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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Using two apps on two devices (not at same time)

Hello all, I use the app on two devices. On my tablet and on my smartphone. On the tablet I hear radio plays and on the SmartPhone music (Android car). Now I have the problem that a device repeatedly takes over that last played by the other device. H...

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  Hello all,   I use the app on two devices. On my tablet and on my smartphone. On the tablet I hear radio plays and on the SmartPhone music (Android car). Now I have the problem that a ...

Jemi

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Superuser Contribution Spotify will not sync local files

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo, Windows 10 My Question or Issue It's been weeks and I can't get spotify to sync local files. There are seriously so many posts about this same kind of issue, how has spotify no...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System Android Oreo, Windows 10   My Question or Issue  It's been weeks and I can't get spotify to sy...

Peter

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Album Vs Playlist

PlanFreeCountry AustraliaDevices(Samsung Galaxy 7, Samsung Ace Tablet, Desktop PC)Operating System(Windows 7) My Question or Issue Hi all,Relatively new to this.I have decided to save all my physical cd's onto spotify.When I search for albums in spot...

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  Plan Free Country  Australia Devices (Samsung Galaxy 7, Samsung Ace Tablet, Desktop PC) Operating System (Windows 7)   My Question or Issue   Hi all, Relativel...

songassistant

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My playlists are unable to shuffle.

PlanFreeCountry U.S.A.DeviceLg aristo 2Operating SystemAndroid oreo My Question or IssueSo one day at school i all of a sudden had unlimited skips, despite the fact that i don't have spotify premium and i have never had spotify premium. Then my playl...

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  Plan Free Country  U.S.A. Device Lg aristo 2 Operating System Android oreo   My Question or Issue So one day at school i all of a sudden had unlimited skips, despite the f...

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Autoplay for Bluetooth No Longer Works

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceSamsung S6 Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or IssueAs of December, Spotify worked correctly: I would get in the car, and Spotify would automatically play where I left off once Bluetooth was connected. I have since f...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device Samsung S6  Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue As of December, Spotify worked correctly: I would get in the car, and Spotify ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Weird app crashing when trying to press options button for song

So I'm searching an artist, I'm pressing the ''see all singles and EP's' '', I press options button on one of the songs in the list without listening to it and the app closes. I've tried it a lot of times' happens every time PlanPremiumCountry Romani...

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So I'm searching an artist, I'm pressing the ''see all singles and EP's' '', I press options button on one of the songs in the list without listening to it and the app closes. I've tried it a lot of ...

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Renaming entries in the user's library

Plan Premium My Question or Issue When one adds an album to the local library, that entry may be listed under the name of the album, the given name/surname of the composer, the given name/surname of the performer, etc. Thus, even though the library e...

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Plan Premium   My Question or Issue  When one adds an album to the local library, that entry may be listed under the name of the album, the given name/surname of the composer, the given ...

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Play artist radio using Google assistant

I'm using Spotify family premium in a Google speaker. When I ask for an artist radio, or 'music like [artist name]' Spotify will play the artist radio mix or the 'This is [artist name]' playlist. This results in only songs by the artist. Is it possib...

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I'm using Spotify family premium in a Google speaker. When I ask for an artist radio, or 'music like [artist name]' Spotify will play the artist radio mix or the 'This is [artist name]' playlist. Thi...

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Artist text bugged

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceOnePlus 6 OxygenOS 9.0.3 Operating SystemOxygenOS 9.0.3 My Question or Issue Since my Spotify app updated to 8.4.89.515, I have noticed that a lot of the text when looking at an artist's page appears to be written over eachot...

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Plan Premium Country   Device OnePlus 6 OxygenOS 9.0.3   Operating System OxygenOS 9.0.3   My Question or Issue  Since my Spotify app updated to 8.4.89.515, I have noti...

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Android Auto Unable to Browse albums on Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9Operating SystemAndroid OreoMy Question or IssueAndroid auto is unable to browse albums on spotify. This issue has been going along for quite a while. There were several updates which did not address th...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue Android auto is unable to browse albums on spotify. This issue has been going al...

