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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...

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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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Headphone track controls not working consistently

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Note 8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Track controls for headphones only work when I restart the phone. After app loses focus the controls stop working and I have to restart phone again. Rebooting...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device Samsung Note 8 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Track controls for headphones only work when I restart the phone. A...

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trouble playing podcasts without downloading them on app

Hi,Lately, the play button on my has disappeared from my podcasts and instead, I only see a download sign. The only way to listen online is when I go to the New Episodes list and press edit. But I'd also like to be able to listen to old episodes offl...

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Hi, Lately, the play button on my has disappeared from my podcasts and instead, I only see a download sign. The only way to listen online is when I go to the New Episodes list and press edit. B...

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Android Auto Spotify takes over home Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Galaxy S7 Edge)Operating System(Most recent Android) My Question or IssueWe have a Galaxy Tab that is used solely for streaming Spotify at home. We also stream Spotify on my phone when we're away from home. The plan only a...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device (Galaxy S7 Edge) Operating System (Most recent Android)   My Question or Issue We have a Galaxy Tab that is used solely for streaming Spotify at...

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Changing the sort order of Playlists on Android app

I saw that there was an older thread talking about this missing feature in depth but it got derailed by a non-solution which only addressed changing the sort order of songs inside a playlist, not the sort order of playlists under "Playlists".Not bein...

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   I saw that there was an older thread talking about this missing feature in depth but it got derailed by a non-solution which only addressed changing the sort order of songs in...

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Queue no longer in the right order

I used to be able to add an album to my queue and it would add it after the album that's currently playing. For some reason since about 3 days ago, whenever I add an album to my queue it starts playing that album after the current song and then once ...

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I used to be able to add an album to my queue and it would add it after the album that's currently playing. For some reason since about 3 days ago, whenever I add an album to my queue it starts playi...

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Songs on my phone are greyed out but work on my computer why?

PlanPremiumCountry USaDeviceGoogle PhoneOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or Issue Songs are greyed out on my phone connected to the wifi in the house my computer has the songs and can play play them why?

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Plan Premium Country  USa Device Google Phone Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue  Songs are greyed out on my phone connected to the wifi in the house my comp...

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Superuser Contribution Search function not working - thinks I am offline

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid 8.0My Question or IssueSearch function not working either on wifi or mobile data. Has been happening off and on for months now. I can always search saved songs etc. but once I go...

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Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Samsung Galaxy S9 Operating System Android 8.0 My Question or Issue Search function not working either on wifi or mobile data. Has been happening off...

Guido

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Superuser Contribution Local Files problem

PlanpremiumCountry The NetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy A6Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue So as of lately I have been starting to make use of the local files feature in spotify. I put the local files through my computer in my playlist, an...

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Plan premium Country  The Netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy A6 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  So as of lately I have been starting to make use of the local ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify - streaming to chromecast - opening app, disconnects chromecast connection

Premium, NL, OnePlus 3t, fully updated. Guys, I don't know, whats going on over there, but this app is getting worse every week. Let me give you a quick summary of problems I'm encountering and the latest.-an useless shuffle mode, in playlist over 10...

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Premium, NL, OnePlus 3t, fully updated.   Guys,   I don't know, whats going on over there, but this app is getting worse every week. Let me give you a quick summary of problems I'm enco...

Guido

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps pausing

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceGalaxy S8+Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue My spotify keeps pausing randomly and I have to continue to press unpause every 30-40 seconds. I have tried turning off power settings for the app, restarted the app, r...

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  Plan Premium Country  US Device Galaxy S8+ Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  My spotify keeps pausing randomly and I have to continue to press unpause ...

Guido

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist content different on mobile and Web

Hi everyone I am following a Playlist named Cardio (https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWSJHnPb1f0X3?si=i9thvsfCSsmvJGUds7Fpww) The song list on my desktop version of Spotify is complitely different from the one I have on my mobi...

