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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...

Spotify

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No songs or playlists shown in the app, internet connection doesn't seem to work with spotify

PlanPremium familyCountryUS (currently outside but the plan was purchased there)DevicePocophone f1Operating SystemLineage OS 16, android 9 My Question or IssueFor the past few months Spotify hasn't been able to connect to the internet while using cel...

Newbie

Plan Premium family Country US (currently outside but the plan was purchased there) Device Pocophone f1 Operating System Lineage OS 16, android 9   My Question or Issue For the past fe...

eltoch

Composer

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Android 9
mobile app
no connection
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Bluetooth skipping audio.

Plan premium CountryUSA DeviceLGG7 ThinQ Operating System My Question or IssueThis has been happenkng for two months or so now. Ive reset my phone. Reset cleared and deleted and reinstalled the app. Tried everything Google and these forums have sugge...

Casual Listener

Plan premium   Country USA   Device LGG7 ThinQ   Operating System     My Question or Issue This has been happenkng for two months or so now. Ive reset my phone. R...

cdunn32

Casual Listener

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bluetooth
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Superuser Contribution Local Files Not Playing On Shuffle

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(Samsung Galaxy 10)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueSo I've got a playlist of local files. On my phone, some are fine while others are greyed out. When I put Spotify on shuffle, it will only play t...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country United States Device (Samsung Galaxy 10) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue So I've got a playlist of local files. On my phone, some are fine whi...

Mihail

Spotify Legend

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Album art zoom-in

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceOnePlus 6tOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueWhat happened to the ability to zoom-in on album art in the Android app?

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country   Device OnePlus 6t Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue What happened to the ability to zoom-in on album art in the Android app?  

Beltane575xx

Roadie

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Why can't I choose a specific song in a playlist when I play music on another device? Can only skip.

I have Spotify Premium. Whenever I cast/connect to another device (all through the Spotify app, so no mirroring), I can't select a specific song. This only occurs in one of my playlists, but all of the others are not affected. In the other playlists,...

Newbie

I have Spotify Premium. Whenever I cast/connect to another device (all through the Spotify app, so no mirroring), I can't select a specific song. This only occurs in one of my playlists, but all of t...

boydliggitt

Regular

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Android
Samsung
skipping
Spotify
Windows
Windows 10
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offline search not working

DeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 After going offline, searching an artist and selecting the first song, the next song won't get played.

Music Fan

Device LG G6 Operating System Android 8.0   After going offline, searching an artist and selecting the first song, the next song won't get played. 

Nicolaiaiai

Music Fan

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Search
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Superuser Contribution SD Card self deletes - switches to internal storage.

PlanPremium - FamilyCountryUKDeviceSamsung Note 9Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueSpotify keeps switching to the internal phone storage and ignoring the SD Card that 4000+ downloads are supposed to be saved to. Saving to the SD Card se...

Gig Goer

Plan Premium - Family Country UK Device Samsung Note 9 Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue Spotify keeps switching to the internal phone storage and ignoring the SD Car...

Flunk

Gig Goer

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Superuser Contribution Playback stops on multiple devices

For the last few months I've been having this issue where Spotify will spontaneously stop playing music, including in the middle of a song. Information about my setup: Device Configurations:Connected devices: 1 - 3 desktop/PCs connected, 1 Google Hom...

Casual Listener

For the last few months I've been having this issue where Spotify will spontaneously stop playing music, including in the middle of a song. Information about my setup:   Device Configurations:...

Petya

Community Legend

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All Platforms
Other
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Still no option for Android users to share Spotify songs on Instagram stories

Simply put, I googled how to share Spotify songs to Instagram stories and I can't do it! As an artist this is frustrating because I'd love to do so. When I Googled this I saw responses here from Spotify saying it will be added but they have not added...

