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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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android remove from this playlist

I've cancelled my Pandora and subscribed to Spotify so I'm new to Spotify premium.In my research, if I have a playlist that is 900 songs long, am I right the only way I have to delete a song from my playlist that I'm listening to is to scroll through...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've cancelled my Pandora and subscribed to Spotify so I'm new to Spotify premium. In my research, if I have a playlist that is 900 songs long, am I right the only way I have to delete a song from m...
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shuffle doesn't actually shuffle

i'm on the mobile, version - Android (obviously.) I've created a few playlists and whenever i press "shuffle play" it plays the songs in the exact same order. every single time. I've uninstalled the app, restarted my phone. nothing will work. it's ve...

  • Casual Listener
  • i'm on the mobile, version - Android (obviously.) I've created a few playlists and whenever i press "shuffle play" it plays the songs in the exact same order. every single time. I've uninstalled the ...
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Solved!! i have a car with android auto but i cannot find spotify. It only has google play music??

I recently bought a 2015 VW golf which has android auto installed. I have connected my phone, (which is an HTC One M7) and android auto seems to work fine. The only issue is that a cant seem to find spofity. I have pressed on the music button but the...

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  • I recently bought a 2015 VW golf which has android auto installed. I have connected my phone, (which is an HTC One M7) and android auto seems to work fine. The only issue is that a cant seem to find ...
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Spotify Google home integration ad whilst running Google Maps.

Hello, I noticed an interesting behaviour which, though not critical, is something that should be addressed: I was driving with google maps running on my Android phone and spotify running in the background. Since I do not have premium, there was an a...

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  • Hello,  I noticed an interesting behaviour which, though not critical, is something that should be addressed:   I was driving with google maps running on my Android phone and spotify run...
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Spotify suddenly deleting my offline playlists

Im premium spotify user and I have offline playlists and these playlists contains 1500+ song. I keep these musics because Im using metro in my country. I bought premium for this reason.And with last update I think spotify suddenly deletes my offline ...

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  • Im premium spotify user and I have offline playlists and these playlists contains 1500+ song. I keep these musics because Im using metro in my country. I bought premium for this reason. And with l...
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Playlist Filter playing songs in order of playlist when not filtered

Recently on my Samsung 6, when i go to my playlist that I have been using for a long time now and search on the filter, for example I search Kendrick. All the kendrick songs appear, but when i click on the songs, they will play songs that are in the ...

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  • Recently on my Samsung 6, when i go to my playlist that I have been using for a long time now and search on the filter, for example I search Kendrick. All the kendrick songs appear, but when i click ...
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Spotify vehicle controls no longer work

Up until a few days ago when I started my vehicle (Ford Escape '17 / Sync 3) the media controls to skip to the next track, previous track, play & pause no longer control Spotify over bluetooth. If I launch Google Play Music the controls work as expec...

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  • Up until a few days ago when I started my vehicle (Ford Escape '17 / Sync 3) the media controls to skip to the next track, previous track, play & pause no longer control Spotify over bluetooth. &...
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where is the "songs" playlist

I am using Spotify free version. On the desktop version, I have a playllist simply called "songs" - if I like a song, I can click the plus sign, it gets saved to the "songs" playlist. This used to be the "starred" playlist that Spotify changes a few ...

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  • I am using Spotify free version.   On the desktop version, I have a playllist simply called "songs" - if I like a song, I can click the plus sign, it gets saved to the "songs" playlist. This u...
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Unable to listen local files on android

I added some local files to my playlist on desktop app and then tried to sync on android mobile.The song was playing well on desktop but unable to play on my phone(I can see the song in my playlist but it's grey).I already make sure that they're in s...

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  • I added some local files to my playlist on desktop app and then tried to sync on android mobile. The song was playing well on desktop but unable to play on my phone(I can see the song in my playlist...
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USB C Headphone Controls - Double Click for "Next" song not working.

I am on the latest build of Spotify (8.4.45.633) and the double click on headphone controls do no work. Pause, Volume Down/Up work as intended. To make sure it wasn't my headphones I tested Google Play Music, the controls work ( including double clic...

