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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...

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cohendylan1

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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...

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Anne-Mette

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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...

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Alonegamer

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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 ...

Heartkinz17

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Solved!! Shuffle persists beyond current playlist

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Moto G6) My Question or IssueI've recently noticed that shuffling a playlist essentially turns on shuffle for the whole app. So if I shuffle all my liked songs, and then decide to play an album(expecting it to play sequentia...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device (Moto G6)     My Question or Issue I've recently noticed that shuffling a playlist essentially turns on shuffle for the whole app. So if ...

Noah

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Nothing seems to work?

Android My Question or IssueMost things won't play at all, the one's that do play stop after 10 seconds. The web player won't load. I reinstalled, restarted phone etc. Any ideas?

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Android   My Question or Issue Most things won't play at all, the one's that do play stop after 10 seconds. The web player won't load. I reinstalled, restarted phone etc. Any ideas?

Noah

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Spotify on Note 10/ Frontier s3

Plan Premium swedenCountry swedenDeviceNote 10/Frontier s3Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue cant download spotify from the store on the watch, i guess there is no support yet to get spotify to work on the Frontier s3 when its connectet to ...

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Plan  Premium sweden Country   sweden Device Note 10/Frontier s3 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  cant download spotify from the store on the watch,...

Noah

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UI takes a long time to load when app is freshly opened

PlanPremium Family PlanCountryUSADevice(Samsung Galaxy 7)Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or IssueWhen I open the spotify app on my phone and go to a playlist, I click on the 'dots' next to a song for 'more options', the menu screen doesn't...

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  Plan Premium Family Plan Country USA Device (Samsung Galaxy 7) Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue When I open the spotify app on my phone and go to a p...

osornios

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Spotify keeps skipping or pausing songs on Samsung J3

My Spotify app on my Samsung Galaxy J3 has recently started constantly pausing or skipping to random other songs in the playlist when I'm listening to it on the go. It seems to have gotten worse over the last few days, to the point that the app is co...

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My Spotify app on my Samsung Galaxy J3 has recently started constantly pausing or skipping to random other songs in the playlist when I'm listening to it on the go. It seems to have gotten worse over...

osornios

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Spotify Android App Live Wallpaper

For the moving backgrounds/videos that accompany certain songs on the Android app, is there a way to save these looped images so that they can be used as a wallpaper? The one I am looking for specifically is for the song Ritual by Rita Ora, Tiesto, a...

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  For the moving backgrounds/videos that accompany certain songs on the Android app, is there a way to save these looped images so that they can be used as a wallpaper? The one I am looking for...

osornios

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Cant download songs on my device.

Been using android. My device cannot download songs. Why? I tried to remove all devices already but I still could not download it.

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Been using android. My device cannot download songs. Why? I tried to remove all devices already but I still could not download it. 

osornios

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Solved!! App not working following restart

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHonor 9 LiteOperating SystemAndroid 92 My Question or IssueFollowing a restart of my phone I attempted to launch Spotify, it then asked me to log in with username/password (unusual as it wouldn't normally do so) which I did....

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device Honor 9 Lite Operating System Android 92   My Question or Issue Following a restart of my phone I attempted to launch Spotify, it then asked me t...

Noah

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Superuser Contribution [Android] Night mode not displaying when sharing to Facebook Messenger

Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ Operating System Android P My Question or Issue When I share via Facebook Messenger, the select contact page that comes up shows the old Messenger design. This doesn't happen with any oth...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ Operating System Android P   My Question or Issue When I share via Facebook Messenger, the select contact page ...

Greigybear

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Spotify won't pause music when the phone's locked

Hi, I'm having issues with Spotify. Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+OS: Android 9So this kinda topic has already been opened, and it's now also in the FAQ. And the answer is "Just reinstall the app." Geee thanks. Though I wouldn't blame you if it worked f...

