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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...

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cohendylan1

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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...

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Anne-Mette

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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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Kurogane

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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

Spotify Star

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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...

mponny

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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

Spotify Star

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Spotify cutting in and out!!

PlanFree/PremiumCountry My Question or IssueHi I have been using Spotify via my AV system for close on 12 months and am a Premium Subcriber. Recently music keeps cutting in and out making it impossible to listen to, it also has a lag time if I try an...

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Plan Free/Premium Country     My Question or Issue Hi  I have been using Spotify via my AV system for close on 12 months and am a Premium Subcriber.    Recently musi...

GaryL133

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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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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? ...

Keanu_C

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Music Quality Resets to Default Settings Most of the Time

Premium Member - United States (Los Angeles) Samsung Galaxy 7Android Oreo Hi All, For a the past couple of months, I have found my streaming and download settings reverted back to Automatic/Normal nearly every time I look. I change them forward to Ve...

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Premium Member - United States (Los Angeles)  Samsung Galaxy 7 Android Oreo   Hi All,   For a the past couple of months, I have found my streaming and download settings reve...

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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 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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MOVING TO SD CARD ANDROID 8.0

PlanPremium familyCountry AustraliaDeviceSony xperia A1Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or Issue I have tried so many things but I can't shift Spotify onto the SD card. I used to be able to do it on my old phone with the 'extreme' download opt...

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Plan Premium family Country  Australia Device Sony xperia A1 Operating System Android 8.0   My Question or Issue   I have tried so many things but I can't shift Spotify onto...

Graz2

Newbie

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Superuser Contribution Playback behavior issues

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+Operating SystemAndroid Oreo (8.0.0) My Question or IssueWill occasionally pause playback of songs - This can happen between songs AND sudden, mid-track, with the phone screen on AND off, and regardless ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Samsung Galaxy 9+ Operating System Android Oreo (8.0.0)   My Question or Issue Will occasionally pause playback of songs - This can happen between so...

x-_pkebh9pln

Newbie

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Sesame Universal Search App Integration/Permission not working

PlanFamily PremiumCountry PhilippinesDeviceNokia 7 PlusOperating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.1 My Question or IssueI have Sesame Universal Search app currently installed, and it supports integration with Spotify app, like allowing it to search for albums an...

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Plan Family Premium Country  Philippines Device Nokia 7 Plus Operating System Android Oreo 8.1   My Question or Issue I have Sesame Universal Search app currently installed, ...

Alfredo

Roadie

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Music pauses while in other Apps - Samsung Galaxy S8+

On my way to work, I always listen to music and use some other Apss, but after a while the music just pauses, and everytime I start it again, it stopps. This always happens while I listen to music, either by listening to downloaded music or some new ...

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On my way to work, I always listen to music and use some other Apss, but after a while the music just pauses, and everytime I start it again, it stopps.   This always happens while I listen to...

Billy-J

Spotify Star

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Spotify connect, play queue UI not updating

Android device, One Plus 5. Start a playlist on Spotify Connect. Go to "Play Queue" and navigate using "next" and "previous" buttons: The music track is changed accordingly, but the UI is not updating; the queue is visually not updated to reflect wha...

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Android device, One Plus 5. Start a playlist on Spotify Connect. Go to "Play Queue" and navigate using "next" and "previous" buttons: The music track is changed accordingly, but the UI is not updatin...

janus141

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Solved!! You are Offline even if i have full access internet and Wifi

PlanPremiumCountryItaly DeviceOnePlus 3TOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue i tried the 1 month trial.... and its about to expire so i bought a 3months of Premium... when i tried to search new songs i can do it but when i try to open an Arti...

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Plan Premium Country Italy   Device OnePlus 3T Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  i tried the 1 month trial.... and its about to expire so i bought a 3months o...

Billy-J

Spotify Star

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Songs are grayed out

Hi Spotify, I found 2 songs I love recently and I can't play them. What's up with that? Love is endless - MoZellaSomething in common - Free Energy Please help!

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Hi Spotify, I found 2 songs I love recently and I can't play them. What's up with that?    Love is endless - MoZella Something in common - Free Energy   Please help! 

Arratyn

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Grayed out
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spotify not full screen

plan PremiumCountry The NetherlandsDeviceMotorola G6 plusOperating SystemAndroidOreo My Question or Issue recently i bought a motorola g6 plus, a phone with a fingerprint sensor that can also be used for 1 finger navigation true android. ofcourse i a...

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  plan   Premium Country  The Netherlands Device Motorola G6 plus Operating System AndroidOreo   My Question or Issue  recently i bought a motorola g6 plus, a...

Billy-J

Spotify Star

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Spotify says I Am Offline When i Try to Search for Music

So starting a couple weeks ago my Spotify stopped allowing me to search for music or listen to playlist I hadn't recently listened to, this happens both on Wi-Fi and on Data, I've been a premium member for almost two years and this is beyond infuriat...

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So starting a couple weeks ago my Spotify stopped allowing me to search for music or listen to playlist I hadn't recently listened to, this happens both on Wi-Fi and on Data, I've been a premium memb...

zerotide

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Superuser Contribution New design

PlanPremiumCountry NorwayDeviceSamsung galaxy S7 edgeOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Do I have to have permium to listen to songs now? I can hardly find the songs and they only play a little snip of them.The new update is really messy an...

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Plan Premium Country  Norway Device Samsung galaxy S7 edge Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  Do I have to have permium to listen to songs now? I can hardly fin...

Alfredo

Roadie

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