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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 Player Notification disappears very quick

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDeviceXiaomi Mi 9TOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI pause a song and the notification disappears in a minute or less. That's very annoying. I used Yandex.Music before Spotify and don't had that issue

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Plan Premium Country Russia Device Xiaomi Mi 9T Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue I pause a song and the notification disappears in a minute or less. That's very annoy...

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Superuser Contribution Song Speed got changed by itself

PlanPremium FamilyCountryIndonesiaDeviceOPPO F1Operating SystemAndroid 5.1 My Question or Issuemy song speed got increased by itself,ive tried finding way in YT but nothing seems helping it

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Plan Premium Family Country Indonesia Device OPPO F1 Operating System Android 5.1   My Question or Issue my song speed got increased by itself,ive tried finding way in YT but nothing s...

Alex

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Solved!! [Android] Spotify breaks usage of system equalizer aka MusicFX

CountryIrrelevant DeviceAny. Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify for Android breaks usage of System Equalizer (namely MusicFX). Steps to reproduce: We play a song on Spotify. Open a system equalizer from Spotify Settings. Apply some a...

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Country Irrelevant   Device Any.   Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Spotify for Android breaks usage of System Equalizer (namely MusicFX).    Steps...

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Superuser Contribution Play very quietly

Hello I use spotify to play music on a Bose speak from an iphoneX. Sometimes the music plays at normal volume, but sometimes it play very quietly. When its playing quietly I can have the volumes turned up to max on the speaker AND max on spotify and ...

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Hello   I use spotify to play music on a Bose speak from an iphoneX. Sometimes the music plays at normal volume, but sometimes it play very quietly. When its playing quietly I can have the vol...

Jeremy

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How is this even possible ?!?!

The duration pass is way after the length of the song. How come? PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  The duration pass is way after the length of the song. How come?   Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Keep screen on while reading lyrics

I have a pixel2 running Android 11. When I access song lyrics to sing while listening to music in "karaoke mode", I expect the phone screen to stay on, but on my mobile it keeps powering off. So I have to wake it up every 30 secs. Spotify should real...

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I have a pixel2 running Android 11. When I access song lyrics to sing while listening to music in "karaoke mode", I expect the phone screen to stay on, but on my mobile it keeps powering off. So I ha...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify does not play music on my phone, only on the Web Player (on my laptop)

Plan: Premium (free trial - 3 months)Country: BrasilDevice: Motorola E4Operating System: Android My Issue: Spotify doesn't play music on my phone, only on the Web Player (on my laptop). When I enter the browser, I can hear the songs over there, howev...

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Plan: Premium (free trial - 3 months) Country: Brasil Device: Motorola E4 Operating System: Android   My Issue: Spotify doesn't play music on my phone, only on the Web Player...

Alex

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Mobile app inorovements

1. search function -- throughout all playlists2. when minimized to show shuffle and repeat options (put an attachment)3. move the songs in a playlist by pressing on them and relocate (change their order manually)4. shuffle throughout all playlists

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  1. search function -- throughout all playlists 2. when minimized to show shuffle and repeat options (put an attachment) 3. move the songs in a playlist by pressing on them and relocate (cha...

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Superuser Contribution Log in issues on Android

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating System( Android 10.) My Question or IssueI recently changed my Spotify account password using my Windows 10 desktop. I can log into the Web player just fine using that. After changing the password, wh...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System ( Android 10.)   My Question or Issue I recently changed my Spotify account password using my Windows 10 desktop. I can l...

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Superuser Contribution Local Files Not Playing on My Phone

Ok, I'm tired of scouring outdated and repetitive articles for this answer. I currently have two songs in my local files. One plays on my phone, one doesn't (it was recently added). They both play fine on my computer. I have the playlists downloaded ...

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Ok, I'm tired of scouring outdated and repetitive articles for this answer. I currently have two songs in my local files. One plays on my phone, one doesn't (it was recently added). They both play fi...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Music constantly jumping

Hi I am on the Premium plan using it on an Android phone. Over the past couple of weeks my music started to jump like a scratched cd. It started off just a couple of jumps per song but now its nearly every 10 secs which is incredibly annoying. I have...

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Hi   I am on the Premium plan using it on an Android phone. Over the past couple of weeks my music started to jump like a scratched cd. It started off just a couple of jumps per song but now ...

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Superuser Contribution Not being able to skip my music

I've been trying to skip my music, but everytime I press the skip button, I only get ads for Spotify premium.I don't know if I have to wait for 1 hour and get my 6 free skips, but I've already tried it!PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy j3 ...

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I've been trying to skip my music, but everytime I press the skip button, I only get ads for Spotify premium.I don't know if I have to wait for 1 hour and get my 6 free skips, but I've already tried ...

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Superuser Contribution Unusably slow!!! Nothing will load

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceGalaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueThe app is unspeakably slow, to the point where I literally cannot use it. Everything I press, I just see the spinning green circle, and then "go online to see menu" (or...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Galaxy S8 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue The app is unspeakably slow, to the point where I literally cannot use it. Everything I press...

Ver

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Superuser Contribution Music pauses around 5 seconds into a new song randomly

PlanPremiumCountryUkDevicePixel 2 xlOperating SystemAndroid 11(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I've seen a few similar threads but no answers. I can listen to several songs with no problem but randomly roughly 5-10 seconds...

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Plan Premium Country Uk Device Pixel 2 xl Operating System Android 11 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue   I've seen a few similar threads but n...

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Solved!! How Do You Change the Shuffle Play Button on Android?

I have the Spotify app on my Pixel 3 (Android) phone. When I open an album or playlist I see a big green Shuffle Play button. I typically want the album or list played in order. How do I change that button to Play as the default?

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I have the Spotify app on my Pixel 3 (Android) phone.  When I open an album or playlist I see a big green Shuffle Play button.  I typically want the album or list played in order.  How...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android] Queuing Track disables Scrolling

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyAppversion8.5.79.1061DeviceSamsung A7 2018Operating SystemAndroid 10My Question or Issuewhen you're in a Playlist and queue a track, a small confirmation bubble pops up on the bottom of the screen. (Expected behavior)However ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Appversion 8.5.79.1061 Device Samsung A7 2018 Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue when you're in a Playlist and queue a track, a small confirmat...

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Superuser Contribution The app takes way too much space

PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceOnePlus 8 ProOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueWhy does the app keeps getting bigger and bigger? Sometimes after a week it's almost 10 GB. It's like it's downloading hidden things, up to 2GB per day. I neve...

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  Plan Premium Country France  Device OnePlus 8 Pro Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Why does the app keeps getting bigger and bigger? Sometimes after a we...

Elena

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Superuser Contribution New "Hey Google" feature works with android apps

Google announced a new feature for "Hey google" on android. https://www.blog.google/products/assistant/hey-google-now-works-your-android-apps/ Could we have a feature which let's us choose which device we want to play spotify on via Google assistant?...

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Google announced a new feature for "Hey google" on android.   https://www.blog.google/products/assistant/hey-google-now-works-your-android-apps/   Could we have a feature which let's us...

Alex

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Superuser Contribution Spotify bmw do not work anymore

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  

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Superuser Contribution Create profile: email taken; Log in: email not connected to account

Everytime I try to log in to my spotify account it says that my email is not connected to my account and then when I tried to create an account with the same email it says that it is taken by an account already... I don't know what could fix it and i...

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Everytime I try to log in to my spotify account it says that my email is not connected to my account and then when I tried to create an account with the same email it says that it is taken by an acco...

Alex

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