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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 app turns phone on and off

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippines My Question or IssueWhenever I open spotify my phone would suddenly constantly turn on and off and make it unusable. I'd have to restart my phone so I can use it again. I've tried clearing cache, storage, and even reinst...

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Plan Premium Country Philippines    My Question or Issue Whenever I open spotify my phone would suddenly constantly turn on and off and make it unusable. I'd have to restart my phone ...

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Superuser Contribution Turning off shuffle on Android issues

When turning off shuffle and the current song finishes the next song doesn't play, previous it used to play the next unshuffled song.Also switching between the shuffle, smart shuffle and no shuffle can lag a lot and sometimes just stays on smart shuf...

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When turning off shuffle and the current song finishes the next song doesn't play, previous it used to play the next unshuffled song. Also switching between the shuffle, smart shuffle and no shuff...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution Cannot play spotify on 2 devices at the same time anymore

I used to be connect and play a same songs in 2 headsets at the same time (So I and my partner can enjoy our own headset of choice). But lately whenever my phone (S22 Ultra) connect to 2 Bluetooth headsets at the same time, Spotify will only play mus...

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I used to be connect and play a same songs in 2 headsets at the same time (So I and my partner can enjoy our own headset of choice). But lately whenever my phone (S22 Ultra) connect to 2 Bluetooth he...

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Superuser Contribution Why won't Spotify play sound through my wireless headphones?

Other apps play sound through the headphones, and Spotify works on my phone wothout headphones, but it apparently won't connect to my headphones or something.Headphones: Soundcore Life Q30Phone: Moto G Stylus (Android)

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Other apps play sound through the headphones, and Spotify works on my phone wothout headphones, but it apparently won't connect to my headphones or something. Headphones: Soundcore Life Q30 Phone: ...

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Superuser Contribution Album art become blur

The album art from spotify on my custom widget become very blur after the latest beta update. I need to reverse to previous version to fix this issue. I hope in future releases, this issue will be gone.

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The album art from spotify on my custom widget become very blur after the latest beta update. I need to reverse to previous version to fix this issue. I hope in future releases, this issue will be go...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution Podcasts no longer pausing when Google Maps is talking.

Until recently, whenever my phone is connected to my car via Android Auto, Spotify would pause the playback on a Podcast whenever Google Maps would speak. This no longer seems to be the case. Is there a way to get Spotify to pause the playback in Pod...

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Until recently, whenever my phone is connected to my car via Android Auto, Spotify would pause the playback on a Podcast whenever Google Maps would speak. This no longer seems to be the case.  ...

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Superuser Contribution Ads keep crashing Spotify [Android]

It's happened 47 times over 5 days. I've tried rebooting my phone, closing out of Spotify & leaving it play (silence).They can't be skipped (Smart Shuffle & 1 in 10 songs are forced upon me. Get rid if it & I will think about subscribing. I've got 50...

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It's happened 47 times over 5 days. I've tried rebooting my phone, closing out of Spotify & leaving it play (silence). They can't be skipped (Smart Shuffle & 1 in 10 songs are forced upon me...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution Android Google Maps Integration

PlanPremiumDeviceSamsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5GOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueIn Google Maps when you click on the Spotify button it is supposed to pull up Spotify in Car mode. This no longer happens, it just pulls up Spotify and puts go...

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  Plan Premium Device Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue In Google Maps when you click on the Spotify button it is supposed to pull up S...

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Superuser Contribution Queue just repeats first song on album when restarting app

When I close the app and open it again the queue is just repeating the first song on the album currently playing over and over again. Before I tried reinstalling the app it repeated the song I was currently playing and the first song on the album aft...

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When I close the app and open it again the queue is just repeating the first song on the album currently playing over and over again. Before I tried reinstalling the app it repeated the song I was cu...

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Superuser Contribution Android Auto not able to switch between apps

Good morning . I have a problem with Spotify in my car. I have a Cupra Leon (2023) and use Android Auto (Google Pixel 8 Pro). As soon as I add Spotify to the app list in the Android Auto settings, I can no longer switch apps on Android Auto. I have a...

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Good morning . I have a problem with Spotify in my car. I have a Cupra Leon (2023) and use Android Auto (Google Pixel 8 Pro). As soon as I add Spotify to the app list in the Android Auto settings, I ...

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Superuser Contribution App won't respond to commands from notification banner and headphones

App won't respond to commands from notification banner and headphones, can't pause, resume or switch songs. The only way to get it to work is to force stop the application and restart it, then it works until the screen is locked or the app is cleared...

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App won't respond to commands from notification banner and headphones, can't pause, resume or switch songs. The only way to get it to work is to force stop the application and restart it, then it wor...

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Superuser Contribution I use a Google Pixel. My spotify no longer works with mobile data,only wifi

I use a Google Pixel 3a, and I can't use my spotify with mobile data... Only wifi. And this started three days ago

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I use a Google Pixel 3a, and I can't use my spotify with mobile data... Only wifi. And this started three days ago

Maria

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Superuser Contribution Android App not loading emails

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemAndroid v14 Hey Spotify, For the past 4 days, I've been unable to load albums on my phone. When I click an album it gets stuck on the black loading screen (see attachments). I have cleared my cache and re-insta...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Android v14   Hey Spotify,   For the past 4 days, I've been unable to load albums on my phone. When I click an album it ge...

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Standardise features on iOS and Android/Windows

Why and how does Android and Windows get better features than that of iOS? For example on Android you get to play Playlists in order and not suffer from the smart shuffle nonsense.

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Why and how does Android and Windows get better features than that of iOS? For example on Android you get to play Playlists in order and not suffer from the smart shuffle nonsense. 

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Superuser Contribution Remove animation from share menu

When you choose to share a song, the app pops up a little share menu, and it does a bounce animation. This animation does nothing but make this menu harder to use. You have to wait until it finishes to be able to select any of the options, which is s...

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When you choose to share a song, the app pops up a little share menu, and it does a bounce animation. This animation does nothing but make this menu harder to use. You have to wait until it finishes ...

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Opción almacenamientos

PlanPremiumCountryEspañaDeviceSamsung A54Operating System My Question or IssueHola, quiero descargar música para escuchar sin conexión pero no se donde me va en el teléfono. No tengo SD sería en la memoria del teléfono y en configuración no encuentro...

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Plan Premium Country España Device Samsung A54 Operating System     My Question or Issue Hola, quiero descargar música para escuchar sin conexión pero no se donde me va en el telé...

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Solved!! Download albums don't open

PlanPremiumCountryKenyaDeviceOppo Reno 5FOperating SystemAndroid 13 My IssueSome of my downloaded albums and playlists won't open while I'm in offline mode. The app just loads for like a minute or so and turns black. It's also been very slow to open ...

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Plan Premium Country Kenya Device Oppo Reno 5F Operating System Android 13   My Issue Some of my downloaded albums and playlists won't open while I'm in offline mode. The app just load...

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