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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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Superuser Contribution Se cierra la APP después de un tiempo

Nunca he tenido ningún problema de este tipo, pero desde que me repararon el móvil al instalar la última actualización se me cierra la APP sola más o menos a las 2 canciones y media. Y te da igual esté en el coche con el bluetooth o en casa con el mó...

  • Casual Listener
  • Nunca he tenido ningún problema de este tipo, pero desde que me repararon el móvil al instalar la última actualización se me cierra la APP sola más o menos a las 2 canciones y media. Y te da igual es...
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Superuser Contribution Screen Issues

PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid 8 My Question or Issue Sometimes one screen keeps frozen in my phone, and another one, functional, gets on top of the previous one. I've attached a screenshot. I don't really kno...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Brazil Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android 8   My Question or Issue  Sometimes one screen keeps frozen in my phone, and another one, funct...
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Cant see the album art and controls on lock screen?

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9Operating SystemAndroid OreoMy Question or Issue Is there a way to bring the album art and controlls from the second image to the first in the lock screen? I know that it looks like that on iphone b...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  Canada Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue  Is there a way to bring the album art and controlls from ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't toggle 'Download using cellular'

PlanPremiumCountry UK Device(Samsung Galaxy S8)Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or IssueLike the subject says, I can't select the 'Download using cellar' option ie. it is permanently set to off. Any help greatly appreciated. Have got downlo...

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  •   Plan Premium Country UK   Device (Samsung Galaxy S8) Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue Like the subject says, I can't select the 'Download using ...
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Song stops playing at random times

PlanPremiumCountry MalaysiaDeviceVivo Y81Operating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Question or IssueWhy do my songs sometimes randomly stop playing. I can't really say the app crashes whenever that happens because the app is still running. But the song just w...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Malaysia Device Vivo Y81 Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue Why do my songs sometimes randomly stop playing. I can't really say the app cr...
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Spotify Not Working with Google Assistant

Spotify has not been working with Google Assistant for the last few days. All voice commands on my phone to play music get sent to a search; all voice commands to skip ahead or repeat the last track similarly return search results. When commands are ...

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  • Spotify has not been working with Google Assistant for the last few days. All voice commands on my phone to play music get sent to a search; all voice commands to skip ahead or repeat the last track ...
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Superuser Contribution [Android 8.0.0] App not showing on full screen

PlanFamily premiumCountry Mexico City, MXDevicemotorola moto g 6 plusOperating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue The issue I have is after I enable the 'One Button Nav' feature. This feature, I think, is only available over motorola phones. Th...

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  • Plan Family premium Country  Mexico City, MX Device motorola moto g 6 plus Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  The issue I have is after I enable the 'One ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't play song on repeat from search

PlanPremiumCountry DenmarkDeviceOne Plus 3tOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Whenever I play a song directly from the search results, I can't play it on repeat as it always automatically starts a radio based on the song. I can only play so...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Denmark Device One Plus 3t Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  Whenever I play a song directly from the search results, I can't play it on ...
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Audio spikes when using EQ or Normalize volume settings

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceMoto G5Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 Nougat My Question or IssueWhen manually seeking a time in a song (that includes skipping forward or backward using the ->| arrows), the audio spike really loud. This happens even when...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device Moto G5 Operating System Android 7.0 Nougat   My Question or Issue When manually seeking a time in a song (that includes skipping forward or ba...
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Superuser Contribution is there any tag information available related to the different playlists? accessible?

looking for a manner to sort playlists (links) with most complete available tag information available on Spotify. Using an Excel table, filter and then play my choice by clicking the playlist link in this Excel sheet. thanks

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  •     looking for a manner to sort playlists (links) with most complete available tag information available on Spotify. Using an Excel table, filter and then play my choice...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Help! Shuffling all my songs doesn't work.

Hi, I have a premium account with Spotify. Whenever I visit my 'songs tab', Spotify shuffles the music to a limited degree - it plays music from my saved albums, before playing my saved songs... Could I have some help? Many thanks.

