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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 Music stops playing after other sound is played

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceXiaomi Redmi 9 Note ProOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueMusic stops playing after another sound is played on my phone. After the song just played ends, the music stops and cannot be turned on again. In the...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Xiaomi Redmi 9 Note Pro Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Music stops playing after another sound is played on my phone. After the ...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution Songs are no longer downloading

PlanPremium DuoCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S20+ 5GOperating SystemAndroid 13Spotify Version8.7.90.544 My Question or IssueSongs stop downloading after a certain amount of downloads. Next to the "heart" icon, the download shows a perpetually swi...

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Plan Premium Duo Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G Operating System Android 13 Spotify Version 8.7.90.544   My Question or Issue Songs stop downloading after a certain amo...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify stops playing music as soon as I hear turn off the screen

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S20 FEOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or Issue as soon as I lock my screen Spotify stops playing music. It doesn't happen immediately though. First it starts stuttering for like 5 seconds and then ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue   as soon as I lock my screen Spotify stops playing music. It doesn't...

Lyubka

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Superuser Contribution Certain podcasts keep stopping and starting and are unplayable

PlanPremiumCountry Thailand DeviceXiaomi A1 Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueSpotify works fine when it comes to playing music, but when I listen to the podcast by Hospital Records, I press play and then it stops, starts, stops, starts a...

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Plan Premium Country  Thailand   Device Xiaomi A1  Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue Spotify works fine when it comes to playing music, but when I liste...

NickiD

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Solved!! Local files not working after reinstall.

Android Reinstalled spotify to try and fix another issue and no local mp3 files are no longer detected or playing. Local files folder is empty but the files are definitly there on my file explorer and marked as audio. Also didnt detect the system aui...

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Android   Reinstalled spotify to try and fix another issue and no local mp3 files are no longer detected or playing.  Local files folder is empty but the files are definitly there on my f...

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Superuser Contribution [Android] Status bar weird color after latest update & UI issues

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremium DuoCountryIsraelDeviceGoogle Pixel 7Operating SystemAndroid 13 (with latest December update) My Question or IssueAfter t...

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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 Premium Duo Country Israel Device Google Pixel 7 Ope...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Text in lockscreen widget is black

Plan : DuoFree/Premium : PremiumCountry : Canada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Operating SystemOne UI 5.0Android 13 After the newest update of One UI the text in the lockscreen widget is black, making it almost illegible if your screen isn't a contr...

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Plan : Duo Free/Premium : Premium Country : Canada   Device Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra   Operating System One UI 5.0 Android 13   After the newest update of One UI the te...

MihailY

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Solved!! How to stop Spotify from opening upon smartphone reboot?

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10eOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueDear all! I am new to this forum and I have a question.Whenever I reboot my smartphone Spotify starts with the last song/playlist/... active (see attache...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S10e Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue Dear all!   I am new to this forum and I have a question. ...

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Superuser Contribution Bug: Podcasts vanish when sorting by "recently updated"

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceGoogle Pixel 5Operating SystemAndroid 13Spotify Version8.7.88.496 My Question or IssueI updated my app yesterday for the first time in a while, and now it is misbehaving. When I go to Library/Podcasts & Shows, I see all the ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Google Pixel 5 Operating System Android 13 Spotify Version 8.7.88.496   My Question or Issue I updated my app yesterday for the first time in a while, ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local songs are not recognized

Plan PremiumCountry GermanyDevice Samsung Galaxy S20+Operating System Android version 13Spotify Version 8.7.88.496 On my desktop Spotify recognizes and plays the local songs. On my smartphone however the app doesn't find the songs anymore. "Show audi...

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  Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S20+ Operating System Android version 13 Spotify Version 8.7.88.496   On my desktop Spotify recognizes and plays the local s...

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Superuser Contribution App search not working on my android devices

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note9, Samsung Galaxy A30, Desktop(Windows), WebplayerOperating SystemAndroid 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueThe issue is search and only the search is not working properly only on my Android devices ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy Note9, Samsung Galaxy A30, Desktop(Windows), Webplayer Operating System Android 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue The issue is se...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution New phone/lost premium

Hi. Got a new phone (same number) spotify premium service didn't migrate to new phone.Paying for the service for 3 months without enjoying the benifits of premium. No fun..Tried to contact spotify. Seems impossible to this technically disadvantaged d...

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Hi. Got a new phone (same number) spotify premium service didn't migrate to new phone. Paying for the service for 3 months without enjoying the benifits of premium. No fun.. Tried to contact spotif...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution CONSTANT pitch change during bluetooth playback. Grrrrr

The last 2 weeks the spotify app on my Samsung A52s is constantly pitching up and down when playing over bluetooth. It's absolutely unusable. It doesn't happen with any other app that plays audio so it's really spotify-specific. It's really horrible....

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The last 2 weeks the spotify app on my Samsung A52s is constantly pitching up and down when playing over bluetooth. It's absolutely unusable.   It doesn't happen with any other app that plays ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Sort albums from newest

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceSamsung S20Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueIn the past, in Library -> Albums section, when sorting "from newest" the albums on top would be the last added (liked) in the past. Now it seems that albums I li...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Samsung S20 Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue In the past, in Library -> Albums section, when sorting "from newest" the albums on...

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Superuser Contribution Local files

PlanFreeCountryItalyDeviceSamsung a53 5GMy Question or IssueHi guys, i had my playlists with music downloaded on my phone, today i updated the app and spotify says that it can't reproduce this content now

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Plan Free Country Italy Device Samsung a53 5G My Question or Issue Hi guys, i had my playlists with music downloaded on my phone, today i updated the app and spotify says that it can't reprodu...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Podcast Filter Not Working

PlanFreeCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy S20 FE My Question or IssueThe podcast filter button us not working and i cannot sort it to unplayed. I have tried to restart the app, uninstall the app, restart my phone, logging out of the app and logging in (mu...

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Plan Free Country   Device Samsung Galaxy S20 FE   My Question or Issue The podcast filter button us not working and i cannot sort it to unplayed. I have tried to restart the app, u...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Audio quality selection locked

PlanPremium DuoCountryMéxicoDeviceHuawei Nova 9Operating SystemEMUI 12.0.1 My Question or IssueDoes not allow selection of audio quality. Many other options are still disabled in the menu

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Plan Premium Duo Country México Device Huawei Nova 9 Operating System EMUI 12.0.1   My Question or Issue Does not allow selection of audio quality. Many other options are still disable...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Autoplay turning itself off

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMotorola One 5G AceOperating SystemAndroid 11 (Kernel 4.19.157-perf+) My Question or IssueAutoplay will turn itself off at a random interval (usually greater than 48 hours) and once this happens, even if I turn it back on i...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Motorola One 5G Ace Operating System Android 11 (Kernel 4.19.157-perf+)   My Question or Issue Autoplay will turn itself off at a random interval (usual...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify it's not working in background

PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceSamsung Galaxy A8Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueWhen I start playing music and then I leave app, the music plays for only few minutes. Somehow it stops playing even when it's in the middle of the song. More...

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Plan Free Country Poland Device Samsung Galaxy A8 Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue When I start playing music and then I leave app, the music plays for only few minu...

Dian

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