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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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I can't see option to download to SDCard

PlanPremiumCountry UK DeviceMoto E4Operating System Android 7.1.1 My Question or IssueMy phone has a 8GB SD Card, which is correctly recognised in System > Settings > Storage Settings as 'portable storage'. In System > Settings > Apps > Spotify > Per...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device Moto E4 Operating System Android 7.1.1   My Question or Issue My phone has a 8GB SD Card, which is correctly recognised in System > Setting...

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Problem with Spotify connect and Android Tv

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceSony BraviaOperating SystemAndroid TV Oreo My Question or IssueWith Android 7 Spotify was allways running in the background, allowing my phone to find and stream to Spotify connect.With Android 8 the TV shuts down Spoti...

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  Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Sony Bravia Operating System Android TV Oreo   My Question or Issue With Android 7 Spotify was allways running in the background, allowing m...

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Hide a song in a playlist

PlanThe S8 Free and the S7 PremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7 and S8Operating SystemThe S7 android 8.0 and the S8 android 9.0 My Question or IssueI wonder why it's possible to hide songs in playlists on the S8 phone and not the S7?It's the s...

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Plan The S8 Free and the S7 Premium Country Sweden Device Samsung Galaxy S7 and S8 Operating System The S7 android 8.0 and the S8 android 9.0   My Question or Issue I wonder why it's p...

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Spotify Connect no Control over Music After connecting

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceXiaomi A2 LiteOperating SystemAndroid 9 Pie My Question or IssueThis Bug has been going on for a few weeks now. After I connect to a wifi streaming device (Denon AVR–X1500H or Chrome Cast) the song starts playing on the...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Xiaomi A2 Lite Operating System Android 9 Pie     My Question or Issue This Bug has been going on for a few weeks now. After I connect to a wi...

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Find in like songs

PlanPremiumCountryUkDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemLatest, no idea its food My Question or IssueWhen I got one of the last or the last update the beat feature for me was the find as I hated the old way when it would filter the playlist and no...

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  Plan Premium Country Uk Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Latest, no idea its food   My Question or Issue When I got one of the last or the last update the beat feature...

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Spotify spontaneously starts casting on my chromecast (not playing)

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakia Device(OnePlus7Pro)Operating System(Android OxygenOS 9.5.8GM21BA) My Question or IssueSpotify is spontaneously casting on my chromecast, starting my receiver and my tv in the process. There is just the big SPOTIFY label on ...

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Plan Premium Country Slovakia   Device (OnePlus7Pro) Operating System (Android OxygenOS 9.5.8GM21BA)   My Question or Issue Spotify is spontaneously casting on my chromecast, sta...

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No longer able to add podcast shortcuts to home screen?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Samsung galaxy s9+Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Android 9My Question or IssueI always had podcasts on my homescreen as shortcuts but after spotify ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Samsung galaxy s9+ Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Android 9 My Question or...

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[Chromecast] Spotify interrupting other casts

PlanStudentCountryUnited States DeviceSamsung Galaxy s10Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Android Oreo? My Question or IssueWhenever I cast Spotify to my Chromecast then I cast another app afterwards like YouTube or Netflix etc. ...

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  Plan Student Country United States   Device Samsung Galaxy s10 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Android Oreo?   My Question or Issue Wheneve...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify closes when I connect to internet.

PlanPremiumCountryCosta RicaDeviceHuawei KII-L22Operating SystemAndroid version 5.1.1 My Question or IssueWhenever I'm listening to music (either downloaded or not) when my phone connects to a wifi or a data internet connection, Spotify suddenly clos...

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Plan Premium Country Costa Rica Device Huawei KII-L22 Operating System Android version 5.1.1   My Question or Issue Whenever I'm listening to music (either downloaded or not) when my p...

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Superuser Contribution Other apps keep interrupting Spotify?

Hey guys Premium user here. I've recently switched from iPhone to Android (Google pixel 3 to be exact) and I keep experiencing this issue where other apps constantly interrupt and pause my Spotify? For example, when I watch Snapchat videos it will pa...

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Hey guys   Premium user here.   I've recently switched from iPhone to Android (Google pixel 3 to be exact) and I keep experiencing this issue where other apps constantly interrupt and p...

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Music stop to play

Hello,I'm trying to play Post Malone's music Goodbye. It been always stopped at 2'12" but the play is selected and there is no song. It just go back to play if I change to 2'13".What should I do?PlanPremiumCountry Brazil DeviceAsus Zenfone 5Operating...

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Hello, I'm trying to play Post Malone's music Goodbye. It been always stopped at 2'12" but the play is selected and there is no song. It just go back to play if I change to 2'13". What should I do?...

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Shuffle play only being on mobile,no repeat

The fact that PC and tablet dont have to shuffle play is annoying since premium is not cheap and for mobile if you want the skips to reach a single song you either need to be lucky it if yoy have premium you can just skip to any song. Also no repeat ...

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The fact that PC and tablet dont have to shuffle play is annoying since premium is not cheap and for mobile if you want the skips to reach a single song you either need to be lucky it if yoy have pre...

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Daily mixes are not updating

PlanFree Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or issue I've been experiencing this issue for almost a month, the daily mixes keep the same tracks, even though I use them frequently I don’t know what to do. Thanks for the help.

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Plan Free   Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or issue   I've been experiencing this issue for almost a month, the daily mixes keep the same tracks, even though ...

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Superuser Contribution Can't share Story in Instagram

PlanPremiumCountryTurkey DeviceSamsung Galaxy A7 2017Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueCan't share story on Instagram even though my app is the latest version please help me i can't solve this problem

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  Plan Premium Country Turkey  Device Samsung Galaxy A7 2017 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Can't share story on Instag...

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Back button is nonfunctional

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy 10Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue The back button doesn't work from the lock screen, from the notification bar, or on any bluetooth connections (i.e. car stereo buttons). I've seen threads about th...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung Galaxy 10 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue   The back button doesn't work from the lock screen, from the notification ba...

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Chomecast audio bug for 320k streaming, is it fixed yet??

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGoogle PixelOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have been told and research tells me that spotify transcodes the 320k vorbis output into 256k AAC for the Chomecast, in my case, Chromecast Audio. This is unacceptab...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Google Pixel Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have been told and research tells me that spotify transcodes the 320k vorbis output into ...

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Car stereo Bluetooth controls not working.

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceOneplus 6Operating SystemAndriod Pie My Question or IssueIt was working perfect about 3 or 4 months ago I updated the app and it hasn't been working since. Skip and pause buttons on the radio work once then they don't work. ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Oneplus 6 Operating System Andriod Pie   My Question or Issue It was working perfect about 3 or 4 months ago I updated the app and it hasn't been working...

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Download only some songs of an album

Is there a way to download certain albums only partially without using a playlist. The albums should then be displayed in the library, but only partially downloaded. Thank you

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Is there a way to download certain albums only partially without using a playlist. The albums should then be displayed in the library, but only partially downloaded.   Thank you

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Spotify closing itself for no reason.

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Loading podcasts very slow

Plan PremiumCountry NetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7 My Question or IssueLoading or browsing through my podcasts takes forever. It doesn't matter whether I am on wi-fi or on 4G; it will take at least one minute to be able to see my podcasts. (The l...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy S7     My Question or Issue Loading or browsing through my podcasts takes forever. It doesn't matter whether I am ...

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