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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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The new update has removed the "Recently Played" section from the "My Library" section. Is there any way I can access the list of my recently played other than the unintuitive sideways scroll section on the "Home" page?? This was a really useful feat...

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The new update has removed the "Recently Played" section from the "My Library" section.   Is there any way I can access the list of my recently played other than the unintuitive sideways scrol...

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Forum timestamps are toxic

My QuestionWhy are there no timestamps attached to forum posts? It's super important to know when topics were posted and when replies were posted, especially when it comes to bugs and solutions. Solutions 4 years ago might not be applicable for simil...

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My Question Why are there no timestamps attached to forum posts? It's super important to know when topics were posted and when replies were posted, especially when it comes to bugs and solutions. So...

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Superuser Contribution Can't share to instagram story

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI can't share music to my instagram story and I've never had the option to. I am doing everything correctly, I have tried clearing cache and reinstalling both app...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I can't share music to my instagram story and I've never had the option to. I ...

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Superuser Contribution Loading time and system running

Holy moley I spend so much time waiting for Spotify to start, reloading it, restarting my phone, uninstalling and reinstalling it, waiting for it to respond to changing songs or pause or stop and more often than not can't use other programs on my pho...

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  Holy moley I spend so much time waiting for Spotify to start, reloading it, restarting my phone, uninstalling and reinstalling it, waiting for it to respond to changing songs or pause or stop...

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Spotify automatically plays the same song / Car and Chromecast

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid v9 My Question or IssueSpotify plays the same song whenever I connect via bluetooth to the car, or whenever I try to connect to my chromecast.I cannot use my chromecasts anymore s...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android v9   My Question or Issue Spotify plays the same song whenever I connect via bluetooth to the car, or...

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Download Music in Spotify Lite

PlanPremiumCountryPeruDeviceMotorola Moto G4 PlusOperating SystemAndroid Pie Is there a way to download my music in the lite version of Spotify? In the settings there's an option to delete my downloaded music but I can't find a way to even download i...

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Plan Premium Country Peru Device Motorola Moto G4 Plus Operating System Android Pie   Is there a way to download my music in the lite version of Spotify? In the settings there's an opti...

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App stops playing after 11 seconds - phone requires reboot

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceGoogle Pixel Operating SystemAndroid Spotify Version8.5.13.637 My IssueSpotify stops playing tracks after 11 seconds. The phone requires a restart to get it working again, but it may only play one or two tracks before...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Google Pixel  Operating System Android  Spotify Version 8.5.13.637   My Issue Spotify stops playing tracks after 11 seconds. The phone...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify opens itself and skips songs without me interacting.

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceSony XZ PremiumOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueSince this morning I'm experiencing the following problem: Spotify starts itself and plays a random playlist. While doing that it keeps going to the nex...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Sony XZ Premium Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue Since this morning I'm experiencing the following problem: Spotify starts it...

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Shuffle Explanation

PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceSamsung Galaxy 10+Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueDoes shuffle mean picking songs randomly from the deck, or shuffling the deck and playing off the top?

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Plan Free Country USA  Device Samsung Galaxy 10+ Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue Does shuffle mean picking songs randomly from the deck, or shuffling the deck ...

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Superuser Contribution Queue songs while having bad connection

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceGalaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid 8 My Question or IssueDuring my commute I cross an area with bad Internet connection (Edge only). Of course I have all my favourite songs offline but the problem is I can't queue them wi...

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  Plan Premium Country Germany Device Galaxy S7 Operating System Android 8   My Question or Issue During my commute I cross an area with bad Internet connection (Edge only). Of c...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't enable shuffle into default

PlanPremiumDeviceNokia 6.1 PlusOperating SystemAndroid PieMy Question or IssueIs this bug or something?This used to work in old UI but after downgrading to new UI, I can't seem to make shuffle enable by default.And no, "shuffle now" button is not the...

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Plan Premium Device Nokia 6.1 Plus Operating System Android Pie My Question or Issue Is this bug or something? This used to work in old UI but after downgrading to new UI, I can't seem t...

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[Android][Browse] Android Auto albums start with random track

I only listen to full albums on Spotify, but when selecting an album through Android Auto the album doesn't start from track 1. It seems like albums begin at a random track, even when looking at the tracklisk. The only workaround I found is to go to ...

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I only listen to full albums on Spotify, but when selecting an album through Android Auto the album doesn't start from track 1. It seems like albums begin at a random track, even when looking at the ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify pauses mid song when screen is off, starts playing as soon as I wake it up.

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Devices8+Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI've checked the battery saving settings, I've cleared the cache and data. I've force closed and reopened. I've turned off the setting to shut off Spotify when it's running ...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device s8+ Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I've checked the battery saving settings, I've cleared the cache and data. I've force clos...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android] Local files randomly turn unplayable eventhough still downloaded

PlanPremium (Family)CountryGermany DeviceHTC One A9sOperating SystemAndroid 6.0 (Marshmallow) My Question or IssueAfter synchronising songs from a desktop device over the same WiFi network some of the local songs have randomly been greyed out. They s...

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Plan Premium (Family) Country Germany   Device HTC One A9s Operating System Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)   My Question or Issue After synchronising songs from a desktop device over ...

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No more radios?

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Droid Moto Z2Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or IssueI can't play actual radios anymore. All I get now are fixed playlists instead of listening to new music that's similar to what I like. I can't find the option f...

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Plan Premium Country   Device (Droid Moto Z2 Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue I can't play actual radios anymore. All I get now are fixed playlists inst...

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Audio drops only when connected to car

None of the below information is requirePlanFreeCountryUsaDeviceGS9Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueWhen listening to any playlist when my phone is connected to my cars bluetooth, any song change or anytime I Heart a song the audio drops...

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None of the below information is require Plan Free Country Usa Device GS9 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue When listening to any playlist when my phone is connected t...

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Superuser Contribution Songs Added to liked playlist being added in a random order?

PlanPremiumCountryu.k.Devicehuwawei p20 proOperating Systemandroid My Question or Issuenot happy with the new things that have happenend with spotify recently but hey it is what it is and i can work around most of it. However one thing i feel is a ma...

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  Plan Premium Country u.k. Device huwawei p20 pro Operating System android    My Question or Issue not happy with the new things that have happenend with spotify recently b...

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Superuser Contribution Can't play the current song?

PlanPremium CountryIndia Operating SystemWindows 10 I have been unable to play any music or podcasts. The player always shows the message 'can't play the current song' or sometimes it asks me to import the file if I have it on my laptop.It has been m...

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Plan Premium   Country India   Operating System Windows 10   I have been unable to play any music or podcasts. The player always shows the message 'can't play the current song...

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Can't transfer offline playlists to SD card (solved)

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceMoto X4Operating SystemAndroid 9.0 My Question or IssueMy Spotify app recently update to version 8.5.12.637. Since the update, I have been unable find out how to move the offline playlists to SD card. could anyb...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom   Device Moto X4 Operating System Android 9.0   My Question or Issue My Spotify app recently update to version 8.5.12.637.  Since the upd...

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Superuser Contribution Stockage problem

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceSamsung S10+Operating SystemAndroid Pie Hello,I have a very annoying issue everytime the application is updated, or even sometimes when I reboot my phone :- all the songs start dowloading again on my SD card (which is fa...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Samsung S10+ Operating System Android Pie   Hello, I have a very annoying issue everytime the application is updated, or even sometimes when I reboot...

Peter

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