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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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No songs category 8.4.53

Why can't I access my songs anymore? I only have the options for artist albums Playlist and podcasts. I can't shuffle my albums so can I just not listen to all of my songs anymore? Do I have to make a Playlist with every album I have just so I can sh...

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  • Why can't I access my songs anymore? I only have the options for artist albums Playlist and podcasts. I can't shuffle my albums so can I just not listen to all of my songs anymore? Do I have to make ...
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Songs deleted from a playlist still playing in shuffle mode

PlanPremiumCountry FinlandDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid As the title says, its playing songs that i have deleted recently

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  • Plan Premium Country  Finland Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android   As the title says, its playing songs that i have deleted recently
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Playlist organized by artist album order is now organized by alphabetical artist song's order

PlanPremiumCountry BrasilDeviceMoto G5Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue My playlist suddendly stopped being organized as It used to be, and I can't stand It anymoreI've already reinstalled the app and nothin...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Brasil Device Moto G5 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  My playlist suddendly stopped being organize...
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Solved!! listening to "liked" songs

How to you save-listen to songs you have thumbed up from the radio section?

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  • How to you save-listen to songs you have thumbed up from the radio section?
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Liked songs won't appear on my Favorites list

Hi! It seems like ever since Spotify updated its look, I've been having trouble adding new songs to my Favorites list; sometimes it'll show up, sometimes it doesn't. Furthermore, several songs I had in Favorites are no longer there.

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  • Hi! It seems like ever since Spotify updated its look, I've been having trouble adding new songs to my Favorites list; sometimes it'll show up, sometimes it doesn't. Furthermore, several songs I had ...
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Solved!! Can't download using cellular

I want to download a song on Spotify, but when I press the download always appear the words: go to settings for download using cellular

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  • I want to download a song on Spotify, but when I press the download always appear the words: go to settings for download using cellular
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[Android] Crash when adding favorite

PlanPremium CountryFrance DeviceHuawei Honor 8 Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 Spotify version:8.4.57.803 armV7 My Question or Issue Hi. Whenever i add a song as a favorite, the heart will normally get "filled". But if i go to my tracks, i don't see the ...

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  •   Plan Premium   Country France   Device Huawei Honor 8   Operating System Android 7.0   Spotify version: 8.4.57.803 armV7   My Question or Issue  ...
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Black screen when launching spotify app

Plan PremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueSo recently every time I open spotify I get a black screen (image in attachements). All my apps and the OS is updated to the latest version. I have also t...

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  •   Plan  Premium Country Norway Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue So recently every time I open spotify I get a black scr...
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sony wh-1000xm2 bluetooth gesture controls not working

Subject explainst problem. It does let me change vol up/down, but changing song only works when I unlock screen. The input is captured, because I can hear a small "beep" when I input. Please fix.

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  •   Subject explainst problem. It does let me change vol up/down, but changing song only works when I unlock screen. The input is captured, because I can hear a small "beep" when I input. Please ...
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Músicas que só tocam no pc

Tenho uma playlist, e vira e mexe tem várias músicas indisponíveis no celular. Aí tenho que ir no app do pc e tirar. Só que percebi uma vez que as mesmas músicas que estão indisponíveis no app do android, estão disponíveis na minha playslit no app do...

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  •   Tenho uma playlist, e vira e mexe tem várias músicas indisponíveis no celular. Aí tenho que ir no app do pc e tirar. Só que percebi uma vez que as mesmas músicas que estão indisponíveis no ap...
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Google Assistant opens app, but will not play song. Incredibly frustrating.

Pixel XL 2, it is impossible to get Google assistant to play a song. It will open the app but never starts to play music. I have already spoken to google support, unistalled and reinstalled both the Google app and Spotify, cleared caches, restarted n...

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  • Pixel XL 2, it is impossible to get Google assistant to play a song. It will open the app but never starts to play music. I have already spoken to google support, unistalled and reinstalled both the ...
  • Mike616
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Download quality keeps resetting itself

Since a few weeks i noticed the download quality settings on my pixel 2xl keeps on resetting itself from extreme to normal no matter how many times I set it back. It becoming extremely annoying to keep re-downloading my playlists each time it resets ...

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  • Since a few weeks i noticed the download quality settings on my pixel 2xl keeps on resetting itself from extreme to normal no matter how many times I set it back. It becoming extremely annoying to ke...
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Skipping song.

Premium, Latvia, Samsung Galaxy S7, Android.I spent around an hour looking for a song: Jay-Z, Alicia Keys - Empire of State Mind, later when I found it I put it on my own Spotify playlist. When it was supposed to play next, it just automatically skip...

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  • Premium, Latvia, Samsung Galaxy S7, Android. I spent around an hour looking for a song: Jay-Z, Alicia Keys - Empire of State Mind, later when I found it I put it on my own Spotify playlist. When it ...
  • lubos
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my spotify app on android keeps crashing after i added local files

when i first add them, i can listen to the songs normally. But if i close the app and wait a couple hours, whe i try to open the app it just crashes.

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  • when i first add them, i can listen to the songs normally. But if i close the app and wait a couple hours, whe i try to open the app it just crashes.
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Playlist won't play searched artist!

When I open one of my playlist, and search an artist or band, and play the first song, the playlist will shuffle the whole playlist and not the spicific artist or band.PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePixel 2 XLOperating SystemAndroid

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  • When I open one of my playlist, and search an artist or band, and play the first song, the playlist will shuffle the whole playlist and not the spicific artist or band. Plan Premium Country &nbsp...
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Solved!! Android app crash at startup

PlanPremiumCountry PolandDeviceLG G5Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue As of today, i cant open Spotify app. Tried clearing cache/data, reinstalling (ffs, ive had 1000+ songs downloaded for offline and 20+ mp3 playlists synced..) and no...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Poland Device LG G5 Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue  As of today, i cant open Spotify app. Tried clearing cache/data, reinstalling (...
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I have a ZTE phone and can't find the storage option in the settings

I need to transfer my downloaded music to my so card for storage but I can't find the storage option in the settings on my account (I have a ZTE phone) plz help

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  • I need to transfer my downloaded music to my so card for storage but I can't find the storage option in the settings on my account (I have a ZTE phone) plz help
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Spotify crashes after moving the songs on external sd card

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy A3Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue I can easily move the whole music on to the external sd card. But when I try to use Spotify a couple of hours or days later, I am logged out and can not log i...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung Galaxy A3 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  I can easily move the whole music on to the external sd card. But w...
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Links shared through FB messenger either don't work at all, or just open the Play Store

I've been having trouble playing ANY links through Facebook messenger. The links appear as they should but never open the song on spotify. I used to be able to get around the issue by sharing the direct link, but now that doesn't work either.When a l...

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  • I've been having trouble playing ANY links through Facebook messenger. The links appear as they should but never open the song on spotify. I used to be able to get around the issue by sharing the dir...
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Spotify crashes on startup on Android since the last update.

PlanPremiumCountry DEDeviceMoto G4Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue I've read this from others already. Apparently a lot of people have the same issue. Whenever I start the spotify app it immediately crashes. I've reinstalled it twice,...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  DE Device Moto G4 Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue  I've read this from others already. Apparently a lot of people have the s...
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