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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...

Spotify

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Superuser Contribution Low Resolution Album Art

PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceXperia 1 iii Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueOn the album view the art is really low resolution. It looks awful on any album. The now playing screen on the other hand looks fine, anyone know how to fix this?

Gig Goer

Plan Premium   Country UK   Device Xperia 1 iii   Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue On the album view the art is really low resolution. It looks aw...

taylors_f

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I am unable to play any new song on my Spotify app

I have a troubleshooting problem, for about the last two months my Spotify app has been faulty on my mobile phone, I can add song to my liked songs, I can see songs radios, artists radios, I can search a song, but when I click on it to play it, it wo...

Newbie

  I have a troubleshooting problem, for about the last two months my Spotify app has been faulty on my mobile phone, I can add song to my liked songs, I can see songs radios, artists radios, I ...

Taylith

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Superuser Contribution Player had disappeared

Hi, The progress bar/player thing no longer appears in my app I can still play aos, but I've got no wat of seeing what's actually playing, fast forwarding/rewinding and the only way I cam stop it playing is to close the app.It's been going on a while...

Newbie

Hi,   The progress bar/player thing no longer appears in my app I can still play aos,  but I've got no wat of seeing what's actually playing, fast forwarding/rewinding and the only way I ...

Skynebula

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Superuser Contribution Unable to stream ANY podcasts on speakers

PlanDuoCountryUKDevice(Xiaomi Redmi 10 pro, Google Home speaker, Echo dot and Lenovo desktop speaker)Operating System(Muiu13.) My Question or IssueUp until recently, I have managed to listen to podcasts on my Google home, Echo dot and Lenovo desktop ...

Music Fan

  Plan Duo Country UK Device (Xiaomi Redmi 10 pro, Google Home speaker, Echo dot and Lenovo desktop speaker) Operating System (Muiu13.)   My Question or Issue Up until recently, ...

Chris587

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Superuser Contribution [Android][Connect] How can I Remove devices?

I am unable to remove devices connected to my spotify account. Other devices that i didn't connect are listening from my spotify account. How can i remove all of them? I have already tried remove access option from APPS but it didn't work.

Visitor

I am unable to remove devices connected to my spotify account. Other devices that i didn't connect are listening from my spotify account. How can i remove all of them? I have already tried remove acc...

Eni

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Android app no song displays as playing, but it is playing.

Hello! This has been an issue for over a year - Music plays from the app, but no song is displayed as playing. This causes multiple issues, because I can not skip nor pause a song. In addition, the music won't stop if I disconnect from bluetooth. I a...

Newbie

Hello! This has been an issue for over a year - Music plays from the app, but no song is displayed as playing. This causes multiple issues, because I can not skip nor pause a song. In addition, the m...

MattSuda

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Spotify automatically removing most of the queue

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S22 UltraOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueThis only happens in the mobile app. I have a bluetooth device in my vehicle. What happens is that the phone will automatically connect to the...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue This only happens in the mobile app. I have a bluetooth device in ...

Taylith

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Superuser Contribution Download using cellular

In android app i have disabled download using cellular, but when I have wifi turned off as soon as I change spotify from offline to online it starts downloading. Is there something I can do about this? I have seen similar question from 2019 with no a...

Casual Listener

In android app i have disabled download using cellular, but when I have wifi turned off as soon as I change spotify from offline to online it starts downloading.  Is there something I can do ab...

goofix

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Cant play music from my playlist

I cant play music from my playlist it just give me a5 sec then stop help me please

Newbie

I cant play music from my playlist it just give me a5 sec then stop help me please 💔💔💔

Taylith

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Superuser Contribution Lyrics not showing

PlanPremiumCountryBoliviaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S20Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI have problems with the lyrics, they are not showing on my phone, I used to have a Samsung Galaxy S8 and even on that phone I couldn't see the lyrics, I ...

Newbie

  Plan Premium Country Bolivia Device Samsung Galaxy S20 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I have problems with the lyrics, they are not showing on my phone, I u...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Bring back scroll bar and/or add jump to [letter]

In your liked songs or playlists, there used to be a scroll option to the right of the screen to go through your songs but now there's only the search bar at the top. Please re-add this feature. It would also be good to have a jump to [letter] option...

