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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 Spotify keeps playing music after closing app

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGoogle pixel 3aOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or Issue When I opened spotify today, I started listening to music and when I go to close the app it kept on playing music when it should have stopped playing music. I c...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Google pixel 3a Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue   When I opened spotify today, I started listening to music and when I go to cl...
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Shuffle mode requires Google Play Services now?

PlanPremium CountryBrazil DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8 and S23 Ultra Operating SystemAndroid 9 & OneUI 1.0 (S8) / Android 14 & OneUI 6.1 (S23 Ultra) When I click on the shuffle button, either on the current playing track screen, top button on playlist or ...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Brazil   Device Samsung Galaxy S8 and S23 Ultra   Operating System Android 9 & OneUI 1.0 (S8) / Android 14 & OneUI 6.1 (S23 Ultra)   Whe...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Lock Screen Widget disappears after one second

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceGoogle Pixel 7Operating SystemAndroid 15 My Question or IssueI'm having an issue where the Spotify Widget disappears on the Lock Screen after barely a second (see attached file).All notification settings are set correct...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device Google Pixel 7 Operating System Android 15   My Question or Issue I'm having an issue where the Spotify Widget disappears on the Lock Screen...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Widget Picture not Showing

Device:Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G Operating System:Android 15 My Question or Issue:The 4x2 widget on Android does not display the image of the playlist or the current song. It only shows the text and artist's name, but the 3x1 widget, which only displays ...

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  • Device: Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G   Operating System: Android 15   My Question or Issue: The 4x2 widget on Android does not display the image of the playlist or the current song. It only...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Songs stop and start when my Google Pixel 7 is locked.

I am getting increasingly frustrated. Over the last week my songs just start and stop playing randomly when my phone screen is locked or when it times out and locks itself. It entirely defeats the purpose of a music app. I have unpaired and repaired ...

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  • I am getting increasingly frustrated. Over the last week my songs just start and stop playing randomly when my phone screen is locked or when it times out and locks itself. It entirely defeats the pu...
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Superuser Contribution Samsung Watch 4 Track skipping problem

I'm having a problem when playing on my phone, when I switch to the next or previous song on the Spotify app on my watch, it always skips two songs in the playlist, not just one like normal. I use a Samsung Watch 4 and a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. I h...

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  • I'm having a problem when playing on my phone, when I switch to the next or previous song on the Spotify app on my watch, it always skips two songs in the playlist, not just one like normal. I use a ...
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Superuser Contribution The music stops for a few seconds when Up Next appears on the screen

I am using the Spotify app on Android TV and often the music stops for a few seconds when Up Next appears in the upper right corner on the screen.When I cast through Chromecast from my phone, this doesn't happen.The problem appeared since I updated t...

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  • I am using the Spotify app on Android TV and often the music stops for a few seconds when Up Next appears in the upper right corner on the screen. When I cast through Chromecast from my phone, this ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify turns itself on in very different situations - Samsung Galaxy S20 / S21

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceSamsung Galaxy S20/S21Operating SystemAndroid 10/11 My Question or IssueFor some time now, spotify has been turning on by itself on the Samusng galaxy s20 and later also in the s21 (I switched to s21 - I made a copy of t...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device Samsung Galaxy S20/S21 Operating System Android 10/11   My Question or Issue For some time now, spotify has been turning on by itself on the Samusng ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify pausing when phone locked or unlocked

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceGoogle Pixel 6Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueWhenever Spotify is playing through either the speakers or through Bluetooth headphones, either: The device is locked and screen turned off and 5-15 se...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Google Pixel 6 Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue Whenever Spotify is playing through either the speakers or through Bluetoot...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Android - Add Playlist to Home Screen, feature has gone missing?

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMoto G31Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI can no longer add a playlist to the home screen. However, existing links on my home screen still work. When I click on the "three dots" option on a playlist the "add t...

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  •   Plan Premium Country UK Device Moto G31 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I can no longer add a playlist to the home screen. However, existing links on my home...
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I need to submit a bug and report.

I cannot report a podcast and whenever I try to do so, I cannot pick content type and the autofilled URI seems to not be supported? Link to screenshot of bug: https://i.imgur.com/PSgi5uh.jpeg .

