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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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Superuser Contribution Podcasts freeze and stop

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10Operating SystemAndroid one UI version 2.1 My Question or IssueMy podcasts keeps freezing and stopping for no reason. The only way to fix it is to close and re open the app. Occasionally after I...

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Plan Premium Country United States  Device Samsung Galaxy S10 Operating System Android one UI version 2.1   My Question or Issue My podcasts keeps freezing and stopping for no rea...

michaellmcgraw

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Superuser Contribution share lyrics "box" cannot resize/weird spacing

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceHuaweiOperating SystemAndroid 8.1 My Question or IssueI want to share a lyric to instagram but the "box" is too small causing the sentence to awkwardly spaced and make it harder to read. How to change the size of the b...

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  Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Huawei Operating System Android 8.1   My Question or Issue I want to share a lyric to instagram but the "box" is too small causing the sent...

jkxs

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Stop playing recommended Songs for Playlists

PlanPremiumDeviceVariousOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have multiple playlists I made for myself, and whenever I'm playing them, I keep getting recommended songs, even if "Smart Shuffle" is not activated.As I understand it, "Smart Shuf...

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Plan Premium Device Various Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have multiple playlists I made for myself, and whenever I'm playing them, I keep getting recommended songs, ...

BurningFalcon

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Superuser Contribution Now Playing bar suddenly stops

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung S24+Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueFor the last few days the Now Playing bar in the Android pulldown menu suddenly stops progressing (not sure how to describe this so here's a picture)To fix it I have...

Music Fan

Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung S24+ Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue For the last few days the Now Playing bar in the Android pulldown menu suddenly stops pro...

stupidmaninthewindow

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After removing earbuds, Spotify undesirably restarts playing (loudly) through phone speakers

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung S21Operating SystemAndroid 14, One UI 6.1 My Question or IssueProblem is identical on my wife and my Samsung S21s. We both sleep with earbuds playing something quietly. After awakening, closing Spotify, and confirmi...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung S21 Operating System Android 14, One UI 6.1   My Question or Issue Problem is identical on my wife and my Samsung S21s.   We both slee...

Billy-J

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Superuser Contribution "Something went wrong" message, linked to region change issue?

PlanPremium Student CountryGermany DeviceSamsung Galaxy A8 2018 (Android) Hello,I need help on this one - I've checked a few old posts and tried the solutions mentioned, but it did not work...When I search for a podcast, an album or anything and clic...

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Plan Premium Student  Country Germany   Device Samsung Galaxy A8 2018 (Android)   Hello, I need help on this one - I've checked a few old posts and tried the solutions mention...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Accessibility Feedback on Android: sorting of playlists

Dear Accessibility Support of Spotify,I have written to you four times by e-mail during the past years and there seems to be no improvement or reaction at all. Thus, once more, the screen reader users on Android Talkback have huge challenges while tr...

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Dear Accessibility Support of Spotify, I have written to you four times by e-mail during the past years and there seems to be no improvement or reaction at all. Thus, once more, the screen reader us...

JR_8000

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Superuser Contribution How to see Local files by Folders?

PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have many local mp3 organized by folders. When trying to add a file to a playlist, Local Files p...

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Plan Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I have many ...

jp95ke-_1p62

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Superuser Contribution The Spotify app seems to freeze upon launching it

Spoiler (Highlight to read)This morning was the first time I noticed it happening. When you usually launch the app, it shows the Spotify logo and then it cuts to a grey background while it loads in the content. When I launch it, it freezes on the gre...

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This morning was the first time I noticed it happening. When you usually launch the app, it shows the Spotify logo and then it cuts to a grey background while it loads in the content. When I launch i...

Maria

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Letras

Boa tarde.Estou com um problema para maximizar as letras no aplicativo (quando clicamos e a letra preenche a tela toda). Eu clico e até tem a animação de expansão, mas não fica, volta a posição normal. O problema começou depois da última atualização ...

