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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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Spotify will only let me listen to first 10 seconds

Songs won't load properly and will only play 10seconds. Home screen also doesn't load properly, show titles but not pictures (attached). I have 15gb data left and all other apps working fine PlanPremiumCountry UkDevice Huawei p20 proOperating SystemA...

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Songs won't load properly and will only play 10seconds. Home screen also doesn't load properly, show titles but not pictures (attached). I have 15gb data left and all other apps working fine   ...

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Radio Functionality Missing

I am unable to create radio stations from playlists/after a playlist runs through. Additionally, a saved artist station(found under "Stations") is now a playlist, and cannot be played in a station format, while others that were not saved are still st...

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I am unable to create radio stations from playlists/after a playlist runs through. Additionally, a saved artist station(found under "Stations") is now a playlist, and cannot be played in a station fo...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Genius: Behind the lyrics

Is Genius: Behind the lyrics not availiable anymore on Android? If not Why? I really liked it and i miss it!

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Is Genius: Behind the lyrics not availiable anymore on Android? If not Why? I really liked it and i miss it!

Peter

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sound quality low family account

PlanFree/PremiumCountry NetherlandsDeviceSamsung A6 plusOperating Systemandroid My Question or Issue I recently got a family account but before this, I had a normal premium account. I always download my songs using the highest quality available. But ...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country  Netherlands Device Samsung A6 plus Operating System android    My Question or Issue  I recently got a family account but before this, ...

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"Songs" tab not visible on Android 8.4.91.861

PlanPremiumCountryPoland DeviceAlcatel PIXI 4 7''Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue I am having issue with browsing My Library. I am using:1. Alcatel 7'' tablet with Android and Spotify version 8.4.91.8612. Xiaomi Mi A1 phone with Android a...

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Plan Premium Country Poland   Device Alcatel PIXI 4 7'' Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  I am having issue with browsing My Library. I am using: 1. Alcatel ...

Tarkis

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Replaying cached song

PlanPremiumDeviceLG V20Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueIs there a way to force spotify on android, or the desktop to play a cached song.I was lsitening to a song a few days ago on the discover weekly playlist that I really enjoyed. I forg...

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Plan Premium Device LG V20 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Is there a way to force spotify on android, or the desktop to play a cached song. I was lsitening to a son...

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Stop app when using other device

How do I stop my android app from working when I'm listening to music in my smart tv or computer? It consumes all my battery!! PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+ / Smart TV / ComputerOperating SystemAndroid Oreo

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How do I stop my android app from working when I'm listening to music in my smart tv or computer? It consumes all my battery!!   Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Samsung Galaxy 9+ / ...

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Spotify no artwork and not playing using mobile data

PlanPremiumCountry EnglandDevicePixel 3Operating SystemAndroid Oreo As the title says, Spotify works fine on other devices and on WiFi but 4g just shows missing artwork and won't play. Cache deleted, reinstalled and rebooted, logged out and in, updat...

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  Plan Premium Country  England Device Pixel 3 Operating System Android Oreo   As the title says, Spotify works fine on other devices and on WiFi but 4g just shows missi...

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Stranger Things mode not working

Does the Stranger Things mode still work in Android? It does not work for me. Plan: PremiumCountry: FinlandDevice: Nexus 7 (2013)Operating System: Android 6.0

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Does the Stranger Things mode still work in Android? It does not work for me.   Plan: Premium Country: Finland Device: Nexus 7 (2013) Operating System: Android 6.0  

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Saved albums not working

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceGoogle PixelOperating SystemAndroid 9 (P) My Question or IssueSaved albums is no longer working for me on the Android app. I just get the constantly spinning green circle. Saved songs and artists still works. Also saved albu...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Google Pixel Operating System Android 9 (P)   My Question or Issue Saved albums is no longer working for me on the Android app. I just get the constantly...

