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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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LG G4 not recognised

Brand new phone, Marshmallow OS, phone wont be recognized by the Desktoop compter. Followed the guide, did a clean re-install, still nothing. Any ideas?

Roadie

Brand new phone, Marshmallow OS, phone wont be recognized by the Desktoop compter.   Followed the guide, did a clean re-install, still nothing.  Any ideas?

Daniel

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Block spotify from firewall

Hello Someone know how to block by Firewall Spotify free and premium from IOS, PC, WEB and ANDROID?

Casual Listener

Hello    Someone know how to block by Firewall Spotify free and premium from IOS, PC, WEB and  ANDROID?  

Daniel

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Audio Ducking Triggered Frequently

Ever since the most recent mobile update, there's a lot of actions that now trigger audio ducking on my phone. For instance: when Ambient Display is enabled, audio will fade out when the screen is turned on because of that feature; pressing the "mult...

Newbie

Ever since the most recent mobile update, there's a lot of actions that now trigger audio ducking on my phone. For instance: when Ambient Display is enabled, audio will fade out when the screen is tu...

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Allow users to disable album art on lock screen

This feature needs to be allowed to be disabled. This is a no-brainer. People shouldn't necessarily be required to have this active. Imagine how many people use your app at work, then imagine how many album covers are NSFW. I have been using this app...

Visitor

This feature needs to be allowed to be disabled. This is a no-brainer. People shouldn't necessarily be required to have this active. Imagine how many people use your app at work, then imagine how man...

Daniel

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offline playlists saved on my phone's device storage

I'd like to have my offline playlists saved on my Samsung galaxy s4 cell phone device storage or even my sd card. Is this possible?

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I'd like to have my offline playlists saved on my Samsung galaxy s4 cell phone device storage or even my sd card. Is this possible?

Daniel

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quality sound in my earphone

hello guys i hope i will find who can help me with this issueand from the beggining i am sorry for my english it is not quite goodi have note 5 and recently i updated to the latest virsion something called marshmellow i guessand as i remember the qua...

Newbie

hello guys  i hope i will find who can help me with this issue and from the beggining i am sorry for my english it is not quite good i have note 5 and recently i updated to the latest virsion...

Daniel

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NOTIFICATION SMARTPHONE

HELLO , TO BE A LITTLE MORE TIME I NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION ON MY SMARTPHONE , SUCH AS OUTPUT OF NEW DISCS OF ARTISTS THAT FOLLOW . WHY? THANK YOU HELLO, TO BE A LITTLE MORE TIME I NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION ON MY SMARTPHONE, SUCH AS OUTPUTOF NEW DISCS...

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HELLO , TO BE A LITTLE MORE TIME I NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION ON MY SMARTPHONE , SUCH AS OUTPUT OF NEW DISCS OF ARTISTS THAT FOLLOW . WHY? THANK YOU HELLO, TO BE A LITTLE MORE TIME I NOT RECEIVE NOTI...

Daniel

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Upgrade to Android 6.0 and access lost to microSD card

Hi,I have a LG G4 that had official Android 5.1 (no root)I upgraded to Android 6.0 and lost all music as OS changed microSD location somehow. Other programs work again when authorizing access properly, but Spotify doesn't have that and there is no wa...

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Hi, I have a LG G4 that had official Android 5.1 (no root) I upgraded to Android 6.0 and lost all music as OS changed microSD location somehow. Other programs work again when authorizing access pro...

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Android app not working on mobile data (Moto G)

Hello! My app doesn't work while on mobile data. It works perfectly on wi-fi and offline, but as soon as I go on data, it disconnects and the message GO ONLINE appears everywhere. I have an unlimited data plan and everything else on the phone works j...

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Hello!   My app doesn't work while on mobile data. It works perfectly on wi-fi and offline, but as soon as I go on data, it disconnects and the message GO ONLINE appears everywhere. I have an ...

mrbeat88

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available songs

I have a samsung s3 and I have premium on my phone and pc. I added yestetday a new playlist on pc but I am not able to hear it on phone. When I open it on the phone I got the message: "ready to download". And now I also not able to play my local file...

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I have a samsung s3 and I have premium on my phone and pc. I added yestetday a new playlist on pc but I am not able to hear it on phone. When I open it on the phone I got the message: "ready to downl...