Roadie

Simply put, I googled how to share Spotify songs to Instagram stories and I can't do it! As an artist this is frustrating because I'd love to do so.   When I Googled this I saw responses here ...

eltoch

Composer

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Cannot add album to homescreen of phone

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceOnePlus 6tOperating SystemAndroid 9 Pie My Question or IssueAndroid app has just updated and can't find the feature to add an album or playlist to the homescreen of the phoneHas it been removed? Thanks

Newbie

Plan Premium Country UK Device OnePlus 6t Operating System Android 9 Pie   My Question or Issue Android app has just updated and can't find the feature to add an album or playlist to t...

osornios

Spotify Star

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My premium account in android , premium features says (Not avaliable offline mode in this moment )

PlanPremium CountryMexico DeviceSamsung Galaxy S7 Active Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 Issue Hello everyone Using prepaid card , my premium account on android premium features or options appear saying : Not avaliable at this time

Visitor

Plan Premium   Country Mexico   Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Active  Operating System Android 8.0   Issue   Hello everyone  Using prepaid card , my premium acc...

eltoch

Composer

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Android
not avaliable in this moment
premium feature doesnt work
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Solved!! Car mode - Screen always on not working

PlanFamily PremiumCountryItalyDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueI use an aux cable because I have no bluetooth connection in my car radio. So, I have to set the car mode manually (ok). I also check the "always...

Casual Listener

Plan Family Premium Country Italy Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue I use an aux cable because I have no bluetooth connection in my car r...

wendycaroline911

Casual Listener

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Synced icon disappeared in album view with last update

Hi, I'm using Spotify on Android using a Samsung A5 and since an update last week, album view doesn't show which tracks are synced anymore (with the green arrow). It is still showing in Playlist view though. Is that a bug or a new behavior to be expe...

Regular

Hi,   I'm using Spotify on Android using a Samsung A5 and since an update last week, album view doesn't show which tracks are synced anymore (with the green arrow). It is still showing in Play...

user-removed

Not applicable

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Problem with playlist in app

PlanPremiumCountryNorway DeviceHonor 9 liteOperating Systemandroid My Question or IssueHey spotify I've recently update spotify app to the newest update and with new update I lost my all playlist they are not deleted just they are not in my libery as...

Newbie

  Plan Premium Country Norway   Device Honor 9 lite Operating System android   My Question or Issue Hey spotify I've recently update spotify app to the newest update and wi...

eltoch

Composer

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Recently Added Sort option sorts album tracks in reverse order

My Question or IssueI encounter the following bug: I sort a playlist by Recently Added and this will generally sort by Album - Newest Added to Oldest and then the tracks within the albums by first to last (eg. 1-10). However, when I play something no...

Visitor

  My Question or Issue I encounter the following bug:   I sort a playlist by Recently Added and this will generally sort by Album - Newest Added to Oldest and then the tracks within the...

un-bel-di

Music Fan

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automatic download of songs being played

Hi all, I have a quite general question regarding spotify and I cannot seem to find the answer in spotify or the internet. I found out that spotify is automatically downloading songs that are being played on my phone (Huawei P20 lite, Android). I che...

Casual Listener

Hi all,   I have a quite general question regarding spotify and I cannot seem to find the answer in spotify or the internet.  I found out that spotify is automatically downloading songs ...

Delmonte

Regular

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No Radio Option on Spotify Mobile

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy s7 EdgeOperating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or IssueOn my Spotify mobile app, I don't have the option in my context menu to go to playlist radio. I recently saw that the radio feature was re-added...

Casual Listener

Plan Free Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy s7 Edge Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue On my Spotify mobile app, I don't have the option in my context menu...

Yoshim3to

Casual Listener

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can’t view Discography in any artist on pixel

Plan - PremiumCountry - USA Device - Pixel 3xlOperating System - Android 10 My Question or IssueWhen I go to an artists page I can't see any album or song info. This just started today (Sept. 23, 2019)

Visitor

Plan - Premium Country - USA   Device - Pixel 3xl Operating System - Android 10   My Question or Issue When I go to an artists page I can't see any album or song info....

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Solved!! Song selection is gone

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Note 8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueMy spotify suddenly stopped allowing me to not only choose a song, but it also does not allow me to view the discography of any artist or play any songs from any art...

Casual Listener

Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Note 8 Operating System Android    My Question or Issue My spotify suddenly stopped allowing me to not only choose a song, but it also does...

Emilia_8

Community Legend

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selection
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Superuser Contribution Music Randomly Pausing

PlanPremium FamilyCountryAustraliaDevice(Samsung Galaxy S9+)Operating System(Android 9) My Question or IssueMusic randomly pausing every 10-30ish seconds after the screen locks, and resumes after another 10-30ish seconds or if any button on the phone...

Regular

Plan Premium Family Country Australia Device (Samsung Galaxy S9+) Operating System (Android 9)   My Question or Issue Music randomly pausing every 10-30ish seconds after the screen loc...

Petya

Community Legend

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