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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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my downloaded Spotify app won't show up on my phone

I got a galaxy s5 and I will install the Spotify app and it will not show up on my phone and everytime I try to click back on it on the Internet to try to install it again it was say already installed but then again there is nothing on my phone

Newbie

I got a galaxy s5 and I will install the Spotify app and it will not show up on my phone and everytime I try to click back on it on the Internet to try to install it again it was say already installe...

Daniel

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STOP START STOP START HANG HANG AGAIN when all I want to do is play a downloaded playlist

Firstly yesterday it kept STOPPING every time I went from no internet connection to having one. Hey, mobiles do that. That is NO REASON TO STOP PLAYING MY DOWNLOADED PLAYLIST. Today I am trying to play a downloaded playlist AND IT JUST KEEPS STOPPING...

Roadie

Firstly yesterday it kept STOPPING every time I went from no internet connection to having one. Hey, mobiles do that. That is NO REASON TO STOP PLAYING MY DOWNLOADED PLAYLIST.   Today I am try...

EarlPurple

Roadie

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Is it possible to omit all songs of a specific genre?

I'd like to continue to use the public Spotify playlists; however, I'd like to have the Android app skip all rap songs. Furthermore, is it possible to teach the algorithm to skip all rap by disliking all rap songs? Thanks!

Newbie

I'd like to continue to use the public Spotify playlists; however, I'd like to have the Android app skip all rap songs. Furthermore, is it possible to teach the algorithm to skip all rap by...

Daniel

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When I download songs from Spotify from my Android, where do they go?

Hi, I'm a premium member, and I am trying to download some songs locally to my Samsung5 phone. In Spotify it says my songs were downloaded, but I can't find them anywhere in my file explorer on my phone. Where do they usually end up when you download...

Casual Listener

Hi,   I'm a premium member, and I am trying to download some songs locally to my Samsung5 phone.  In Spotify it says my songs were downloaded, but I can't find them anywhere in my file ex...

Daniel

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Spotify turns offline then online.

Hello!As the title say my spotify goes from offline to online, i cant listen to a single song.I have reinstalled spotify aswell as cleard my cache. What should i do now?Phone: Xperia Z2Android version: 5.0.2

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Hello! As the title say my spotify goes from offline to online, i cant listen to a single song. I have reinstalled spotify aswell as cleard my cache. What should i do now? Phone: Xperia Z2 ...

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What happend to the inbox?

What happend to the inbox icon? It used to be in the sidepanel in the lower right but it's completely gone! Looking on my desktop all my messages are gone from my inbox. As if its been emptied. really dissapointed

Music Fan

What happend to the inbox icon? It used to be in the sidepanel in the lower right but it's completely gone! Looking on my desktop all my messages are gone from my inbox. As if its been emptied. ...

lexy

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Spotify App extremely slow on HTC One M8

The spotify app is extremely slow on my mobile phone (HTC One M8). This is already the case since January this year. Mostly, the app just keeps on loading (over 5 minutes). Big playlists are even totally unable to load. It shows than only a part of t...

Newbie

The spotify app is extremely slow on my mobile phone (HTC One M8). This is already the case since January this year. Mostly, the app just keeps on loading (over 5 minutes). Big playlists are even tot...

Daniel

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favorieten

Ik heb in de map 254.000 songs. En dat lijkt wel gevolgen te hebben. Inladen duurt eeuwen, een nummer wissen ook minuten. Ik heb de Android versie 4.2.2 versie, dus de optie 'bewerken' is er niet. Het moet toch mogelijk zijn om de favorieten lijst te...

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Ik heb in de map 254.000 songs. En dat lijkt wel gevolgen te hebben. Inladen duurt eeuwen, een nummer wissen ook minuten. Ik heb de Android versie 4.2.2 versie, dus de optie 'bewerken' is er niet. He...

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Offline music goes away after each restart and has to be re-downloaded

Hi there! If someone could help me with this issue on my android phone. Would greatly appreciate. Thank you.

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Hi there!   If someone could help me with this issue on my android phone.   Would greatly appreciate.   Thank you.

citizenserious

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MISSING OFFLINE MUSIC AFTER RESTART
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Spotify Connect Freezes

If I use the Spotify app on my Samsung Galaxy S5 to control music on another device via Connect (usually PS3 recently but I have the same problem with other devices), within a few songs the app freezes on one song and I can no longer see what's playi...

