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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 Show the artist's name on the lock screen

On the Android app currently, only 5 characters of the artist name are shown, and then three dots to show it continues of course. Honestly I would just appreciate an increase in this, showing 8 characters and no dots would be helpful. I think the bes...

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On the Android app currently, only 5 characters of the artist name are shown, and then three dots to show it continues of course. Honestly I would just appreciate an increase in this, showing 8 chara...

Maria

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unable to scroll down to view song lyrics when using a Samsung tablet in landscape mode

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceSamsung tab s8 Operating SystemAndroid 15 My Question or Issue

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Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Samsung tab s8  Operating System Android 15   My Question or Issue  

Eggsw

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Superuser Contribution Mix Feature Bug/Not Working Properly

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsungOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI am having a major issue with the new Mix feature that just rolled out to my device in beta. For context, I am trying to make a transition from about 1 minute in...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I am having a major issue with the new Mix feature that just rolled out to my device i...

kjellinsky

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Spotify says I'm offline when using data?

PlanFreeCountryUSDevicePixel 7 pro Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify says I'm offline when using data but not on wifi. I tried reinstalling, cache and storage clear, and clean reinstalling, but nothing fixes it. How do I fix this?

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Plan Free Country US Device Pixel 7 pro  Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Spotify says I'm offline when using data but not on wifi. I tried reinstalling, cache and ...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution Only one artist plays when playlist shuffled

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceGoogle Pixel 4aOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI have a playlist containing 579 songs with a run time of over 31 hours. For the past few hours, every time I've shuffled this playlist, only one specific artist pl...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Google Pixel 4a Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I have a playlist containing 579 songs with a run time of over 31 hours. For the past fe...

Ivelina

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Superuser Contribution [Android] Spotify pausing itself when charging phone

PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceSamsung Galaxy A40, Samsung Galaxy A41, Motorola moto g42, Samsung Galaxy A42 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 9 - tried on some smartphonesOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify pausing itself when charging phone. It pausing ...

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Plan Free Country Poland Device Samsung Galaxy A40, Samsung Galaxy A41, Motorola moto g42, Samsung Galaxy A42 5G, Xiaomi Redmi 9 - tried on some smartphones Operating System Android &nbs...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution App crashing when clicking subtitles in podcast.

Plan Free/Premium Country Usa Device Samsung s25 Operating System Android My Question or Issue When playing a podcast, I was trying to highlight and copy a subtitle in a podcast. It crashed the whole app. Easily repeatable.

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Plan Free/Premium Country Usa Device Samsung s25 Operating System Android    My Question or Issue   When playing a podcast, I was trying to highlight and copy a s...

Maria

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Superuser Contribution Lyrics scroll faster than the song

Plan PremiumCountry NigeriaDevice redmi K50 Operating system Android Fault informationWhen playing a song, the lyrics and progress bar scroll significantly faster than the song.This problem is most likely caused by Crossfade. The lyrics scrolling off...

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Plan  Premium Country  Nigeria Device  redmi K50  Operating system   Android    Fault information When playing a song, the lyrics and progress bar s...

Ivelina

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Lyrics are faster than songs
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Gapless playback isn't working Google Home + Spotify Connect

PlanPremium CountryUA DeviceLG SL9Y Operating System- My Question or IssueI see very noticable pause between tracks when using Googe Cast + Spotify Connect and no option to remove it

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Plan Premium   Country UA    Device LG SL9Y    Operating System -   My Question or Issue I see very noticable pause between tracks when using Googe Cast + S...

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Superuser Contribution From a distance

I want to be able to start, play, and turn off the music even if I'm not physically there.

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I want to be able to start, play, and turn off the music even if I'm not physically there.

OscarDC

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Superuser Contribution Re: Aux Cord Trouble

this is happening to me rn!! did you ever fix it?

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this is happening to me rn!! did you ever fix it?

Novy

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Superuser Contribution Search order issues

Plan PremiumCountry United States Devicemoto g stylus 5GOperating SystemAndroid 12My Question or IssueSongs don't change order in search after you play them

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  Plan Premium Country United States    Device moto g stylus 5G Operating System Android 12 My Question or Issue Songs don't change order in search after you play them&nb...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Android reset deleted ALL my playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAll my playlists were wiped out when my Android was reset. I have the Spotify playlists on my...

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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 All my ...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Jam Auto-Invite does not work.

When i start the jam it says auto invite is not available on this device. Also i'm able to access new beta oppurtunities like new mixing features. (I think i'm inside of the their loyal user.).PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceSamsung S21 FE 5G ( First E...

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When i start the jam it says auto invite is not available on this device.  Also i'm able to access new beta oppurtunities like new mixing features. (I think i'm inside of the their loyal user.)...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Fix the glitching

This has been going on for a couple months now and multiple updates still haven’t patched it. The song/podcast will be playing and all of a sudden it’s like you go in a tunnel while on the phone, it’s spotty and will completely cut out all together. ...

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This has been going on for a couple months now and multiple updates still haven’t patched it. The song/podcast will be playing and all of a sudden it’s like you go in a tunnel while on the phone, it’...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Playback issues: Songs going silent on Android app

Hey folks, We're creating a new thread (here's the old one) to gather reports about the above issue where the progress bar of a song keeps moving but there's no sound coming out. Some users have reported that disabling the following options resolved ...

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Hey folks,   We're creating a new thread (here's the old one) to gather reports about the above issue where the progress bar of a song keeps moving but there's no sound coming out. &n...

ukon

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Superuser Contribution Cannot search podcast episodes

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceGoggle Pixel 8 ProOperating SystemAndroid 16 Open Beta My Question or IssuePodcasts will not allow me to search for episodes. UI is overalapping the back arrow. See attached picture. App version 9.0.76.1126

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Goggle Pixel 8 Pro Operating System Android 16 Open Beta   My Question or Issue Podcasts will not allow me to search for episodes. UI is overa...

Vasil

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Superuser Contribution Reporting a bug: Spotify Android stops playing when I close the app

Any music player, that I've used to play my personal mp3s so far, continues playing after I've closed the app (out of the recent apps list). Spotify still didn't learn that, the only option (very cumbersome and unfriendly) is to start it up on my wat...

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Any music player, that I've used to play my personal mp3s so far, continues playing after I've closed the app (out of the recent apps list). Spotify still didn't learn that, the only option (very cum...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Skipping causes playback to fast forward and podcast duration missing

I also have a similar issue, and another unrelated one since the update. When I skip song with the car buttons, it fast forwards the song and is stuck on fast forwarding. the other issue is that the podcast duration and time remaining is no longer sh...

Visitor

I also have a similar issue, and another unrelated one since the update. When I skip song with the car buttons, it fast forwards the song and is stuck on fast forwarding.  the other issue ...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution La aplicación Spotify no responde

Estaba escuchando la app de Spotify cuando quise reproducir una canción de una lista personalizada. Tras hacer clic en "Reproducir" en la lista, la app se bloqueó por completo. La cerré para intentar solucionar el problema. Al intentar abrirla de nue...

Newbie

Estaba escuchando la app de Spotify cuando quise reproducir una canción de una lista personalizada. Tras hacer clic en "Reproducir" en la lista, la app se bloqueó por completo. La cerré para intentar...

MihailY

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