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Boa tarde. Estou com um  problema para maximizar as letras no aplicativo (quando clicamos e a letra preenche a tela toda). Eu clico e até tem a animação de expansão, mas não fica, volta a posiç...

caueneves

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot remove song from queue anymore (since 2025)

PlanPremium Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueThe “Remove track from queue” option was removed from the queue with the last app-update for Android devices in January 2025. What to expectI can remove a song listed in the queue. (This was ...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue The “Remove track from queue” option was removed from the queue with the last app-update for Android devices in...

StopBreakingTheUI

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Shuffle function Liked Songs

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceOnePlus 7T My Question or IssueFor some reason since the last update, the shuffle function in my liked songs, instead of shuffling the songs, creates the same 'playlist' based on from which song I trigger the shuffl...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device OnePlus 7T   My Question or Issue For some reason since the last update, the shuffle function in my liked songs, instead of shuffling the songs, c...

walius

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Superuser Contribution Smart Shuffle breaks the ability to select certain songs in Liked Library

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePixel 8 ProOperating SystemAndroid 15 My Question or IssueWhen Smart Shuffle is turned on in my Liked Library, it prevents me from playing certain songs. When clicking the song, nothing happens, just stops playing anythi...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Pixel 8 Pro Operating System Android 15   My Question or Issue When Smart Shuffle is turned on in my Liked Library, it prevents me from playing certa...

Vasil

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Always Downloading

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Z Fold 3Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueThis is an ongoing issue and is very annoying. Whenever I open Spotify on my mobile, I get the notification of "downloading # out of # (93% complete)" or someth...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Z Fold 3 Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue This is an ongoing issue and is very annoying. Whenever I open Spotify on my mobile,...

hippiejonny

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution When I skip the time of the track the volume turns down for a second, then it comes back at normal.

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceSamsung Galaxy A71Operating SystemAndroid 13, One UI 5.1My Question or IssueThis might be a feature, but since it bothers me, I'd like to report it here. When I skip the time of a song (like to 0m54s - 2m17s), the volume...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Samsung Galaxy A71 Operating System Android 13, One UI 5.1 My Question or Issue This might be a feature, but since it bothers me, I'd like to report it he...

VadimT

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do I get podcasts to play in the same order as the sorting?

My podcast is sorted Newest to Oldest and I would like them to also *play* in that order too. However, when the newest one finishes, instead of moving down the list it jumps to a recommended podcast.

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My podcast is sorted Newest to Oldest and I would like them to also *play* in that order too. However, when the newest one finishes, instead of moving down the list it jumps to a recommended podcast.

browndj3

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Superuser Contribution Playlists and albums not loading (Galaxy J5)

PlanPremium FamilyCountryBrazilDevice(Samsung Galaxy J5)Operating System(Android 6.0.1) My IssueI can't open albuns or playlists (except "Liked songs"). I'm able to search them but once I try to open it stays forever loading. The app doesn't close or...

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Plan Premium Family Country Brazil Device (Samsung Galaxy J5) Operating System (Android 6.0.1)   My Issue I can't open albuns or playlists (except "Liked songs"). I'm able to sear...

Jérémi

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Superuser Contribution First Track of Album Doesn’t Queue Entire Album

ecently, I’ve noticed a frustrating issue when playing albums.If I pull up an album and click on the first track, only that single track plays. The rest of the album is not added to the queue.However, if I click any other track (e.g., the second or t...

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ecently, I’ve noticed a frustrating issue when playing albums. If I pull up an album and click on the first track, only that single track plays. The rest of the album is not added to the queue. How...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Accidentally deleted a song from the song radio

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI accidentally deleted a song from the song radio station. In fact, it is the song that the radio station is based on, "Kill Jill". I cannot seem to find a way t...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device Samsung Galaxy S9 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I accidentally deleted a song from the song radio station. In fact, it is the so...

rizeeh207

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Lyrics translation

I have known recently that there are translations of the lyrics and i wanna know what can i do to do that.And i guess this isnt available in windows at the moment but in android how do u do it?

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I have known recently that there are translations of the lyrics and i wanna know what can i do to do that. And i guess this isnt available in windows at the moment but in android how do u do it?

iiztoaster

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