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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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PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceGalaxy 9Operating SystemAndroid OreoMy Question or IssueWhen I'm playing my playlist or songs, suddenly it stops and starts play song which I didn't play (totally different kind of music) and pop up info about new soun...

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Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Galaxy 9 Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue When I'm playing my playlist or songs, suddenly it stops and starts play song which I di...

Peter

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Layout

PlanPremiumCountry BrasilDeviceMoto G5Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue O meu spotify não atualizou em questão do visual, e já desinstalei varias vezes

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Plan Premium Country  Brasil Device Moto G5 Operating System Android    My Question or Issue  O meu spotify não atualizou em questão do visual, e já desinstalei varias v...

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Archivos locales

PlanPremiumCountry Argentina DeviceBLU ENERGY X PLUS Operating SistemAndroid 5.0My Question or Issue Los archivos locales cuando los descargo en el celular se escuchan acelerados no se porque, y en la pc se los puede escuchar normalmente

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Plan Premium Country  Argentina  Device BLU ENERGY X PLUS  Operating Sistem Android 5.0 My Question or Issue  Los archivos locales cuando los descargo en el celular se es...

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Superuser Contribution Track info keep freezing in my car

DeviceSamsung note 8 Car( mazda 3 2018 )My Question or IssueEvery time I turn my car on to listen to music the track info freeze but the music keep playing regularly, I know is not the car because I tried pandora, Google music etc and they work.It al...

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  Device Samsung note 8  Car( mazda 3 2018 ) My Question or Issue Every time I turn my car on to listen to music the track info freeze but the music keep playing regularly, I know is n...

Jemi

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Search cyrillic song issue

PlanPremiumCountryLithuaniaDeviceSamsung Note 8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueHi there, I got next issue:When you trying to seach for song in your Library, writen by cyrillic, search results will depend of the char case, you type.On...

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Plan Premium Country Lithuania Device Samsung Note 8 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue Hi there,  I got next issue: When you trying to seach for song in ...

Kot03aBp

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Enable "time remaining" on Android

Long time premium user here recently switched to Android. On iOS, the desktop apps and even the webplayer it's possible to tap the track time (in the player view to the right of the scrubber) and change it to showing "time remaining" of the current t...

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Long time premium user here recently switched to Android.    On iOS, the desktop apps and even the webplayer it's possible to tap the track time (in the player view to the right of the sc...

Jemi

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Superuser Contribution App opens on my phone when playing spotify on my computer

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMoto g5+Operating SystemAndroid 7.0Spotify App version8.4.70.666 armV7 My Question or IssueWhen I play spotify via my computer, the spotify App on my phone opens and I can see the song that is being played. It doesn't actual...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Moto g5+ Operating System Android 7.0 Spotify App version 8.4.70.666 armV7   My Question or Issue When I play spotify via my computer, the spotify...

Jemi

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Spotify pauses every 10 minutes

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceGoogle Pixel 2 XLOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueSpotify is pausing every 10 minutes. I don't know why. Haven't had this problem before today. The app is still open on the phone. It doesn't matter if it's in ...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Google Pixel 2 XL Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue Spotify is pausing every 10 minutes. I don't know why. Haven't had this proble...

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Superuser Contribution multiple problems with spotify app

(USA, LG G6 running Android 8.0.0)For the past couple weeks I've been unable to skip more than a few tracks by swiping on the album covers, spotify doesn't show notifications, and liking music in the daily mix doesn't appear to do anything. help?

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(USA, LG G6 running Android 8.0.0) For the past couple weeks I've been unable to skip more than a few tracks by swiping on the album covers, spotify doesn't show notifications, and liking music in t...

Katerina

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Superuser Contribution Is there a way to get an older version of the spotify app on android?

Its been 6 months since they updated their app and It's still pretty much a big screw you to the free users removing functions so they could put in premium which is a shame. And they're not doing anything to fix it. So if theres a way to find an olde...

