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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 Links sent from a friend won't open in the app

A friend will send me spotify links for songs. When I click the link it will open the app but not the song. I have to open the web browser to see what he sent. I'm not logged in on the browser so when I click open app, it will open the app but not th...

  • Visitor
  • A friend will send me spotify links for songs. When I click the link it will open the app but not the song. I have to open the web browser to see what he sent. I'm not logged in on the browser so whe...
  • divide_by_zero
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Superuser Contribution Devices dedicated to listening to Spotify only

I would like my daughter (7) to have a device with Spotify on it so that she can listen to music in her room at night but not browse the Internet or play games, therefore her tablet is out. I have pondered the idea of putting Spotify on an old phone ...

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  • I would like my daughter (7) to have a device with Spotify on it so that she can listen to music in her room at night but not browse the Internet or play games, therefore her tablet is out. I have po...
  • ZiggyVP
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps pausing

PlanPremium familyCountryAustraliaDeviceHuawei P10 Plus / iPhone 8 / DellOperating SystemAndroid 9 / iOS 12.1.4 / Windows 10 Pro - 64 bit My Question or IssueSpotify keeps pausing randomly in the middle of songs, sometimes multiple times during the s...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium family Country Australia Device Huawei P10 Plus / iPhone 8 / Dell Operating System Android 9 / iOS 12.1.4 / Windows 10 Pro - 64 bit   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps pa...
  • kirk781
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Superuser Contribution Why does my Spotify playlist look different?

PlanFreeCountryPhilippines DeviceRealme 6iOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhen I opened my playlist, it looked different than usual. Instead of a song list, it only displayed song names and the artist/composer. When I try to play a son...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free Country Philippines  Device Realme 6i Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue When I opened my playlist, it looked different than usual. Instead of a song lis...
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Superuser Contribution Google assistant on Sonos fails to play spotify music

Plan: FamilyCountry: SwedenDevice: Sonos Arc Hi. I am using the google assistent on Sonos Arc home theatre system and I can through voice command control everything around music playing (next song, volume control) EXCEPT to START playing music on spo...

  • Newbie
  • Plan: Family Country: Sweden Device: Sonos Arc   Hi.   I am using the google assistent on Sonos Arc home theatre system and I can through voice command control everything around music...
  • Poeria
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Superuser Contribution Repeat button has disappeared

As far as I can tell, since the UI refresh, I can't repeat a single song any more.(Also, changing the like icon from a heart to a screw head is exceptionally poor UX.)

  • Visitor
  • As far as I can tell, since the UI refresh, I can't repeat a single song any more. (Also, changing the like icon from a heart to a screw head is exceptionally poor UX.)
  • stix80
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Superuser Contribution Search voice option replaced with stupid camera option. Camera? wth???

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  
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Superuser Contribution Music pausing frequently on Pixel 6

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePixel 6Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueFor the past week or so music has been randomly pausing on my Pixel 6.- The app is not crashing, or closing, but the music just pauses.- This happens even if the screen i...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Premium Country UK Device Pixel 6 Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue For the past week or so music has been randomly pausing on my Pixel 6. - The app is n...
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Superuser Contribution Voice to Text Samsung not working

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy S23+Operating System My Question or IssueIn Spotify the Voice to text feature for Samsung is greyed out. I have tried to switch it to the google voice to text and it is still greyed out. I have tru...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy S23+ Operating System     My Question or Issue In Spotify the Voice to text feature for Samsung is greyed out.  I ha...
  • ViThor
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Superuser Contribution Can't Voice type

I have a paid spotify account. I am using Spotify on an Android device. I am not able to do voice typing to search nor have I been able to for quite a while. I have tried the native Samsung keyboard, Google's keyboard, and Microsoft swiftkey. While I...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a paid spotify account. I am using Spotify on an Android device. I am not able to do voice typing to search nor have I been able to for quite a while. I have tried the native Samsung keyboard,...
  • ViThor
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Re: The Spotify free version in my tablet is the same of the mobile version

Spotify free on my tablet is different than my phone on tablet, i can choose any song and put it on loop. But in Phone i have to PAY to do the same!

