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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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Spotify Connect Workaround

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLG G7 ThinQ and Galaxy Tab S5eOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueA problem I've been dealing with is when I do Spotify Connect to my PS4 which is on the latest version (literally just updated it) I couldn't add a...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device LG G7 ThinQ and Galaxy Tab S5e Operating System Android 9    My Question or Issue A problem I've been dealing with is when I do Spotify Con...

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Song skipping like scratched CD

As the title says. I'm only noticing it with one particular to track-- "A Bite Out of My Bed" by the new pornographers. I've gapless playback and crossfade turned off, I tried deleting the song and redownloading, going to the album to listen there. N...

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As the title says. I'm only noticing it with one particular to track-- "A Bite Out of My Bed" by the new pornographers. I've gapless playback and crossfade turned off, I tried deleting the song and r...

Noah

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Behind the lyrics not working, reinstalling doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountryMexicoDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9Operating SystemAndroid Q My Question or Issuethe "Behind the Lyrics" option is not working on some songs that I had previously seen the option on (I also tried to do the one from the example on the ...

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Plan Premium Country Mexico Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Operating System Android Q   My Question or Issue the "Behind the Lyrics" option is not working on some songs that I had previo...

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Playback stops on PC when phone connects to Internet

PlanPremiumCountrycanadaDevice lg G6Operating SystemWin7 My Question or Issue I don't keep the wifi / lte on, I activate it when I need it. I play music on my PC at home. Whenever I connect to the internet on my phone, the playback stops on my PC and...

Gig Goer

Plan Premium Country canada Device  lg G6 Operating System Win7   My Question or Issue   I don't keep the wifi / lte on, I activate it when I need it. I play music on my PC ...

TaTHEj

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Superuser Contribution Has the interface for the Fire TV app changed?

Since about two days ago, the app interface for Fire TV has changed. Now it looks like that of my iOS app, whereas previously the screen contained more thumbnails and more information. Is this change permanent? I actually prefer the previous interfac...

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Since about two days ago, the app interface for Fire TV has changed. Now it looks like that of my iOS app, whereas previously the screen contained more thumbnails and more information.   &...

Katerina

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How do I get a usable user interface back on Android TV?

Device Nvidia Shield TVOperating System Android My Question or IssueI haven't been in the Spotify app on the nvidia shield TV for a while but noticed today the user interface has greatly changed and not for the good. Is there any way to get back to t...

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Device Nvidia Shield TV Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I haven't been in the Spotify app on the nvidia shield TV for a while but noticed today the user interface has greatly...

SandyFarmer

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Spotify Pauses Randomly When Listening Offline-Android

Hello! I have a Family Subscription for Spotify. I work in a manufacturing plant that has no wifi or cell service for employees. I use 2 different phones (both Androids) at work. The one phone, which is a Moto G, I hook into the area speaker for ever...

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Hello! I have a Family Subscription for Spotify. I work in a manufacturing plant that has no wifi or cell service for employees. I use 2 different phones (both Androids) at work. The one phone, which...

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Superuser Contribution Google Home and Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceGoogle Home / Mini My Question or IssueAfter requesting a song, the song will start playing as expected, though about a second into the song the Google Assistant will say an error such as I don't know how to help with...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Google Home / Mini   My Question or Issue After requesting a song, the song will start playing as expected, though about a second into the song the ...

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Superuser Contribution Cant keep listening to old songs

Anyone just listening to music and then it goes back to the last song u added after u get into your older liked songs

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Anyone just listening to music and then it goes back to the last song u added after u get into your older liked songs 

Mario

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Superuser Contribution Spotify randomly stops playing while in offline mode

PlanPremiumDeviceSamsung Galaxy A50Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueSpotify randomly stops playing music and podcasts. This only happens when the device does not have an internet connection. This happens regardless whether Spotify set t...

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Plan Premium Device Samsung Galaxy A50 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Spotify randomly stops playing music and podcasts. This only happens when the device does not ha...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Fila de reprodução

Minha fila de reprodução fica voltando na primeira música toda hora. Eu entro pra conferir, me mostra tudo certo, na sequência que eu quero, mas toca uma ou duas faixas e volta pra primeira música.Tem como resolver isso?