Roadie

   Its been 6 months since they updated their app and It's still pretty much a big screw you to the free users removing functions so they could put in premium which is a shame. And they're...

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How to close Spotify app?

PlanFreeCountry Canada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI generally only listen to music when I'm driving. When I'm done my drive, Spotify stops playing, which is great. The problem is that the app remains open, so I...

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Plan Free Country  Canada   Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I generally only listen to music when I'm driving. When I'm done my driv...

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Spotify automatically lowers volume during GPS speaking

PlanFreeCountry Canada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhen listening to Spotify in the car with Waze navigation turned on, Spotify insists on lowering the volume of the music whenever Waze speaks, which makes it un...

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Plan Free Country  Canada   Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue When listening to Spotify in the car with Waze navigation turned on, Spo...

heaverpsy

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Spotify connect not working

Since a week or two I can't seem to use spotify connect on my android device anymore...I reinstalled spotify and I could use it again... until I closed spotify...Then I tried rebooting and it worked again... until I closed it again...This keeps happe...

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Since a week or two I can't seem to use spotify connect on my android device anymore... I reinstalled spotify and I could use it again... until I closed spotify... Then I tried rebooting and it wor...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps playing stuff in the middle of my queue

PlanPremium Country US (specifically Seattle WA) DeviceGoogle Pixel XL Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or Issue All week, consistently when I play music, whether I play an album or shuffle a playlist, a podcast I listen to will randomly play in...

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Plan Premium   Country  US (specifically Seattle WA)   Device Google Pixel XL   Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue  All week, consistently wh...

Guido

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Huawei p20 pro lockscreen

Hi there, I've just made the leap from IPhone to android after many year. Unfortunately I can't get the little widget on the lockscreen to allow you to pause/skip tracks! I have a Huawei P20 pro, I've seen that other people have managed it but I need...

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Hi there,   I've just made the leap from IPhone to android after many year. Unfortunately I can't get the little widget on the lockscreen to allow you to pause/skip tracks! I have a Huawei P20...

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Superuser Contribution P20 pro lockscreen widget

Hi there, I've just made the leap from IPhone to android after many year. Unfortunately I can't get the little widget on the lockscreen to allow you to pause/skip tracks! I have a Huawei P20 pro, I've seen that other people have managed it but I need...

Casual Listener

Hi there,   I've just made the leap from IPhone to android after many year. Unfortunately I can't get the little widget on the lockscreen to allow you to pause/skip tracks! I have a Huawei P20...

Guido

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Superuser Contribution Playback notification not showing

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceNote 8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue I'll borrow from another post who has the same issue I'm having. 1. Notification Playback does not appear on the lock screen or the notification pane.After playing music for ...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device Note 8 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  I'll borrow from another post who has the same issue I'm having.    ...

Turkiation

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Chromecast implementation is buggy

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung Galaxy Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue I constantly have to reboot my phone in order to see my chromecast devices. They show up without problems in Google Home, YouTube apps and others...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device Samsung Galaxy Galaxy S8 Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  I constantly have to reboot my phone in order to see my chromeca...

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Solved!! New Layout A/B test

PlanPremium CountryNetherlands DeviceOnePlus One Operating SystemLineageOS 15.1 + OpenGapps + su My FeedbackThis layout change isn't a good one. The repeat button is hidden behind a menu icon and the devices available is surprisingly inconvenient whe...

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Plan Premium   Country Netherlands   Device OnePlus One   Operating System LineageOS 15.1 + OpenGapps + su   My Feedback This layout change isn't a good one. The repe...

Loxer

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Spotify stops playing randomly

PlanPremium (student)Country NetherlandsDeviceOnePlus 6Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Spotify stops playing in the middle of a song no matter how I listen to it on my phone (headphones, speaker, etc). Sometimes I can tap on another...

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Plan Premium (student) Country  Netherlands Device OnePlus 6 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Spotify stops playing in the middle of a song no matte...

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