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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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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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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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Why can't I see videos?

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy A8 (2018)Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI cannot see the videos included in with songs. My sister who has a Samsung Galaxy A5 can see them however. I have already tried to reinstall the a...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I cannot see the videos included in with songs. My sister who h...

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Explicit material keeps getting disabled despite enabling it again and again

PlanPremiumCountryswedenDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI disabled explicit material and now when i enable it, everytime i open the app its disabled again. I cant enable the content

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Plan Premium Country sweden Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I disabled explicit material and now when i enable it, everytime i open the a...

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Superuser Contribution Songs randomly stop and app plays a "Hype playlist" I never listened to

PlanPremiumCountryGermnayDeviceRedmi Note 7 & Samsung J5Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have two smartphones which I am using (work related) and when I am using one phone to listen to a selected song or playlist or album and Spotify is ...

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Plan Premium Country Germnay Device Redmi Note 7 & Samsung J5 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have two smartphones which I am using (work related) and when I am u...

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[Android] Shuffling only 20 of my saved songs

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceSamsung Galaxy 10 PlusOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueHello, a day ago I noticed that my songs were repeating when I played them in shuffled mode. This seemed odd as I have a lot of saved songs.Toda...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Samsung Galaxy 10 Plus Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue Hello, a day ago I noticed that my songs were repeating when I playe...

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Playlists not working - Automatically out of playlist

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevicePocophone F1 (Xiaomi)Operating SystemMIUI My Question or IssueI was a Premium user for many years with no issues but stopped using Spotify this year.Last Friday I joined the Premium plan and created a new playlist with ...

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  Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Pocophone F1 (Xiaomi) Operating System MIUI   My Question or Issue I was a Premium user for many years with no issues but stopped using Spot...

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Not being able to delete suggested sections

PlanPremiumCountryMexicoDeviceSamsung A30My Question or IssueHere is the issue, I have heard some songs that I don't want to be showing in my home page, but these songs and playlist I have heard won't stop appearing in sections as "Best of artists" "...

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Plan Premium Country Mexico Device Samsung A30 My Question or Issue Here is the issue, I have heard some songs that I don't want to be showing in my home page, but these songs and playlist I h...

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Spotify not working on Samsung Galaxy S9+

I have been dealing with this issue for over a month now and it is extremely frustrating. When I open the Spotify app it shows the black screen with spp logo in the middle and then just keeps reloading that same black screen/app logo green rolling ci...

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I have been dealing with this issue for over a month now and it is extremely frustrating. When I open the Spotify app it shows the black screen with spp logo in the middle and then just keeps reloadi...

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Automatically save new Podcasts for offline and remove completed Podcasts

Please add the ability to select automatic download preferences for podcast shows. One would think you would be given that option when you choose to follow a show... But unfortunately you have to select each episode to download one by one, and you th...

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Please add the ability to select automatic download preferences for podcast shows. One would think you would be given that option when you choose to follow a show... But unfortunately you have to sel...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Android Widget Removal

We’re here to let you know that we are retiring the Spotify Widget for Android this week. We always take retiring features in Spotify very seriously. We’re pouring our energy into new ways of creating the best experience for our users. You can still ...

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We’re here to let you know that we are retiring the Spotify Widget for Android this week.    We always take retiring features in Spotify very seriously. We’re pouring our energy into ne...

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Constant Removal Of Features

Every time I see my player updating I cringe because I know I'll be losing another feature. Lately you have been on a roll. The android app has been getting worse each update and the latest one, removing the andriod widget is a killer. Losing the abi...

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Every time I see my player updating I cringe because I know I'll be losing another feature. Lately you have been on a roll. The android app has been getting worse each update and the latest one,...

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Solved!! Android music apps with widgets

My problem is that Spotify no longer has a widget ("TIP: Make sure to keep automatic updates on so we can steal useful features with no replacement.").Anyone who uses a phone knows that notifications are not the same as a widget and it's dumb to thin...

