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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 Song/Playlist radio not working

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLG G6SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI can't seem to start radio playlists anymore, from neither songs nor albums. Tried reinstalling the app, didn't work. I couldn't find anything in settings either. Every time...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device LG G6 System Android 9   My Question or Issue I can't seem to start radio playlists anymore, from neither songs nor albums. Tried reinst...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Never shuffle by default

Using premium on Android, I'd like the default when playing an album to be NOT shuffle play. So I can just press the green button and play an album from the beginning and not faff around pressing the interlinked arrows in now playing. Why is this not...

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Using premium on Android, I'd like the default when playing an album to be NOT shuffle play. So I can just press the green button and play an album from the beginning and not faff around pressing the...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Liked albums not sync across devices

PlanPreniumCountryCanada DeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi, My issue is that my liked album and songs are not sync correctly across my devices. I mainly use my destock (Win 10) to select and like album. But when I switch to my...

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Plan Prenium Country Canada   Device LG G6 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hi,   My issue is that my liked album and songs are not sync correctly across my...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Local Files impossible to download through existing guides

PlanPremiumCountryUkDeviceSamsung S20 FEOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI've been looking around for answers as to how I can sync my local and desktop files to allow me to play local files on my mobile, however nothing of use appears to b...

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Plan Premium Country Uk Device Samsung S20 FE Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I've been looking around for answers as to how I can sync my local and desktop files to al...

MafeG

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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 podcast now has ads and sounds slowed down

I have Spotify premium, I'm in the United States, my device is a OnePlus 6t, I'm running Android 11. I have already cleared storage and cache and reinstalled Spotify. I have been listening to the podcast high rollers DnD ( https://open.spotify.com/sh...

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I have Spotify premium, I'm in the United States, my device is a OnePlus 6t, I'm running Android 11.   I have already cleared storage and cache and reinstalled Spotify.   I have been li...

Xenia

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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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transfering a song from pc to android

PlanpremiumCountry Devicegalaxy s10Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI added a local file song to my pc and added it to a playlist and opened a hot spot so my phone and my pc would be on the same wifi network...

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Plan premium Country   Device galaxy s10 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I added a local file song to my pc and added it to a ...

Amay

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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...

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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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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...

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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 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 Group Session Not Synced

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10+ and Samsung Galaxy A50Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhen using "Group Session", my friend reports that her songs are starting at the :52 mark instead of starting fresh when she joins my sess...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ and Samsung Galaxy A50 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue When using "Group Session", my friend reports that her songs a...

tomcorder

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Not able to turn off data saver

Plan: premium Version: 8.5.55.1105 Country: Sweden Phone: Huawei honor 9 Android version: 9 As you can see on the screenshot provided, the streaming quality is locked to low "until I turn off data saver". However I do not seem to have the option to t...

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Plan: premium Version: 8.5.55.1105 Country: Sweden  Phone: Huawei honor 9 Android version: 9   As you can see on the screenshot provided, the streaming quality is locked to low ...

Amay

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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 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 Content screen blank on Galaxy Watch 4

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceGalaxy Watch 4Operating SystemWearOS 3 My Question or IssueThe second screen and volume screen are no longer working on my Galaxy Watch 4. When I open the app and swipe right the screen is blank. I believe this screen is...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Galaxy Watch 4 Operating System WearOS 3   My Question or Issue The second screen and volume screen are no longer working on my Galaxy Watch 4. When ...

CarlosE

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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 [Android][Connect] Volume controle with spotify connect via an other device

It would be great if it could be possible that you can controle the volume of one divice per Spotify Connect on an other divice.

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It would be great if it could be possible that you can controle the volume of one divice per Spotify Connect on an other divice.

EnCo

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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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