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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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My Wrapped wasn't displaying fully and then disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceGalaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid 8 My Question or IssueI've gone through Wrapped without much issue, except I later realised my top decade and % of top artist never showed up - reloading the app didn't work, so I decided...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country Poland Device Galaxy S7 Operating System Android 8   My Question or Issue I've gone through Wrapped without much issue, except I later realised my top decade and %...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Car view not visible

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceHuawei Nova 5TOperating System(Android One.) My Question or IssueGoogle assistant no longer works with my phone's spotify. I checked settings but can't see anything. I even considered that the car view option may effect thi...

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  Plan Premium Country UK   Device Huawei Nova 5T Operating System (Android One.)   My Question or Issue Google assistant no longer works with my phone's spotify. I ch...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Goofball question re Local Files option

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceseveral Samsung Galaxy phonesOperating SystemAndroid 4.4.2 (really!), Android 4.4.2 (really!), Android 10, Android 11 My Question or IssueI know this is goofy but it's for real. Would someone please post, via screenshots, t...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device several Samsung Galaxy phones Operating System Android 4.4.2 (really!), Android 4.4.2 (really!), Android 10, Android 11   My Question or Issue I kn...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Certain podcasts keep stopping and starting and are unplayable

PlanPremiumCountry Thailand DeviceXiaomi A1 Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueSpotify works fine when it comes to playing music, but when I listen to the podcast by Hospital Records, I press play and then it stops, starts, stops, starts a...

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Plan Premium Country  Thailand   Device Xiaomi A1  Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue Spotify works fine when it comes to playing music, but when I liste...

NickiD

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Superuser Contribution Playing ads offline with premium?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S10+Operating SystemAndroid Version 10; One UI Version 2.5 My Question or Issue***All this happens while online and offline. And I only listen to music from my downloaded playlist.*** Ok so. When I get into m...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ Operating System Android Version 10; One UI Version 2.5   My Question or Issue ***All this happens while online and offline....

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Queue Disappears in Car

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10Operating SystemAndroid (version 10)Vehicle2018 Mazda3 My Question or IssueRecently I've been having playback problems when connecting Spotify to my car's Bluetooth. I'm always on offline mode pl...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S10 Operating System Android (version 10) Vehicle 2018 Mazda3   My Question or Issue Recently I've been having playback probl...

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Superuser Contribution Playlist folders glitched on Android

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S9 and Desktop PCOperating SystemAndroid 10 and Windows 10 My Question or IssueAbout a month ago I was organizing my playlists into folders on my PC. I don't remember exactly what I did but the app glitched a...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S9 and Desktop PC Operating System Android 10 and Windows 10   My Question or Issue About a month ago I was organizing my playlists into ...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Podcasts / Canvas / Moldova Charts

PlanPremiumCountryMoldovaDeviceSamsung Galaxy A8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueSo I have two problems:1. Canvas on my phone doesn't work even if in the settings they are activated.2. I can't listen to any podcasts, when I search for 'P...

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Plan Premium Country Moldova Device Samsung Galaxy A8 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue So I have two problems: 1. Canvas on my phone doesn't work even if in the setti...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Video podcasts on Nvidia Shield?

When can I expect an update to the Nvidia Shield App to support video podcasts like JRE?It seems mind blowing that I can watch a video podcast on my phone but can only play the audio on my TV.

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When can I expect an update to the Nvidia Shield App to support video podcasts like JRE? It seems mind blowing that I can watch a video podcast on my phone but can only play the audio on my TV. 

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Superuser Contribution Shortcuts/favorites on home screen don't change

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 4aOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueThe six stations at the top of my home screen (under Good Morning, good evening, etc) don't ever change. I'm towards the end of my two month premium trial and the stati...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 4a Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue The six stations at the top of my home screen (under Good Morning, good evening, etc) don't ...

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[Android][Social] Ability to use the loop backgrounds of the songs in Instagram stories

THE VIDEOS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE THE VIDEOS SHARED BY THE ARTIST.So, we know some songs have video backgrounds shared by the artist. It would be awesome if we could see those videos when we share songs at Instagram stories. I think that might be easy...

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THE VIDEOS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE THE VIDEOS SHARED BY THE ARTIST. So, we know some songs have video backgrounds shared by the artist. It would be awesome if we could see those videos when we sh...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify does not work anywhere on S8+

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S8+My Question or IssueMy issue is that Spotify will not play any of my songs even though it can search them up it remains at 0 seconds without ever starting. I had a laptop connected, added spotify to the li...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S8+ My Question or Issue My issue is that Spotify will not play any of my songs even though it can search them up it remains at 0 seconds without...

Mihail

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Spotify connections" notification

I've seen several mentions about notifications saying "Waze is connected" and similar, that are stuck on screen, but that's not quite my situation.All I get ony phone is a notification saying "Spotify connections"... No other details, tapping it does...

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I've seen several mentions about notifications saying "Waze is connected" and similar, that are stuck on screen, but that's not quite my situation. All I get ony phone is a notification saying "Spot...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution frozen player after listening to podcast

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10 +Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI listen daily to JRE podcast, but if i switch to music the player will stay on the JRE podcast that i listened to. I can select a song, but the playe...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device Samsung Galaxy S10 + Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I listen daily to JRE podcast, but if i switch to music the...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Sleep timer not working with podcasts

I use some podcasts to help me get to sleep, but I've noticed that the sleep timer doesn't work with them, episodes keep playing even though I set the timer to stop playing after the episode or an hour. Is this a known issue? PlanPremiumCountryUK Dev...

Music Fan

I use some podcasts to help me get to sleep, but I've noticed that the sleep timer doesn't work with them, episodes keep playing even though I set the timer to stop playing after the episode or an ho...

theslowdon

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Add the new lyrics feature to the Android version (iOS already has it)

PlanPremiumCountryChileOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI read in one post that some users already have this feature already in some Android devices in my country (Chile), but not me using version 8.5.85.894. On iOS devices it's already wo...

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Plan Premium Country Chile Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I read in one post that some users already have this feature already in some Android devices in my country (Chi...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle has Disappeared from Android App

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy A51Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueShuffle icon is not showing on the app on my Android device when I play my Discover Weekly playlist. But when I go to play an Album on my mobile, the Shuffle Togg...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy A51 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Shuffle icon is not showing on the app on my Android device when I play my Discover We...

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Superuser Contribution Resuming Play After Phone Call

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssuePreviously I could play music, it would pause when a call came through,a nd resume after the call. Something has happened now to stop it, and I ...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Previously I could play music, it would pause when a call came throu...

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle button hidden on Discover Weekly

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueThe shuffle buttons does not appear when playing the playlist Discover Weekly.To turn shuffle on or off, you instead need to play a song from another pla...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue The shuffle buttons does not appear when playing the playlist Discover Weekly...

Peter

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Solved!! Cover photo on mobile

Hi, I am noticing that my main header photo visible on desktop isn't showing on mobile. Instead on mobile my profile image is used which is obviously much smaller therefore doesn't fit quite right. How do I force the main header photo to be used as t...

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Hi,   I am noticing that my main header photo visible on desktop isn't showing on mobile. Instead on mobile my profile image is used which is obviously much smaller therefore doesn't fit quite...

guser

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