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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 Auto Steering Controls Disabled for Podcasts

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePixel 5Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhen playing a song in Spotify using Android Auto through my car, the controls on my steering wheel will map to the next/previous song buttons shown in th...

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Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Pixel 5 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue When playing a song in Spotify using Android Auto through my car, the controls...

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Superuser Contribution Podcasts, music, play/pause, disconnecting heaephones and randomly stopping playback

Plan PremiumCountry Finland DeviceOneplus 6Operating SystemOxygen os 10.3.10 My Question or Issue1.podcast are glitching all the controls. I cannot control playback through headphones nor lock screen.2. Last played thing (podcast or music) freezes on...

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Plan   Premium Country Finland     Device Oneplus 6 Operating System Oxygen os 10.3.10   My Question or Issue 1.podcast are glitching all the controls. I cannot contro...

CarlosE

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[Android] my spotify won't play any music

Its been 1 months since my spotify won't play songs. I already uninstalled it several times and had enough storage to be able to use spotify. My premium can't be use because of this. I need help i did everything to be able to fix this yet nothing wor...

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Its been 1 months since my spotify won't play songs. I already uninstalled it several times and had enough storage to be able to use spotify. My premium can't be use because of this. I need help i di...

Amay

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Why is the Good Morning section of most played playlist not showing?

My previous account used to have a good morning or evening tab which I really liked but in my new there is no such featurePlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceRedmi 9 powerOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or Issue

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My previous account used to have a good morning or evening tab which I really liked but in my new there is no such feature Plan Free Country India Device Redmi 9 power Operating System Androi...

CarlosE

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[Android] phone app skips podcasts without warning

Every single day. I load up a downloaded podcast only to have it jump to the next episode and mark the one i was on as "played" when i still have HOURS left in the current episode. This is extremely frustrating and I'm disheartened to see that this i...

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Every single day. I load up a downloaded podcast only to have it jump to the next episode and mark the one i was on as "played" when i still have HOURS left in the current episode.   This is e...

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[Mobile][Podcasts] Sort by

In the Sort by menu for podcast add a Recently Updated tab so that when the creators upload their latest episode it will be at the top of the list making the latest episodes easier to find. It's hard to hunt for podcasts while driving so this change ...

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In the Sort by menu for podcast add a Recently Updated tab so that when the creators upload their latest episode it will be at the top of the list making the latest episodes easier to find. It's hard...

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Superuser Contribution Podcast filter glitch

PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceGoogle Pixel 3a XL Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or Issue Playing podcasts on my laptop is fine - when I listen on my phone, they play in random order. I read a solution to this is to download them, which has help...

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Plan Premium   Country UK   Device Google Pixel 3a XL   Operating System Android 11     My Question or Issue   Playing podcasts on my laptop is fine - whe...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Notification won't go away

PlanFreeCountryBangladeshDevice(Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro Max)Operating System(Android 11) My Question or IssueSpotify music control notification won't go away even when it's not playing and not running in the background. I even tried cleaning all rec...

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Plan Free Country Bangladesh Device (Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro Max) Operating System (Android 11)   My Question or Issue Spotify music control notification won't go away even when it's ...

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Superuser Contribution Albums not sorted correctly

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceXiaomi Mi 9Operating SystemMIUI Global 12.0.5 (Android 10)App Version8.6.28.700 My Question or IssueHello, I opened an issue for the Desktop app because some artists had their albums not sorted correctly: https://communit...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Xiaomi Mi 9 Operating System MIUI Global 12.0.5 (Android 10) App Version 8.6.28.700   My Question or Issue Hello,   I opened an issue for the...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Connect not working to AV Receiver, no devices on Windows or Web

Plan: Premium DuoCountry: USDevices:- Google Pixel 4, Spotify App- Dell XPS-15, Windows 10 20H2- Marantz NR1711, latest firmware- 2x Google Nest Minis- Amazon Alexa device (not sure the name/model, it's a room mates) My Question or IssueThere are dif...

