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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 Android spotify offline for music search

PlanPremiumCountry UkDeviceGalaxy s7Operating System Android 7 My Question or Issue Im using spotify on a samsung galaxy s7, i have a stong internet (carrier) signal, i can use internet with no problems. I can download saved playlists over the mobile...

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Plan Premium Country  Uk Device Galaxy s7 Operating System  Android 7   My Question or Issue  Im using spotify on a samsung galaxy s7, i have a stong internet (carrier) ...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution ERROR Go online to search for millions of songs

Samsung galaxy s8 plus. Norway. Spotify premium. Spotify keeps saying i should go online to search for a song. Works perfectly on pc but keeps stating i dont have a connection on my phone when i clearly doo. This needs to be fixed asap... i dont pay ...

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Samsung galaxy s8 plus. Norway. Spotify premium.   Spotify keeps saying i should go online to search for a song. Works perfectly on pc but keeps stating i dont have a connection on my phone when...

formula409

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Superuser Contribution ¿Cómo escuchar Spotify durante una llamada usando Android Auto?

La versión de Spotify es: 8.4.64.555 armV7, versión de Android Auto: 3.5.583024-release, versión Android 8.0.0Ayuda por favor, sé que se puede porque lo he logrado a utilizar así (supongo que la configuración era por default) y no sé si le moví algo ...

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   La versión de Spotify es: 8.4.64.555 armV7, versión de Android Auto: 3.5.583024-release, versión Android 8.0.0 Ayuda por favor, sé que se puede porque lo he logrado a utilizar así (sup...

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Superuser Contribution Stops playing radio after a couple songs

PlanPremiumCountry US DeviceSony xperia xa1 ultra Operating SystemAndroid oreo My Question or IssueI will start a radio with anything, let's say a song radio. It'll play a few songs and then no music. The notification on androids notification bar wil...

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Plan Premium Country  US  Device Sony xperia xa1 ultra  Operating System Android oreo   My Question or Issue I will start a radio with anything, let's say a song radio. ...

Tech-Mike

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Superuser Contribution Audiobooks and ads in wrong language

For some reason I can only see audiobooks in German, sometimes ads played on podcasts are in German too. None of my settings are switched to German as I don't speak the language nor do I live in a German speaking country.Even when I try to search for...

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For some reason I can only see audiobooks in German, sometimes ads played on podcasts are in German too. None of my settings are switched to German as I don't speak the language nor do I live in a Ge...

SergioDavid

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Superuser Contribution Occasional Spotify playback controls out of sync with actual playback

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or IssueI've only had the phone since a little more than a month, when I received it brand new, so the install is quite fresh.I noticed some bad behavior with Spotify: someti...

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Plan Premium Country  France Device LG G6 Operating System Android 8.0   My Question or Issue I've only had the phone since a little more than a month, when I received it brand ne...

fengapapit

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Solved!! Can't change songs

Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Google Pixel My Question or Issue:When I am attached to something via Bluetooth from my phone, such as my car or a speaker, I can no longer use the controls of that device to change or pause songs. The buttons on my...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Google Pixel   My Question or Issue: When I am attached to something via Bluetooth from my phone, such as my car or a speaker, I ca...

Billy-J

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Only listening to downloaded songs over cellular

PlanPremium My Question or Issue I have many artists/albums where I have only downloaded some of the songs for offline play. How can I automatically only play the songs I have downloaded when I don't have WiFi? i.e. without having to go into settings...

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Plan Premium     My Question or Issue    I have many artists/albums where I have only downloaded some of the songs for offline play. How can I automatically only play the so...

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Did Spotify remove option to add songs on top of playlist??? [Android]

Did Spotify remove option to add songs on top of playlist??? A week ago it was possible to add tracks on top of playlist (there was message asking if you want to move it to bottom/top of playlist). It was really great feature BUT today it disappeared...

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Did Spotify remove option to add songs on top of playlist??? A week ago it was possible to add tracks on top of playlist (there was message asking if you want to move it to bottom/top&...

