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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 [Android] Spotify pausing itself when charging phone

PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceSamsung Galaxy A40, Samsung Galaxy A41, Motorola moto g42, Samsung Galaxy A42 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 9 - tried on some smartphonesOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify pausing itself when charging phone. It pausing ...

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Plan Free Country Poland Device Samsung Galaxy A40, Samsung Galaxy A41, Motorola moto g42, Samsung Galaxy A42 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 9 - tried on some smartphones Operating System Android &nbs...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Spotify wrong calcul of left minutes in podcast episode

PlanFree/PremiumCountryPortugal Device Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhile in "Your episodes" when we see the list of episodes and we have some episode on going let say the episode has 30 minutes, and we are in the minute 3.It is writte...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country Portugal   Device   Operating System Android   My Question or Issue While in "Your episodes" when we see the list of episodes and we have s...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Bluetooth audio skipping / glitching / stuttering / popping on Android

Related thread here. Does anyone know how to accomplish the above with an Android S23? I go into the Security and Privacy section; however, there is nothing there for Bluetooth. This skipping just started happening about a month ago and I am about to...

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Related thread here.    Does anyone know how to accomplish the above with an Android S23? I go into the Security and Privacy section; however, there is nothing there for Bluetooth. This...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Where is the play in the background setting?

There is a new notification when I open spotify asking me to turn on background play (or something like that, but there is no button that links directly to the phrase used by Spotify. The closest I found is 'Pause app activity if unused' but this has...

Visitor

There is a new notification when I open spotify asking me to turn on background play (or something like that, but there is no button that links directly to the phrase used by Spotify. The closest I f...

Ivelina

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Superuser Contribution Now Playing bar suddenly stops

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung S24+Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueFor the last few days the Now Playing bar in the Android pulldown menu suddenly stops progressing (not sure how to describe this so here's a picture)To fix it I have...

Music Fan

Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung S24+ Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue For the last few days the Now Playing bar in the Android pulldown menu suddenly stops pro...

stupidmaninthewindow

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Turn off video

Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung s10e Operating System Android 12 My Question or Issue Harley quinn and joker podcast trailer will always play with video even with data saver on and canvas off and stream audio only on. I would like a way to...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung s10e Operating System Android 12 My Question or Issue   Harley quinn and joker podcast trailer will always play with video even wit...

parent123

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Superuser Contribution Spotify queue shuffles when connecting to car Bluetooth and opening the app

When opening the Spotify app (either from when it's closed or unlocking my phone) when connecting to car's Bluetooth, my queue reshuffles my current playlist. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S22 and I have Spotify Premium. This has been happening since ...

Music Fan

When opening the Spotify app (either from when it's closed or unlocking my phone) when connecting to car's Bluetooth, my queue reshuffles my current playlist. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S22 and I h...

Maria

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Superuser Contribution Is Premium Duo or Student or Family also getting lossless media quality?

PlanPremium DuoCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S25 [v9.0.76.1126], Macbook Pro 16 Nov 2023 [(Apple Silicon)1.2.72.438.g8c88c31c], Windows 11 [https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ncbcszsjrsb])Operating System(Android 15, Mac OS 15.5, Windows 1...

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  Plan Premium Duo Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S25 [v9.0.76.1126], Macbook Pro 16 Nov 2023 [(Apple Silicon) 1.2.72.438.g8c88c31c], Windows 11 [https://apps.microsoft.com/d...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution From a distance

I want to be able to start, play, and turn off the music even if I'm not physically there.

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I want to be able to start, play, and turn off the music even if I'm not physically there.

OscarDC

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Superuser Contribution Can't connect with my Android Wear OS Mont Blanc Summit 2+ watch

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceMont Blanc Summit 2+Operating SystemAndroid Wear OS My Question or IssueHi there,I can't connect to Spotify with my watch since beginning of August. I tried to reinitialize the watch but it still doesn't work. Either I g...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Mont Blanc Summit 2+ Operating System Android Wear OS   My Question or Issue Hi there, I can't connect to Spotify with my watch since beginning...

Jon781

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Superuser Contribution Local files not syncing to android anymore

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceNote 9Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI used the feature where you sync local files from desktop to mobile for about a year without any issues. However, recently my phone hasnt been syncing any newly added so...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Note 9 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue I used the feature where you sync local files from desktop to mobile for about a year ...

modiX91

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify App for Android TV doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePhilips Full HD Android TVOperating SystemAndroid TV My Question or IssueThe Spotify app for Android TV is not working. Songs play for 8 seconds without sound and then skip to the next song, again without sound. Other...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Philips Full HD Android TV Operating System Android TV   My Question or Issue The Spotify app for Android TV is not working. Songs play for 8 seco...

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Superuser Contribution Android reset deleted ALL my playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAll my playlists were wiped out when my Android was reset. I have the Spotify playlists on my...

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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 All my ...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Playback slider in music is not working but works in podcast.

Since the recent update, the playback slider isn't working. Usually we could drag and choose the time point of interest to listen or when a specific lyric is tapped it starts playing from that point. But now both of these are completely unresponsive....

Visitor

Since the recent update, the playback slider isn't working. Usually we could drag and choose the time point of interest to listen or when a specific lyric is tapped it starts playing from that point....

Denis488

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Superuser Contribution The app keeps turning on shuffle and repeat

Every time I start Spotify or push it to background, the app activates shuffle and repeat on itself. I've triedClearing the cacheClearing dataLogging out and logging inUninstall and re installStill having the same results.I'm using the 9.0.74.1121 An...

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Every time I start Spotify or push it to background, the app activates shuffle and repeat on itself.   I've tried Clearing the cache Clearing data Logging out and logging in Uninstall and...

AlejaR

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Clear the queue

Plan : PremiumCountry : FranceDevice : Samsung XCover 5Operating System : Android 13Version : Spotify 8.8.96.364 My Question or IssueHello, For 2 weeks, i often have trouble with the songs queue. Playlist is added twice in the queue, or songs from th...

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Plan : Premium Country : France Device : Samsung XCover 5 Operating System : Android 13 Version : Spotify 8.8.96.364   My Question or Issue Hello,   For 2 ...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Delay with Media Controller

PlanPremiumCountryUkraineDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 10+Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueWhen I skip or pause, I get a delay in Android Media Control, namely in Spotify, at lock screen the same, with other applications it is not so. The m...

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Plan Premium Country Ukraine Device Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue When I skip or pause, I get a delay in Android Media Control, namely in S...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Android app crashes during playback after a few minutes

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceBlackview BV 9900 ProOperating SystemAndroid 10My Question or IssueHi there,The Spotify Andoid app crashes every time after a few minutes playback.It does not freeze, it stops competely (also dissapaers from memory). I’ve re...

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Plan Premium Country NL Device Blackview BV 9900 Pro Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue Hi there, The Spotify Andoid app crashes every time after a few minutes playback. It d...

Louisalamagna

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Disable autoplay on Android auto

Hi all,How on earth can I disable autostart whilst using Android Auto. Once it connects to Bluetooth it consistently won't turn off. I can imagine it's very distracting and certainly makes driving more hazodous. Thanks

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Hi all, How on earth can I disable autostart whilst using Android Auto. Once it connects to Bluetooth it consistently won't turn off. I can imagine it's very distracting and certainly makes driving ...

Damionrowe

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