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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 [Android][Podcasts] Sleep timer for podcasts

As of now on the Android app for Spotify, there are sleep timers for songs, but not for podcasts or an episode of a podcast. Any chance you could simply add the sleep timer as an option there too? I'm mainly asking because I like to have some sort of...

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As of now on the Android app for Spotify, there are sleep timers for songs, but not for podcasts or an episode of a podcast. Any chance you could simply add the sleep timer as an option there too? I'...

fupro

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Superuser Contribution SD card button not appearing

PlanFamily PremiumCountryMalaysia Device(Realme C3)Operating System(Android 10) My Question or IssueSo I download all of my songs through SD card but Today,all of my songs have been downloaded through Internal Storage and making my phone have no more...

Newbie

Plan Family Premium Country Malaysia   Device (Realme C3) Operating System (Android 10)   My Question or Issue So I download all of my songs through SD card but Today,all of my...

MafeG

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Superuser Contribution Home page turned into vertical view

My android spotify homepage just shifted to a style where I can no longer scroll horizontally through subsections on the homepage, and must now scroll vertically through an infinitely long list of random individual items from across spotify's usual h...

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My android spotify homepage just shifted to a style where I can no longer scroll horizontally through subsections on the homepage, and must now scroll vertically through an infinitely long list of ra...

Jak7874

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Spotify Connect: supported devices disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHuawei P20 Pro (10.0), Samsung S6 lite (11.0), iPhone 11 (14.6)Operating SystemAndroid, iOS, Windows... My Question or IssueI have several Spotify Connect enabled devices, that are still supported and (despite beeing br...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country Germany Device Huawei P20 Pro (10.0), Samsung S6 lite (11.0), iPhone 11 (14.6) Operating System Android, iOS, Windows...   My Question or Issue I have several Spot...

Luan

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Superuser Contribution SD card corrupted, cant delete .ldb file

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI have used a SanDisk 64GB SD-card for my music and photos for some time now, years actually. I've had issues like Spotify automatically switching my downloa...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I have used a SanDisk 64GB SD-card for my music and photos for some time now, yea...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Android App Will Not Play

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLG G7 ThinQOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI am unable to play any songs/podcasts on the Spotify Android app and the My Library tab is completely empty. For the last few days I have been completely unable to p...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device LG G7 ThinQ Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue I am unable to play any songs/podcasts on the Spotify Android app and the My Library tab i...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution App freezes and crashes all the time

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHuawei P20 liteOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueMy app has been freezing and crashing almost non-stop lately, so please help me: 1. I often have to open Spotify 4 - 6 times because it completely freezes up...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Huawei P20 lite Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue My app has been freezing and crashing almost non-stop lately, so please help me: ...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Unable to fully delete downloads from my phone

PlanPremium DeviceOnePlus 6Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueThe spotify app took up over 20 GB on my phone and my storage was full so I wanted to delete some playlists. After deleting the downloads in the app and clearing the cache my s...

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Plan Premium   Device OnePlus 6 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue The spotify app took up over 20 GB on my phone and my storage was full so I wanted to delete some...

MafeG

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Superuser Contribution Waze banner blocks home, search and library buttons form popping up.

PlanPremium CountryUAE DeviceOnePlus 7 pro Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueCan't access library search or home buttons while connected to Waze.

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  Plan Premium   Country UAE   Device OnePlus 7 pro   Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Can't access library search or home buttons while conne...

MafeG

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Superuser Contribution Clear Queue

I did a search, and Spotify claims this has been implemented, but it doesn’t show up. There needs to be a way to clear the entire play queue. Tried a clean install, and still doesn’t show up. Come on Spotify, if its implemented, roll it out to everyo...

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I did a search, and Spotify claims this has been implemented, but it doesn’t show up. There needs to be a way to clear the entire play queue. Tried a clean install, and still doesn’t show up.  C...

DCinCali14

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Superuser Contribution Spotify broken in Google Maps

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21+Operating SystemAndroid 11 My IssueThe play/pause button does not function in Google Maps integration. The track time bar is broken. The current song is stuck. Restarting does not fix it. Uninst...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S21+ Operating System Android 11   My Issue The play/pause button does not function in Google Maps integration. The track time ...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Equalizer settings

Where did Android Equalizer settings go? They used to be in Settings > Audio Quality > Equalizer, but have disappeared. I use them intermittently for listening via wired headphones on my phone. I turn on the "Loudness" preset for low volume listening...

Music Fan

Where did Android Equalizer settings go? They used to be in Settings > Audio Quality > Equalizer, but have disappeared.   I use them intermittently for listening via wired headphones o...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Cant sync local files to my phone

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceHuawei p30 liteOperating SystemEMUI 10.0My Question or IssueMy local files that I have on my computer (Windows10) used to work fine and always sync to my phone but now they don't I have done clean installs on both device...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device Huawei p30 lite Operating System EMUI 10.0 My Question or Issue My local files that I have on my computer (Windows10) used to work fine and always ...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connections, Song Stuck, and Random Pause

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21+, Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Buds +Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI have three issues: 1) Spotify Connections is a permanent notification in my notification bar saying that my Galaxy...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S21+, Galaxy Watch 3, Galaxy Buds + Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I have three issues:   1) Spotif...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution 1 account / 2 phones, now can't see other phone in devices

PlanDuoCountryUSADeviceSamsung 9+ / 8, Windows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueso i have one account on multiple devices, 2 phones, spotify app, and web player on 2 computers. don't ask. for the past year or so, i've been able to con...

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Plan Duo Country USA Device Samsung 9+ / 8, Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue so i have one account on multiple devices, 2 phones, spotify app, and web play...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Android app crashes during playback after a few minutes

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceBlackview BV 9900 ProOperating SystemAndroid 10My Question or IssueHi there,The Spotify Andoid app crashes every time after a few minutes playback.It does not freeze, it stops competely (also dissapaers from memory). I’ve re...

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Plan Premium Country NL Device Blackview BV 9900 Pro Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, The Spotify Andoid app crashes every time after a few minutes playback. It d...

Louisalamagna

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Superuser Contribution Cannot play liked songs in Italy with vocal commands

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceSamsung Galaxy A40Operating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueI live in Italy and I want to listen to my liked songs but when I use vocal command "riproduci la mia playlist", Spotify plays another person playlist (Nancy Co...

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Plan Premium Country Italy Device Samsung Galaxy A40 Operating System Android My Question or Issue I live in Italy and I want to listen to my liked songs but when I use vocal command "riprod...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Automatic start of the app on mobile, how to remove?

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDeviceGoogle Pixel 4a 5GOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or Issue The app launches automatically and s...

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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 Country Russia Device Google Pixel 4a 5G Operating System ...

Dsemenoff

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution notification showing song that i'm not playing

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21+Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueSpotify showing two notifications when I play spotify. the first one is the normal one "playing on this phone" and it shows the song that I'm listening...

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Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device Samsung Galaxy S21+ Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Spotify showing two notifications when I play spotify. the first one is the...

MafeG

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Superuser Contribution Rewind & Fast Forward Disabled on Lock Screen

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy A71 5GOperating SystemAndroid 11Hello!As of a few days ago, the buttons for Spotify on my lock screen are grayed out. I can pause/play, but I cannot rewind or fast forward.I've already tried:Clear cache / storag...

Music Fan

Plan Free Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy A71 5G Operating System Android 11 Hello! As of a few days ago, the buttons for Spotify on my lock screen are grayed out. I can pause/play, but ...

Evil_Noah

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