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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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Downloaded music into Local Files, added it to my Playlist but won't play?

PlanFreeCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceLG Stylus 3Operating SystemAndroid So some time ago I was able to play music that I added into my playlist from the local files section on my computer. I'm pretty sure that this is allowed and stuff but why is it t...

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Plan Free Country United Kingdom  Device LG Stylus 3 Operating System Android   So some time ago I was able to play music that I added into my playlist from the local files se...

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Last.fm option in Spotify Free

PlanFreeCountryFinland DeviceNokia 6.1Operating SystemAndroid OreoMy Question or IssueI can't find the Last.fm option from settings anymore. Is it still available in the Spotify Free?

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Plan Free Country Finland  Device Nokia 6.1 Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue I can't find the Last.fm option from settings anymore. Is it still available in the S...

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Last.fm option in Spotify Free

PlanFreeCountryFinland DeviceNokia 6.1Operating SystemAndroid OreoMy Question or IssueI can't find the Last.fm option from settings anymore. Is it still available in the Spotify Free?

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Plan Free Country Finland  Device Nokia 6.1 Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue I can't find the Last.fm option from settings anymore. Is it still available in the S...

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Solved!! Lyrics won't get displayed / Behind the Lyrics feature not working

PlanPremiumCountryGermany/German locale/English locale Operating SystemAndroid 5/6My Question or Issue Hi, I'm unable to use the Behind the Lyrics feature (feature has been enabled in the app settings) to have lyrics displayed. I have tried songs whi...

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Plan Premium Country Germany/German locale/English locale   Operating System Android 5/6 My Question or Issue   Hi,   I'm unable to use the Behind the Lyrics feature (featur...

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Superuser Contribution New Playlist Name Now Not Auto Filled

The Android app used to be great for creating a playlist for an album.I could create a new playlist in a folder and it would automatically add the band and album name into the new name for the playlist.Now it's just empty with the new Create Playlist...

Gig Goer

The Android app used to be great for creating a playlist for an album. I could create a new playlist in a folder and it would automatically add the band and album name into the new name for the play...

Henry007

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Superuser Contribution Volume goes up and down

PlanPremiumCountry USADevice Samsung galaxy 7 My Question or IssueMy phone constantly changes the volume of spotify up and down randomly. This doesn't change the visual of the my media volume but it does affect what I am hearing. I know people have s...

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  Plan Premium Country  USA Device  Samsung galaxy 7   My Question or Issue My phone constantly changes the volume of spotify up and down randomly.  This doesn't cha...

Alfredo

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Android Auto doesnt recognize spotify premium.

PlanPremiumCountryUS Device(Samsung Note 8Operating SystemNewest andriod os My Question or Issue Ever since i started using Waze for my gps android auto wont recognize that my spotify account is premium when i ask for it to play specific songs. Tried...

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  Plan Premium Country US   Device (Samsung Note 8 Operating System Newest andriod os   My Question or Issue   Ever since i started using Waze for my gps android auto...

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Spotify stop playing music - LG G6

PlanPremiumCountry PolandDeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue Since about a week I have very annoying problem with Spotify.It stops playing song. I'm listening my playlist and it just stops in the middle of the song, like I w...

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Plan Premium Country  Poland Device LG G6 Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  Since about a week I have very annoying problem with Spotify. It stops playi...

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Cambiar cancion en barra de notificaciones

No se requiere ninguna de la información a continuación. Sin embargo, cuanto más brindes, más fácil será para nosotros intentar y ayudar.Plan País GuatemalaDispositivo Samsung Galaxy tab ASistema operativoAndroid 6.0.1 Mi pregunta o problema Al escuc...

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No se requiere ninguna de la información a continuación. Sin embargo, cuanto más brindes, más fácil será para nosotros intentar y ayudar. Plan   País  Guatemala Dispositivo  Sams...

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Radio Missing

With the most recent update it looks like the Playlist Radio and Artist Radio options are missing. Anyone else see this?

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With the most recent update it looks like the Playlist Radio and Artist Radio options are missing. Anyone else see this?