  • Visitor
  • Spotify free on my tablet is different than my phone on tablet, i can choose any song and put it on loop.  But in Phone i have to PAY to do the same!
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Superuser Contribution Remove duplicate songs from Playlist feature

When you make a Playlist, press "add songs", swipe over to liked songs, and begin adding songs, the songs you added will disappear, then reappear with a + beside the song as if it was never added to the Playlist when you're scrolling through you're l...

  • Visitor
  • When you make a Playlist, press "add songs", swipe over to liked songs, and begin adding songs, the songs you added will disappear, then reappear with a + beside the song as if it was never added to ...
  • Yordan
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Superuser Contribution Push notifications have stopped working on my phone for no apparent reason

I have push notifications turned on on my phone for new episodes of podcasts I follow, and up until last week they were working fine, I have just spent a long time for the second time in a week, on a support chat trying to troubleshoot why they have ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have push notifications turned on on my phone for new episodes of podcasts I follow, and up until last week they were working fine, I have just spent a long time for the second time in a week, on a...
  • eliabramzon
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify not playing offline

I just bought the spotify dou plan recently and i cant play any song on my phone when im offline

  • Casual Listener
  • I just bought the spotify dou plan recently and i cant play any song on my phone when im offline
  • JoshuaJoshtheJosh
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Superuser Contribution Alexa's not showing on Spotify app anymore.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGoogle Pixel 5aOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueEverything was peachy just over a week ago and then BAM, I cannot see any of my 7 echos on the Spotify app. I can talk to Alexa and she will play anything as nor...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Google Pixel 5a Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue Everything was peachy just over a week ago and then BAM, I cannot see any of my 7 ech...
  • Sonice
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Superuser Contribution WEIRD ANDROID APP ISSUE (PREMIUM FEATURES).

Plan Free/Premium Country SPAIN Device Galaxy S20 Ultra / Galaxy Tab S7+ Operating System (Android 13, both devices) My Question or Issue: Spotify app downloaded from Play Store in both devices. I DIDN'T UPDATE TO PREMIUM. The weird issue is, when I ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free/Premium   Country SPAIN   Device Galaxy S20 Ultra / Galaxy Tab S7+   Operating System (Android 13, both devices)       My Question ...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot use SD card - read the sticky and tried lots

Hi,So - my Xperia filled up it's internal memory (10GB free when the spotify cache is removed), so I want to use the SD card (59GB free). I've read the sticky and tried: Uninstalling the appRemoving the com.spotifyetc folders from the SD card and the...

  • Visitor
  • Hi, So - my Xperia filled up it's internal memory (10GB free when the spotify cache is removed), so I want to use the SD card (59GB free). I've read the sticky and tried:   Uninstalling the ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify wrong calcul of left minutes in podcast episode

PlanFree/PremiumCountryPortugal Device Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhile in "Your episodes" when we see the list of episodes and we have some episode on going let say the episode has 30 minutes, and we are in the minute 3.It is writte...

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  •   Plan Free/Premium Country Portugal   Device   Operating System Android   My Question or Issue While in "Your episodes" when we see the list of episodes and we have s...
  • Eni
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution The music quality on my spotify app is worse than that on spotify lite app.

I've been using spotify premium for 3 months now but i recently noticed that my youtube music had considerably better sound quality even when the streaming quality was set to the highest possible on both apps. So to check what was going on I download...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been using spotify premium for 3 months now but i recently noticed that my youtube music had considerably better sound quality even when the streaming quality was set to the highest possible on ...
  • jdrch
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Superuser Contribution Unable to change "remove played episode" settings in podcasts

Unable to save any of the settings as the arrow to go back is at the very top left of my phones screen and I can't press it. It's set to never delete and I can't change it PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePoxel 9 pro xlOperating System(iOS 10, Android O...

  • Casual Listener
  • Unable to save any of the settings as the arrow to go back is at the very top left of my phones screen and I can't press it. It's set to never delete and I can't change it    Plan Premiu...
  • Teddy12345
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