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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 App playing music from Desktop EVEN WHEN APP UNINSTALLED

I don't even know how this happens. The app had broken, again, so that the music sync was instead playing on both devices. But even when uninstalling spotify, this still happened?? How?? I rescinded permissions for the app on my device? Surely this i...

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I don't even know how this happens. The app had broken, again, so that the music sync was instead playing on both devices. But even when uninstalling spotify, this still happened??   How?? I r...

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Superuser Contribution android app background effect in playlists not working properly

PlanPremiumCountrySouth KoreaDeviceGalaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy tab S9, iPad Pro 12.9 5th genOperating Systemandroid14 (oneui6.1), ios17My Question or IssueThe background effects on the background when you chooze a playlist doesn't seem to appear properl...

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  Plan Premium Country South Korea Device Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy tab S9, iPad Pro 12.9 5th gen Operating System android14 (oneui6.1), ios17 My Question or Issue The background effect...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Issues Searching For Music

Plan: FreeCountry: MexicoDevice: Motorola Moto G9 PlayOperating System: Android 10My Question or IssueSo this issue is from my mom's phone, basically when she tries to search for something it says that there is no Internet connection, when on the sam...

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Plan: Free Country: Mexico Device: Motorola Moto G9 Play Operating System: Android 10 My Question or Issue So this issue is from my mom's phone, basically when she tries to search for something ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Microphone/speech search missing on android auto

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceGoogle Pixel 6AOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI recently had to factory reset my phone and now when I go to search on android auto it only brings up the keyboard and does not have the little microphone to star...

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Plan Free Country USA   Device Google Pixel 6A Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I recently had to factory reset my phone and now when I go to search on android ...

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Superuser Contribution Song preview / album cover not sharing in Facebook app.

When I share songs from Spotify into Facebook on my phone it doesn't show the song cover in the post. Only the song title and a blank "open spotify" link. It's very similar to the issue "Song preview sharing on Facebook" posted by asandro but the lin...

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When I share songs from Spotify into Facebook on my phone it doesn't show the song cover in the post. Only the song title and a blank "open spotify" link. It's very similar to the issue "Song preview...

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Smart Shuffle

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 8 Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or Issue Spotify Team, I'm having this issue with Smart Shuffle where, If Smart Shuffle is on when Spotify is launched (left on from previous session), I am not able to play an...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 8  Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue   Spotify Team,   I'm having this issue with Smart Shuffle where,   ...

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Superuser Contribution Hi, i'm a non-premium Android user on spotify, whenever i go to a playlist

Hi i'm a non-premium Android user on spotify, whenever i go to a playlist it automatically shuffles. And if i try to disable it, it says that you have to have premium.

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Hi i'm a non-premium Android user on spotify, whenever i go to a playlist it automatically shuffles. And if i try to disable it, it says that you have to have premium.

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Superuser Contribution Queue won't work

PlanFreeCountryUsaDeviceAndroid (motorola thing) My Question or IssueOn Android, Version 8.9.66.543 I don't even have a button for the queue. Is this a normal thing for Android or js me??

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  Plan Free Country Usa Device Android (motorola thing)   My Question or Issue On Android, Version 8.9.66.543 I don't even have a button for the queue. Is this a normal thing for A...

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Superuser Contribution "Can't play in the background without your permission" Notification I get every time I open Spotify

When I go to the App>Battery>Background restriction, it says "Background usage can't be restricted"I have had zero issues with Spotify playing in the background but the app still sends me this notification.It's a rather small issue, but it is still l...

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When I go to the App>Battery>Background restriction, it says "Background usage can't be restricted" I have had zero issues with Spotify playing in the background but the app still sends me thi...

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Superuser Contribution No sound when the equalizer is turned on in the application

Xiaomi 12 (Android 14, HyperOS 1.0.11)Spotify Android app (ver. 8.9.66.543)Plan Premium (Belarus) When the equalizer is turned on in the application, sometimes there is no sound when:- the beginning of the next track;- rewind the track;- switching tr...

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Xiaomi 12 (Android 14, HyperOS 1.0.11) Spotify Android app (ver. 8.9.66.543) Plan Premium (Belarus)   When the equalizer is turned on in the application, sometimes there is no sound when: -...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution When watching video in landscape, picture is obscured by play/pause button

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePixel 7Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueCan someone help with this issue? When I'm trying to watch podcast videos in landscape mode, the picture is obscured by the play/pause button and the 15 sec fwd/rewind bu...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Pixel 7 Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue Can someone help with this issue?  When I'm trying to watch podcast videos in landscape m...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot play nor view downloaded playlists without internet connection

My Question or Issue Bug:I cannot play my downloaded playlists without internet connection.I have testet this on two android devices with the newest version freshly downloaded from the play store.Steps to reproduce:1. Download the newest version of s...

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My Question or Issue   Bug: I cannot play my downloaded playlists without internet connection. I have testet this on two android devices with the newest version freshly downloaded from the p...

Joan

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When I open spotify on my phone it will somtimes show a notification

I have turned off notifications, and I don't want any pop ups. Its not a shitty website I am on, its an app I am paying for.

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I have turned off notifications, and I don't want any pop ups. Its not a shitty website I am on, its an app I am paying for.

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Superuser Contribution won't let me play a song by clicking on it

I can click on a song and I can see that it is clicking on it on my Android but it will not play the selected song. It makes me start by pressing a play button at the top above my liked songs and then adding the specific songs to the queue. I have cl...

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I can click on a song and I can see that it is clicking on it on my Android but it will not play the selected song. It makes me start by pressing a play button at the top above my liked songs and the...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Queue Songs get forcibly played

PlanPremiumCountryDEDeviceSamsung Galaxy A33 5GOperating SystemAndroid 14, OneUI 6.1 My Question or IssueWhen I create a queue out of a few playlists (so the amount of queued songs reached maximum) and I want to play another song by clicking at the s...

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Plan Premium Country DE Device Samsung Galaxy A33 5G Operating System Android 14, OneUI 6.1   My Question or Issue When I create a queue out of a few playlists (so the amount of queued...

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Superuser Contribution widget on android phone

When using the spotify app on my oneplus android phone, i get a tiny widget on the top left on the screen. It overlaps with the notification icons on the notification bar.I cannot switch this off or place the widget elsewhere.Anybody an idea to solve...

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When using the spotify app on my oneplus android phone, i get a tiny widget on the top left on the screen. It overlaps with the notification icons on the notification bar. I cannot switch this off o...

MihailY

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Can't access all playlists on Android

I can't access all my playlists on Android that I can on desktop

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I can't access all my playlists on Android that I can on desktop

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Superuser Contribution i can't see the controls of the music I'm playing on the lock screen

everything is fine on the notification settings and everything there is turned on but I still cannot see the music controls on the lock screen. I tried reinstalling the app but the problem persisted. I have a samsung galaxy f41. This has never happen...

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everything is fine on the notification settings and everything there is turned on but I still cannot see the music controls on the lock screen. I tried reinstalling the app but the problem persisted....

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