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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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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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Plan Free/Premium Device Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue  

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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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Android App starts playing without prompt. / Switches to Chrome Player without prompt

Plan: PremiumDevice: Droid TurboOperating System: 8.0 My Question or Issue:The android app has taken to starting to play on its own while the phone is sitting locked. The music it starts playing seems completely unrelated to anything I was listening,...

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Plan: Premium Device: Droid Turbo Operating System: 8.0   My Question or Issue: The android app has taken to starting to play on its own while the phone is sitting locked...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't register that I have premium

Recently I began to download a ton of titles from audiobooks but after a while (when I had only 9.800 from 13.500 titles left to download) Spotify began to bug around. All of a sudden it didn't download anymore. Instead everytime I went online a litt...

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Recently I began to download a ton of titles from audiobooks but after a while (when I had only 9.800 from 13.500 titles left to download) Spotify began to bug around. All of a sudden it didn't downl...

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How to start a playlist NOT random mode

Hi! I am using Spotify (premium) from Android (in a Xiaomi Mi A1) and when I select a playlist in my library, instead of starting automatically (which would be the desirable), it appears a screen with the details of the list and a big green "Random" ...

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Hi! I am using Spotify (premium) from Android (in a Xiaomi Mi A1) and when I select a playlist in my library, instead of starting automatically (which would be the desirable), it appears a screen wit...

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Superuser Contribution Download for offline settings. Android app on Chromebook

I am in the US and have the Premium plan. I just installed the android app onto my Chromebook (HP 360X 14) and was wondering how change the settings so nothing downloads for offline onto the chromebook. I still would like to be able to go on my phone...

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I am in the US and have the Premium plan. I just installed the android app onto my Chromebook (HP 360X 14) and was wondering how change the settings so nothing downloads for offline onto the chromebo...

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Album list doesn't load (stuck on spinning icon)

I can't see my album list. When I click "album" I got a black screen and the spinning icon, spinning and spinning on and on and on and on... I read a LOT of topics about this issue. Hey Spotify, what are you waiting to fix the problem?? Come on, do s...

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I can't see my album list. When I click "album" I got a black screen and the spinning icon, spinning and spinning on and on and on and on...   I read a LOT of topics about this issue. Hey Spot...

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Superuser Contribution Huawei P30 Pro - in UK but Google play says Spotify not available in region

Hi. I am from the UK, my phone was bought in the UK and Google play and Spotify are registered to the UK. However when I try to download Spotify it says its not available le in my region. I have looked online and can't find a silimar issue.HuaweiP30 ...

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Hi. I am from the UK, my phone was bought in the UK and Google play and Spotify are registered to the UK. However when I try to download Spotify it says its not available le in my region. I have look...

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Links in podcast show notes are broken because of removed space

PlanFreeUK DeviceSamsung Galaxy S20Operating SystemAndroid 9 On the Android app, there is a link in the show notes for this episode:https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nkaQwYYZw2BXIKPc6wRU1However, because all the spaces have been removed, it goes from...

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Plan Free UK   Device Samsung Galaxy S20 Operating System Android 9   On the Android app, there is a link in the show notes for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nka...

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Solved!! Order of different playlists changing

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: Samsung Galaxy S10 My Question or Issue:I don't remember if this happened before the most recent upgrade, but when I play a song on a playlist, spotify pushes that playlist to the top of my list of playlists. I want ...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA  Device: Samsung Galaxy S10  My Question or Issue: I don't remember if this happened before the most recent upgrade, but when I play a song on a playlist...

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Where can I find a playlist with all my downloaded songs?

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Playlists don't sort after time added anymore?

Hi guys Since some weeks ago my playlists have been a mess. They used to be sorted by the date they were created but now I don't even know in what way they sort themselves. I have changed the option to "newly added" but it makes no difference. Anyone...

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Hi guys   Since some weeks ago my playlists have been a mess. They used to be sorted by the date they were created but now I don't even know in what way they sort themselves. I have changed th...

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Cannot Sync/Download Local Files on Phone

Yesterday, I was able to play my sycned offline songs without any issues.Today as I use the app, all of my local songs are now greyed out and are unable to be played on mobile anymore. I tried re-downloading my songs, but when I set the slider to Dow...

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Yesterday, I was able to play my sycned offline songs without any issues. Today as I use the app, all of my local songs are now greyed out and are unable to be played on mobile anymore.  I tri...

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"Add to Playlist" is now randomly ordered based on use. Please revert!

When adding a song to a playlist on the latest version of Spotify android, the order of playlists is now sorted by how recently have added to your playlists, instead of just listing them in the order you have them saved in on the sidebar. This makes ...

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When adding a song to a playlist on the latest version of Spotify android, the order of playlists is now sorted by how recently have added to your playlists, instead of just listing them in the order...

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Spotify design

PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDeviceXioami mi 9seOperating SystemMIUI 10 My Question or IssueI don't like the new design Spotify have now, is there a way I can change it back because it's really not comfortable and I'm paying money for it because I liked t...

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  Plan Premium Country Israel Device Xioami mi 9se Operating System MIUI 10   My Question or Issue I don't like the new design Spotify have now, is there a way I can change it ba...

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Bug/error

Plan: VerizonFree/Premium: FreeCountry: United States Device: Droid Turbo 2Operating System: Android 7.0 My Question or IssueMy issue is when I reopen the apps to check a playlist or look for an artist I get an add that prevents me from accessing my ...

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Plan: Verizon Free/Premium: Free Country: United States   Device: Droid Turbo 2 Operating System: Android 7.0   My Question or Issue My issue is when I reopen the apps to check a pl...

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App gets stuck in offline mode

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, Sony Xperia XZ2Operating SystemLollipop, Oreo My Question or IssueThis has bugged me for a while and hopefully someone has a solution besides restarting the app. When I leave for work, my phone is c...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, Sony Xperia XZ2 Operating System Lollipop, Oreo   My Question or Issue This has bugged me for a while and hopefully someone has...

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