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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 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Ok, I'm tired of scouring outdated and repetitive articles for this answer.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Ok, I'm tired of scouring outdated and repetitive articles for this answer.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 ...

Mihail

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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 ...

Ver

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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...

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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...

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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  

Alex

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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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Superuser Contribution Play button, auto play in car, stop play when pulling out headphones and now playing not working

PlanFamily PremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10 SM-G973FOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueHi team. I've tried the following to resolve the issue but still having the same issues. - Restarted phone- Cleared Spotify cache- Log...

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Plan Family Premium Country New Zealand Device Samsung Galaxy S10 SM-G973F Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Hi team. I've tried the following to resolve the issue but...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Shuffle turns on by itself

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDevice(Moto Z4)Operating System(Android 10) My Question or IssueEvery time I start up my Spotify app and select a song to play, shuffle automatically turns on. This is especially annoying when I am trying to ...

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Plan Premium Country United States of America Device (Moto Z4) Operating System (Android 10)   My Question or Issue Every time I start up my Spotify app and select a song to play, shuf...

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Superuser Contribution Shuffle is always active when first opening

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePixel 3a, samsung s20Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueEverytime I start up Spotify and select play or the song where I left off in a playlist it defaults to shuffle. I usually listen to albums at a time and many...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Pixel 3a, samsung s20 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Everytime I start up Spotify and select play or the song where I left off in...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Send links to Deezer users

Spoiler (Highlight to read) Is it possible to send shared music links to a Deezer user? My friend used Deezer for a long time and doesn't plan to move to Spotify but we still send each other songs. I know the link lists the song name and artist so we...

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  Is it possible to send shared music links to a Deezer user? My friend used Deezer for a long time and doesn't plan to move to Spotify but we still send each other songs. I know the link lists...

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Android, Can't change volume of podcasts

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSony Xperia xz1 compactOperating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or Issue While listening to the Happiness Lab podcast, I discovered that I could not change the volume playing out of the speaker of my device. There ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Sony Xperia xz1 compact Operating System Android 8.0  My Question or Issue   While listening to the Happiness Lab podcast, I discovered t...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution local files wont download on mobile

PlanPremiumDevice(Samsung Galaxy S7) I have local files working flawlessly on my pc but after putting the files on my phone, they refuse to download. the songs are greyed out and I cant do anything with them. I tried playing the songs on google play,...

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  Plan Premium Device (Samsung Galaxy S7)     I have local files working flawlessly on my pc but after putting the files on my phone, they refuse to download. the songs are grey...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Playback stops randomly

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10+ Operating SystemAndroid Version 10 My Question or IssueRecently, playback of music stops either at the end of a track or randomly in the middle. It seems like it might be happening more when ...

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Plan Premium   Country United States   Device Samsung Galaxy S10+   Operating System Android Version 10   My Question or Issue Recently, playback of music stops eithe...

Mihail

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No pause button on Android

Plan Premium Duo Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueThe pause button is missing. Only play and heart show. Last update Sept 2020

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Plan Premium Duo   Country Canada   Device Samsung  Galaxy S8 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue The pause button is missing. Only play and heart show....

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Superuser Contribution S10+ re-downloading music after every restart

Spotify PremiumCanadaS10+Android 10 Only recently, after each restart on my S10+ all my offline music starts redownloading. After a phone restart I dont even have to open Spotify, as soon as the phone reboots spotify starts downloading all offline pl...

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Spotify Premium Canada S10+ Android 10   Only recently, after each restart on my S10+ all my offline music starts redownloading. After a phone restart I dont even have to open Spotify, as s...

Jeremy

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