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Adding a station

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue No longer able to add artist radio choice so to appear in Stations. I have 50+ artist radio choices that appear in Stations, but can't seem to add any more artis...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  No longer able to add artist radio choice so to appear in Stations.  I...

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Recommendations don't change any more

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating SystemAndroid Oreo In December 2018 , I listened to"Weekend Man" by Royal Republic (https://open.spotify.com/album/1HLd7NluYOzyRuJsmjKYzQ?si=esv8EBBtTWKn9f5zZML4wQ) Shortly after that, my reco...

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  Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System Android Oreo      In December 2018 , I listened to"Weekend Man" by Royal Republic (ht...

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How to Play my local music files that are stored on my Android device

I thought Spotify mobile app would automatically scan for my music on my device. The only info I could find said I need to use the desktop app to put them in a playlist then sync it to all devices. What do I do if I don't have a computer. All my musi...

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I thought Spotify mobile app would automatically scan for my music on my device. The only info I could find said I need to use the desktop app to put them in a playlist then sync it to all devices. W...

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Can't play songs from filtered artist only in custom playlist

I have my own playlist containing over 7K tracks. Sometimes I only want to listen to tracks from one artist, back to back within this playlist. I go into my playlist and search for the artist. Up comes the results, only displaying tracks featuring th...

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I have my own playlist containing over 7K tracks.   Sometimes I only want to listen to tracks from one artist, back to back within this playlist.   I go into my playlist and search...

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Missing podcast episodes

PlanPremiumCountry USDevice - Samsung Galaxy 9Operating System My Question or Issue I used to get daily 1 hour episodes of the Chicks on the Right podcasts and ever since Nov/Dec, that has stopped. Why aren't the episodes populating? Today was the fi...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device - Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System     My Question or Issue  I used to get daily 1 hour episodes of the Chicks on the Right podcasts...

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Spotify automatically plays on car sterio when I start my car

Each time I start my car, Spotify starts up and begins to play. It doesn't matter if I turn spotify off. The initiation sequence on my car's sterio somehow triggers it to start up, and begin playing. I do not want this. I have tried searching a solut...

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  Each time I start my car, Spotify starts up and begins to play. It doesn't matter if I turn spotify off. The initiation sequence on my car's sterio somehow triggers it to start up, and b...

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Can't play active songs

PlanPremiumCountry BulgariaDeviceLenovo P2Operating SystemAndroid 7 My Question or Issue I can't play songs that are active (white) and I have previously played without any problem. I have no problem with internet speed. I have tried uninstalling and...

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Plan Premium Country  Bulgaria Device Lenovo P2 Operating System Android 7   My Question or Issue  I can't play songs that are active (white) and I have previously played wit...

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Size of songs?

I have a question to ask more like a comparison. Using spotify songs takes more storage than mp3? Or there is no difference between mp3 and spotify songs in the size? If you were to compare a same song or something.

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I have a question to ask more like a comparison.   Using spotify songs takes more storage than mp3? Or there is no difference between mp3 and spotify songs in the size?   If you were to...

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Bug when trying to replay a podcast

My Question or IssueThere is a bug when you're trying to replay a podcast that you have already listened to. If you complete a podcast (so there is 0-1 seconds left), if you try to click play again, it plays the last 1 second and jumps to the next po...

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My Question or Issue There is a bug when you're trying to replay a podcast that you have already listened to. If you complete a podcast (so there is 0-1 seconds left), if you try to click play again...

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Solved!! Downloaded songs can't be found

PlanPremiumCountry U.S.DeviceMoto G3Operating SystemAndroid 6.0 My Question or Issue I downloaded 2 playlists' worth of songs. I slid the "download" slider over, and they started downloading one by one. I watched the progress. Now, when I got to "My ...

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Plan Premium Country  U.S. Device Moto G3 Operating System Android 6.0   My Question or Issue  I downloaded 2 playlists' worth of songs.  I slid the "download" slid...

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