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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 Spotify prevents android phone from auto-locking

Spotify prevents android phone from auto-locking. The phone does still auto-lock but it is depending on the content that is shown.- it does not lock when some video is playing (eg tiles with moving pictures) there should be a difference in video that...

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Spotify prevents android phone from auto-locking. The phone does still auto-lock but it is depending on the content that is shown. - it does not lock when some video is playing (eg tiles with moving...

Kangaroo857

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Interrupted Ads After Songs

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhenever I pick a song on my daily mix on my mobile device on Spotify, there's ads that keep ...

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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 Wheneve...

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Superuser Contribution My music tends to stop mid-song for no apparent reason.

When I'm listening to music on Spotify my music randomly stops mid song for no apparent reason. At first this didn't bother me but it's happening so often that it's getting annoying. I've tried looking up solutions. I've tried logging out of Spotify ...

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When I'm listening to music on Spotify my music randomly stops mid song for no apparent reason. At first this didn't bother me but it's happening so often that it's getting annoying. I've tried looki...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution high storage with no song or playlist downloads

Spotify is using 17gb of storage on my phone and I don't understand how when I've not got any songs saved at all?

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Spotify is using 17gb of storage on my phone and I don't understand how when I've not got any songs saved at all?

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't work properly on Android Redmi Note 10 Pro

Already tried to clear cache, reinstall app, re-login my Spotify account, still didn't worked. This happened first time right after premium purchase and using desktop version. I can open Spotify on my phone while I'm running it on my desktop as well....

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Already tried to clear cache, reinstall app, re-login my Spotify account, still didn't worked. This happened first time right after premium purchase and using desktop version. I can open Spotify on m...

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Superuser Contribution Why was gapless playback and cross-fading taken off the TV app?

In older versions of the TV app the songs automatically synced with your account settings and cross-fades each track seamlessly. Now, the option isn't even available. It is distracting breaks me from my flow state during work / workouts etc. There ca...

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In older versions of the TV app the songs automatically synced with your account settings and cross-fades each track seamlessly. Now, the option isn't even available. It is distracting breaks me from...

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Superuser Contribution How to get a wireless Bluetooth keyboard to type into android tv app

I have a Sony android tv with the Spotify android app. I also use a wireless Bluetooth keyboard as a remote. I am able to navigate and type with the keyboard with all apps except Spotify. Navigation keys work fine but I cannot type into the seach bar...

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I have a Sony android tv with the Spotify android app. I also use a wireless Bluetooth keyboard as a remote. I am able to navigate and type with the keyboard with all apps except Spotify. Navigation ...

Susan_GP

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Superuser Contribution Podcast automatically starts playing each time I get in the car

Before cancelling my Spotify account can someone please advise how I can stop these awful podcasts from automatically playing each time I get in mu car. Thanks

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Before cancelling my Spotify account can someone please advise how I can stop these awful podcasts from automatically playing each time I get in mu car. Thanks

Joan

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Extremely laggy spotify premium experience on my galaxy s21 android phone, please help me

spotify premium has been very laggy on my android phone these last several months. I have a Samsung galaxy s21 and I've noticed my spotify app has become extremely laggy the more songs I download. I pay for spotify premium and currently have a bit ov...

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    spotify premium has been very laggy on my android phone these last several months.   I have a Samsung galaxy s21 and I've noticed my spotify app has become extremely laggy the ...

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Superuser Contribution Normalise volume

PlanPremiumCountryU.K DeviceGalaxy S24+ Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueHi all , Normalise volume works well but my question is , does it degrade the quality of the music in hearing ??? Thanks

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Plan Premium Country U.K   Device Galaxy S24+   Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue Hi all , Normalise volume works well but my question is , does it degrade...

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Superuser Contribution Control panel on Google Maps open Spotify app instead of old panel

It's been a while now, since I've moved to a new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, the Spotify controls, the one at the very bottom during Google Maps use, doesn't open as it used to showing the album and controls, instead it opens Spotify app instead, which...

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It's been a while now, since I've moved to a new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, the Spotify controls, the one at the very bottom during Google Maps use, doesn't open as it used to showing the album and co...

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Superuser Contribution Bluetooth audio quality

Plan PremiumCountry U.K DeviceGalaxy S24+Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueHi all , I have Spotify premium, I have audio quality set to " very high " I mainly use Spotify over Bluetooth in my car, is the audio quality over Bluetooth stil...

Music Fan

Plan Premium Country U.K   Device Galaxy S24+ Operating System Android 14       My Question or Issue Hi all , I have Spotify premium, I have audio quality set to " very...

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Why does Spotify detect screenshots?

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePixel 7aOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueWhy does Spotify detect I took a screenshot? How can I disable this? Thanks

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Plan Premium Country   Device Pixel 7a Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue Why does Spotify detect I took a screenshot? How can I disable this? Thanks

ribezaz

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Spotify is currently set to offline. How do I switch it to online?

There are older answers to this question, but they don't seem relevant to my display. Please specify every step from the homepage.

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There are older answers to this question, but they don't seem relevant to my display. Please specify every step from the homepage.

osornios

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Superuser Contribution Spotify always deletes my downloaded music no matter what

Hi, I have a playlist with 3500 songs on SpotifyWhen I download this playlist on Spotify for Android, after almost a day, I see that the playlist is out of download mode and the songs are deleted, and I have to download it again, and this happens aga...

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Hi, I have a playlist with 3500 songs on Spotify When I download this playlist on Spotify for Android, after almost a day, I see that the playlist is out of download mode and the songs are deleted, ...

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Superuser Contribution What happens when I paid for a different plan and the plan is not showing

I had an individual monthly plan that expired and I opted to change the plan to student's, and I paid for it and cancelled my individual plan. I paid for the student plan and it didn't reflect. Why was this the case ?

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I had an individual monthly plan that expired and I opted to change the plan to student's, and I paid for it and cancelled my individual plan. I paid for the student plan and it didn't reflect. Why w...

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Superuser Contribution How to search for user

I'm trying to search for my profile on another account. I type in my username exactly, and still nothing shows up.

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I'm trying to search for my profile on another account. I type in my username exactly, and still nothing shows up.

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Superuser Contribution Is my Spotify version up to date? 8.9.46.426

The help centre says that I should check my Spotify version which is as listed above. I am unable to update it to 8.9.24.633Third party websites are a no and I pay premium.

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The help centre says that I should check my Spotify version which is as listed above. I am unable to update it to 8.9.24.633 Third party websites are a no and I pay premium.

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Superuser Contribution Why won't Spotify let me thumbs down ads anymore?

It's not like the site DID anything when we thumbs down an ad- I want to get rid of certain organizations and companies that I'll never support and hate hearing about, but now when I try to thumb it down, the thumb icon wiggles but doesn't do anythin...

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It's not like the site DID anything when we thumbs down an ad- I want to get rid of certain organizations and companies that I'll never support and hate hearing about, but now when I try to thumb it ...

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Superuser Contribution Thumbnail flashes on screen

PlanPremiumCountryCanasaDeviceSamsung s10eOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueWhen going to the page for a podcast the podcast thumbnail briefly flashes on screen while loading the other screen. This only happens sometimes and im unsure of...

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  Plan Premium Country Canasa Device Samsung s10e Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue When going to the page for a podcast the podcast thumbnail briefly flashes on...

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