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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!! Casting from the Android app to Chromecast/Google home does not work anymore

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceOneplus nord 2 & redmi note 10Operating SystemLast androidMy Question or IssueLocal casting from the Spotify app on both android smartphones at home to Google home and Chromecast was working flawlessly for years until to...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Oneplus nord 2 & redmi note 10 Operating System Last android My Question or Issue Local casting from the Spotify app on both android smartphones at hom...

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Superuser Contribution Local files turned unplayable shortly after downloading

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevicea52Operating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI used to have a view local file songs added on my pc and synced with my phone with no problems untill I added about 40 more yesterday and all local files on my ...

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device a52 Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I used to have a view local file songs added on my pc and synced with my phone with n...

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Superuser Contribution Android app with large amount of downloaded content is slow and crashing

PlanPremium DuoCountryUSADevicePixel 7 ProOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have observed that, the more media I have downloaded in Spotify for offline play, the slower the app gets at launch and search. As...

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Plan Premium Duo Country USA Device Pixel 7 Pro Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I have observed that, the more media I have downloa...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I cannot set the song I want as my alarm or if I can the song file changes

I have an android phone and use the clock app as my alarm clock. Today I tried to add a new alarm and make the alarm tone a song instead and I couldn't search for a song from the clock app. So I went into Spotify, found the song, added it to my liked...

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I have an android phone and use the clock app as my alarm clock. Today I tried to add a new alarm and make the alarm tone a song instead and I couldn't search for a song from the clock app. So I went...

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Superuser Contribution Keep support for Android 4.3 platforms

Suddenly and with no warning, my Spotify app installed on my Android 4.3 headunit stopped working a few days ago and just says it's offline. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, cleared data/cache, and even tried Spotify Lite from the playstore, but the...

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Suddenly and with no warning, my Spotify app installed on my Android 4.3 headunit stopped working a few days ago and just says it's offline. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, cleared data/cache, and ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Add to profile" not showing/can't add playlists to profile

Hi! Since the last update on february 2nd, I can't add any public playlists to my profile. The option "add to profile" doesn't show anymore. I tried switching the playlists public/private/public, log out/log in, I have uninstalled/reinstalled the app...

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Hi!   Since the last update on february 2nd, I can't add any public playlists to my profile. The option "add to profile" doesn't show anymore. I tried switching the playlists public/private/pu...

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Add to profile. Playlists. Add playlist. Public playlists.
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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes after restarting my phone

PlanFreeCountryCzech RepublicDeviceSamsung A54 5GOperating SystemAndroid 14 (Or One UI 6) My Question or IssueHere im providing a showcase of the issue

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Plan Free Country Czech Republic Device Samsung A54 5G Operating System Android 14 (Or One UI 6)   My Question or Issue Here im providing a showcase of the issue 

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Superuser Contribution Local Files Sync, but Playlist Doesn't Recognize Them

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceGoogle Pixel 5a 5GOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or Issue So, starting on the 31st of January, my local files that I synced between my PC and my Android app suddenly unloaded, becoming grayed out. I've had this sort ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Google Pixel 5a 5G Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue   So, starting on the 31st of January, my local files that I synced between m...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify switches from Android Auto to Android Automotive - annoying

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceSamsung Galaxy S20 FE + Renault Megane Etech (with Android Automotive)Operating SystemAndroid + Android Automotive My Question or IssueIn this car I have Spotify on infotainment-screen in 2 ways:1) android auto - connec...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Samsung Galaxy S20 FE + Renault Megane Etech (with Android Automotive) Operating System Android + Android Automotive   My Question or Issue In this ...

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Superuser Contribution My phone refuses to download playlists/songs/content

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippines Device(Realme GT Master Edition)Operating System(Android 13) My Question or IssueI have 3 devices in total, 2 of my devices downloads content as they should, but in my main phone whenever I try to download content it loa...

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Plan Premium Country Philippines  Device (Realme GT Master Edition) Operating System (Android 13)   My Question or Issue I have 3 devices in total, 2 of my devices downloads conte...

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My spotify is set to offline, why?

Every option on there doesn't load, it's set to offline. My data connection is on and working well.

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Every option on there doesn't load, it's set to offline. My data connection is on and working well.

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Superuser Contribution [Android] Order of first song in playlist different on mobile

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceSamsung Note10 LiteOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI have several playlists where the first song has suddenly swapped places with another song further down the playlist order. The order on desktop...

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Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Samsung Note10 Lite Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I have several playlists where the first song has suddenly swapped pl...

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Superuser Contribution Queue line up not in the order I put them in and shuffles when I move them

I have a specific order I put songs into my queue, before the update I could add 6 songs and then look in the queue to find them in the order that I added it. Now, when I add those songs they are reversed or shuffled around in the queue list. Also, l...

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I have a specific order I put songs into my queue, before the update I could add 6 songs and then look in the queue to find them in the order that I added it. Now, when I add those songs they are rev...

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Superuser Contribution Music keeps pausing when I leave the screen.

Lately my Spotify music keeps pausing like it's buffering every time I leave the app (open on the background) it plays for a few seconds, skips a few times and then just stops until I go back into the app.

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Lately my Spotify music keeps pausing like it's buffering every time I leave the app (open on the background) it plays for a few seconds, skips a few times and then just stops until I go back into th...

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spotify not working on my wifi!

hiya, ty for your time - very tech-literate person, and help is my last resortspotify does not connect on my home wifi (or my uni wifi) therefore stuck on loading screen if I don't connect to mobile data firstother apps dotried clean uninstallusing a...

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hiya, ty for your time - very tech-literate person, and help is my last resort spotify does not connect on my home wifi (or my uni wifi) therefore stuck on loading screen if I don't connect to mob...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify plays songs not added to the queue, Smartshuffle is turned off.

Spotify plays songs not added to the queue, Smartshuffle is turned off, And it also at random starts to play music if the app is active as background process.It actually changes at random times to completely different albums and wipes my queue, To mu...

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Spotify plays songs not added to the queue, Smartshuffle is turned off, And it also at random starts to play music if the app is active as background process. It actually changes at random times t...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify music keeps playing on android even while app is closed.

On 2019 Shield TV Pro, when Spotify app is closed music keeps playing/pausing when play/pause button played on Shield Tv remote

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On 2019 Shield TV Pro, when Spotify app is closed music keeps playing/pausing when play/pause button played on Shield Tv remote

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Superuser Contribution Can't log in on my new phone

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device Oppo(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Oppo (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue &n...

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