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New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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Downloaded songs take space of 10GB

I am curious as to why this happened to me. I went to my settings on my phone, then storage - app data and under Spotify, it says that my downloaded songs take 10GB worth of space. I have deleted some playlists, ticked off the download option on all ...

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  • I am curious as to why this happened to me. I went to my settings on my phone, then storage - app data and under Spotify, it says that my downloaded songs take 10GB worth of space. I have deleted som...
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My Local Files get grayed out after a few days. How do I stop this from happening??

I've seen this topic brought up before, but quite frankly it's infuriating that it keeps happening. My local music gets grayed out after time passes. The only way to fix this issue is to reinstall Spotify and redownload everything from my PC. I get t...

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  •   I've seen this topic brought up before, but quite frankly it's infuriating that it keeps happening.   My local music gets grayed out after time passes.  The only way to fix this i...
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Songs keep skipping

PlanPremium CountryGermany Device(Redmi Note 9)Operating SystemMIUI Global 11.0.5 My Question or IssueToday I got my new Redmi Note 9. When I open Spotify and want to play a song it keeps skipping to the next song without playing one.

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  • Plan Premium   Country Germany   Device (Redmi Note 9) Operating System MIUI Global 11.0.5   My Question or Issue Today I got my new Redmi Note 9. When I open Spotify and w...
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay

When using spotify on my android phone autoplay won't work. It doesnt matter if it's a playlist, album or just one song I have selected it doesn't then go to similar songs. It either repeats the album or just stops playing. I have reinstalled the app...

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  • When using spotify on my android phone autoplay won't work. It doesnt matter if it's a playlist, album or just one song I have selected it doesn't then go to similar songs. It either repeats the albu...
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The app with the latest updates has slowed down

PlanFreeCountryItalyDeviceSamsung J5Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI noticed that the app has slowed down a lot with the latest updates, not so much the use in app but when you go to get it from the recent apps it takes a while to load...

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  • Plan Free Country Italy Device Samsung J5 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I noticed that the app has slowed down a lot with the latest updates, not so much the use in...
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Stop automatically playing on BT speakers

I searched for answers but only found people wanting their app to automatically play, but I want mine to stop. Whenever I'm near a recognized Bluetooth device my app resumes playing a podcast (and if there aren't any new downloads it picks a random o...

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  • I searched for answers but only found people wanting their app to automatically play, but I want mine to stop.  Whenever I'm near a recognized Bluetooth device my app resumes playing a podcast (...
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Superuser Contribution issues with S10 while on 4G (no playback, search etc)

PlanFreeCountryGreeceDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10eOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueI just started using spotify the last few days to check if its worth the premium. While i am on 4G songs very often dont play, and i have no results in sear...

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  •   Plan Free Country Greece Device Samsung Galaxy S10e Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue I just started using spotify the last few days to check if its worth the...
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spotify over rides my car audio

after i listen to anything on spotify, mostly podcasts. i hit pause and then close the app on my android phone. For some time, at least that day and often the next day, when i have my bluetooth as my source, it automatically starts replaying spotify....

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  • after i listen to anything on spotify, mostly podcasts. i hit pause and then close the app on my android phone. For some time, at least that day and often the next day, when i have my bluetooth as my...
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Spotify crashes and doesnt open anymore

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDeviceXiaomi mi9TProOperating SystemMiui12 (but it was happening with miui11 too) For like a month now, spotify always crashes and doesnt open anymore after two uses (I open the app two times). To fix it, I have to erase all d...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brasil Device Xiaomi mi9TPro Operating System Miui12 (but it was happening with miui11 too)   For like a month now, spotify always crashes and doesnt open anymore a...
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Superuser Contribution Not able to play next track

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDevicehonor 8cOperating SystemAndroid(8.1) My Question or IssueI am not able to play next track in android after latest update. It is working file in Desktop. The queue list is empty even after I turned on autoplay.

