix it.Some time later i was us...

Regular

Hi. I have a big problem.   Here's how it all started:   A few months ago I noticed that I couldn't put my playlist folders inside newly created playlist folder (Windows desktop app). I...

torgop

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Spotify not being energy efficienent

Hi Spotify According to this test https://medium.com/smartphone-enerlytics/music-lovers-switch-streaming-music-apps-and-extend-your-battery-life-by-2x-2e9a57ca899d#.7z50qq2efSpotify is only 50% as effective as Google music, can you please improve thi...

Newbie

Hi Spotify  According to this test https://medium.com/smartphone-enerlytics/music-lovers-switch-streaming-music-apps-and-extend-your-battery-life-by-2x-2e9a57ca899d#.7z50qq2ef Spotify is ...

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Problems downloading songs

Hi! I hope someone can help me with that. (Sorry about my English).I get a 32gb sd card to my Galaxy Note 3. I have 4 playlist in my account which I want to download and play offline. Two of them (over 600 songs) download at all, but hours after, I e...

Casual Listener

Hi! I hope someone can help me with that. (Sorry about my English). I get a 32gb sd card to my Galaxy Note 3. I have 4 playlist in my account which I want to download and play offline. Two of them...

Daniel

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download playlist
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Downloaded tracks
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Scrolling, 23/3

I can't fast scroll on my phone since the last update, i need it because now it is impossible to go to the bottom of my lists and therefor i can't listen to the new songs, it is horrible and need to be fixed asap, i am using spotify several hours eve...

Regular

I can't fast scroll on my phone since the last update, i need it because now it is impossible to go to the bottom of my lists and therefor i can't listen to the new songs, it is horrible and need to ...

Daniel

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scroll bar
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Solved!! Can't Opt out of beta

My friend logged into his spotify account on my device and it automatically installed beta, after he was finished, I logged in and tried to delete it and install it several times. After that beta still appeared. Please help.

Regular

My friend logged into his spotify account on my device and it automatically installed beta, after he was finished, I logged in and tried to delete it and install it several times. After that beta sti...

navaira

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Can I move around the order of the playlists themselves not the songs within them

I have lots of different playlists and I'm constantly adding more. Problem is, the older playlist get buried under the new playlist and I want certain playlist at the top in a pecking order that is not the same as the "most played" order. How can I t...

Newbie

I have lots of different playlists and I'm constantly adding more. Problem is, the older playlist get buried under the new playlist and I want certain playlist at the top in a pecking order that is n...

Daniel

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corrupting sd cards

I have tried on 2 separate occasions with 2 different sd cards to move my saved music from my device to my sd card and on both occasions it has corrupted the sd cards. I have lost a lot of stuff from my sd cards because of it, not to mention the card...

Casual Listener

I have tried on 2 separate occasions with 2 different sd cards to move my saved music from my device to my sd card and on both occasions it has corrupted the sd cards. I have lost a lot of stuff from...

artemonster

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