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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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Solved!! Can only shuffle play on Galaxy Tab 2 10.1

Hi all, can anyone shed some light on this please? I understood that Spotify Free will behave as on the PC version on tablets over 7"? But on my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (UK model GT-p5110. Android 4.2.2) I have only the Shuffle Play option available. Any i...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all, can anyone shed some light on this please? I understood that Spotify Free will behave as on the PC version on tablets over 7"? But on my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (UK model GT-p5110. Android 4.2.2) I...
  • Daniel
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Followers activity feed suggestion

I think it would be pretty cool if the mobile version of spotify let's us see what our friends are listening too!One of my favorite way of appreciating my friends is when I buy them LP's and EP's. And I know they have this function on the desktop/lap...

  • Newbie
  • I think it would be pretty cool if the mobile version of spotify let's us see what our friends are listening too! One of my favorite way of appreciating my friends is when I buy them LP's and EP's. ...
  • Daniel
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Shuffle function not working well?

Hey Community, Forgive me if there is already a thread out there for this problem, I didn't do a search. Anyways, it seems like the shuffle function on my Galaxy S5 isn't working well. It seems to play the same 20-30 songs out of a cluster of the ent...

  • Newbie
  • Hey Community,   Forgive me if there is already a thread out there for this problem, I didn't do a search.   Anyways, it seems like the shuffle function on my Galaxy S5 isn't workin...
  • MattSuda
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Transferring music from Google Music to Spotify?

Can I move over to spotify and not lose all my music on Google Music? I want everything in my current music playlists etc in Spotify as otherwise it'll take ages to set up.

  • Newbie
  • Can I move over to spotify and not lose all my music on Google Music? I want everything in my current music playlists etc in Spotify as otherwise it'll take ages to set up.
  • Daniel
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Ich kann kein Song abspielen

Wenn ich auf einen gespeicherten Song klicke (Android), dann ploppt das SHUFFLE Symbol auf und der Song startet nicht

  • Newbie
  • Wenn ich auf einen gespeicherten Song klicke (Android), dann ploppt das SHUFFLE Symbol auf und der Song startet nicht  
  • Daniel
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HTC DesireA8181 this unit is not compatible with this version

I am not sure if this has been posted before but i can't find it i just got a "new" phone today, which is the HTC Desire A8181. It won't let me download spotify music from the app store. Help?

  • Regular
  • I am not sure if this has been posted before but i can't find it 🙂 i just got a "new" phone today, which is the HTC Desire A8181. It won't let me download spotify music from the app store. Help?
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album suggested song

When ever I play an album it will play one song from the album and the rest will be from other albums.

  • Newbie
  • When ever I play an album it will play one song from the album and the rest will be from other albums.
  • Daniel
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Pinning the music playback widget

Hi, I often pause what I'm listening to using the controls on the lock screen, however these controls often disappear as soon as I pause the music, meaning I have to unlock my phone to start the music again from the app. Is there any way to keep thes...

  • Regular
  • Hi,   I often pause what I'm listening to using the controls on the lock screen, however these controls often disappear as soon as I pause the music, meaning I have to unlock my phone to sta...
  • Daniel
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disable album art

Hello Everyone, I am using Spotify with the german Telekom-Provider, where listening to Spotify Music is not counted on my Data-Volume. The Problem i am facing is that the Telekom does not include the Data-traffic for downloading album art and theref...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello Everyone, I am using Spotify with the german Telekom-Provider, where listening to Spotify Music is not counted on my Data-Volume. The Problem i am facing is that the Telekom does not includ...
  • Daniel
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Music stops after few second in Off line mode when Data mode is enabled

Hello every morning when i listen to Spotify in offline, i have to disable the data network mode on my phone. If it is enabled and when i try to play one track, the music stops after few seconds. Could you please help me? Thank you. Phone : samsung g...

  • Newbie
  • Hello  every morning when i listen to Spotify in offline, i have to disable the data network mode on my phone.  If it is enabled and when i try to play one track,  the music stops ...
  • meahtenoha
  • Spotify
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Strange sounds when android plays music.

Description When I am streaming music on my android phone I get strange noises in the music. The sounds are almost like static but they are more electronic and closer to what dial-up used to sound like. This happens with and without headphones, and o...

  • Casual Listener
  • Description When I am streaming music on my android phone I get strange noises in the music. The sounds are almost like static but they are more electronic and closer to what dial-up used to sound ...
  • Daniel
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Save music to SD card

Hey,I'm having the problem that I am not able to store the music to my external SD Card. I heard that Spotify chooses the option with the biggest free capacity but that doesn't work for me.I also deleted all the data but that didn't change anything.U...

  • Newbie
  • Hey, I'm having the problem that I am not able to store the music to my external SD Card. I heard that Spotify chooses the option with the biggest free capacity but that doesn't work for me. I ...
  • vittau
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Help!! Sync phone to computer

My phone will not show up under my offline devices. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling on both computer and phone and that doesnt work. Im signed in though the same account (facebook) on each, and i've tried everything to fix it but nothing is ...

  • Casual Listener
  • My phone will not show up under my offline devices.  I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling on both computer and phone and that doesnt work.  Im signed in though the same account (faceboo...
  • MattSuda
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Spotify stops after 1 song!

As soon as I put my playlists on shuffle Spotify stops playing after 1 song, any ideas why? Already re-installed the app.

  • Regular
  • As soon as I put my playlists on shuffle Spotify stops playing after 1 song, any ideas why? Already re-installed the app.
  • Daniel
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Undownload doesn't clear data

Sorry for repeating myself but this issue is dragging from at least 2012 (found several postings with no answer) - after undownloading an album and removing it, the data remains on the external storage card! After a couple of weeks of donwloading and...

  • Newbie
  • Sorry for repeating myself but this issue is dragging from at least 2012 (found several postings with no answer) - after undownloading an album and removing it, the data remains on the external stora...
  • David108
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HTC One - Lockscreen Controls Inconsistent/Disappear

I'm running Spotify on a stock HTC One (4.1.2) which has HTC's implementation of Android lockscreen music controls. Any player that supports ICS/JB lockscreen controls shows them on the HTC One's lockscreen. Spotify, however, shows them very inconsis...

  • Roadie
  • I'm running Spotify on a stock HTC One (4.1.2) which has HTC's implementation of Android lockscreen music controls. Any player that supports ICS/JB lockscreen controls shows them on the HTC One's loc...
  • Daniel
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Local songs can't go next

So Spotify has been great for a while, but then I noticed that once it finished a song that I personally moved onto the playlist, it would just be stuck at the end of the song and won't know how to go to the next song

  • Newbie
  • So Spotify has been great for a while, but then I noticed that once it finished a song that I personally moved onto the playlist, it would just be stuck at the end of the song and won't know how to g...
  • Daniel
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Solved!! Spotify on Android in South Korea?

Hello all, Does anyone know an easy way to get spotify on a South Korean phone? I had Spotify on my old phone before moving to South Korea... and as a reuslt once i moved out here it still continued to work problem free. HOWEVER, i then got a new pho...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello all,   Does anyone know an easy way to get spotify on a South Korean phone? I had Spotify on my old phone before moving to South Korea... and as a reuslt once i moved out here it still...
  • Daniel
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