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  •   Plan Premium Country India Device honor 8c Operating System Android(8.1)   My Question or Issue I am not able to play next track in android after latest update. It is working f...
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Superuser Contribution Warteschlange wurde entfernt

Wieso habt ihr die Warteschlange entfernt? Das war das nützlichste Feature bei Spotify! Wie will man nun seine Lieder in der Warteschlange checken? Als ob das weglassen dieses Feature, die App besser macht. Eher schlechter.Bitte wieder einfügen! Plan...

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  • Wieso habt ihr die Warteschlange entfernt? Das war das nützlichste Feature bei Spotify! Wie will man nun seine Lieder in der Warteschlange checken? Als ob das weglassen dieses Feature, die App besser...
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Superuser Contribution Music randomly pauses on Android

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  
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Superuser Contribution Why is the Android app extremely slow, when signal is bad?

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLG G8S ThinQOperating SystemAndroid-Version: 9Kernel-Version: 4.14.83Software-Version: V10r-EEA-XX My Question or IssueI discovered, that the Spotify Android app (v 8.5.62.904) is extremely slow when the signal (LTE, 3G...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device LG G8S ThinQ Operating System Android-Version: 9 Kernel-Version: 4.14.83 Software-Version: V10r-EEA-XX   My Question or Issue I discovered, that t...
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Superuser Contribution Nothing loads except playlists on android phone

PlanPremiumCountryIreland DeviceHUAWEI P smart 2019Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueThis has been an ongoing problem since last year, I deleted Spotify out of frustration when it still wasn't working after a few months even though I used...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Ireland  Device HUAWEI P smart 2019 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue This has been an ongoing problem since last year, I deleted Spot...
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Mobile: STOP IT.

First off, mobile already shouldn't be DEFINITIVELY WORSE. You can't turn shuffle off, playlists automatically have songs added and, and the songs suggested are from artists and bands I have never once searched anything remotely close to. Oh wait, th...

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  • First off, mobile already shouldn't be DEFINITIVELY WORSE. You can't turn shuffle off, playlists automatically have songs added and, and the songs suggested are from artists and bands I have never on...
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Sleeptimer not working (Android)

Hi,I discovered there is a Sleeptimer in the Android App. But for me, it simply doesn't work. I set it to 30mins while listening to an Audiobook through my Spotify Connect Speaker (JBL Playlist). After a few minutes, I checked again and it said 23min...

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  • Hi, I discovered there is a Sleeptimer in the Android App. But for me, it simply doesn't work. I set it to 30mins while listening to an Audiobook through my Spotify Connect Speaker (JBL Playlist). A...
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Why can't I see the new lyrics feature?

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesia DeviceSamsung A51Operating SystemAndroid Ver 10, One UI 2.1Spotify Ver.8.5.64.1046 My Question or IssueI am really sad that I am unable to see the new lyrcis feature, and I have even tried logging in my acc on my friend's ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia   Device Samsung A51 Operating System Android Ver 10, One UI 2.1 Spotify Ver. 8.5.64.1046   My Question or Issue I am really sad that I am unable...
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Samsung and Spotify linking

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issueso I keep getting a log in screen asking me to log into my Samsung account and when I do it a...

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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 so I ke...
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Superuser Contribution App won't start after systems update

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or Issue After doing the latest systems update (to version G965FXXU9ETF5 / G965FOXM9ETF2 / G965FXXU9ETF2) Spotify simply won't start. When I try to start the app th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Samsung Galaxy 9+ Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue   After doing the latest systems update (to version G965FXXU9ETF5 / G...
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Not Shuffling Playlists Correctly

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceGoogle Pixel XLOperating SystemAndroid Oreo / Pie My Question or Issue Hello! Here's my issue.I have a Spotify playlist that has about 40 songs, all with different artists, plus 3 Bastille albums and 2 Walk the Moon albums...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Google Pixel XL Operating System Android Oreo / Pie   My Question or Issue  Hello! Here's my issue. I have a Spotify playlist that has about...
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