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Se cierra sesión inesperadamente y se pierden las descargas

Tengo un Iphone 7 con memoria interna de 128gb, he usado mucho tiempo spotify y van 2 ocasiones que cierra sesión (SOLO) y la música descargada se pierde... me ha sucedido durante viajes y me he quedado completamente sin música. Creo que voy a cambia...

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Tengo un Iphone 7 con memoria interna de 128gb, he usado mucho tiempo spotify y van 2 ocasiones que cierra sesión (SOLO) y la música descargada se pierde... me ha sucedido durante viajes y me he qued...

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Cannot shuffle by Artist from downloaded playlist

PlanPremium (Student)CountryUSDeviceGoogle Pixel 2Operating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.1.0 My Question or Issue Has the feature and/or option to search a playlist by a specific artist and then be able to shuffle songs filtered to that specific artist been ...

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Plan Premium (Student) Country US Device Google Pixel 2 Operating System Android Oreo 8.1.0   My Question or Issue  Has the feature and/or option to search a playlist by a specifi...

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Notifications go off when I skip a song, How to turn it off?

Planning, premiumCountry, US Device, Active s7 My Question or IssueMy Spotify plays my notification sound (and vibration if set to that) when I press the next button and the play button how do I fix it. It's incredibly loud and annoying.

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Planning, premium Country, US   Device, Active s7     My Question or Issue My Spotify plays my notification sound (and vibration if set to that) when I press the next button and...

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playing music and creating lists

PlanFreeCountry HollandDevicesamsungOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHow can I play a song without just hearing the example of the song? My friend send me a list via Whatsapp. how can I save this list in my library?

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Plan Free Country  Holland Device samsung Operating System Android   My Question or Issue How can I play a song without just hearing the example of the song?  My friend send...

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Spotify opens randomly by itself on android

PlanPremiumDevicephone, tabletOperating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.1, Marshmallow 6.0 My Question or IssueRandomly throughout the day, Spotify has started to launch by itself. This ws never a problem until just recently, and on two of my devices (phone and...

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Plan Premium Device phone, tablet Operating System Android Oreo 8.1, Marshmallow 6.0   My Question or Issue Randomly throughout the day, Spotify has started to launch by itself. Thi...

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Accidentally Blocked a song ( the o with line)

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Accidentally blocked a song, and anytime i try to play it it skips it instantly, like AFTER i re-add it to the playlist and hit the song a bunch of times in a row. and when i look into how to fix it? i find that appearantly is a...

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Plan Premium Country USA  Accidentally blocked a song, and anytime i try to play it it skips it instantly, like AFTER i re-add it to the playlist and hit the song a bunch of times in a row. ...

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Superuser Contribution Wrong/Delayed Song Title during bluetooth usage

Hello,PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceXiaomi Mi Mix 2sOperating SystemAndroid 8.0 Oreo My Question or Issue Since yesterday I have a new mobile Device Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s with Android 8.0 Oreo. Unfortunately I've noticed an issue with bluetooth Usage in ...

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Hello, Plan Premium Country Germany Device Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s Operating System Android 8.0 Oreo   My Question or Issue  Since yesterday I have a new mobile Device Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s ...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Playing via Bluetooth in car (Skoda) meta data always showing previous song after skipping

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceHuawei P10 latest build 8.0.0.360(C432)Operating SystemAndroid 8 My Question or IssueOn Android 7, playing Spotify via bluetooth in car Skoda Superb 2016, I can see the metadata without problems. But after upgrade to And...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Huawei P10 latest build 8.0.0.360(C432) Operating System Android 8   My Question or Issue On Android 7, playing Spotify via bluetooth in car Skoda Su...

Alfredo

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Superuser Contribution Search music problems

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy 6Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue When I go to search for a song and play it from the search area it doesn't play that song, it plays something completely random...an...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung Galaxy 6 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  When I go to search for a song and play i...

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App loads with black screen on S8.

I'm a premium user and twice in the last month when I'm trying to open up my spotify app it loads as just a black screen with a gray bar along the top and stays like this forever until I have to unstiall the app and lost all my downloaded music which...

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  I'm a premium user and twice in the last month when I'm trying to open up my spotify app it loads as just a black screen with a gray bar along the top and stays like this forever until I have...

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