Hmee

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Spotify keeps pausing and starting again when I get phone calls

Using Spotify Premium, Germany, on an LG K11. Android version 7.1.2 I have recently started using Android, completely happy with it apart from the fact that Spotify no longer works that well. The main problem is that music often pauses in the middle ...

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  Using Spotify Premium, Germany, on an LG K11. Android version 7.1.2   I have recently started using Android, completely happy with it apart from the fact that Spotify no longer works t...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify on Android showing wrong song. Started some days ago.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceNote 8Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue Spotify on my Android phone suddenly started not showing the song I am hearing. My car player via Bluetooth also shows the same wrong song name. Started a few days...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Note 8 Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  Spotify on my Android phone suddenly started not showing the song I am hearin...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution 30 minutes of ad-free music not allowing video to be played

Plan:FreeCountry: United States Device:Samsung Galaxy S7 My Question or Issue: I guess the app updated or something, but whenever I get the opportunity to watch a video in return for 30 minutes of ad-free music, it doesn't give me any way to play the...

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Plan: Free Country:  United States  Device: Samsung Galaxy S7   My Question or Issue:  I guess the app updated or something, but whenever I get the opportunity to watch a ...

Alfredo

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Playback Paused

PlanFreeCountry USADevicePixel 2Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueEver since upgrading to Pie I have been having an issue where playback is paused frequently. Sometimes after each song it will pause but usually it will only play a few s...

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Plan Free Country  USA Device Pixel 2 Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue Ever since upgrading to Pie I have been having an issue where playback is paused frequent...

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Spotify holding my storage hostage

PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDeviceSamsung Galaxy J7Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue The Spotify app on my phone just decided it didn't want to recognize the 15GB of files it had saved on my phone. The app won't read them, it won't delete...

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Plan Premium Country  Brazil Device Samsung Galaxy J7 Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue  The Spotify app on my phone just decided it didn't want to recogniz...

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Greyed out songs

I have a spotify premium family account. One playlist has over 700 songs and over half are greyed out. But when I search for the song manually, it is still there and still plays. What gives? Is there a way to swap out all greyed out songs with workin...

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  I have a spotify premium family account. One playlist has over 700 songs and over half are greyed out. But when I search for the song manually, it is still there and still plays. What gives? ...

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Repeated pausing with Bluetooth

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid 8.1 My Question or IssueMy music keeps pausing over and over when I listen with Bluetooth. I have not been able to test with wired headphones. Sometimes it will go minutes between pa...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device Samsung Galaxy S9 Operating System Android 8.1   My Question or Issue My music keeps pausing over and over when I listen with Bluetooth. I have no...

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Spotify goes offline when switching from wifi to data

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or IssueSince a couple weeks now, when I'm disconnected of a wifi network, Spotify is switching to offline mode itself even though it is turned off and that I h...

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Plan Premium Country Canada  Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue Since a couple weeks now, when I'm disconnected of a wifi network, Spot...

Lucywae

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Superuser Contribution Autoplay on Android

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Galaxy s9, Kindle Fire HD8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Despite turning Autoplay "OFF," Spotify on Android automatically starts song radio for any song selected from search. This is annoying, bu...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device Samsung Galaxy s9, Kindle Fire HD8 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue   Despite turning Autoplay "OFF," Spoti...

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My own music greyed out?

So, I created a private playlist with music that I own (ripped CDs onto my computer) and when I listen to the music on my computer, it plays and works fine but when I do it on my phone, it reminds grey. This wasn't an issue a year or two ago but it's...

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So, I created a private playlist with music that I own (ripped CDs onto my computer) and when I listen to the music on my computer, it plays and works fine but when I do it on my phone, it reminds gr...

Billy-J

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Playlist Duration Not Visible

PlanPremiumCanada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8 + Web Player on DesktopOperating SystemLatest Android OS, Latest Windows 10 My Question or IssueI created a playlist for an event and I can't seem to find a way to display the total duration. I've tried on my...

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Plan Premium Canada   Device Samsung Galaxy S8 + Web Player on Desktop Operating System Latest Android OS, Latest Windows 10   My Question or Issue I created a playlist for a...

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