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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 Cannot pause music on lock screen

Hello All, When the Galaxy 8 phone is locked it allows me to go back a song and skip to the next song when Spotify is playing but it will not allow me to pause the song. It cues me to "Use Fingerprint to Unlock"Android 9, last update 2/28/2020 (curre...

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Hello All,   When the Galaxy 8 phone is locked it allows me to go back a song and skip to the next song when Spotify is playing but it will not allow me to pause the song. It cues me to "Use F...

Peter

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Album plays in shuffle on Android Auto

Hi -Whenever I try to play anything - album or playlist - through android auto, the songs always play in shuffle mode NEVER in their actual order. Even worse, when I try to play an album from my library, not only will it play a random song, but it wi...

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Hi - Whenever I try to play anything - album or playlist - through android auto, the songs always play in shuffle mode NEVER in their actual order. Even worse, when I try to play an album from my li...

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Superuser Contribution When I make a playlist, I can't see all my liked songs

When I make a playlist the arrow button to expand my liked songs is gone and I go to the bottom of my liked songs (therefore seeing all the songs I've liked). How do I get to the arrow back?PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevice Samsung A70Operating ...

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When I make a playlist the arrow button to expand my liked songs is gone and I go to the bottom of my liked songs (therefore seeing all the songs I've liked). How do I get to the arrow back? Plan ...

Katerina

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Superuser Contribution Something Went Wrong

PlanPremiumCountryUS Device(Samsung Galaxy s10) My Question or IssueWhen I try to search for songs I get a message that says something went wrong. Have another go? With a Try Again button. I have tried restarting, uninstalling, logging out, etc. Noth...

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Plan Premium Country US   Device (Samsung Galaxy s10)   My Question or Issue When I try to search for songs I get a message that says something went wrong.  Have another go?&n...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Artist pages don't load

All of a sudden Artist pages refuse to load. I click on "View artist". After a couple seconds of loading, it says "Something went wrong - Have another go? Try again". 9/10 artist pages are like this. 1/10 seem to randomly work. Artist pages are still...

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All of a sudden Artist pages refuse to load. I click on "View artist". After a couple seconds of loading, it says "Something went wrong - Have another go? Try again". 9/10 artist pages are like this....

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot sort playlists from oldest to most recent anymore

DeviceLG Stylo 5 My Question or IssueI used to be able to tap 'Recently added' a second time when sorting songs in playlists so that I could play songs from oldest to newest. Now I can only sort the songs from newest to oldest. Was this feature taken...

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Device LG Stylo 5   My Question or Issue I used to be able to tap 'Recently added' a second time when sorting songs in playlists so that I could play songs from oldest to newest. Now I can o...

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Superuser Contribution Crash at startup

Hey, I know, I'm not the First guy Posting that topic, but non of the advices helped me. I cannot run the spotify app on my android device. One second After startup (showing the gray screen with the spotify icon) the app crashes.I reinstalled several...

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Hey,   I know, I'm not the First guy Posting that topic, but non of the advices helped me. I cannot run the spotify app on my android device. One second After startup (showing the gray screen ...

Ivan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify deletes my downloaded playlist on Fiio M9

PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceFiio M9Operating SystemAndroid Hi all,I have a very annoying problem with Spotify constantly deleting my downloaded playlists on my Fiio M9 every time I turn it off or if it runs out of battery. I saw someone else with ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden   Device Fiio M9 Operating System Android   Hi all, I have a very annoying problem with Spotify constantly deleting my downloaded playlists on my Fiio...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music stops and Spotify stops responding after opening other full screen application

PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemLatest android and security update My Question or IssueRecently since the new update when opening full screen applications such as games, spotify stops playback and doesn't show up in the nav...

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Plan Premium Country Singapore Device Samsung S9 Operating System Latest android and security update    My Question or Issue Recently since the new update when opening full screen...