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Minha fila de reprodução fica voltando na primeira música toda hora. Eu entro pra conferir, me mostra tudo certo, na sequência que eu quero, mas toca uma ou duas faixas e volta pra primeira música. ...

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Superuser Contribution Lockscreen, album art pictures

PlanpremiumCountryfinlandDeviceOneplus 7 proOperating System)android 10My Question or IssueIt Ias been asked for years and you seem to never pay attention to it.Can you please give us an option to disable the cover art wallpaper in the lock screen? T...

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  Plan premium Country finland Device Oneplus 7 pro Operating System) android 10 My Question or Issue It Ias been asked for years and you seem to never pay attention to it. Can you pl...

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Superuser Contribution Equalizer - en/disable based on connected device?

PlanPremium (family)CountryUnited StatesDeviceGoogle Pixel 3XLOperating SystemAndroid 10, latest build (05-APR-2020) My Question or IssueI use Spotify throughout the day, connecting to/thru many devices - BT speakers/headphones, Echo devices, wired h...

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Plan Premium (family) Country United States Device Google Pixel 3XL Operating System Android 10, latest build (05-APR-2020)   My Question or Issue I use Spotify throughout the day, con...

Kiril

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Samsung A7 2018 not playing through Bluetooth

PlanPremiumCountryUkDeviceSamsung A7 2018Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueNo matter how many thinhs I try, spotify will only play through my phones speakers and not a bluetooth device. When you change the volume it shows both the phone vol...

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Plan Premium Country Uk Device Samsung A7 2018 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue No matter how many thinhs I try, spotify will only play through my phones speakers and no...

Cherie1

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Superuser Contribution Spotify App Crashes on Startup, Keeps showing crash message over and over afterwards

This started happening about a week ago after listening to some podcast. I then updated my phone to the newest official firmware version because mine was pretty outdated. Now that I updated my phone, the app crashes almost instantly all the time. I d...

Music Fan

This started happening about a week ago after listening to some podcast. I then updated my phone to the newest official firmware version because mine was pretty outdated. Now that I updated my phone,...

Ivan

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Spotify does not continue playing after paused for a while.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy 10+, Android AutoOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueHi. I've been having this problem for a few weeks now. If I have Spotify paused for an extended period of time, and I reopen the app...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy 10+, Android Auto Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue Hi. I've been having this problem for a few weeks n...

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Superuser Contribution [Android] when searching for songs, text doesn't appear

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10+ Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueSong search is buggy. Using the keyboard I can type but on occasion, text will not appear in the search box and results won't refresh. Despite t...

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Plan Premium   Country United States   Device Samsung Galaxy S10+   Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Song search is buggy. Using the keyboard I can ...

kkdoom

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Solved!! Spotify Web & Spotify Android App Not Syncing

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceMotorola Z3 Force & ComputerOperating SystemAndroid & Windows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to clean up my Library of Liked Songs. I have unlike many songs on the Spotify App for Windows on my computer, but my Spot...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Motorola Z3 Force & Computer Operating System Android & Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm trying to clean up my Library of Liked Songs....

TaTHEj

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Fire HD 8 for Kids - Spotify music randomly stops playing

I have a Fire HD 8 for Kids and I downloaded Spotify to play lullabies overnight. Recently it has been stopping at random tracks, and when I open the Spotify app, I can see the play button. *Power saving mode has been turned off already, and all of t...

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I have a Fire HD 8 for Kids and I downloaded Spotify to play lullabies overnight. Recently it has been stopping at random tracks, and when I open the Spotify app, I can see the play button.   ...

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Search bug after adding song to queue

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceXiaomi Redmi note 8 proOperating SystemAndroid 9 (MIUI 11.0.3) My Question or IssueI search for a song in the search bar, add it to the queue, and after that the keyboard dissapears, removing the possibility to search f...

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Plan Premium Country Romania Device Xiaomi Redmi note 8 pro Operating System Android 9 (MIUI 11.0.3)   My Question or Issue I search for a song in the search bar, add it to the queue, ...

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