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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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Nexus 4 Bugs V 0.5.13.63

-Spotify randomly logs me out. -When logging in or out my playlists are all deleted -When playlists are supposedly downloaded "The download bar reaches 100% and dissapperars" only a couple songs are. -The login button changes from "login" to "logging...

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-Spotify randomly logs me out. -When logging in or out my playlists are all deleted -When playlists are supposedly downloaded "The download bar reaches 100% and dissapperars" only a couple songs ...

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Best Android Music Player to play Flac?

I have been trying out various players to play flac files on my note II in my car. I am using Power Amp and Winamp. I am not crazy about either one of them. Soundwise Power Amp seem to be bolder but Winamp displays files better. Would be curious what...

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I have been trying out various players to play flac files on my note II in my car.  I am using Power Amp and  Winamp. I am not crazy about either one of them.  Soundwise Power Amp seem...

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New Playlist Filter/Sort Is Nice - But We Need SHUFFLE PLAYLIST Function

Thanks for the update and continued attention to your Android app. I like being able to sort playlists (now you should just add that function to the desktop app). I still miss a "Shuffle Playlist" function, however (and I know it's been requested els...

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Thanks for the update and continued attention to your Android app. I like being able to sort playlists (now you should just add that function to the desktop app).   I still miss a "Shuffle Pla...

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Solved!! Preferred way to access Spotify on Android- Stream or Download? Mp3 or higher?

I just bought a 2013 Civic that allows me to use my Note II as a player via bluetooth. I download a few playlists to access off line. My question is where are the playlists stored (Note II or Spotify) and do I use data if I am in the offline mode? I ...

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I just bought a 2013 Civic that allows me to use my Note II as a player via bluetooth. I download a few playlists to access off line. My question is where are the playlists stored (Note II or Spotify...

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Release Notes - Spotify for Android 0.6.0.17

What's new in this version: New: Now you can filter and sort your playlists and tracks. Fixed: When returning to your playlist view, you’ll always go back to the same position. Fixed: No more crashing when faced with special character$ in usernames. ...

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What's new in this version:   New: Now you can filter and sort your playlists and tracks. Fixed: When returning to your playlist view, you’ll always go back to the same position.  F...

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Solved!! Music 'Popping/Crackle' Issue

I have Spotify installed on my LG Nexus 4. On my downloaded playlists - some of the songs 'pop' or 'crackle' while being played. I have noticed this more and more with my downloaded Spotify songs. Is no one else experiencing this? How do I stop it? I...

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I have Spotify installed on my LG Nexus 4. On my downloaded playlists - some of the songs 'pop' or 'crackle' while being played. I have noticed this more and more with my downloaded Spotify songs. Is...

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Browse all 900+ genres via web page of search terms

- edited to include the correct url. /sigh- now working with genres that have a / I've been enjoying another service instead of Spotify in anticipation of leaving due to the recent changes here, but the genre lists in the competitor's service is limi...

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- edited to include the correct url.  /sigh - now working with genres that have a /     I've been enjoying another service instead of Spotify in anticipation of leaving due to the ...

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Local Files skipping

Very disgusted with the Android version of Spotify. I am paying customer and so far have not been pleases. My local files keep skipping, they don't play correctly. I have never had this problem with the iOS Version and that was iOS 4. Really don't kn...

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Very disgusted with the Android version of Spotify. I am paying customer and so far have not been pleases. My local files keep skipping, they don't play correctly. I have never had this problem with ...

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Solved!! Playlist appearing differently on Android vs OSX vs Tablet

Hi there, I don't know if this problem is associated with all of my playlists as I'm too worried to do anything to them. However, my main playlist has not been updating correctly. So this morning I created a brand new playlist called NEW and moved al...

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Hi there, I don't know if this problem is associated with all of my playlists as I'm too worried to do anything to them.   However, my main playlist has not been updating correctly. So this mo...

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Some Local Files glitches

Some of the mixtapes I have in my playlist seem to not be working, One time it will, but sometimes it wont. The track will play slow and fast and the beat and things will be off. I tried taking them off and then putting them back in. At first it work...

