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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 installed spotify on my parrot asteroid classic and it wont let me log in

The app states i need a premium account and i have just opened a premium account. I have just down loaded spotify and updated the asteroid to the latest version of code. PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceParrot Asteroid classic in my car, with 3G USB intern...

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The app states i need a premium account and i have just opened a premium account. I have just down loaded spotify and updated the asteroid to the latest version of code.   Plan Premium Count...

SergioDavid

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Shazam can't find my playlist

Recently Shazam can't find the spotify playlist that I always use. Strangely It does find my other playlist but not the one that I always use. How can I fix this?

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  Recently Shazam can't find the spotify playlist that I always use. Strangely It does find my other playlist but not the one that I always use.   How can I fix this?

Bittencourt

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Superuser Contribution Removed songs keep on playing in playlist

I have a playlist and when I remove songs, they keep coming up in the playlist. Even after a restart of the phone. How can I fix this?

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I have a playlist and when I remove songs, they keep coming up in the playlist. Even after a restart of the phone.   How can I fix this?

Aimee_T

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Music pausing while in other apps

Spotify seemingly pauses music that is playing in the background while I'm in any other app. To fix this I open the apps in split screen view if it's supported, if not then it pauses and I have to switch back to the spotify app and it starts playing ...

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Spotify seemingly pauses music that is playing in the background while I'm in any other app. To fix this I open the apps in split screen view if it's supported, if not then it pauses and I have to sw...

Billy-J

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How to create a playlist shortcut after July 18 2018 update

PlanFreeCountryMéxicoDeviceSamsung Galaxy j7Operating SystemAndroid 6.0.1 Marshmallow IssueI always listen to my playlists while taking a shower, having breakfast or simply drawing. And I constantly create new playlists that keep up with my music tas...

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Plan Free Country México Device Samsung Galaxy j7 Operating System Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow   Issue I always listen to my playlists while taking a shower, having breakfast or sim...

DaScrawl

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Uninstalled songs don't actually uninstall

This is an issue that I has been present for years, but I've never really been bothered to resolve it until now. The underlying issue that I'm facing is that when I uninstall a playlist, album, etc, my actual storage capacity doesn't increase and if ...

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This is an issue that I has been present for years, but I've never really been bothered to resolve it until now. The underlying issue that I'm facing is that when I uninstall a playlist, album, etc, ...

Loxer

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The Spotify App for Android is Terrible

I'm sure this has been posted before many times, but the more Spotify knows this the better. I have never written a negative review for any service I subscribe to until now. I've been a Spotify premium subscriber for about 4 years now and the Android...

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I'm sure this has been posted before many times, but the more Spotify knows this the better. I have never written a negative review for any service I subscribe to until now.   I've been a Spot...

Billy-J

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Solved!! No internet connection login error

I am connected to Wi-Fi but it says no internet connection when I try to logon. Any reason why this is happening?

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I am connected to Wi-Fi but it says no internet connection when I try to logon. Any reason why this is happening?    

Loxer

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Playlist and animation problem

PlanPremiumCountry TurkeyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueIn the dynamic playlists such as daily mix, there is a bug which resets to the top of the list after going back from the playing now. In other words, the...

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Plan Premium Country  Turkey Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue In the dynamic playlists such as daily mix, there is a bug which re...

Billy-J

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Spotify APP doesn't offer the SD card download folder option anymore

I was used to storage my songs in a SD card which i bought with the purpose of storage all my songs (over 2k), but today i opened the app and all my downloaded songs were deleted, so i checked the sd card (it is working), and went to the settings to ...

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I was used to storage my songs in a SD card which i bought with the purpose of storage all my songs (over 2k), but today i opened the app and all my downloaded songs were deleted, so i checked the sd...

cyphi1

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Song starts loud when skipping tracks

None of the below information is requiredPlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceGoogle Pixel XLOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI always have equalizer set, which makes the general volume lower. But whenever I skip a track, the next so...

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None of the below information is required Plan Premium Country United States   Device Google Pixel XL Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue I always have equalize...

