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Solved!! Clear the queue

Plan : PremiumCountry : FranceDevice : Samsung XCover 5Operating System : Android 13Version : Spotify 8.8.96.364 My Question or IssueHello, For 2 weeks, i often have trouble with the songs queue. Playlist is added twice in the queue, or songs from th...

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djim43

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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...

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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...

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Fsanchez101

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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...

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vinylshrine

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Superuser Contribution Spotify stops playing whenever I enter the Ultra power saver mode

PlanPremiumCountryATDeviceHuawei Honor 10Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueThe "Ultra power saver mode" on my phone is customizable: It lets me use any 6 apps that still work when this mode is enabled. When I start Spotify in the Ultra p...

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Plan Premium Country AT Device Huawei Honor 10 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue The "Ultra power saver mode" on my phone is customizable: It lets me use any 6 apps th...

Alex

Spotify Legend

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Spotify is not streaming or downloading music

My Spotify app in Android is not streaming or downloading music.I have tried the following:1. Perform clean install2. Gave full permission to Spotify3. Update my phone (Galaxy Note to the latest firmware4. Clear cache and storage5. Download Spotify L...

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My Spotify app in Android is not streaming or downloading music. I have tried the following: 1. Perform clean install 2. Gave full permission to Spotify 3. Update my phone (Galaxy Note 😎 to th...

Taylith

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Solved!! Change back to the earlier version

I reallyhate what has been dove to the android app that appeared at end September 2022. There is list of single options most of which I have no interest in. How can I go back to the earlier version and that wad much more useful. I can not even mark i...

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I reallyhate what has been dove to the android app that appeared at end September 2022. There is list of single options most of which I have no interest in. How can I go back to the earlier version a...

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Roadie

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Superuser Contribution cant reorder songs on my own playlist

PlanFreeCountry Devicesamsung galaxy phone Operating Systemandroid My Question or Issueive never used the spofity community before, so i dont know if this is the right spot to post this, but i cant reorder the songs on my playlists anymore. there are...

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Plan Free Country   Device samsung galaxy phone  Operating System android   My Question or Issue ive never used the spofity community before, so i dont know if this is the ri...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution My favorites list and heart button gone

PlanPremiumCountry IsraelDeviceSamsung Galaxy 7. Wife's is Galaxy 9.Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Hello, ive been using the heart button to add songs to my favorites list.Suddenly i cannot find my favorites songs in my playlists, and t...

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Plan Premium Country  Israel Device Samsung Galaxy 7. Wife's is Galaxy 9. Operating System Android   My Question or Issue   Hello, ive been using the heart button to add s...

Dian

Spotify Legend

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Good ol' pausify 2.0

its 2.0 because the first time I wrote this I didn't have a verified email... PlanPremiumCountryArgentina DeviceMotorola G Power 2022, Moto G6+ and my girlfriend's S21Operating SystemAndroid 11, Android 9,(idk what android her S21 is) My Question or ...

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its 2.0 because the first time I wrote this I didn't have a verified email...   Plan Premium Country Argentina  Device Motorola G Power 2022, Moto G6+ and my girlfriend's S21 Operat...

Eni

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Playback problem
Playback problems
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Android phone app

How do I keep Spotify 'on top' of other apps on my phone? I can't find the setting in 'Settings'?

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How do I keep Spotify 'on top' of other apps on my phone? I can't find the setting in 'Settings'?

Taylith

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Superuser Contribution Stuttering Cracking Glitch during in play - Samsung S10+

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung S10+ My Question or IssueWhen I am playing a downloaded song or a streamed track. The song stutters. I have play through the phones speaker, bluetooth to Samsung earpods and also casting to Samsung TV. Across all tes...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung S10+   My Question or Issue When I am playing a downloaded song or a streamed track. The song stutters. I have play through the phones speaker, blu...

RChapman

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Superuser Contribution My spotify doesnt play or do anything

i have been using spotify for a month now and i got the premium plan one day my storage was full so i transfer the data to sd card to save space and it was mid transfer my phone shut down and now i cant play or do anything in the app device: samsung ...

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i have been using spotify for a month now and i got the premium plan one day my storage was full so i transfer the data to sd card to save space and it was mid transfer my phone shut down and now i c...