Visitor

In your liked songs or playlists, there used to be a scroll option to the right of the screen to go through your songs but now there's only the search bar at the top. Please re-add this feature.&nbsp...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Volume drops 10% - 20% every few seconds when casting to google home speaker

PlanPremium CountryGermany DeviceGoogle Home (Mini) Speaker My Question or IssueHi, when I am casting to my google home speakers the volume drops every few seconds. The Volume decreases like 10% - 20% for around one second and is then back to normal....

Newbie

Plan Premium   Country Germany   Device Google Home (Mini) Speaker   My Question or Issue Hi, when I am casting to my google home speakers the volume drops every few seconds....

OscarDC

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Superuser Contribution None of the buttons and icons showing in the app.

So I recently updated my MIUI software on my Redmi Note 10 Pro. Now when I open Spotify, none of the buttons (play, shuffle, queue, etc...) And small icons such as the green downloaded indicator are showing. I've searched on the internet for people w...

Newbie

So I recently updated my MIUI software on my Redmi Note 10 Pro. Now when I open Spotify, none of the buttons (play, shuffle, queue, etc...) And small icons such as the green downloaded indicator are ...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Bluetooth It doesn't work controls and Metadata JVC Car Stereo

PlanFreeCountrySpainDeviceOnePusOperating SystemAndroid 11 updated 01-01-2022My Question or IssueSpotify Bluetooth It doesn't work controls and Metadata JVC Car Stereo.I have updated the latest radio-cd firmware and doesn't work.I can't access librar...

Casual Listener

Plan Free Country Spain Device OnePus Operating System Android 11 updated 01-01-2022 My Question or Issue Spotify Bluetooth It doesn't work controls and Metadata JVC Car Stereo. I have up...

franpinera

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Superuser Contribution Sorting by genre from phone and playing song to desktop breaks the app.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePhone: Google Pixel 6 ProComputer: Windows 10, AMD processor/GPU (if for any reason it would matter)Operating SystemAndroid 12 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue When sorting by genre on my phone and using my des...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country United States Device Phone: Google Pixel 6 Pro Computer: Windows 10, AMD processor/GPU (if for any reason it would matter) Operating System Android 12 and Windows 10 &nb...

Jeremy

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App components are too large for low resolution screens

My Question or IssueWhen using Spotify (latest version as of now) with low resolution screens, the app components are just too large. They are barely usable at all, and in some scenarios completely unusable - see demo below. In these cases, I usually...

Newbie

My Question or Issue When using Spotify (latest version as of now) with low resolution screens, the app components are just too large. They are barely usable at all, and in some scenarios completely...

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Superuser Contribution Issue with Podcast "new episode" Notifications

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S20Operating SystemAndroid 12/Samsung One UI 4 My Question or IssueI've setup about 20 podcasts to notify me when new episodes arrive and it only works occasionally. For example, last night I got about 10 new...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S20 Operating System Android 12/Samsung One UI 4   My Question or Issue I've setup about 20 podcasts to notify me when new episodes arriv...

AndyVillaR

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Superuser Contribution New Android Feature: Swipe to queue songs

Android users voiced their feedback and Spotify has listened. This feature was previously only available in the iOS app. You can now swipe to queue songs in the Android app! This new feature is currently rolling out to Premium users so you should see...

Spotify Star

Android users voiced their feedback and Spotify has listened. This feature was previously only available in the iOS app.   You can now swipe to queue songs in the Android app!  &...

Tasen

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't retain downloads and downloads every day

PlanPremium Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have set my liked songs to download. Now whenever I open spotify on my phone, the download starts. It completes, but next day when I open the app again it starts downloading again and all the ...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium   Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have set my liked songs to download. Now whenever I open spotify on my phone, the download starts. It completes, but ...

aneeshsharma

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Superuser Contribution [Bug][Watch] Playlists in folders do not appear on watch app

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy Watch4 (Classic)Operating SystemWearOS 3 My Question or IssueNone of my playlists that are located within folders are showing up at all on my watch under My Library. I only see the few playlists that are l...

Music Fan

  Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy Watch4 (Classic) Operating System WearOS 3   My Question or Issue None of my playlists that are located within folders are sho...

waxlyrical

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