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Music download

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceGalaxy S9 plusOperating SystemAndroid Pie, OneUI Version (still Beta, because Samsung Update over the Air wasn't possible by now) My Question or IssueI am using the newest Spotify version from Google Play Store. Also I...

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Plan Premium Country Germany  Device Galaxy S9 plus Operating System Android Pie, OneUI Version (still Beta, because Samsung Update over the Air wasn't possible by now)   My Questi...

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Options button too close to scroll

Premium.AndroidAn intermittent yet annoying issue. The little three dot button/menu next to songs is really close to the slider bar for quick movement along playlists. At the moment every time I try to use the button, I end up accidentally somewhere ...

Music Fan

Premium. Android An intermittent yet annoying issue. The little three dot button/menu next to songs is really close to the slider bar for quick movement along playlists. At the moment every time I ...

spaceburglar

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Pop-up menu not loading on spotty connection

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia Device(Samsung Galaxy Note 4)Operating System(Android (Touchwiz) 6.0.1)My Question or IssueHow come the pop-up menu has to load every time there's an internet connection? Why is it quicker for me to turn my internet off so...

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Plan Premium Country Australia  Device (Samsung Galaxy Note 4) Operating System (Android (Touchwiz) 6.0.1) My Question or Issue How come the pop-up menu has to load every time there's a...

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Spotify starts playing on my phone when it connects to my cars bluetooth!

Plan PremiumFree/PremiumCountry NorwayDeviceHuawei P20 ProOperating SystemAndroid 8 and 9 My Question or Issue I just want to know WHY spotify starts up and playing automatically when my phone connects to my car!? Even if i dont listen to my aux inpu...

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Plan  Premium Free/Premium Country  Norway Device Huawei P20 Pro Operating System Android 8 and 9   My Question or Issue  I just want to know WHY spotify starts up an...

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Browse playlist when video is playing

How can I browse my playlist (queue) when a video is playing? When a video is playing, I have a "share" icon in the top right corner (where the three dots usually are) and cannot see the play queue icon anywhere. I have tried disabling videos to get ...

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How can I browse my playlist (queue) when a video is playing? When a video is playing, I have a "share" icon in the top right corner (where the three dots usually are) and cannot see the play queue i...

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[Mobile] Remove the Shuffle / Play Button

Country FranceDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/daily-mixes-showing-up-with-only-shuffle-play/td-p/4652319 Please help us !!

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Country  France Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android    My Question or Issue  https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/daily-mixes-showing-up-with-only-shuffl...

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Superuser Contribution Folders on Android

PlanFreeCountry United States & United KingdomDeviceSony Xperia Z1Operating SystemAndroid 5.1.1 My Question or Issue On desktop I have a whole folder structure for my library. In the past I am certain this structure was available on mobile as well bu...

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Plan Free Country  United States & United Kingdom Device Sony Xperia Z1 Operating System Android 5.1.1   My Question or Issue  On desktop I have a whole folder structure ...

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Queueing issues, Spotify crashing (new update: version 8.4.89.515)

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceMoto g6 PlayOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Trying to add an album to the queue (no issues before this update). I can add an album or song to queue if it's among the most recent of the artist's albums, bu...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device Moto g6 Play Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Trying to add an album to the queue (no issues before this up...

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Offline mode on. Get thrown out. Can’t log back in. Try workaround. Lose all downloads.

@Community Managers This issue has been raised before, but it seems the threads aren’t monitored as nothing was ever done about it. See, it was marked as solved here https://community.spotify.com/t5/Accounts/can-t-log-in-because-it-says-i-m-offline/t...

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@Community Managers   This issue has been raised before, but it seems the threads aren’t monitored as nothing was ever done about it.  See, it was marked as solved here https://community....

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Discord/Spotify Activity

PlanPremiumCountry New ZealandDevice(Samsung Galaxy 8+)Operating System(Android) My Question or Issue I cant seem to get my activity to show up on discord while playing music on my phone. It shows whats playing only when I have discord opened on my c...

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Plan Premium Country  New Zealand Device (Samsung Galaxy 8+) Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue  I cant seem to get my activity to show up on discord while pla...

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