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New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

Daniel
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Daniel
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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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Andoid App NowPlayingActivity with Lyrics crash

PlanPremiumCountryRebulic of koreaDeviceHuawei MediaPad M5Operating SystemAndroid 8 My Question or IssueIf you enter NowPlayingActivity screen of a song with lyrics, the app will close.Even if data is initialized and reinstalled, it is normal only th...

and_ryan
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Plan Premium Country Rebulic of korea Device Huawei MediaPad M5 Operating System Android 8 My Question or Issue If you enter NowPlayingActivity screen of a song with lyrics, the app ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Other] Manual Pause Should Always Mean Manual Resume

EDIT, a few days later: I now see that the unwanted auto-resume behavior is *not* specific to Spotify after all. It also happens while I'm using other media apps such as YouTube, but only when I use a specific pair of wired logi headphones while thei...

rdalkire
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EDIT, a few days later: I now see that the unwanted auto-resume behavior is *not* specific to Spotify after all. It also happens while I'm using other media apps such as YouTube, but only...
2021-06-09 6:19:58 PM
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Novy
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Other

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Superuser Contribution Offline albums songs disappearing

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroud 8.0.0 My Question or IssueEdit: read belowI've discussed this issue a week ago through the help chat, and tried every standard bit of advice (re-installing the app, checking ...

Patrick124
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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Androud 8.0.0 My Question or Issue Edit: read below I've discussed this issue a week ago through the help ...
2021-07-28 3:30:06 PM
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MafeG
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Superuser Contribution [BUG] Storage Location switches back to internal at random times

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy A3 (2017)Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or IssueApp just decides to switch back to internal storage, which really annoying on a phone with only 10GB storage. When the app does this, I can not s...

matthisw94
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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) Operating System Android 8.0.0 My Question or Issue App just decides to switch back to internal storage, which really ann...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify gets hung up after use with Samsung watch

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceGalaxy S21Operating SystemSystem Wide My Question or IssueWhen choosing songs through the app on the galaxy active or just in general using the app, Spotify will get stuck on a random song and while allowing me to play other...

EricRo01
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Plan Premium Country UK Device Galaxy S21 Operating System System Wide My Question or Issue When choosing songs through the app on the galaxy active or just in general using ...
2021-03-12 1:32:44 AM
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Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution [Android][Playlists] Song randomizer for premium in playlists

Look, My idea is that premium people get an option that can make your playlists play randomly like in free accounts because maybe you don't like the way you made your playlists or how are they organized so that would make a better variety of music on...

elDabid
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Look, My idea is that premium people get an option that can make your playlists play randomly like in free accounts because maybe you don't like the way you made your playlists or how are they organi...
2021-07-16 4:36:47 PM
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Eni
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Superuser Contribution Next songs in queue greyed out

Hello Since some time, when i am using spotify connect with gramofon, the next songs on the queue are greyed, if i use connect with alexa or google home, i can tap next songs. PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceOppo Reno 2Operating SystemAndroid 10

vegadeth23
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Hello Since some time, when i am using spotify connect with gramofon, the next songs on the queue are greyed, if i use connect with alexa or google home, i can tap next songs. ...
2021-03-26 5:04:33 PM
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Superuser Contribution Google Home stopps playing before advertisement

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceGoogle Nest Mini / Audio / ChromecastOnePlus 3TOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueWhen I listen to Spotify on my Google Home Speaker, the music stops after every third song. Normally an ad should play at this p...

Milka78
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Plan Free Country Germany Device Google Nest Mini / Audio / Chromecast OnePlus 3T Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue When I listen to Spotify on my Google Home...
2021-07-06 9:14:20 AM
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Spotify app officially available on App Gallery

Hi, I am a long time Spotify user and have waited for quite sometime for Spotify app to be made available on Huawei App Gallery. Is there any plan to release the app there? Thanks.

-kitman-
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Hi, I am a long time Spotify user and have waited for quite sometime for Spotify app to be made available on Huawei App Gallery. Is there any plan to release the app there? Thanks.
2021-06-19 5:40:18 AM
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Superuser Contribution Spotify streaming songs into download list on cellular data - Data Theft

My user story is pretty much: As a user, I want to play spotify in my car and only play my downloaded songs so I don't user my cellular data. I add songs via wifi and download to a playlist on my android phone. That's it. That's ALL I want from Spoti...

wukitty
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My user story is pretty much: As a user, I want to play spotify in my car and only play my downloaded songs so I don't user my cellular data. I add songs via wifi and download to a ...
2021-07-27 5:52:35 AM
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Mihail
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data theft
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Superuser Contribution [Android TV] I can't log in on Android TV client for weeks, Connect isn't working either

PlanPremium Family account ownerCountryThailandDeviceNvidia Shield TV 2017Operating SystemAndroid TV 9.0 My Question or IssueI can't log in on Android TV client for several days. Nothing works: when pairing by phone code screen reloads without code, ...