Loxer

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Solved!! Music stops playing

My Question or Issue When i am playing music with my BT headsett (KYGO A9 600) the songs stops playing most of the time. It can play trough 3 or 4 songs and midway in the 4th song it will just stop. I have to unlock the phone and go the the app and r...

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    My Question or Issue  When i am playing music with my BT headsett (KYGO A9 600) the songs stops playing most of the time. It can play trough 3 or 4 songs and midway in the 4th s...

Madmao

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Play ALL downloaded songs (including albums)

PlanPremiumCountryEngland Device(Samsung Galaxy S7) My Question or IssueThis seems like such a ridiculous question to ask. I want to be able to shuffle every single song I have downloaded, including albums that I have downloaded.For example, I have s...

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Plan Premium Country England  Device (Samsung Galaxy S7)   My Question or Issue This seems like such a ridiculous question to ask. I want to be able to shuffle every single song I h...

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Problems with my Pixel 2 xl, using the original usb c adapter, i cant skip song on spotify

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(Google Pixel 2 XL)Operating System(Android 8.1) My Question or Issue Cant skip song on spotify, just pause and play, i can skip the songs on google play without any problems, so the problem is on spotify, i reinstalled...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device (Google Pixel 2 XL) Operating System (Android 8.1)   My Question or Issue  Cant skip song on spotify, just pause and play, i can skip the songs...

fooosp

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Android - Local files from desktop not syncing on phone

PlanPremiumDeviceWindows 10 desktop and Samsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemWindows 10 and Android 8.0.0 My Question or IssueI uploaded some local files and made a playlist. This worked fine on my phone and PC until a few weeks ago when Spotify suddenly...

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Plan Premium Device Windows 10 desktop and Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Windows 10 and Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue I uploaded some local files and made a playlist. This wo...

ratfc

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How to play all of an artist's music on the Android app.

PlanPremiemMy Question or Issue How do you play all songs from an artist, the UI just shows albums etc. I want to play all songs by an artist?

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Plan Premiem My Question or Issue  How do you play all songs from an artist, the UI just shows albums etc. I want to play all songs by an artist?           &nbs...

Loxer

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Using Up Internal and SD Card Storage Even When Deleted

So I've been having memory issues, similar to a lot of people, yet which I'm yet to find a solution for. I have a 16GB memory card and 16GB internal storage on my Samsung android phone. Spotify had been saving to my internal memory, but that was full...

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So I've been having memory issues, similar to a lot of people, yet which I'm yet to find a solution for. I have a 16GB memory card and 16GB internal storage on my Samsung android phone. Spotify had b...

SergioDavid

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Superuser Contribution External SD card does not show in Spotify Settings

PlanPremiumCountryCzech Republic DeviceSony Xperia X Compact (F5321) (Build number 34.4.A.2.85)Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0Spotify Version8.4.63.584 armV7 My Question or IssueI am having a problem to switch my storage to external SD card. Other apps...

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Plan Premium Country Czech Republic   Device Sony Xperia X Compact (F5321) (Build number 34.4.A.2.85) Operating System Android 8.0.0 Spotify Version 8.4.63.584 armV7   My Q...

petrkrejci

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Superuser Contribution Favorite Songs playlist

This playlist appears complete in the web page but incomplete in the app. Also some of the songs added don't have the heart symbol and it is not clear if the author is Spotify or me (both names appear).

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This playlist appears complete in the web page but incomplete in the app. Also some of the songs added don't have the heart symbol and it is not clear if the author is Spotify or me (both names appea...

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Superuser Contribution No longer able to save music at SD card?

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Galaxy S7, Android Oreo) My Question or Issue I've noticed recently that my phone memory was reducing like crazy. I would always check my SD card to see if it still had enough space for new music. Then I realized that you ca...

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Plan Premium Country   Device (Galaxy S7, Android Oreo)    My Question or Issue  I've noticed recently that my phone memory was reducing like crazy. I would alwa...

Aimee_T

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