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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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Superuser Contribution Screen flickers when starting Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHonor 9XOperating SystemAndroid 10 (EMUI 10.0.0.347) My Question or IssueAfter the latest update, I cannot start Spotify properly. When I try to start, then Spotify flickers. Not sure, what causes it or if it is just my...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Honor 9X Operating System Android 10 (EMUI 10.0.0.347)   My Question or Issue After the latest update, I cannot start Spotify properly. When I try t...

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Superuser Contribution I downloaded music to my SD card but spotify keeps trying to redownload to internal storage

DeviceMoto G PowerOperating SystemAndroid 11My Question or IssueI left amazon because it kept messing up my downlaoded music on my SD card, now the same thing is happening with spotify. =( i have bought a new SD card, done multiple clean reinstalls, ...

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Device Moto G Power Operating System Android 11 My Question or Issue I left amazon because it kept messing up my downlaoded music on my SD card, now the same thing is happening with spotify. =( ...

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Solved!! Can't connect to Sonos speakers vie Spotify app (but the reverse works)

Hi, I have a Premium plan; the problem here appears on the android app as well as the Web player (Firefox Linux).I have a few Sonos speakers, my Sonos account has been linked to my Spotify account properly.Since a few days, I can still play Spotify c...

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Hi,   I have a Premium plan; the problem here appears on the android app as well as the Web player (Firefox Linux). I have a few Sonos speakers, my Sonos account has been linked to my Spotify...

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[Android] Glitch with Canvas

So my canvas has been glitching like this all of the sudden for a while now.Apparently it could be an issue with my phone itself but it used to work fine before so I don't know what happened.

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So my canvas has been glitching like this all of the sudden for a while now. Apparently it could be an issue with my phone itself but it used to work fine before so I don't know what happened.

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Superuser Contribution I am no longer able to click on "Popular" songs while casting

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGalaxy Tab S8+, Pixel 6Operating SystemAndroid 12, 13Casting devicesGoogle Nest Mini, Nest Audio and Sonos 1My Question or IssueThis started a few days ago. While casting to a device, I can no longer click on any songs unde...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Galaxy Tab S8+, Pixel 6 Operating System Android 12, 13 Casting devices Google Nest Mini, Nest Audio and Sonos 1 My Question or Issue This started a few day...

Alex

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Player controls (in-app) and other icons (settings, home) do not appear

Free PlanIndiaRedmi Note 10sAndroid 12 The player controls in my Spotify app just disappeared. I have rebooted, cleared cache, reinstalled Spotify and even tried installing Spotify Lite. Nothing worked. Notification and lock screen controls work fine...

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Free Plan India Redmi Note 10s Android 12   The player controls in my Spotify app just disappeared. I have rebooted, cleared cache, reinstalled Spotify and even tried installing Spotify Lit...

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Solved!! [Android] Does Spotify track listened songs offline?

PlanPremium CountryUnited Kingdom DeviceSamsung A20 Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi guys, I was wondering if Spotify keeps tracks of listened to songs and artists when offline? My gym doesn't have coverage so I'm forced to listen offli...

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Plan Premium   Country United Kingdom   Device Samsung A20   Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hi guys,   I was wondering if Spotify keeps tracks...

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Superuser Contribution Add to queue button disappeared

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceMoto e Operating SystemAndroid Spotify Version8.7.66.532 My Question or IssueAdded local files to Spotify last week. Everything worked fine. I could both add to playlists and add to queue. Now I can't do either for one of...

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Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Moto e   Operating System Android   Spotify Version 8.7.66.532   My Question or Issue Added local files to Spotify last we...

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Inaccessible Queue

Hey all! I've been unable to access my queue for the past two days; every time I go to "Now Playing" it will show the icon for the queue (bottom right corner for Android, looks like a few horizontal lines in a row) but compared to all the other icons...

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Hey all! I've been unable to access my queue for the past two days; every time I go to "Now Playing" it will show the icon for the queue (bottom right corner for Android, looks like a few horizontal ...

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Missing slider??

