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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 Spotify not accepting voice commands from assistant

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueHello, I have noticed an issue with Spotify not accepting voice commands anymore. I first noticed this as I was driving yesterday (5/30/22) and attempted to is...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy 9+ Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I have noticed an issue with Spotify not accepting voice commands anymo...

alsmith1664

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle is not playing all songs from my playlist and saved songs

PlanPremium (means I'm paying, so I'm expecting a proper solution)CountryHungaryDeviceXiaomi 9T ProOperating SystemAndroid latest My Question or IssueI have 950 saved songs, which is about 55 hours. I start them on my phone in the app, turn on shuffl...

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Plan Premium (means I'm paying, so I'm expecting a proper solution) Country Hungary Device Xiaomi 9T Pro Operating System Android latest   My Question or Issue I have 950 saved songs, ...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Lyrics not showing for some songs

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceSamsung galaxy s9Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueHi, even though some songs present the label 'lyrics' they don't appear in the now playing screen, instead there's an error message ("can't load the lyrics f...

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  Plan Premium Country Italy Device Samsung galaxy s9 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Hi, even though some songs present the label 'lyrics' they don't appear i...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution App is crashing when I play music on iqpp z5

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  

Jeremy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot use SDCARD on Android 11

PlanPremiumCountryCzechOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI cannot use SDCARD. App doesn't ask me for permissions when I try to transfer data to SDCARD via Storage option in App settings. If i manually grant the permissions to 'Allow acce...

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Plan Premium Country Czech Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I cannot use SDCARD.   App doesn't ask me for permissions when I try to transfer data to SDCARD via S...

OscarDC

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Android Auto menu misaligned

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceGoogle Pixel 6Operating SystemAndroid Auto in Mazda CX8 My Question or IssueNot a big issue, but just letting Spotify know, the menu is misaligned in your Android Auto app and it has been for the last year at least. S...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Google Pixel 6 Operating System Android Auto in Mazda CX8   My Question or Issue Not a big issue, but just letting Spotify know, the menu is misal...

OscarDC

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Superuser Contribution Lyric thing makes Spotify hard to use

PlanI am a paying customer.CountrySwedenDeviceSamsung Note 8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueThe new lyrics placed placed at the bottom of the "play" canvas or whatever it's called makes it hard to switch song. It now requires a very exa...

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Plan I am a paying customer. Country Sweden Device Samsung Note 8 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue The new lyrics placed placed at the bottom of the "play" canvas or w...

bosi

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Superuser Contribution Spotify auto starts when phone is "un-muted"

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceTCL 20 Pro 5G (yes I regret it)Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI always keep the Media volume muted on my phone. 90% of the time, if I un-mute the phone, Spotify will automatically starup. How do I prevent...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device TCL 20 Pro 5G (yes I regret it) Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I always keep the Media volume muted on my phone.  90% of the...

Dian

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Superuser Contribution Unable to play certain podcast (fest und flauschig)

Plan: PremiumCountry: GermanyDevice: Fairphone 4Operating System: Android 11 (by iodéOS) Hi folks,I've been searching for some time now in the forum, but could not find anything that is exactly like my problem. Everything works fine in the spotify ap...

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  Plan: Premium Country: Germany Device: Fairphone 4 Operating System: Android 11 (by iodéOS)   Hi folks, I've been searching for some time now in the forum, but ...

Nics0n

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Superuser Contribution Getting back to my subscription after reinstalling Spotify on mobile

PlanStudent Device (Hisense E40)Operating System(Android) My Question or IssueReinstalled Spotify only to lose all my music, even my account is now on Free, though I'm registered for a student. How do I go back to my Student subscription?

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  Plan Student   Device  (Hisense E40) Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue Reinstalled Spotify only to lose all my music, even my account is now on Free, t...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Spotify and Google Clock Alarm Issues

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceGoogle Pixel 6 ProOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueSo I just purchased a new Google Pixel 6 Pro and I thought the connectivity issue between the default alarm clock and Spotify should have been fixed by now...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Google Pixel 6 Pro Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue So I just purchased a new Google Pixel 6 Pro and I thought the connectivity iss...

Vasil

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Superuser Contribution Playlist Shuffle Button changed / not working

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21 FEOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueThe shuffle button in playlists has changed. Now theres the button to turn of shuffle next to the original shuffle button. The original one can now als...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S21 FE Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue The shuffle button in playlists has changed. Now theres the button to turn ...

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Superuser Contribution Lost of referral link for two months

Recently just got a notification for a 2 month referral link and then lost it. Checked my email and everything and it isnt present.

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Recently just got a notification for a 2 month referral link and then lost it. Checked my email and everything and it isnt present.

sugarplum_yum

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Music Shuts Off Randomly When Driving

PlanPremium family planCountryCanadaDeviceGoogle Pixel 4XLOperating SystemAndroid 12Car - 2013 Ford Explorer XLTMy Question or IssueOnly happens when I'm driving..When I'm listening to music on my Spotify app via Bluetooth in my car my song with paus...

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  Plan Premium family plan Country Canada Device Google Pixel 4XL Operating System Android 12 Car - 2013 Ford Explorer XLT My Question or Issue Only happens when I'm driving.. When I...

Mellisa8747

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Can't play any song by certain artist

PlanFree/Premium - eitherCountryUKDeviceGalaxy S20 and WindowsOperating SystemAndroid, Windows 10/11 My Question or IssueThis issue has been going on for a very long time - a few years now. I've only now decided to bring it up as a problem because I ...

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Plan Free/Premium - either Country UK Device Galaxy S20 and Windows Operating System Android, Windows 10/11   My Question or Issue This issue has been going on for a very long time - a...

jesuschris111

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Superuser Contribution I am unable to play some songs

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,e...

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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macb...

Jeremy

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Issues with UI on home page (Missing "Good Morning/afternoon/evening" section"

Hey, so my issue is basically that my spotify home page is no longer showing the new UI, just recently played instead. I really liked the new UI and can't get it back after many updates from the play store. I've done a clean install, cleared cache an...

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Hey, so my issue is basically that my spotify home page is no longer showing the new UI, just recently played instead. I really liked the new UI and can't get it back after many updates from the play...

Amay

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Superuser Contribution Cant get someone to give me my playlist. I had a wonderful person help me on sunday but anymore. Its

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueNo one will chat so i can tell them it the info that. Will help find my songs

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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 No one ...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Google assistance is playing the wrong John Mayer songs... sort of

PlanPremiumCountrySweden My Question or IssueI've said it before and I say it again. This forum really needs more categories. Placing it in the developer forum as it seems like something a developer would want to take a look at. It really isn't a pro...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden   My Question or Issue I've said it before and I say it again. This forum really needs more categories. Placing it in the developer forum as it seems like somet...

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Superuser Contribution Hide Songs from "Recommendations for this Playlist"

If you go into your Personal Playlist there is a Tab at the bottom called "Recommendations based on your Playlist". After using this Feature a lot all the undesired Songs that I never enjoyed are still in there and keep popping up, while Im trying to...

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If you go into your Personal Playlist there is a Tab at the bottom called "Recommendations based on your Playlist". After using this Feature a lot all the undesired Songs that I never enjoyed are sti...

Jeremy

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