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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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Itsfisy

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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 Adding to queue cancels shuffle.

This is an issue that's been happening only on Android. I have a Pixel 2 and have tested this on my friends Android devices and the same thing always happens. When I shuffle my library and add any song to queue, it cancels the shuffle and only plays ...

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This is an issue that's been happening only on Android. I have a Pixel 2 and have tested this on my friends Android devices and the same thing always happens. When I shuffle my library and add any so...

SergioDavid

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Spotify Plays The Wrong Song in the Search UI

Hi there, when I hit play on Steambreather by Mastodon in the Search page, it plays the wrong song.Steambreather is no longer the first song in the "Steambreather Song Radio" and when I hit play on Steambreather, it plays the first song in the Steamb...

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Hi there, when I hit play on Steambreather by Mastodon in the Search page, it plays the wrong song. Steambreather is no longer the first song in the "Steambreather Song Radio" and when I...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Won't Recognize a song with 2 artists

PlanPremium (Family)Country MexicoDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid 8 OreoMy Question or Issue There's this album, CDCC (by La Fouine), which I enjoyed very much in Spotify last year. Sadly, it was removed (please bring it back, guys) an...

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  Plan Premium (Family) Country  Mexico Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android 8 Oreo My Question or Issue  There's this album, CDCC (by La Fouine), which I enjoye...

SergioDavid

Roadie

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Requesting Song or Adding My Own

I've recently found some new songs that I want to add to my Spotify but I can't find them on the app. Is there any way to request songs to be added or to somehow add my own? I saw a playlist with a song that I wanted in it earlier and it looked like ...

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I've recently found some new songs that I want to add to my Spotify but I can't find them on the app. Is there any way to request songs to be added or to somehow add my own? I saw a playlist with a s...

Loxer

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Downloaded music on SD card not recognized

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceLenovo Moto G4/Honor 5C/Lenovo Moto E4Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or IssueHi, I'm having troubles with using dowloaded musics on Spotify Android. I use my account on 3 devices on which I download musics on t...

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Plan Premium Country  France Device Lenovo Moto G4/Honor 5C/Lenovo Moto E4 Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue Hi, I'm having troubles with using dowloaded musics ...

Jose_M

Spotify Star

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Disappearing widget and music playback randomly stops.

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands, possible world-wide DeviceOnePlus 3, 3T, 5, 5T, 6 (I askes my friends with those phones, they have the same issue)Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue For a couple of weeks I, and a lot of my friends have b...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands, possible world-wide   Device OnePlus 3, 3T, 5, 5T, 6 (I askes my friends with those phones, they have the same issue) Operating System Android Oreo &nb...

Rediwed1

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Solved!! Random music plays when im not even using Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceSamsung galaxy J5 2017Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Yesterday I didn't press play on spotify on on my computer but it randomly started playing edm/dubstep music. Nothing I had ever listened to before.Then las...

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Plan Premium Country  UK Device Samsung galaxy J5 2017 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  Yesterday I didn't press play on spotify on on my computer but it rand...

Nico

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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

Music Fan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesnt play new songs in playlist

PlanFreeCountryThe NetherlandsDevice Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue If I add new songs into my playlist and play them on shuffle, the new songs are not played. The only way to get it to w...

Newbie

Plan Free Country The Netherlands Device  Samsung Galaxy 8   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  If I add new song...

Alfredo

Roadie

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Shuffle Playlist
Songs not playing
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Superuser Contribution Variety of problems on S7

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceSamsung S7Operating System Android 8.0.0Spotify version: 8.4.66.733 armV7 My Question or Issue I've been using my S7 for a while now and have had a variety of problems...1) The classic issue of once pausing a song on the lo...

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  Plan Premium Country  UK Device Samsung S7 Operating System   Android 8.0.0 Spotify version: 8.4.66.733 armV7   My Question or Issue  I've been using my S7 for...

JulianA_Bogota

Roadie

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Superuser Contribution Searching reports that there's no internet connection while playing music not in cache

When I use Spotify search on my Android 8 phone, I get the notification that there are no offline results for the search string, and that I should go online. At the same time I'm playing music. Now you may think that this music is in the cache, but I...

Casual Listener

When I use Spotify search on my Android 8 phone, I get the notification that there are no offline results for the search string, and that I should go online. At the same time I'm playing music. Now y...

JulianA_Bogota

Roadie

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New update had weird side effect

Plan PremiumCountry UKDevice One+5Operating System Android 8.1.0 My Question or Issue Hi all. Lately approved a new update for my Spotify app on Android from the Playstore. Only problem is, now my profile name appears under the name of EVERY song? Fo...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device One+5 Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue   Hi all. Lately approved a new update for my Spotify app on Android fr...

Nico

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Sync Issue between Windows Desktop App and Android App

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or Issue Syncing my entire song catalog from Windows 10 PC to Android App is no longer possible. It has stopped working completely. No solution that has been posted has been ...

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Plan Premium Country  Canada Device LG G6 Operating System Android 8.0   My Question or Issue  Syncing my entire song catalog from Windows 10 PC to Android App is no longer p...

Loxer

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Solved!! Random songs play instead of album

When trying to shuffle an album, roughly 0 of the tracks are played while some other unrelated trash (often not even of the same genre) play instead. Why? If I am lucky I get around half of the album I tried to play, although regularly get nothing be...

Gig Goer

When trying to shuffle an album, roughly 0 of the tracks are played while some other unrelated trash (often not even of the same genre) play instead. Why? If I am lucky I get around half of the album...

Nico

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Plays Radio instead of Song

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceOnePlus5Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue When I search for a song and select it from search it immediately starts a radio station based on that song, rather than the song itself. Is there a way to turn this...

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Plan Premium Country  US Device OnePlus5 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  When I search for a song and select it from search it immediately starts a...

Loxer

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Cannot search while online

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceSony Xperia XZ2Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueWhile playing music with WiFi or Data (usually connected to car or wireless speakers with Bluetooth), Spotify says I cannot search music or browse throug...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Sony Xperia XZ2 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue While playing music with WiFi or Data (usually connected to car or wirel...

markcwitt

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Search offline online
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The application does not recognize the SD

Good day, my Plan is PremiumCountry: ColombiaDevice: Sony Xperia XA1 Plus Operating System: Android 7 NougatMy Question is: I have followed all the instructions to transfer my playlists to the SD card that I have installed, unfortunately none has bee...

Casual Listener

Good day, my Plan is Premium Country: Colombia Device: Sony Xperia XA1 Plus  Operating System: Android 7 Nougat My Question is: I have followed all the instructions to transfer my ...

Bombadillo

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Solved!! General Problem with Playlists

On Android and other Systems, leaving a playlist and going back later from another, it moves you to the top of the playlist, not to your old position. actually It's not good for large lists, you have to scoll and to read every title to get the right ...

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    On Android and other Systems, leaving a playlist and going back later from another, it moves you to the top of the playlist, not to your old position.  ...

Will_T

Songwriter

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Superuser Contribution Cannot change top to bottom?

PremiumCountry United statesDeviceAndroidMy Question or Issue I was very pleased that you added an option to change where songs are added to the top or bottom of a playlist but now that I have switched it once and would like to change it back when I ...

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Premium Country  United states Device Android My Question or Issue  I was very pleased that you added an option to change where songs are added to the top or bottom of a playlist but ...

SergioDavid

Roadie

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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

Roadie

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Ads playing wrong
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