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  My problem is that Spotify no longer has a widget ("TIP: Make sure to keep automatic updates on so we can steal useful features with no replacement."). Anyone who uses a phone knows that not...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot select songs from phone when connected to desktop

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePixel 2XL and desktop with Windows 10My Question or Issue When connected to my desktop (listening on computer/controlling through phone) I can no longer select songs to play from my "Liked Songs" playlist through the phone a...

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  Plan Premium Country US Device Pixel 2XL and desktop with Windows 10 My Question or Issue   When connected to my desktop (listening on computer/controlling through phone) I can n...

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Spotify is getting worse by the day

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceOnePlus 6TOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueIs there a development team within Spotify try to make the product worse? Every new update either seems to make the app worse or more difficult to use. Today it's removi...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device OnePlus 6T Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Is there a development team within Spotify try to make the product worse? Every new update ei...

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Spotify Android app CONSTANTLY logging me out and deleting all my sh**

my setup- i have this (https://bit.ly/2MfLe8S) in my car, you'd think spending 300 bucks would get you a decent car radio.... guess again- android 9 - 16gb internal- spotify 8.5.18.932- 32gb stick (https://www.saturn.de/de/product/_sandisk-sandisk-ul...

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my setup - i have this (https://bit.ly/2MfLe8S) in my car, you'd think spending 300 bucks would get you a decent car radio.... guess again - android 9  - 16gb internal - spotify 8.5.18....

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'Sort by Artist' Sorts Songs Alphabetically

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDeviceHuawei P SmartOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueSo until today, whenever I'd sort my playlist by artist, I would see the songs listed in order of the album they were on. No longer. Now all the songs are sh...

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Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Huawei P Smart Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue So until today, whenever I'd sort my playlist by artist, I would see the songs li...

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[Android Wear] Questionable functionality?

Hi I'm driving my car and want to turn on music. So I go click on my android wear watch on one of the shortcut buttons on it, it opens Spotify and BOOM, shows me my recent playlists. That's nice. So I tab on one of them. But instead of starting the p...

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Hi  I'm driving my car and want to turn on music. So I go click on my android wear watch on one of the shortcut buttons on it, it opens Spotify and BOOM, shows me my recent playlists. That's ni...

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Superuser Contribution [Mobile] All songs from an artist except one won't appear in "liked songs" on mobile

I added six songs by Tsuko G. (The 7th Element, Dragostea Din Tei, Night Of Fire, Running In The 90s, Gas Gas Gas and Deja Vu) to my "Liked/Favourite Songs" on mobile and heard them just fine, no problems at all, when they suddenly up and vanished ex...

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I added six songs by Tsuko G. (The 7th Element, Dragostea Din Tei, Night Of Fire, Running In The 90s, Gas Gas Gas and Deja Vu) to my "Liked/Favourite Songs" on mobile and heard them just fine, no pro...

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Superuser Contribution spotify not connecting to Google Home

PlanPremiumCountryEngland DeviceHuwaei P20Operating SystemAndroid running EMUI 9.1 recently updated - -was working before this My Question or IssueSpotify on my P20 Huwaei will not connect to Google Home. I hear the audible sound as if its connecting...

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Plan Premium Country England   Device Huwaei P20 Operating System Android  running EMUI  9.1   recently updated - -was working before this   My Question or Iss...

Guido

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Spotify keeps popping out this icon

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueWhen Setup-Apps-Spotify-Notifications-Play is enabled only then I can see the Spotify player from the Notifications Menu of my phone.However, also...

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  Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue When Setup-Apps-Spotify-Notifications-Play is enabled onl...

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Local Files playable on computer but not phone

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceSamsung S8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have the same music files on my computer and my phone, and usually when a song or local file is not playable, it is greyed out, but mine is not. The local files...

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  Plan Premium Country Australia   Device Samsung S8 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have the same music files on my computer and my phone, and usually wh...

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