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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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Search does not work

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceNexus 6Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueThe search function in the Android mobile app has stopped working. After exhaustive searching and trying all suggested solutions, it continues to not work. Steps taken ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Nexus 6 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue The search function in the Android mobile app has stopped working. After exhaustive sea...
  • Noah
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There needs to be an option to go online on the login screen

The problem I'm experiencing isn't new, as a quick Google search has shown me, in fact, there have been multiple people reporting this issue over the last years. For whatever arcane reason, I was logged out of my account on my Android phone (Samsung ...

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  • The problem I'm experiencing isn't new, as a quick Google search has shown me, in fact, there have been multiple people reporting this issue over the last years.   For whatever arcane reason, ...
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Solved!! Where Setting for Storage SD card?

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysia DeviceOppo A3sOperating SystemAndroid 8.1 My Question or Issue Hello, after updating the spotify app in android, before that the spotify you can set the download song where to download in "internal memory" or in SD card "Ex...

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  • Plan Premium Country Malaysia  Device Oppo A3s Operating System Android 8.1   My Question or Issue  Hello, after updating the spotify app in android, before that the spotify ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify on Android headunit starts off with "no internet connection"

Whenever i go driving, i use Spotify as my default music player. More often than not, i play files from downloaded albums and/or downloaded playlists.This used to work fine, as in when i stopped my car, the headunit would go to sleep, and when i retu...

  • Casual Listener
  • Whenever i go driving, i use Spotify as my default music player. More often than not, i play files from downloaded albums and/or downloaded playlists. This used to work fine, as in when i stopped my...
  • Peter
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Incorrect Storage Stats

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceOnePlus 5Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI'm getting conflicting storage statistics between the Android storage results and the Spotify app. What's going on? The image with the yellow lines is a cropped sc...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Canada Device OnePlus 5 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I'm getting conflicting storage statistics between the Android storage results and ...
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Superuser Contribution Cant search songs

My Question or IssueEvery time i go to a playlist and click on add songs and go to search for one, the search bar closes and goes back to the playlist cover. I can search for a song and add it to a playlist from the home page but it doesnt actually g...

  • Casual Listener
  •   My Question or Issue Every time i go to a playlist and click on add songs and go to search for one, the search bar closes and goes back to the playlist cover. I can search for a song and add...
  • Peter
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Google assistant does not recognize me as premium account holder

Google Pixel 3 XLAndroid 9Spotify V 8.4.84.874 - Premium I am trying to use google assistant with my new phone, but it will not recognize me as a premium account holder. For example, when I tell Google assistant to play a specific song, it says "Choo...

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  • Google Pixel 3 XL Android 9 Spotify V 8.4.84.874 - Premium   I am trying to use google assistant with my new phone, but it will not recognize me as a premium account holder. For example, whe...
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Albums playing in a in random order when requesting via Google assistant

This drives me insane when driving and using Spotify hands free. - I'll say Google, 'play the album dark side of the moon'. - Spotify will say 'ok' - Then start playing track 6 followed be track 2 etc - I'll say 'why the f... would I want to listen t...

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  • This drives me insane when driving and using Spotify hands free.    - I'll say Google, 'play the album dark side of the moon'.     - Spotify will say 'ok'   - Then...
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Samsung Galaxy watch says needs update?

Plan PremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Galaxy s9+ and Samsung Galaxy WatchOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueTrying to get the watch and phone to play nice. First the remote feature wasn't working, I tried to in...

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  • Plan  Premium Country     USA Device Samsung Galaxy s9+ and Samsung Galaxy Watch Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue...
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Cuando escucho una canción en spotify se para por momentos y luego continua

Hace un tiempo, cada vez que escucho una canción en spotify, se para por momentos y luego sigue sonando.Se ha vuelto totalmente molesto estar con este problema.He desinstalado ya la aplicación y la he vuelto a instalar, aun así no veo ningún tipo de ...

  • Newbie
  • Hace un tiempo, cada vez que escucho una canción en spotify, se para por momentos y luego sigue sonando.Se ha vuelto totalmente molesto estar con este problema.He desinstalado ya la aplicación y la h...
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Offline tracks added on Desktop play at double speed in Android App

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceLG K7Operating SystemAndroid 5.1 My Question or IssueAbout a month ago I purchased a Premium for Students plan. In my playlists I have a large number of offline songs that I added from the Desktop application, and they pl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device LG K7 Operating System Android 5.1   My Question or Issue About a month ago I purchased a Premium for Students plan. In my playlists I have a large nu...
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Wifi speaker has gone from app after changing new router.

PlanPremiumCountry ThailandDeviceNote8 with Klipsch The Three speakerOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Everything of wifi play went good. since I have changed new router yesterday, I have lost my speaker in the app list.For Speaker's app, ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Thailand Device Note8 with Klipsch The Three speaker Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  Everything of wifi play went good. since I have ch...
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  • Casual Listener
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Android Oreo offline

I'm using Spotify on Android Oreo, but I cannot use the search feature as I get the message "Something went wrong...". I go through uninstall, delete, check the residual folders, clear, and then do a reinstall and search is back. In the morning I am ...

  • Newbie
  • I'm using Spotify on Android Oreo, but I cannot use the search feature as I get the message "Something went wrong...".   I go through uninstall, delete, check the residual folders, clear, and ...
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Google Maps Spotify Integration

PlanremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Galaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue I follow the instructions for enabling Spotify controls on Google maps, but "show media playback controls" does not show up with the rest of my controls. A...

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  •   Plan remium Country  USA Device Samsung Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  I follow the instructions for enabling Spotify controls ...
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Superuser Contribution spotify search: 'an error occurred, it didn't work please try again'

HiPlanPremiumCountryItaly DeviceGoogle Nexus 5Operating SystemAndroid 6.0.1My Question or IssueEvery time I'm playing a song and search for a new one the search function does not work and it gives a blank screen with an error message (please see atta...

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  • Hi Plan Premium Country Italy  Device Google Nexus 5 Operating System Android 6.0.1 My Question or Issue Every time I'm playing a song and search for a new one the search fun...
  • Katerina
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controlling volume from second device

Spotify PremiumNetherlands I have Spotify Premium installed on my desktop computer (Windows 8.1) and can control the Desktop volume using my Samsung Android phone.What I can't do, I can't control the volume when the source is my Samsung Tab A using t...

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  • Spotify Premium Netherlands   I have Spotify Premium installed on my desktop computer (Windows 8.1) and can control the Desktop volume using my Samsung Android phone. What I can't do, I ca...
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Help with playlist submissions

Is it possible to add already released tracks to user playlists? What is the best way to grow your monthly listeners?

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  • Is it possible to add already released tracks to user playlists?   What is the best way to grow your monthly listeners?          
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Display incorrect in android

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  • Plan Premium Country  israel   Device S8 SAMSUNG hebrew Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue 1
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Playlist radio

Samsung S9 Android device. Suddenly my ability to go to playlist radio has disappeared on all my playlists. Support told me to uninstall and reinstall, which I did. But it didn't solve it. I can't figure out how to get to support to update them. Any ...

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  • Samsung S9 Android device.   Suddenly my ability to go to playlist radio has disappeared on all my playlists. Support told me to uninstall and reinstall, which I did. But it didn't solve it. I...
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