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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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Syncing with pc

My Question or Issue: Hello there. So I've added a ton of playlists on my pc lately and put them in a folder. Then I sorted them manually by their name. The problem is that on my phone they are completely shuffled and sometimes I play a song from a P...

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  • My Question or Issue:   Hello there. So I've added a ton of playlists on my pc lately and put them in a folder. Then I sorted them manually by their name.  The problem is that on my phon...
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Saving Spotify files to SD card on Fiio M9

I have a Fiio M9 and have a Sandisk 256GB SD card inserted. I can see this drive in the file management app on the Fiio, everytime I go into Settings on Spotify and choose this drive, it starts but then fails. Any suggestions to fix this?Plan Premium

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  • I have a Fiio M9 and have a Sandisk 256GB SD card inserted. I can see this drive in the file management app on the Fiio, everytime I go into Settings on Spotify and choose this drive, it starts but t...
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Spotify keeps restarting Firestick

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbo ok Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen I play my Spotify account through my FS, after about 5-10mins, it will turn off and res...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbo ok Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue When I...
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Superuser Contribution How do I delete all played downloaded podcasts?

I no longer see the option to delete all played downloaded podcasts it used to display now I have to delete them one at a time. I think it was a result of an upgrade, I'm thinking maybe it's been moved?

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  • I no longer see the option to delete all played downloaded podcasts it used to display now I have to delete them one at a time. I think it was a result of an upgrade, I'm thinking maybe it's been mov...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Podcasts] problem relistening to episodes

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Brazil Samsung J7 metalOperating SystemAndroid oreo My Question or IssueSometimes, after I've listened to one episode of a podcast, the app won't let me listen to it again. When I tap play on that specific episode it automatic...

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  •   Plan Free/Premium Country  Brazil   Samsung J7 metal Operating System Android oreo   My Question or Issue Sometimes, after I've listened to one episode of a podcast, ...
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Why can't I search in certain public playlists on Android?

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceBQ Aquaris X ProOperating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Question or IssueI find that there are two types of playlists by Spotify. One type where they dont show the album covers in the playlist, which has the "Find in playlist"...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device BQ Aquaris X Pro Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue I find that there are two types of playlists by Spotify. One type where they ...
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Bluetooth controls not working when screen is turned off

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceOukitel K4000Operating SystemAndroid 5.1 (Stock) My Question or Issue Hello,as long as my screen is turned on, i can skip tracks with the controls on my bluetooth earbuds, does not matter if screen is locked or unlocked...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Oukitel K4000 Operating System Android 5.1 (Stock)   My Question or Issue   Hello, as long as my screen is turned on, i can skip tracks with ...
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Spotify starts to play random songs while listening playlists or selected songs

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceSamsung A70Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify jumps random songs while listening on playlists or selected songs. This can occur even during the first song of the playlist or whenever thereafter. And ran...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device Samsung A70 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Spotify jumps random songs while listening on playlists or selected songs. This can occu...
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Poor functionality when no internet

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGoogle Pixel 3aOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueThere are two problems; both occur when not in offline mode and when there is no internet. The first is that I am unable to start listening to a downloaded album...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Google Pixel 3a Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue There are two problems; both occur when not in offline mode and when there is...
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Artists Unfollowed

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.A.DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10Operating SystemAndroid 9.0 (Pie)My Question or IssueI have noticed that ever since I hit 1110 artists followed on spotify, any time I try to follow a new artist, one of my old artists becomes unfollowe...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S.A. Device Samsung Galaxy S10 Operating System Android 9.0 (Pie) My Question or Issue I have noticed that ever since I hit 1110 artists followed on spotify, any time ...
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3 dots

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceRedmi 6Operating SystemMIUI Global 10.4.4 My Question or IssueIt keeps crashing whenever I press the 3 dots setting on any music or hold on them it will always crash. If I do it while a music is playing it will crash b...

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  • Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Redmi 6 Operating System MIUI Global 10.4.4   My Question or Issue It keeps crashing whenever I press the 3 dots setting on any music or hold on th...
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Public playlists have NEVER showed up in search.

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceGalaxy S4, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S9, Galaxy S10, Galaxy Note 10+Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueSince I opened my Spotify Premium account years ago my public playlists have never appeared ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Galaxy S4, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S9, Galaxy S10, Galaxy Note 10+ Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue Since I ope...
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Solved!! Song Skipping Bug???

I have been dealing with an issue where my spotify has been randomly skipping songs and pausing. It has been causing a great deal of frustration.PlanFreeCountryCanadaDevicePixel 2 XL

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  • I have been dealing with an issue where my spotify has been randomly skipping songs and pausing. It has been causing a great deal of frustration. Plan Free Country Canada Device Pixel 2 XL
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songs take forever to download

so i have a coolpad legacy go that runs on a andriod os and songs are taking forever to download. i tried reinstalling the program and i have also tried reformating my phone. my phone is up to date and i cant seem to find a solution.

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  • so i have a coolpad legacy go that runs on a andriod os  and songs are taking forever to download. i tried reinstalling the program and i have also tried reformating my phone. my phone is u...
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Android app audio not as good as ios

I have been trying to find some really good in ear headphones for a while and I just bought the Sony WF-1000XM3. I was testing them out and was comparing them to my gf:s powerbeats pro. The Beats were substantially better when I was running the Sonys...

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  • I have been trying to find some really good in ear headphones for a while and I just bought the Sony WF-1000XM3. I was testing them out and was comparing them to my gf:s powerbeats pro. The Beats wer...
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Playlists not visible under library after upgrading to premium

PlanPremiumDeviceSony Z5 CompactOperating SystemAndroid 7.1.1 My Question or IssueMy Playlists are not visible under my library on the android app after upgrading to premium. They, however, do show up on the web player. Anybody know how to fix this?

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  •   Plan Premium Device Sony Z5 Compact Operating System Android 7.1.1   My Question or Issue My Playlists are not visible under my library on the android app after upgrading to prem...
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I can't access my Spotify playlits on my Wear os

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceNixon Mission (Smartwatch)Operating SystemWear os My Question or Issue I have a Nixon Mission with Wear os 2.10. Before the system been updated, I could access my Spotify through my watch completely, I could access m...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Australia   Device Nixon Mission (Smartwatch) Operating System Wear os   My Question or Issue   I have a Nixon Mission with Wear os 2.10. ...
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Solved!! Spotify is trying to play music through my Samsung watch

PlanPremiumCountryUSA SystemSamsung Galaxy 8Operating System(Android pie My Question or Issue I downloaded the spotify app on my watch And opened it to try to control my music from my phone With my watch, But when I pressed play no music came out of ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA  System Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System (Android pie   My Question or Issue  I downloaded the spotify app on my watch And opened it to try to contr...
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Bluetooth Cutting Out

PremiumCanada DeviceS8Operating SystemAndroid version 9 My Question or IssueSo this has been going on for months; Spotify tends to randomly cut out once my screen turns off. I can't determine when it will happen. I've tried the battery exception sugg...

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  • Premium Canada   Device S8 Operating System Android version 9   My Question or Issue So this has been going on for months; Spotify tends to randomly cut out once my screen turns of...
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Solved!! Will local files count against my download limit?

After uploading local files on the desktop and copying them to a playlist, then downloading them on my Android (because it was greyed out otherwise), I'm curious if because I'm downloading it it'll count against my 3,333 song limit on this device. Mo...

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  • After uploading local files on the desktop and copying them to a playlist, then downloading them on my Android (because it was greyed out otherwise), I'm curious if because I'm downloading it it'll c...
  • Luan
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