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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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Premium Family USAWindows Desktop, iPod Touch, Samsung Galaxy Tab AWindows 10, iOS 12, Android Oreo I have a new account with 2 new users (and 1 existing user who joined my family plan through my invitiation), as the head of the account, I am followi...

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Premium Family  USA Windows Desktop, iPod Touch, Samsung Galaxy Tab A Windows 10, iOS 12, Android Oreo    I have a new account with 2 new users (and 1 existing user who joined my ...

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Spotify stops playing after a few minutes on Nokia 2

I have a Nokia 2 phone running Android 7.1.1 (although this problem has persisted in previous versions). Whenever I run Spotify, the current song will stop playing after a few minutes. The app won't crash - it'll just stop playing. This problem appea...

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I have a Nokia 2 phone running Android 7.1.1 (although this problem has persisted in previous versions). Whenever I run Spotify, the current song will stop playing after a few minutes. The app won't ...

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Offline music on Samsung Gear S3 - some trakcs do not dowload

PlanPremiumCountry PolandDeviceSamsung Gear S3 FrontierOperating SystemAndroid (paired phone)My Question or Issue I set my device to download the music from one of my playlist (about 150 tracks) according to mlendards post. It works fine for some tra...

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Plan Premium Country  Poland Device Samsung Gear S3 Frontier Operating System Android (paired phone) My Question or Issue  I set my device to download the music from one of my play...

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How do i get the Spotify toolbar to appear on my phone?

On my old Sony phone i had a toolbar on the homescreen and lockscreen of my phone to quickly change songs etc. From that i could also use the 'snext song' feature on my cars bluetooth device which would skip the song.That phone broke and now i'm usin...

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    On my old Sony phone i had a toolbar on the homescreen and lockscreen of my phone to quickly change songs etc. From that i could also use the 'snext song' feature on my cars bluetooth...

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shuffle is on Automaticaly

When i say "play my favorite songs" spotify automatically turning shuffle on. But i don't want that!How i can listen without shuffle? (google home and premium account)

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When i say "play my favorite songs" spotify automatically turning shuffle on. But i don't want that! How i can listen without shuffle?   (google home and premium account)

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Cross-fade: phone lags in games when the next song starts playing.

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceSamsung A320FLOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueMy device has 2 GB of RAM.12 seconds before the current song ends, the next song kicks in. Right at that moment, the game starts lagging for 1-2 seconds.It'...

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Plan Premium Country Romania Device Samsung A320FL Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue My device has 2 GB of RAM. 12 seconds before the current song ends, the ne...

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S8+ has lost lock screen controls

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceGalaxy S8+Operating System My Question or IssueI recently lost my lock screen controls for Spotify. No updates or changes to phone. They just disappeared. Any ideas how to get them back?

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Plan Premium Country   Device Galaxy S8+ Operating System     My Question or Issue I recently lost my lock screen controls for Spotify.  No updates or changes to phone....

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Spotify not playing through Musiccast

PlanPremiumCountry Australia DeviceYamaha Music Cast Operating System Android My Question or IssueEverything was working perfectly, could open Musiccast on my Android tablet, select Spotify and play music through my Yamaha amp. Then on Christmas Eve ...

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  Plan Premium Country  Australia  Device Yamaha Music Cast  Operating System  Android   My Question or Issue Everything was working perfectly, could open Mus...

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Radio Option No Longer Available?

I've been a Premium user for a few years now and listen to, quite literally, 100% of my music through the Spotify app on my phone. The other day I realized that when I choose any "Go to Radio" option (Go to Song Radio, Go to Playlist Radio, etc.) the...

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  I've been a Premium user for a few years now and listen to, quite literally, 100% of my music through the Spotify app on my phone.   The other day I realized that when I choose any "Go...

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PS4 doesn't sync

PremiumCountry USS8 My Question or Issue PlayStation account doesn't sync with PC or phone. I can log in but no playlist. Also can't log out of of playstation account Get an error.

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Premium Country  US S8   My Question or Issue  PlayStation account doesn't sync with PC or phone. I can log in but no playlist. Also can't log out of of playstation account Get a...

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My galaxy s9 will randomly play different songs for no reason

It always asks me if I want to continue listening on web player or on my phone. And it always plays like 20 different albums PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Device Samsung Galaxy 9Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue Why does the web pl...

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It always asks me if I want to continue listening on web player or on my phone. And it always plays like 20 different albums   Plan Premium Country United States   Device &n...

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play on all devices

My Question or Issueif i play on one of my devices why do i see it on all of my devices?

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    My Question or Issue if i play on one of my devices why do i see it on all of my devices?  

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For some playlist add to home screen doesnt work

PlanPremium CountryItaly DeviceSamsung A8 2018 My Question or Issue Hello, For some playlist add to home screen doesnt work.

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Plan Premium   Country Italy    Device Samsung A8 2018    My Question or Issue  Hello, For some playlist add to home screen doesnt work.

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Spotify starts on phone when I start it on the PC

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceSony Xperia XZ3 and PCOperating SystemAndroid 9 (Pie) and Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I start to play music on Spotify on my PC the Spotify App starts to run on my phone as well, even though I've "swiped aw...

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Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device Sony Xperia XZ3 and PC Operating System Android 9 (Pie) and Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Whenever I start to play music on Spotify o...

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Gear Fit 2 Pro - "Unable to start spotify. Connect to Bluetooth to start listening."

Hi there, I am unable to use my Gear Fit 2 Pro to remotely control music on my galaxy device. Previously I was able to use my gear fit to play/pause/change songs/playlists, etc. however this is no longer working. When I go to settings > playback, and...

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Hi there,    I am unable to use my Gear Fit 2 Pro to remotely control music on my galaxy device. Previously I was able to use my gear fit to play/pause/change songs/playlists, etc. howeve...

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Superuser Contribution spotify searched songs keep repeating

When I search for a specific artist to listen to while in offline mode, I will click on one of their songs to play and usually when that one song finishes playing it either moves on to the next song in that search criteria or shuffle between the sear...

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When I search for a specific artist to listen to while in offline mode, I will click on one of their songs to play and usually when that one song finishes playing it either moves on to the next song ...

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Saved/favourite songs?

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceSony Xperia E5Operating SystemAndroid 6.0 My Question or IssueI do understand that my saved songs have now turned into favourite songs since my premium plan was cancelled. However, I had over 1000 saved songs on pre...

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Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device Sony Xperia E5 Operating System Android 6.0   My Question or Issue I do understand that my saved songs have now turned into favourite songs sinc...

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How many more years do we need to wait before shuffle actually works?

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePixel 3Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or Issue The following issue has been noted many times in the past by many other Spotify users: The Spotify shuffle feature does not work. It shuffles from only a small subset o...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Device Pixel 3 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue  The following issue has been noted many times in the past by many other Spotify us...

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Superuser Contribution Share as instagram story button gone

PlanOperating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue2 days ago I had the button to share songs as instagram stories and I did share one song and today that button has disappeared . Iv tried clean uninstall of both the apps and have also updated them ...

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Plan Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue 2 days ago I had the button to share songs as instagram stories and I did share one song and today that button has disappeared ...

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Behind the Lyrics no longer showing up

PlanPremium For FamilyCountryUSADeviceGoogle Pixel 2Operating SystemAndroid Pie I've noticed recently that my Spotify app no longer shows the Behind the Lyrics like it used to. But I think it's been like this for a few months now, even before I updat...

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Plan Premium For Family Country USA Device Google Pixel 2 Operating System Android Pie   I've noticed recently that my Spotify app no longer shows the Behind the Lyrics like it used to....

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