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Superuser Contribution i can't play or pause

PlanPremiumCountryPHDeviceGalaxy note 8Operating SystemAndroid Pie 9.0 with Samsung One UI My Question or Issuei can't pause any songs from my lock screen

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Plan Premium Country PH Device Galaxy note 8 Operating System Android Pie 9.0 with Samsung One UI   My Question or Issue i can't pause any songs from my lock screen

Yordan

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How do I play entire album when listening on phone? (samsung galaxy 9)

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating System android(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHow can I listen to entire album on my phone?? I can do this on my computer but not on phone??

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Plan Free Country US Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System  android (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue How can I listen to entire album on my ...

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Music skipping on Bluetooth Huawei p20

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDeviceHuawei p20Operating SystemAndroid 9.1 My Question or IssueWhen I am listening to Spotify on my huwei p20 on my car radio, Google home mini(Bluetooth) or galaxy buds my music skips. I don't have this issue with any other...

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  Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Huawei p20 Operating System Android 9.1   My Question or Issue When I am listening to Spotify on my huwei p20 on my car radio, Google home m...

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Perfomance Probleme seit vielen Wochen

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9+, Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S10e, Samsung Galaxy S10+)Operating System(iOS 12, Android 10, Android 9,etc.) My Question or IssueSeit einigen Wochen hat die App bei mir viele Per...

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  Plan Premium Country Germany Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9+, Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S10e, Samsung Galaxy S10+) Operating System (iOS 12, Android 10, Android 9,et...

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Downloaded playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceSamsung tabletOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueMy playlist is downloaded and i am listening in offline mode but i only get 2 songs played before it stops. I have updated...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Australia Device Samsung tablet Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue My playlist is downloaded and i am listen...

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Huawei nova 7i and android Emui 10.0.1 compatibility with spotify

PlanPremiumCountryOmanDeviceHuawei nova 7iOperating SystemAndriod Emui 10.0.1 My Question or IssueI downloaded spotify but the app only show black screen , later on I discovered that it's not compatible with Emui 10.0.1 , Is there a way around it ?

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  Plan Premium Country Oman Device Huawei nova 7i Operating System Andriod Emui 10.0.1   My Question or Issue I downloaded spotify but the app only show black screen , later...

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Albums download disappear

I got Premium Spotify (Family plan) in Brazil, I'm using a Moto E4, running on Android 7.1.1 I can download playlists as expected and they are still there when I'm back, but if I download albums, close the app and open it again, the downloaded albums...

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I got Premium Spotify (Family plan) in Brazil, I'm using a Moto E4, running on Android 7.1.1   I can download playlists as expected and they are still there when I'm back, but if I download ...

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Spotify Connect & Autoplay doesn't working

PlanPremium DeviceSamsung A30 (SM-A305F) + Lenovo Laptop Operating SystemAndroid 10 + Windows 10 My Question or IssueSince I bought the Premium version, Spotify became more laggy and buggy. Everytime the music stops, Spotify Connect on my phone stop ...

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Plan Premium   Device Samsung A30 (SM-A305F) + Lenovo Laptop   Operating System Android 10 + Windows 10   My Question or Issue Since I bought the Premium version, Spotify bec...

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Equalizer

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceVivo V15Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueUp until now, equalizer was under the Music Quality settings but now, it's gone. It disappeared. I have already tried rebooting my phone and doing a clean rein...

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  Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Vivo V15 Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue Up until now, equalizer was under the Music Quality settings but now, it's ...

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All references to queue are missing

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceGalaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhat I tried already: Restart phone. Full clean install with cleared cache and storage. Problem: I don't see add to queue anywhere. Nor do I see any way to view or manage th...

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  Plan Free Country USA Device Galaxy S8 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue What I tried already: Restart phone. Full clean install with cleared cache and storage.&n...

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Spotify stops playing randomly (S9, Android 10)

Premium PlanPolandSamsung Galaxy 9 (Android 10, phone kept up-to-date)Spotify version: 8.5.49.973Hey guys, I've had Spotify for over a year on my S9 and never had issues until now. I've noticed it randomly stops playing musing (pauses a track while p...

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Premium Plan Poland Samsung Galaxy 9 (Android 10, phone kept up-to-date) Spotify version: 8.5.49.973 Hey guys,  I've had Spotify for over a year on my S9 and never had issues until...

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