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Hi everyone   I am following a Playlist named Cardio (https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWSJHnPb1f0X3?si=i9thvsfCSsmvJGUds7Fpww)   The song list on my desktop...

Guido

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Superuser Contribution The App won´t recognise internet connection

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceSony Xperia XZ PremiumOperating SystemAndroid Oreo (8.0.0) My Question or Issue I´ve had this issue for about a year now. When I updated the app I couldn´t download any songs to my offline lists. When I do the app jumps...

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Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device Sony Xperia XZ Premium Operating System Android Oreo (8.0.0)   My Question or Issue  I´ve had this issue for about a year now. When I...

Guido

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Songs from a Playlist stop playing after 6 sec

PlanPremiumCountry: MexicoDeviceSamsung Galaxy 7 EdgeOperating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue Songs from a particular playlist (Accoustic Lounge - Chillout & Easy Listening by lmljoe) stop playing after 6 seconds. I downloaded this playlist...

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Plan Premium Country: Mexico Device Samsung Galaxy 7 Edge Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  Songs from a particular playlist (Accoustic Lounge - Chillout &...

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Suboptimal listening/search history

So, the way i use Spotify is i have a huge playlist of song that i have saved as a main platform and then i queue song i feel like listening to on top of that. My problem is that when you search for a song and queue them, they do not show up in liste...

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So, the way i use Spotify is i have a huge playlist of song that i have saved as a main platform and then i queue song i feel like listening to on top of that. My problem is that when you search for ...

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I can no longer follow Frank Zappa

I am a premium subscriber on a Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Recently certain artists have removed the Following tag, and I can not add it back to the artists for any length of time. Frank Zappa, Great White, Richie Kotzen among others remain unable for me ...

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I am a premium subscriber on a Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Recently certain artists have removed the Following tag, and I can not add it back to the artists for any length of time. Frank Zappa, Great Whit...

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Where is the play next option?

My Question or IssueOne of the reasons I chose Spotify over YT red or Google play is the ability to queue songs I like AND the play next function... If I happen to see a song I want to hear next, and not at the end of a long list of songs Ive selecte...

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My Question or Issue One of the reasons I chose Spotify over YT red or Google play is the ability to queue songs I like AND the play next function... If I happen to see a song I want to hear next, a...

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Solved!! Heart button not working

PlanFreeCountry CanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy 7? My Question or Issue On my Discover Weekly the "heart button" won't work. Nothing happens when i tap it... the "dislike" button doesn't either...

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  Plan Free Country  Canada Device Samsung Galaxy 7?    My Question or Issue   On my Discover Weekly the "heart button" won't work.  Nothing happens when i ta...

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Some titles cannot be played

PlanPremiumCountry: Luxembourg, France DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8+, Windows Desktop VersionOperating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.0.0 My Question or IssueSome songs cannot be played. They are grey instead of white. Please help. Yours sincerelyFILBIG Felix

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Plan Premium Country: Luxembourg, France   Device Samsung Galaxy S8+, Windows Desktop Version Operating System Android Oreo 8.0.0   My Question or Issue Some songs cannot be ...

Jose_M

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Local files won't play on Android or Desktop, but plays fine on iOS

(Mirroring my thread in the Dektop section, because it applies to this subforum as well: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Local-files-won-t-play-on-Android-or-Desktop-but-plays-fine...) PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceGalaxy S9+ (8.0, ARG8) runnin...

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(Mirroring my thread in the Dektop section, because it applies to this subforum as well: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Local-files-won-t-play-on-Android-or-Desktop-but-plays-fine...) &nbs...

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Spotify control on Pioneer AVH-X490BS with Android not working

For the last few months I have not been able to directly control Spotify on my Samsung Galaxy S7 via Bluetooth connection to my aftermarket Pioneer car stereo receiver. Basically when I try to initiate the connection from the Spotify App on my Pionee...

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For the last few months I have not been able to directly control Spotify on my Samsung Galaxy S7 via Bluetooth connection to my aftermarket Pioneer car stereo receiver. Basically when I try to initia...

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