Gig Goer

If I use the Spotify app on my Samsung Galaxy S5 to control music on another device via Connect (usually PS3 recently but I have the same problem with other devices), within a few songs the app freez...

Daniel

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Android settings keep messing up

I'm having a problem with the settings. This includes everything with a slider next to it (Offline mode, Gapless, Device Broadcast Status, etc). My problem is that, more often than not, the setting will be enabled even if the toggle is switched to 'o...

Newbie

I'm having a problem with the settings. This includes everything with a slider next to it (Offline mode, Gapless, Device Broadcast Status, etc).   My problem is that, more often than not, the ...

Daniel

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saved offline music vanished after making payment

Made payment, now my music is gone. followed directions, Logged out and back in. it says to delete "empty" account. There is no empty account! Still no music. Im paying 10$ a month for this crap? Bull**bleep** yo!

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Made payment, now my music is gone. followed directions, Logged out and back in. it says to delete "empty" account. There is no empty account! Still no music. Im paying 10$ a month for this crap? Bul...

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Solved!! Offline Stops working

Hey all, im having an issue hopeing someone can help. i have spotify on android tablet, when i have set my playlist to download for offline usage and then turn off my internet connection they all play fine, however im finding after around 24 hours or...

Casual Listener

Hey all,     im having an issue hopeing someone can help.   i have spotify on android tablet, when i have set my playlist to download for offline usage and then turn off my intern...

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No internet connection android
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Solved!! Will a downloaded song ever use data on my phone?

Sorry if this is the wrong section, I didn't think anything else fit, and I have an Android phone. Data usage is a major concern for me, so I like to save my albums when at all possible so when I don't have WiFi, it won't eat up my data. As long as I...

Newbie

Sorry if this is the wrong section, I didn't think anything else fit, and I have an Android phone. Data usage is a major concern for me, so I like to save my albums when at all possible so when I don...

Sambeez

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Solved!! Spotify Connect - play queue

Anybody else experiencing problems with queue tracks, when using spotify connect?When I use my phone to play music via my pc speakers, I can only queue one track at a time succesfully.After that one queued song has played, it just shuffles the active...

Visitor

Anybody else experiencing problems with queue tracks, when using spotify connect? When I use my phone to play music via my pc speakers, I can only queue one track at a time succesfully. After that ...

williamcornock

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BUG: Spotify Connect - Using Radio function on controlling device causes disconnect

Whenever I try to use the radio function on a device (A) which is controlling the playback of another device (B), my playback device (B) will disconnect from Spotify Connect and I have to force close and start it again on the playback device (B) to s...

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Whenever I try to use the radio function on a device (A) which is controlling the playback of another device (B), my playback device (B) will disconnect from Spotify Connect and I have to force close...

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Solved!! BUG: Spotify Connect - Device disappears after 12-24h

I have a dedicated Android device running KitKat hooked up to my stereo. This device is running spotify and basically acts as the player. I then use other Android devices to connect to it and play music using Spotify Connect. This works good for the ...

Casual Listener

I have a dedicated Android device running KitKat hooked up to my stereo. This device is running spotify and basically acts as the player. I then use other Android devices to connect to it and play mu...

robvanberkel62

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favourites

Spotify works slow, loading in the favourites list takes forever! So my request is: to erase the favourites list, its enormous with 254.000 songs. I have them safely on another acount, but if possible: i'd gladly keep my playinglists. Spotify works h...

Casual Listener

Spotify works slow, loading in the favourites list takes forever! So my request is: to erase the favourites list, its enormous with 254.000 songs. I have them safely on another acount, but if possibl...

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Playlist problems

I logged in and out.. and even switched my phone off but I still cant select what song I want to play.. DX

Music Fan

I logged in and out.. and even switched my phone off but I still cant select what song I want to play.. DX

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have to dl dled music time and again

It's so freaking annoying.It happens very often now that dled playlists are suddenly not available offline anymore. I don't get it, what's to be done about this?I have an s4, standard, with sd card

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It's so freaking annoying. It happens very often now that dled playlists are suddenly not available offline anymore. I don't get it, what's to be done about this? I have an s4, standard, with sd ca...

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