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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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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...

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  

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...

Mihail

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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...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify offline when using mobile data

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceHuawei p30 Pro Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI recently switched phone to a Huawei p30 Pro. My spotify on this device goes offline when I'm on mobile data but works on WiFi. I did not have this problem on my p...

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Plan Premium Country UK    Device Huawei p30 Pro    Operating System Android    My Question or Issue I recently switched phone to a Huawei p30 Pro. My spotif...

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Superuser Contribution Group Session Pause/Play Issue

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceOnePlus 6Operating SystemOxygenOS version 9.0.8, Android Version 9 Group Session BETA IssueSometimes after listening to songs for over an hour in a group session (that I started) and I pause, then play the music again, my f...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device OnePlus 6 Operating System OxygenOS version 9.0.8, Android Version 9   Group Session BETA Issue Sometimes after listening to songs for over an hour in a...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Local Files not syncing/downloading on app

Okay, so I've been using the local files set up to listen to songs that exist on my MacBook. This hasn't been an issue in the past. For context, from my Mac I allow Spotify to see local files, I add them to a new playlist, and then on my phone (Pixel...

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Okay, so I've been using the local files set up to listen to songs that exist on my MacBook. This hasn't been an issue in the past.   For context, from my Mac I allow Spotify to see local file...

Jeremy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution skipping

I have the free plan on spotify and I listen on a laptop every few seconds It skips my song and It does this with every song I listen to spotify all the time so this Is really frustrating Ive tried logging out and resigning In I even deleted my old a...

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I have the free plan on spotify and I listen on a laptop every few seconds It skips my song and It does this with every song I listen to spotify all the time so this Is really frustrating Ive tried l...

Mihail

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Superuser Contribution Disconnect from bluetooth problem

PlanPremium Family PlanCountryUnited StatesDeviceGalaxy Note 10Operating SystemAndroid 10My Question or IssueWhen I disconnect from a bluetooth device ( my car, my speaker, my earbuds, etc.) Spotify stops showing the correct song that is playing when...

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Plan Premium Family Plan Country United States Device Galaxy Note 10 Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue When I disconnect from a bluetooth device ( my car, my speaker, my earbu...

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Superuser Contribution Sorting Downloaded Albums

HiWith Google discontinuing their music service in December I am considering moving to Spotify. The Google Android app was great for how I want to use it so can the Spotify Android app do some of the same things please? Switch to downloaded only so I...

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Hi With Google discontinuing their music service in December I am considering moving to Spotify. The Google Android app was great for how I want to use it so can the Spotify Android app do some of t...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Local files won't play on mobile

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceSamsung A5, Asus laptopOperating SystemAndroid Oreo Hello, I am trying to add some local files of my favorite songs but I have a few issuesI can play it on my laptop but only after I switch offline mode on and off on...

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Plan Premium Country Australia  Device Samsung A5, Asus laptop Operating System Android Oreo   Hello, I am trying to add some local files of my favorite songs but I have a few issu...

Jeremy

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