Dian

Spotify Legend

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Huge Battery Drain

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung S20+Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueSpotify is draining a huge amount of battery, i.e. >30% with around 3 hours listening time. It doesn't change depending on offline/online listening, or wifi/data, al...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung S20+ Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue Spotify is draining a huge amount of battery, i.e. >30% with around 3 hours listening ...

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Superuser Contribution Playlists deleted after A10 software update

PlanPremiumCountryItaly DeviceSamsung A10Operating SystemAndroid A105FNXXS8CVH1 My Question or IssueSince doing an update on my phone on 1 October, I have been unable to use Spotify on my phone depsite uninstalling & re-installing several times . I h...

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Plan Premium Country Italy   Device Samsung A10 Operating System Android A105FNXXS8CVH1    My Question or Issue Since doing an update on my phone on 1 October, I have been u...

Eni

Moderator

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Superuser Contribution Status bar not showing only in one mode

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePixel 6Operating SystemAndroid 13 IssueMy status bar is not showing but only in one mode, when the notification is on the standard notification panel of my system. Here there is couple of screenshots to understand what i...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Pixel 6 Operating System Android 13   Issue My status bar is not showing but only in one mode, when the notification is on the standard notification ...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution No access to music on Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy A10Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have a family premium account. All of the sudden, I am unable to access my playlists nor can I access new music on Spotify. The notice I get is to chec...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy A10 Operating System Android    My Question or Issue I have a family premium account. All of the sudden, I am unable to acce...

Alex

Spotify Legend

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Solved!! Spotify not working on android phone

PlanPremiumCountryBELGIUMDeviceXiaomi Mi A3Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or Issue. From one day to the next i could no longer play any music on my android phone. No downloaded playlists, no favourites, nothing. Public Playlist are all 'empty...

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Plan Premium Country BELGIUM Device Xiaomi Mi A3 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue.  From one day to the next i could no longer play any music on my android phone...

boomer58

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Superuser Contribution Extremely low download speed for offline music

PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDeviceMeizu M6 NoteOperating SystemFlyme 7.1, Android 7.1.2 My Question or IssueTracks I have chosen for offline music, download in extremely low speeds. In other words and for reasons I'm not aware of, Spotify refuses to use ...

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Plan Premium Country Greece Device Meizu M6 Note Operating System Flyme 7.1, Android 7.1.2   My Question or Issue Tracks I have chosen for offline music, download in extremely low spee...

Eyalci

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Superuser Contribution Scroll Bar Gone (again)

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePixel 6 ProOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or Issue This was briefly fixed in a previous update but it suddenly broke again. I don't know if I am in the minority but I have "small" playlists for specific mo...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Pixel 6 Pro Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue   This was briefly fixed in a previous update but it suddenly broke again....

OscarDC

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Superuser Contribution Trying to start a playlist from the beginning on phone

I need some help here. I'm listening to a playlist and accidentally skip a good song in the beginning and I try to get it back but I can't. I don't know what to do and I need help.

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I need some help here. I'm listening to a playlist and accidentally skip a good song in the beginning and I try to get it back but I can't. I don't know what to do and I need help. 

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Bluetooth Autoplay in car

PlanPremiumCountryUkDevice(S21Operating SystemAndroid latest version My Question or Issue Have latest version of spotify on phone and Samsung galaxy 3 smartwatch. When start car, spotify will automatically start playing when connected to Bluetooth (w...

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  Plan Premium Country Uk Device (S21 Operating System Android latest version    My Question or Issue   Have latest version of spotify on phone and Samsung galaxy 3 sm...

simonadamson

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android] Local files randomly turn unplayable eventhough still downloaded

PlanPremium (Family)CountryGermany DeviceHTC One A9sOperating SystemAndroid 6.0 (Marshmallow) My Question or IssueAfter synchronising songs from a desktop device over the same WiFi network some of the local songs have randomly been greyed out. They s...

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Plan Premium (Family) Country Germany   Device HTC One A9s Operating System Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)   My Question or Issue After synchronising songs from a desktop device over ...

Dian

Spotify Legend

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Local files for Spotify Mobile
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Nest Hub Max Music Playback GUI issue

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceGoogle Nest Hub MaxOperating SystemCast Firmware: 1.56.276689 My Question or IssueWhen asking google to play spotify music, the hub correctly plays the song. The GUI however appears to be broken. The timeline sli...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Google Nest Hub Max Operating System Cast Firmware: 1.56.276689   My Question or Issue When asking google to play spotify music, the hub corr...

Stephendub

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