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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 Keeps starting an audiobook I've never heard when I connect to bluetooth/open app

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePixel 7AOperating SystemAndroid 15 My Question or IssueThe past fews days when I get in my car my bluetooth starts playing an audiobook I have never listened to (I don't use audiobooks on Spotify) instead of the music I wa...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Pixel 7A Operating System Android 15   My Question or Issue The past fews days when I get in my car my bluetooth starts playing an audiobook I h...

Vasil

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Superuser Contribution "Waiting for host to start playback" Spotify Jam

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceSamsung s24 ultraOperating SystemAndroid 14My Question or IssueI had left a Spotify jam that my friend invited me to. I connected to my cars blue tooth and it wouldn't let me play any tracks. It kept giving me the messa...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung s24 ultra Operating System Android 14 My Question or Issue I had left a Spotify jam that my friend invited me to. I connected to my cars blue toot...

voodoojuejue

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify won't let me change the audio quality

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceSamsung A53Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue I have had this issue for a while now, at first I thought it would solve itself, maybe it was a bug, or maybe I needed to update the app or something, but none of...

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Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Samsung A53 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue   I have had this issue for a while now, at first I thought it would solve itself...

mahervelous

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Superuser Contribution Spotify no longer working properly on Android Auto

Hello, Up until about a week ago, I used to be able to listen to podcasts in my car through Android Auto with no problems. I would download episodes of podcasts for off-line listening, and I would be able to listen to podcasts while driving off-line....

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Hello,   Up until about a week ago, I used to be able to listen to podcasts in my car through Android Auto with no problems. I would download episodes of podcasts for off-line listening, and I...

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Superuser Contribution Bluetooth connection with Bose QuietComfort II earbuds drops on 1 song

Bluetooth connection drops then attempts to reconnect repeatedly with 1 specific song (https://open.spotify.com/track/2JV18nmp5fjH6psidKaiyK?si=aadf68e49b964571) when played from Pixel phone. Song does not play, same occurs when trying to connect ear...

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Bluetooth connection drops then attempts to reconnect repeatedly with 1 specific song (https://open.spotify.com/track/2JV18nmp5fjH6psidKaiyK?si=aadf68e49b964571) when played from Pixel phone. Song do...

Ivelina

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Superuser Contribution Video Slow and Flickering on Android TV

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceTCL Android TVOperating SystemAndroid TV My Question or IssueWhen trying to play videos in Spotify on my Android TV, the video is really slow, choppy, and flickers to black continuously. I have restarted the TV as well a...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device TCL Android TV Operating System Android TV   My Question or Issue When trying to play videos in Spotify on my Android TV, the video is really...

spikey369

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Superuser Contribution Genius Behind the Lyrics removed?

My Question or IssueWas the Genius Behind the Lyrics feature removed from the mobile app? If so, when? It doesn't seem to be there anymore with songs that ARE showing it on Roku and/or Chromecast (Chromecast shows it on more songs than Roku). Just wo...

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  My Question or Issue Was the Genius Behind the Lyrics feature removed from the mobile app?  If so, when?  It doesn't seem to be there anymore with songs that ARE showing it on Roku...

itsmarshyy

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Is it possible to log out from a device remotely?

I have a broken phone in a way that it still can stream Spotify if it's controled by another device, but it's unresponsive/broken. I want to switch to a different device and have offline songs on it, but the old device also has downloaded playlists a...

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I have a broken phone in a way that it still can stream Spotify if it's controled by another device, but it's unresponsive/broken. I want to switch to a different device and have offline songs on it,...

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Superuser Contribution Other apps keep interrupting Spotify?

Hey guys Premium user here. I've recently switched from iPhone to Android (Google pixel 3 to be exact) and I keep experiencing this issue where other apps constantly interrupt and pause my Spotify? For example, when I watch Snapchat videos it will pa...

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Hey guys   Premium user here.   I've recently switched from iPhone to Android (Google pixel 3 to be exact) and I keep experiencing this issue where other apps constantly interrupt and p...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution App crashing "new episodes" feed

PlanPremium (family)CountryNorwayDeviceSamsung Galaxy S24+Operating SystemAndroid 14/ One UI 6.1 My Question or Issue:My app has an issue where it crashes when opening the "new episodes" feed. It has been going on for a couple of months (but I don´t ...

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Plan Premium (family) Country Norway Device Samsung Galaxy S24+ Operating System Android 14/ One UI 6.1   My Question or Issue: My app has an issue where it crashes when opening the "n...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify thinks my bluetooth headset is a car

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 7, Bluetooth headphonesOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueWith my old phone (a Pixel 5) and these headphones, they worked fine, but Spotify on my current Pixel 7 thinks that the headphones are a car. I had...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 7, Bluetooth headphones Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue With my old phone (a Pixel 5) and these headphones, they worked fine, b...

Yordan

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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.

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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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