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Plan Premium Family account owner Country Thailand Device Nvidia Shield TV 2017 Operating System Android TV 9.0 My Question or Issue I can't log in on Android TV client for several ...
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Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Duo playlist is not really working

PlanDuoCountryDKDeviceAndroid phones and Windows My Question or IssueMy wife and I have the Spotify Duo plan, so we could get this Duo Mix playlist, that is supposed to be a mix of both our songs (great for road trips). Unfortunately it doesn't reall...

Adagio81
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Plan Duo Country DK Device Android phones and Windows My Question or Issue My wife and I have the Spotify Duo plan, so we could get this Duo Mix playlist, that is supposed to be a mix ...
2019-07-14 12:00:24 PM
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AngelikaM
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Affichage lecture en cours

Bonjour, J'utilise l'application sous Android. J'ai un problème avec l'affichage de la lecture en cours qui reste bloqué sur un morceau et ne bouge plus du tout. Impossible de l'actualiser même en changeant de musique. De plus, à cause de cela, l'app...

Audrey55
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Bonjour, J'utilise l'application sous Android. J'ai un problème avec l'affichage de la lecture en cours qui reste bloqué sur un morceau et ne bouge plus du tout. Impossible de l'actuali...
2020-10-03 2:04:18 PM
2021-07-27 4:33:25 PM
remy-basse
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App working worse than before since update (not to mention the new horrible UI).

What happened to Spotify in the last few months? I really enjoyed using Spoitfy for years. I loved the intuitive, simple handling and the black design was very smooth. Then came the update that forced the mobile app onto desktop users and everything ...

saturninesoul
Roadie
What happened to Spotify in the last few months? I really enjoyed using Spoitfy for years. I loved the intuitive, simple handling and the black design was very smooth. Then came the update that force...
2021-07-27 11:19:54 AM
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Superuser Contribution [Android][Other] 3 Ads After Every 1 Song Bug

I have suddenly started getting 2-3 ads (30 seconds each) after every single song I listen to! That's right, after EACH song I'm getting ads. This is definitely a bug as it used to be usually at least more than 1 song that you can listen to before be...

AdityaMohapatra
Newbie
I have suddenly started getting 2-3 ads (30 seconds each) after every single song I listen to! That's right, after EACH song I'm getting ads. This is definitely a bug as it used to be usually at leas...
2020-10-29 11:27:39 PM
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Alex
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Android
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Superuser Contribution Problème de son

Le son baisse quand la bass embarque dans la chanson et le son monte et descend c'est quoi le problème....

MofoQcSlayer
Newbie
Le son baisse quand la bass embarque dans la chanson et le son monte et descend c'est quoi le problème....
2021-07-25 9:51:14 PM
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Novy
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Superuser Contribution Problem with encrypted SD Card

Samsung Galaxy S7 32GB / Android 7.0 / latest security updates Hello!I 'm using very often the option to download songs. Spotifi is configured to save data on SD Card. At first it worked well. Some weeks ago I decided to encrypt my SD Card in my Sams...

ThomasausWB
Newbie
Samsung Galaxy S7 32GB / Android 7.0 / latest security updates Hello! I 'm using very often the option to download songs. Spotifi is configured to save data on SD Card. At first i...
2018-04-27 7:56:55 AM
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Eni
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Header "#" in app

Is it possible to show the "#" column in the playlists in the app (like in the desktop version)? This would help a lot - especially when playing audiobooks - to find the position of the last heard chapter again. Peter.

weisen_p
Newbie
Is it possible to show the "#" column in the playlists in the app (like in the desktop version)? This would help a lot - especially when playing audiobooks - to find the position of the last heard ch...
2021-07-25 11:44:22 AM
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MateusM
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App & Features

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How to disable downloads?

Hi there. How do I disable downloads on Android? I don't want to use my devices storage for all my Playlist. Bonus question: is it possible to select individual Playlists which should be downloaded?

huffpuff
Regular
Hi there. How do I disable downloads on Android? I don't want to use my devices storage for all my Playlist. Bonus question: is it possible to select individual Playlists which shou...
2021-07-26 1:43:29 PM
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MateusM
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Superuser Contribution Can't play Podcasts Offline. Everything else works.

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceGalaxy S20Operating SystemAndroid Podcasts are not playing Offline. Everything else works normally. Literally only happens to Podcasts. When i click on a Podcast it just loads forever. As soon as i go back Online it wor...

Zephyr4
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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Galaxy S20 Operating System Android Podcasts are not playing Offline. Everything else works normally. Literally only happens to Podcasts. When i cl...
2021-07-25 2:37:41 PM
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