Daniel

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Solved!! Cannot Download Any Offline Music - To SD Card or Device

My Virgin Mobile Galaxy S5 just upgraded to Marshmallow yesterday (4/16/16). Since then (possbily before - I haven't tried to download anything in the last week or two) I cannot download any music to SD card or device. I have tried all the tricks I c...

Gig Goer

My Virgin Mobile Galaxy S5 just upgraded to Marshmallow yesterday (4/16/16). Since then (possbily before - I haven't tried to download anything in the last week or two) I cannot download any music to...

jimblatzheim

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Saving the same time multiple times

I was going through my songs and was surprised to see the same song as many as 5 times in a row. It's 2016 now and I feel like if I like a song on one Playlist I shouldn't have the option to do it on another one. I think there should be a patch to ma...

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I was going through my songs and was surprised to see the same song as many as 5 times in a row. It's 2016 now and I feel like if I like a song on one Playlist I shouldn't have the option to do it on...

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Qndroid App is slow and unresponsive

The android app is really slow. Changing artists and songs takes forever. Sometimes spotify is unresponsive. It also keeps saying that i'm offline while the wifi works perfect.Can you please resove these issues with an update or new version of the ap...

Newbie

The android app is really slow. Changing artists and songs takes forever. Sometimes spotify is unresponsive. It also keeps saying that i'm offline while the wifi works perfect. Can you please reso...

bertypreston

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few problems / questions

i have few problems / questions, the support doesn't seem to read my questions at all so i am trying here1. i cannot delete songs when playing on the android device.2. Spotify never says what's new / fixed with the new update at the play store, why ?...

Music Fan

i have few problems / questions, the support doesn't seem to read my questions at all so i am trying here 1. i cannot delete songs when playing on the android device. 2. Spotify never says wha...

Daniel

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Spotify Android deletes downloaded Albums!

Hi all, First post here, took me longer than I'd like to admit to find out how to post, but I got there! So I have spotify student premium (have had for like 3 years) and got it on my Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 phone. I recently got a new 64GB SD card an...

Casual Listener

Hi all,   First post here, took me longer than I'd like to admit to find out how to post, but I got there!   So I have spotify student premium (have had for like 3 years) and got it on ...

Daniel

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No me es posible el uso de la memoria SD Android 6.0/I can not use the SD memory Android 6.0

Cuento con un equipo Motorola G3 (XT1543), Andorid 6.0 , del cual no me es posible utilizar la memoria externa, delimitandome el uso y descarga de mis play list. Como puedo cambiar el lugar de almacenamiento? I can not use the SD memory Android 6.0 I...

Visitor

Cuento con un equipo Motorola G3 (XT1543), Andorid 6.0 , del cual no me es posible utilizar la memoria externa, delimitandome el uso y descarga de mis play list. Como puedo cambiar el lugar de almace...

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Spotify Android screen comes to foreground during ad creating distraction during driving

I have Spotify (5.10.849) playing in the background and Google Maps in the foreground of my Nexus 5 Android (6.0.1) phone. Recently I noticed that during ads which say something like 'Click on the banner to get 30 minutes of ad free music' that the S...

Newbie

I have Spotify (5.10.849) playing in the background and Google Maps in the foreground of my Nexus 5 Android (6.0.1) phone. Recently I noticed that during ads which say something like 'Click on the ba...

Daniel

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Long pauses between songs

Just updated my phone to Marshmallow, and now I'm seeing issues with how the app is working on my phone. Normally I hit shuffle and listen to music while I work, however, today I'm experiencing either long pauses between one song ending and the next ...

Newbie

Just updated my phone to Marshmallow, and now I'm seeing issues with how the app is working on my phone. Normally I hit shuffle and listen to music while I work, however, today I'm experiencing eithe...

Daniel

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Failing to launch my playlists

Premium user here, downloaded 5 playlists, of which 3 are my own, one from Spotify UK and one from my friend. I have every song on all 5 synced on my phone, yet 2 of them (the ones I listen every day) are now showing as unavaible if I got no internet...

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Premium user here, downloaded 5 playlists, of which 3 are my own, one from Spotify UK and one from my friend. I have every song on all 5 synced on my phone, yet 2 of them (the ones I listen ever...

Daniel

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cannot delete windows media player folder

somebody tell me how do I delete windows media player folder on spotify

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somebody tell me how do I delete windows media player folder on spotify

Daniel

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delete folder
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