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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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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueIs there an option to set a temporary maximum volume? We often listen to music with young chi...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Is ther...

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Superuser Contribution Unplayable songs

PlanPremiumCountryNew Zealand Device(Huawei Nova 3i)Operating System(Android pie) My Question or IssueToday I was trying to listen to now that's what I call music 106 and when I opened the album the majority of the songs were gray and unplayable. But...

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Plan Premium Country New Zealand  Device (Huawei Nova 3i) Operating System (Android pie)   My Question or Issue Today I was trying to listen to now that's what I call music 106 a...

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Superuser Contribution Android Spotify stops playlist when it runs into local file while playing via Chromecast

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGoogle Pixel 5Operating SystemAndroid 11My Question or IssueI have some playlists that are a mix of local files and non-local files. The local files are on my PC. My Android phone has the playlist downloaded. If I play the ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Google Pixel 5 Operating System Android 11 My Question or Issue I have some playlists that are a mix of local files and non-local files. The local files are o...

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Superuser Contribution Select a (Connect) device on Android

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceUmidigi F1 PlayOperating SystemAndroid 9My Question or IssueI have a number of Connect devices that I use around my home, which I control from my Android phone.Today I noticed a rather strange quirk: When attempting to selec...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Umidigi F1 Play Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue I have a number of Connect devices that I use around my home, which I control from my Android p...

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Solved!! What if I hide a playlist that's been liked?

My Question or IssueIf I hide a playlist after someone's liked it, will they still have access to it?

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  My Question or Issue If I hide a playlist after someone's liked it, will they still have access to it?

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Does my friends see my activity when I am using Spotify mobile app?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryMoroccoDeviceInfinixOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I am listening to Spotify on my phone, Is my activity showing up to my friends when they are using the desktop version?I already know that friend activity is...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Morocco Device Infinix Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue If I am listening to Spotify on my phone, Is my activity showing up to my friends wh...

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Superuser Contribution Offline mode is unusable

PlanDuoDeviceHonor9 LiteOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueMy biggest use case is listening in a care where I don't have internet connection, like a year or two ago it worked flawlessly, but it kept getting worse and worse with every updat...

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Plan Duo Device Honor9 Lite Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue My biggest use case is listening in a care where I don't have internet connection, like a year or two ago it...

Mihail

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No lyrics in my Account

PlanPremiumCountrySG/PHDeviceOnePlus 8Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueHow can I activate lyrics in my spotify? The whole song lyrics, not behind the lyrics or storyline.I compared this with my friend running same version of app, phone,...

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Plan Premium Country SG/PH Device OnePlus 8 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue How can I activate lyrics in my spotify? The whole song lyrics, not behind the lyrics or ...

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Superuser Contribution local files

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceLG K20 PlusOperating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or IssueAlright so, i've had local files for a couple of months now. They were working just fine at the time, and I was able to add them to my phone pretty easily...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device LG K20 Plus Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue Alright so, i've had local files for a couple of months now. They were working...

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Superuser Contribution Unable to chromecast via Huawei phone

PlanPremium CountryNetherlands DeviceHuawei p30(?) phone Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have been using a Huawei phone to chromecast Spotify (premium) to my TV. Since about 2 weeks it no longer connects to the chromecast. The problem i...

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Plan Premium   Country Netherlands   Device Huawei p30(?) phone   Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have been using a Huawei phone to chromecast Spoti...

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Superuser Contribution Why can't I connect to my Echo devices and groups with android app?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung S10Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI can connect to my Echo devices and groups using the windows desktop app and an ipad, but I cannot see them when using my android phone. I can see my Chromecast and...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung S10 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue I can connect to my Echo devices and groups using the windows desktop app and an ipad, bu...

Mihail

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remeber last played song of playlist

PlanPremium Operating SystemAndroid Oreo Hi, when I am playing songs of a playlist A in an ordered fashion (album, my favorite songs, a audio book, etc.), switch listening to an other playlist B and then switch back to playlist A, I would like to con...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Android Oreo   Hi, when I am playing songs of  a playlist A in an ordered fashion (album, my favorite songs, a audio book, etc.), switch list...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Crash after 5 Minutes of Playback

PlanPremium DuoCountryUnited States DeviceGoogle Pixel 4aOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueAfter switching to Duo from regular Premium two days ago, the app will play for about 5 minutes and then crashes: the screen goes black and it won...

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Plan Premium Duo Country United States   Device Google Pixel 4a Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue After switching to Duo from regular Premium two days ago, the...

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[Android][Developer] Sleep mode

I love that you can put a timer on podcasts to switch off after a certain time, then I can listen as I fall asleep. Please please can we have the same with music??

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I love that you can put a timer on podcasts to switch off after a certain time, then I can listen as I fall asleep. Please please can we have the same with music??

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Superuser Contribution [Android] Stop randomly switching songs when playing an album!

This drives me absolutely bonkers! I am suddenly unable to listen to an album starting at song 1, play the complete song, then move on to the next! Instead, I get about halfway before switching to another song in the same album spotify premium menber...

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This drives me absolutely bonkers! I am suddenly unable to listen to an album starting at song 1, play the complete song, then move on to the next!  Instead, I get about halfway before switchin...

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Solved!! No operation possible in the app

PlanPremiumCountryThe Netherlands DeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 20 ultra Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSame problem again. The title being played is not visible. No operation such as stop, forward, back is possible.

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands  Device Samsung Galaxy Note 20 ultra  Operating System Android    My Question or Issue Same problem again. The title being played is...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify wont connect to chromecast

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10 Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueSpotify wont connect to chromecast. It says that Spotify is not installed on the chromecast

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Plan Premium Country NL Device Samsung Galaxy S10  Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Spotify wont connect to chromecast. It says that Spotify is not installe...

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Superuser Contribution Downloading issue

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9 plusOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI cant download my liked songs on my phone. I tried everything to solve it but it still doesnt work(taking sd card or try using mobile data/differen...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S9 plus Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue I cant download my liked songs on my phone. I tried everything to solve ...

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Widget issue

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceNote 8My Question or IssueMy widget is always blank unless a song is actually playing. Is this intended behavior? I'd like to be able to restart my music without having to open up the app. That's why it's there.

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Note 8 My Question or Issue My widget is always blank unless a song is actually playing. Is this intended behavior? I'd like to be able to restart my music with...

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