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Plan: Premium Duo Country: US Devices: - Google Pixel 4, Spotify App - Dell XPS-15, Windows 10 20H2 - Marantz NR1711, latest firmware - 2x Google Nest Minis - Amazon Alexa device (not sur...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution How can I list artists I'm following?

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid V9 My Question or IssueHow can I list the artists I'm following?

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android V9   My Question or Issue How can I list the artists I'm following?

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Liked Songs Playlist will not play over WiFi

PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceGoogle Pixel 5 Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI cannot get my Liked Songs playlist to play on any device via WiFi. All other playlists work fine via WiFi, but Liked Songs will not play at all. If I start th...

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Plan Premium   Country UK   Device Google Pixel 5   Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I cannot get my Liked Songs playlist to play on any device via ...

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Superuser Contribution Android App. Audio pausing at strange intervals, the 'currently playing' page is also getting stuck

PlanPremium CountryUKDeviceGalaxy S10Operating System? My Question or IssueAudio on phone keeps automatically pausing no matter what i am listening to, playlist, podcast etc. All at strange inconsistent intervals - no matter if the app is open or whe...

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Plan Premium   Country UK Device Galaxy S10 Operating System ?   My Question or Issue Audio on phone keeps automatically pausing no matter what i am listening to, playlist, podca...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Autoplay not working in 2021

PlanPremiumCountryCroatiaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S20+Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueAutoplay is not working from search. When I search for a song and the selected song finishes, nothing plays after it, the song radio does not start to pl...

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  Plan Premium Country Croatia Device Samsung Galaxy S20+ Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Autoplay is not working from search. When I search for a song and the...

MafeG

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Superuser Contribution 'Now Playing' does not change and gets stuck

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceNokia 7+Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueSpotify keeps getting stuck on the current track (usually a podcast) - I have to clear the app data completely to fix it. I've recently done a complete fresh r...

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Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Nokia 7+ Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps getting stuck on the current track (usually a podcast) - I have to cl...

Mihail

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[Android][Discover] What happened to the artist biographies on Spotify?

I'm a premium user on Windows and Android.There used to be artist Bios/Backgrounds. They were easily accessed. Currently the only choices I seem to have are:-Following-Going to artist radio-Report-Share Have the Bios and backgrounds been eliminated?K...

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I'm a premium user on Windows and Android. There used to be artist Bios/Backgrounds. They were easily accessed.   Currently the only choices I seem to have are: -Following -Going to artist ...

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Superuser Contribution Local files keep breaking

spotify keeps doing a fun feature of randomly desyncing one local file ever so often and i cant find a fix for it. the weirdest part is i can still play the song by tapping it but if it appears randomly in queue it skips over like its unavalable. Inf...

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spotify keeps doing a fun feature of randomly desyncing one local file ever so often and i cant find a fix for it. the weirdest part is i can still play the song by tapping it but if it appears rando...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution [Android]

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceSamsung Galaxy M21Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhen browsing a list of podcast episodes it keeps returing to the top - the newest episodes on its own, despite me scrolling down.When filtered by the date fr...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Samsung Galaxy M21 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue When browsing a list of podcast episodes it keeps returing to the top - the newest...

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Superuser Contribution [Zenfone 6] app trouble

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceAsus Zenfone 6Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueApp won't launch 90% of the time, and when it does it's not responding, did a reinstall without any results. Trouble started after last update.

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device Asus Zenfone 6 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue App won't launch 90% of the time, and when it does it's not responding, did a reinstal...

Mihail

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add a non spotify

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Galaxy 7)Operating System(Android) My Question or Issuei want to add a non spotify music on my android bc i didn't want to sync my desktop to my android so where to put my downloaded music for it to apear in spotify

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Plan Premium Country   Device (Galaxy 7) Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue i want to add a non spotify music on my android bc i didn't want to sync my desktop to m...

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