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  • Hi, I have a premium account with Spotify. Whenever I visit my 'songs tab', Spotify shuffles the music to a limited degree - it plays music from my saved albums, before playing my saved songs...&nbsp...
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Superuser Contribution Change download location grayed out

I am using an Sony Xperia xa1 ultra which has Spotify installed by standard.When I want to change the download location I can click on the option to do it but however after that I can see internal storage and as card but only grayed out so I can't ch...

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  • I am using an Sony Xperia xa1 ultra which has Spotify installed by standard.When I want to change the download location I can click on the option to do it but however after that I can see internal st...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist not loading

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceXiomi redmiOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue When I click an artist/album/playlist from my library the songs don't load. I get a green circle in the center of the screen that keeps spinning as if its loading but th...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Xiomi redmi Operating System Android    My Question or Issue  When I click an artist/album/playlist from my library the songs don't load. I...
  • Peter
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Superuser Contribution Photo of the album on Android locking screen

In an old version we could see the photo of the album on the lock screen however with an update This was lost, please return this option, it was very nice to visualize itPlanPremiumCountry Ecuador DeviceHuawei Mate 10Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 Pleas...

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  • In an old version we could see the photo of the album on the lock screen however with an update This was lost, please return this option, it was very nice to visualize it Plan Premium Country &nb...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Offline issue

Spotify tells me I am offline when I try to Search or See All Albums, even though I have wifi access and can fully access the albums that come up in the list. I can resolve this problem for a short time if I reboot my phone but eventually it always c...

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  •     Spotify tells me I am offline when I try to Search or See All Albums, even though I have wifi access and can fully access the albums that come up in the list.  I can resolve this...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify always says i'm offline

Country: UKDevice: OnePlus 5Android Version: 8.1.0Spotify Version: 8.4.72.845Issue: Spotify says i'm offline, when connected to either Wi-Fi or 4g. Some downloaded playlists available, others not. Cannot search, cannot listen to non-downloaded playli...

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  •     Country: UK Device: OnePlus 5 Android Version: 8.1.0 Spotify Version:  8.4.72.845 Issue: Spotify says i'm offline, when connected to either Wi-Fi or 4g. Some downloaded playl...
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Superuser Contribution Podcasts Few Questions

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceSamsung Galaxy 8 My Question or IssueHi all, I've decided to try and switch to spotify for podcasts as it saves having a seperate app. I have a couple of questions/suggestions. 1. If I download podcasts and swit...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom    Device Samsung Galaxy 8     My Question or Issue Hi all,   I've decided to try and switch to spotify for podcasts as it sav...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't pause music when you get a call when using chromecast

Device: Android Samsung A5 (2017), Android 8.0.0 Hi All, Just installed spotify free for the first time. I found that when playing via my phone it will pause the music when I get a phone call but not when I am using my chromecast audio device. I've t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Device: Android Samsung A5 (2017), Android 8.0.0   Hi All,   Just installed spotify free for the first time.  I found that when playing via my phone it will pause the music when I ...
  • Peter
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Superuser Contribution Artist/song radio disappearing in an irregular basis

PlanPremiumCountryLithuania DeviceLG G5Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Artist/song radio function disappears unpredictably. I don't think it has anything to do with a specific artist/song. In some occations it works perfectly. Other...

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  • Plan Premium Country Lithuania  Device LG G5 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Artist/song radio function disappears unpredictably. I don't thin...
  • Peter
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Reproducción aleatoria de varias listas al tiempo

Buenas tardes, quería saber si hay alguna forma de reproducir desde mi android varias listas de forma aleatoria? Se que en la aplicación de windows esto es posible creando una carpeta que contenga las listas, pero no se como se hace en el celular.Por...

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  • Buenas tardes, quería saber si hay alguna forma de reproducir desde mi android varias listas de forma aleatoria? Se que en la aplicación de windows esto es posible creando una carpeta que contenga la...
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