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Hi, I'm having issues with Spotify.   Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+ OS: Android 9 So this kinda topic has already been opened, and it's now also in the FAQ. And the answer is "Just reinstall t...

SpeedRunHunter

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The new update is a confusing mess

This update, and the concept of the Liked Songs playlist is a mess. The most basic feature in any music player - shuffle all songs - seems to be impossible now. The concept of simply saving songs to your library? Out the window. The way things are se...

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This update, and the concept of the Liked Songs playlist is a mess. The most basic feature in any music player - shuffle all songs - seems to be impossible now. The concept of simply saving songs to ...

smiff1985

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Widget removal explanation?

It's been over two weeks since you removed the widget and linked to a post supposed to explain why, but all it contained was a short messege that said that the widget had been retired. So I was wondering if the people you have working costumer relati...

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It's been over two weeks since you removed the widget and linked to a post supposed to explain why, but all it contained was a short messege that said that the widget had been retired. So I was wonde...

Loxer

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Solved!! Android Local Files - Only Some of them transfer

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWin 10 / Android Alright, so when I attempt to copy local files from my PC to my phone, only some of them transfer. I have ensured that these files are mp3s. I have been able to transfer these exact files in the past (my sd...

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Plan Premium Operating System Win 10 / Android   Alright, so when I attempt to copy local files from my PC to my phone, only some of them transfer. I have ensured that these files are mp3s....

Loxer

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6 track skips limitation doesn't work

PlanFreeCountryUAE Device(Xiaomi red me note4)Operating SystemAndroid 7 My Question or IssueHaving installed application, limitation would have been working untill I go for specific artist or song search. Would I use daily mix or anything from home a...

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  Plan Free Country UAE   Device (Xiaomi red me note4) Operating System Android 7   My Question or Issue Having installed application, limitation would have been working un...

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Playback stopping

So, up until this weekend my Spotify was working fine. Then Sunday night it suddenly stops playing when the phone locks... will continue to play after phone locks for roughly 30 seconds and then stops but will resume the minute i reactivate the scree...

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So, up until this weekend my Spotify was working fine. Then Sunday night it suddenly stops playing when the phone locks... will continue to play after phone locks for roughly 30 seconds and then stop...

Noah

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The spotify home screen is blank

PlanFreeCountryU.SDevice(SAMSUNG J7 pop)Operating System(Android 7.0 Nougat with SamsungExperience 8.1 Upgradable to Android 9.0 Pie with One UI ) My Question or IssueWhen I open spotify the home screen is blank. I've tired uninstalling and reinstall...

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  Plan Free Country U.S Device (SAMSUNG J7 pop) Operating System (Android 7.0 Nougat with SamsungExperience 8.1 Upgradable to Android 9.0 Pie with One UI )   My Question or I...

Loxer

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Randomly pausing on Android

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceGoogle Pixel 2Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueSpotify playback (both music and podcasts) randomly pauses (roughly every 15 mins). It shows as still playing in the mini-window I can drag down from my notificatio...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Google Pixel 2 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue Spotify playback (both music and podcasts) randomly pauses (roughly every 15 mins).&nbsp...

Loxer

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Previous track button stops working randomly

PlanPremium (Student)CountryIndia DeviceMoto One PowerOperating SystemAndroid Pie (running the latest update) I cannot go to the previous track using media control buttons on neither my Boult Audio Tru5ive nor my Sennheiser CX-275s. I am able to play...

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Plan Premium (Student) Country India   Device Moto One Power Operating System Android Pie (running the latest update)   I cannot go to the previous track using media control butto...

Loxer

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Bluetooth headphones
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Weird "search playlist" crash

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHuawei Mate 9 Operating AndroidMy Question or IssueFor some reason the app crashes when I type in "9," (because I looking for the song 9,000 miles by Pendulum). So I thought i report this weird bug to you.

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Huawei Mate 9  Operating  Android My Question or Issue For some reason the app crashes when I type in "9," (because I looking for the song 9,000...

Loxer

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