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  • I cannot report a podcast and whenever I try to do so, I cannot pick content type and the autofilled URI seems to not be supported? 🙂 Link to screenshot of bug: https://i.imgur.com/PSgi5uh.jpeg .
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Superuser Contribution My google pixel uses Spotify for my alarm music, how do I choose the songs?

Every morning I get woken up to songs by 'Grimes' that I've never actually listened to and they're kinda creepy, I like a couple of her songs but I can't work out how to change what the alarm plays, I asked the Google community and they said it's a S...

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  • Every morning I get woken up to songs by 'Grimes' that I've never actually listened to and they're kinda creepy, I like a couple of her songs but I can't work out how to change what the alarm plays, ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify app crashes in background when screen is turned off.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceLG V60ThinQOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI recently performed a system update which updated my Spotify player while in the background. Originally I thought this was just an aesthetic choice but I ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States Device LG V60ThinQ Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I recently performed a system update which updated my Spotify player wh...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify plays podcasts but stopped playing music

PlanPremium Duo CountryUKDeviceFairphone 4Operating SystemAndroid 13My Question or IssueToday Spotify won't play music but still plays podcasts on my Fairphone. The other phone on the same Duo account is fine (Motorola).I've cleared cache and data, u...

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  • Plan Premium Duo  Country UK Device Fairphone 4 Operating System Android 13 My Question or Issue Today Spotify won't play music but still plays podcasts on my Fairphone. The other phone...
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Superuser Contribution Equalizer Preset Names: Typo, or Easter Egg?

So, did I find an Easter Egg, or did a dev just do something silly with strings or what? Equalizer options includeClassicalDanceicalFlateicalHip HopetalJazzHopetalPopzHopetal PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSA DevicePixel 9 Pro XlOperating SystemAndroid 15

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  • So, did I find an Easter Egg, or did a dev just do something silly with strings or what?   Equalizer options include Classical Danceical Flateical Hip Hopetal JazzHopetal PopzHopetal &n...
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Superuser Contribution eu queria mudar o tema/modo do Spotify para branco, não consigo fazer isso

eu queria mudar o tema / modo do Spotify para branco/light , tentei várias vezes fazer ele voltar a ser branco e não consiguir. Meu celular é um Android e todos os vídeos que vi é um iPhone, ou seja , não conseguia nem fazer a metade das coisas que u...

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  • eu queria mudar o tema / modo do Spotify para branco/light , tentei várias vezes fazer ele voltar a ser branco e não consiguir. Meu celular é um Android e todos os vídeos que vi é um iPhone, ou seja ...
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Superuser Contribution My shuffle won't stop I don't want it

Just renewed my premium and it started with shuffle and I couldn't turn it off

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  • Just renewed my premium and it started with shuffle and I couldn't turn it off
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Superuser Contribution I want to log into Spotify on my Nvidia Shield TV. Can't pair with a phone

I can't install Spotify on the Android phone my company gave me. I use Spotify on my laptop, using Firefox. How can I use the Spotify app on my TV when pairing with a phone is impossible?

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  • I can't install Spotify on the Android phone my company gave me. I use Spotify on my laptop, using Firefox. How can I use the Spotify app on my TV when pairing with a phone is impossible?
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Superuser Contribution Spotify stops playing every 2 minutes

About every 2 minutes, the track I am listening to stops playing. The app shows it as playing but no sound comes out and when I pause and press play, it jumps back to the place where the sound stops. The first time I can get it to play again by unloc...

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  • About every 2 minutes, the track I am listening to stops playing. The app shows it as playing but no sound comes out and when I pause and press play, it jumps back to the place where the sound stops....
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Superuser Contribution Songs in my Liked songs taking a very long time(>10 sec) to respond when i play

PlanPremium studentCountrySouth AfricaDeviceHisense E50(RAM 4GB, ROM 64GB)Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueHi community. hope you guys are doing well. I am here for help because this is an ongoing issues since end of February. Whenever ...

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  • Plan Premium student Country South Africa Device Hisense E50(RAM 4GB, ROM 64GB) Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue Hi community. hope you guys are doing well.   ...
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