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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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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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My Spotify app has been extremely slow lately, songs won't play for seconds after I click them and music doesn't play/pause for long pauses after I click on the button. Using S7 Edge Android Oreo.
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Hi, I've been part of a group of people having problems with spotify pausing with chromecast audio. The issue has been marked as fixed, but it's not fixed for me:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Please-fix-chromecast-with-Spotify/m-p/2459136#...
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Spotify on android, premium subscription. France. Hi, just a few days ago Spotify looked beautiful on my android phone. The music playing cover was full screen, with big enough text so I can see it in the car easily. The home screen was pretty too, w...
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Hace dos semanas adquiri un MOTO E4 con Android 7.1.1 entonces como cualquier tiempo normal descarge todas mis canciones para escucharlas de modo offline (soy usuario premium en un paquete familiar) entonces hasta ahi todo perfecto, pero cuando agreg...
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