I'm using an S22 ultra. Several updates ago the slider in my like songs folder disappeared. Now I have to manually scroll to find somgs. Anyone else having this trouble? Extremely frustrating and time consuming to find my music

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I'm using an S22 ultra. Several updates ago the slider in my like songs folder disappeared. Now I have to manually scroll to find somgs. Anyone else having this trouble? Extremely frustrating and tim...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Not resuming after listening to something else

PlanfreeCountryaustraliaDevices10Operating Systemandroid 12 My Question or Issueon my old phone (s7), if spotify was playing music and i watched/listened to something else (youtube, reel, audio clip, etc), spotify would pause and then resume playing ...

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Plan free Country australia Device s10 Operating System android 12   My Question or Issue on my old phone (s7), if spotify was playing music and i watched/listened to something else (y...

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Superuser Contribution How to remove downloads from a broken phone

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceiPhone 6 and Galaxy s10Operating SystemiOS 15 and latest android version My Question or IssueHi I am a daily spotify user, I have recently broken 2 phones ( dead screen and operating system dead) that both have a lot ...

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  Plan Premium Country Australia Device iPhone 6 and Galaxy s10 Operating System iOS 15 and latest android version    My Question or Issue Hi I am a daily spotify user, I ha...

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Superuser Contribution Adds playing after every song

PlanFree/PremiumCoamsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueAs i said above there's an add playing after every single song

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Plan Free/Premium Coamsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Android    My Question or Issue As i said above there's an add playing after every single song 

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Superuser Contribution Voice search not showing up in app

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGalaxy S21Operating System My Question or IssueI no longer have access to the voice search feature in my app (when in car mode or not). I used to have a little microphone icon pop up when I searched for music, but I don't s...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Galaxy S21 Operating System   My Question or Issue I no longer have access to the voice search feature in my app (when in car mode or not). I used to hav...

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Superuser Contribution How to see Local files by Folders?

PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have many local mp3 organized by folders. When trying to add a file to a playlist, Local Files p...

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Plan Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I have many ...

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Superuser Contribution [Android] Spotify take ~5min for start

PlanPremium DeviceRedmi Note 8 ProOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueEach time I start spotify on my phone it takes an eternity to start.I disconnect reconnect, restart the phone, test without sd card, without vpn, cleared cache, reinstallat...

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Plan Premium   Device Redmi Note 8 Pro Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Each time I start spotify on my phone it takes an eternity to start. I disconnect reconnect,...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Canvas feature not loading/stopped working.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHello, as of last friday night my phone stopped loading the canvas videos in the applied song...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Hello,...

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Superuser Contribution It doesn't allow me to listen to the music I want in Android

PlanFreeCountryPerúDevice(LG K9)Operating System(Android 7.1.2) My Question or IssueThere is a pretty serious problem with the player on Android cell phones, It has also happened to my sister and me with my old account, I thought it was because it wa...

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Plan Free Country Perú Device (LG K9) Operating System (Android 7.1.2)   My Question or Issue There is a pretty serious problem with the player on Android cell phones, It has also happ...

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Superuser Contribution My playlist that is over 30 hours stops playing overnight.

Hello,, recently I have been wanting my playlist to play overnight. My playlist is over 30 hours long and has nearly 500 songs. It usually stops an hour or so after I go to bed. I have shuffle and repeat enabled on my playlist so I'm not sure why it ...

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Hello,, recently I have been wanting my playlist to play overnight. My playlist is over 30 hours long and has nearly 500 songs. It usually stops an hour or so after I go to bed. I have shuffle and re...

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Superuser Contribution Displaying "You're Offline" despite being connected to WiFi

So I was about to listen to search for a song but then Spotify says try again because there's no internet connection and I am running on 4G internet connection with a WiFi speed of 30mbps so I'm not sure why this is happening I tried uninstalling and...

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So I was about to listen to search for a song but then Spotify says try again because there's no internet connection and I am running on 4G internet connection with a WiFi speed of 30mbps so I'm not ...

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