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Some of the mixtapes I have in my playlist seem to not be working, One time it will, but sometimes it wont. The track will play slow and fast and the beat and things will be off. I tried taking them ...

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playlist gone?

Hi my playlist whas suddenly gone or deleted ? How can i fix this?

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Hi my playlist whas suddenly gone or deleted ? How can i fix this?

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Solved!! Spotify app says "0 tracks" in my large playlist when it has 1546 on desktop, help please...

Hello. Spotify on my HTC One X shows the songs that are in my small playlist (131) ,but it says "0 tracks" to my large playlist (1546 tracks). This is a recent problem as I've had 2500 songs downloaded to my phone some weeks ago. Then this problem oc...

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Hello.   Spotify on my HTC One X shows the songs that are in my small playlist (131) ,but it says&nb...

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Streaming on Android phone

Just started using a few weeks ago. Create the playlist on my computer, installed app on mobile phone and started using. But I noticed the songs were downloaded to my phone instead of streaming. I want to stream instead. How is this suppose to work?

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Just started using a few weeks ago.  Create the playlist on my computer, installed app on mobile phone and started using.  But I noticed the songs were downloaded to my phone instead of str...

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Solved!! Temporary Error when Merging Accounts

Hi. I can no longer log onto spotify using my android phone. It tells me there's a temporary error when merging accounts. After i've logged in using Facebook and then there's an annoying second log in screen where this error message pops up. Reinstal...

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Hi. I can no longer log onto spotify using my android phone. It tells me there's a temporary error when merging accounts. After i've logged in using Facebook and then there's an annoying second log i...

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Add playback controls in the Android notification area

Could you find folks add some playback controls in the android notification area? "Play/Pause"and "Next Song"should do fine. Most music apps do something like this, it's conspicuously absent in Spotify.

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Could you find folks add some playback controls in the android notification area? "Play/Pause"and "Next Song"should do fine. Most music apps do something like ...

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Solved!! No sound in my galaxy Note 10.1 with spotify

Hi, I use the last version of spotify from google play and since I have not sound in spotify. I try to uninstall and reinstall spotify but no change. I use Android 4.1.1 on my Samsung galaxy note 10.1. Thx for your help

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Hi,   I use the last version of spotify from google play and since I have not sound in spotify. I try to uninstall and reinstall spotify but no change. I use Android 4.1.1 on my Samsung gala...

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Starred playlist stuck on "Loading..." (Works on desktop)

DescriptionWhen I load spotify on my android samsung galaxy s3 my starred playlist gets stuck on "Loading..." Has never worked despite hours of use. What are the steps you took to get to the error/issue?1. Login2. Notice all playlists say "Loading......

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Description When I load spotify on my android samsung galaxy s3 my starred playlist gets stuck on "Loading..." Has never worked despite hours of use. What are the steps you took to get to the erro...

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Solved!! Syncing/Downloading One Song at a Time? (Premium)

I purchased Spotify Premium just yesterday, so the whole concept of things is new to me, so I apologise if I sound too much like a newbie with this problem. Basically, I have synced all of my songs to my Android device on the Spotify App, with over 4...

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I purchased Spotify Premium just yesterday, so the whole concept of things is new to me, so I apologise if I sound too much like a newbie with this problem. Basically, I have synced all of my songs t...

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Play Spotify on Samsung tab?

When I play Spotify on my Samsung Tab I want the picture to rotate. How do I do this?

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When I play Spotify on my Samsung Tab I want the picture to rotate. How do I do this?

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Local files won't play, receiving "The track is not available" message on Android phone.

It's worked fine before! I've never had this issue until now. My local files will not play on my mobile phone, no matter what I do and how hard I try. Local files that I had downloaded before worked fine, and then I went and cleared the cache on my p...

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It's worked fine before! I've never had this issue until now. My local files will not play on my mobile phone, no matter what I do and how hard I try. Local files that I had downloaded before worked ...

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