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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 Audio pauses after a few seconds after I increased the audio quality.

I increased the audio quality, but the audio would pause every few seconds of play. I reverted the changes to normal audio quality, and even low quality, but the issue still remains.

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I increased the audio quality, but the audio would pause every few seconds of play. I reverted the changes to normal audio quality, and even low quality, but the issue still remains.

Joan

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Superuser Contribution How can I set radius for live events

Live events has my correct location but is showing me events hours away. How do I correct this?

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Live events has my correct location but is showing me events hours away. How do I correct this?

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Superuser Contribution Landscape mode

Device Samsung Galaxy 9 tab A9Operating System Android 14My Question or Issue I use my tablet wall mounted in Landscape view. The Spotify app currectly aligns itself. But the 'send to speaker' interface comes up in portrait view and does not realign.

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Device Samsung Galaxy 9 tab A9 Operating System Android 14 My Question or Issue   I use my tablet wall mounted in Landscape view.  The Spotify app currectly aligns itself. &nb...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot control Spotify from external devices anymore

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceGoogle Pixel 5Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI cannot control Spotify from external devices anymore since update to Android 11. I cannot skip songs from the car controls anymore (BMW x1 F48, ID6 ) and ne...

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  Plan Premium Country Romania Device Google Pixel 5 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I cannot control Spotify from external devices anymore since update to And...

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Superuser Contribution I can't listen to my Local Files on my Android phone

Each time I try to play a song from my local files, it automatically closes the spotify app and stops playing the song. I tried uninstalling all songs and installing them back again but it didn't work. I also tried to deactivate the feature of being ...

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Each time I try to play a song from my local files, it automatically closes the spotify app and stops playing the song. I tried uninstalling all songs and installing them back again but it didn't wor...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Phone (Motorola Moto G60S, Android 12) partially reboots after 1 or 2 songs

I open the app, start a song, all goes well till the song ends or maybe even when the following one starts and goes on for a couple of minutes... then the phone shuts off and reboots. But not completely. It stays loading without allowing me to unlock...

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I open the app, start a song, all goes well till the song ends or maybe even when the following one starts and goes on for a couple of minutes... then the phone shuts off and reboots. But not complet...

lakeceleryblackberry

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Selecting New Podcasts closes Android App

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePixel 8 ProMy Question or IssueFor some time now, whenever I select the 'New Episodes' item in My Library, the app closes. Then I reopen it, and can select the item.

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Pixel 8 Pro My Question or Issue For some time now, whenever I select the 'New Episodes' item in My Library, the app closes. Then I reopen it, and can select the...

ribezaz

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Superuser Contribution Don't switch to playing on phone when I connect a Bluetooth device

I play Spotify across many devices: On my computer while I work, on my daughter's speaker during bedtime, etc...Whenever I connect a bluetooth device to my phone, Spotify switches to playing on my phone. How can I stop Spotify on my phone from taking...

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I play Spotify across many devices: On my computer while I work, on my daughter's speaker during bedtime, etc... Whenever I connect a bluetooth device to my phone, Spotify switches to playing on my ...

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Superuser Contribution Jam disappeared

Plan: PremiumOperating System: Android 11 My Question or Issue:Jam disappeared. It's not in the app anymore.The feature broke some time ago, and by that I mean the button for "start a jam" became unresponsive. One could click on it many times to no a...

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Plan: Premium Operating System: Android 11   My Question or Issue: Jam disappeared. It's not in the app anymore. The feature broke some time ago, and by that I mean the button for "start a ...

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Superuser Contribution SOMETHING WENT WRONG (Have another go?)

PlanPremiumCountryMéxicoDeviceXioami Pad 6Operating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueHi. I just got a new tablet and wanted to use spotify there. I try to log in with facebook and with my username and password, but I keep getting the Something we...

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Plan Premium Country México Device Xioami Pad 6 Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue Hi. I just got a new tablet and wanted to use spotify there. I try to log in with fac...

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Superuser Contribution Podcasts skip forward and back ~10s

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 7Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueWhen I listen to podcasts, the playback will occasionally skip back ~10 seconds and then skip forward ~10s later. The skips occur at the same timestamps when I replay th...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 7 Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue When I listen to podcasts, the playback will occasionally skip back ~10 seconds and then skip...

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Superuser Contribution some tracks sound utterly terrible on spotify

Got a paid spotify account. Running the app on a samsung a52 which is as up to date as samsung wants to make it (Android 14 with the latest patches)This afternoon listening to some roxette tracks and I notice one in 4 or 5 sounds really terrible. Tho...

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Got a paid spotify account. Running the app on a samsung a52 which is as up to date as samsung wants to make it (Android 14 with the latest patches) This afternoon listening to some roxette tracks a...

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Queue doesn't follow search results

The Queue listing is bugged.Context: i.e. When you are in a playlist and you are searching for an artist in that playlist, spotify lists all songs of that artist in that playlist.Normally, when you start a song within this listing, the next songs of ...

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The Queue listing is bugged. Context: i.e. When you are in a playlist and you are searching for an artist in that playlist, spotify lists all songs of that artist in that playlist. Normally, when y...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect doesn't play on Bose Soundbar 500

Plan PremiumCountry AustraliaDevice Samsung Galaxy 21Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueSince a couple hours ago, Spotify doesn't play on my Bose Soundbar 500 anymore. I can see Spotify in the Bose app on my Android phone. However when ...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Samsung Galaxy 21 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue Since a couple hours ago, Spotify doesn't play on my Bose Soundbar 500 an...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution how do i stop playing siggested songs

i LOVE music in the car. but for some reason i rarely get songs from my playlist and its really annoying. i have turned autoplay off but atill doesnt stop. i have also heard clearing your queue works but i CANT FIND THE DANG BUTTON! i have a galaxy a...

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i LOVE music in the car. but for some reason i rarely get songs from my playlist and its really annoying. i have turned autoplay off but atill doesnt stop. i have also heard clearing your queue works...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cant see joe rogan video on tv (works in desktop and mobile)

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSony a80jOperating SystemAndroid tv v.10My Question or IssueI can watch the video of the joe rogan podcast on my desktop or mobile phone, but if i try to play the same video in the spotify app on my tv I only get the aud...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Sony a80j Operating System Android tv v.10 My Question or Issue I can watch the video of the joe rogan podcast on my desktop or mobile phone, but if i try ...

Murkymurk

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Needs To Fix The Playlist Description Field

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DeviceGoogle Pixel 3a XLOperating SystemAndroid Version 11 My IssueThe description of my playlists keeps messing up, after so long. It keeps replacing parts of it with nonsense. Below is an example. Two new songs, &q...

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Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Google Pixel 3a XL Operating System Android Version 11   My Issue The description of my playlists keeps messing up, after so long. It keeps replacing p...

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Solved!! Can't download Spotify to Android

Hi, I have Spotify Premium, use it fine on laptop & PC. I have a new (to me) Samsung GT-S5830. I can log onto my Spotify account on the Android. When I try to download the Spotify app via Google Play I get the error message "you don't have any device...

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Hi,   I have Spotify Premium, use it fine on laptop & PC. I have a new (to me) Samsung GT-S5830. I can log onto my Spotify account on the Android.   When I try to download the S...

prupil

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Superuser Contribution New Spotify update messing up scrobbling.

PlanPremiumDeviceS20 FE (Problem is persistent across all Android devices)Operating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueStarting with the May 15, 2023, Spotify update on Android, Spotify changed how artists were displayed on the notification widget....

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Plan Premium Device S20 FE (Problem is persistent across all Android devices) Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue Starting with the May 15, 2023, Spotify update on Android...

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