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  • I am on the latest build of Spotify (8.4.45.633) and the double click on headphone controls do no work. Pause, Volume Down/Up work as intended. To make sure it wasn't my headphones I tested Google Pl...
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Pixel 2 | Android 8.1.0 | USB-C Headphone Adapter double Press not working

Hey Guys, i have got a problem with Spotify on my Pixel 2 running Android 8.1.0 (5.January). I have the USB-C Headphone dongle connected and when i press the remote button on my headphones, the music pauses. But if i press it twice (next song), nothi...

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  • Hey Guys,   i have got a problem with Spotify on my Pixel 2 running Android 8.1.0 (5.January). I have the USB-C Headphone dongle connected and when i press the remote button on my headphones, ...
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cant open artist page on Android device

I have an oneplus one device with the latest spotify app installed. Since 1 or 2 weeks the app says i am offline whenever i try to open artist page.I van still listen tot music by clicking on playlists/albums in the search bar. I am online in de sett...

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  • I have an oneplus one device with the latest spotify app installed. Since 1 or 2 weeks the app says i am offline whenever i try to open artist page.I van still listen tot music by clicking on playlis...
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Spotify notifications make the cursor lag on Chromebook

Hi there! So I use the Spotify Android app on an Asus Chromebook Flip C100P, which can install Android apps through Google Play. Just like on a phone or tablet, when I'm playing music with Spotify minimized, a notification pops up with the name of th...

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  • Hi there! So I use the Spotify Android app on an Asus Chromebook Flip C100P, which can install Android apps through Google Play. Just like on a phone or tablet, when I'm playing music with Spotify mi...
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( Android ) Spotify Music Cuts Out Completely

I've been using Spotify Premium for nearly a year now. Only a month ago, whilst offline, my music started to cut out, it would cut out at different points on different songs.Some songs would play smoothly, most songs would cut out completely. While o...

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  • I've been using Spotify Premium for nearly a year now. Only a month ago, whilst offline, my music started to cut out, it would cut out at different points on different songs. Some songs would play s...
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Headset - Triple-press button for "Previous song"

I have a Sennheiser MM70s single-button earphone headset. The standard button presses are: Single - Play/Pause Double - Next song Triple - Previous song/return to start of current song On my other music apps this works fine, but on Android Spotify th...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a Sennheiser MM70s single-button earphone headset.   The standard button presses are: Single - Play/Pause Double - Next song Triple - Previous song/return to start of current so...
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Solved!! How to install spotify on foreign android phone (I have premium swedish account)

I live in both Sweden and Thailand (officially in Sweden) and have a Spotify premium account with my Swedish address. I am currently in Thailand where I purchased an Android phone. I obviously use a Thai carrier while I am in Thailand. I now try to d...

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  • I live in both Sweden and Thailand (officially in Sweden) and have a Spotify premium account with my Swedish address. I am currently in Thailand where I purchased an Android phone. I obviously use ...
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Songs vanished from playlist???

Hey guys,earlier I opened my Spotify and as I looked at my favourite playlist I missed many songs in it. How could that be?

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  • Hey guys, earlier I opened my Spotify and as I looked at my favourite playlist I missed many songs in it. How could that be?  
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Discover weekly not updating

Hello! My Discover Weekly playlist hasn't updated for a few weeks now. I'm on a Pixel 2 XL with all the latest software installed. Have logged out and logged back in, uninstalled and reinstalled, unfollowed and refollowed the playlist etc. Nothing is...

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  • Hello!    My Discover Weekly playlist hasn't updated for a few weeks now. I'm on a Pixel 2 XL with all the latest software installed. Have logged out and logged back in, uninstalled and r...
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Superuser Contribution Chinese language in Huawei Honor lite8

HiMy device is Huawei honor 8 lite and for some reason the app is showing in chinese although my device is fully in english in all apps and the system itself.I couldnt find a way to change it.Any ideas? Attached a screenshot

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  • Hi My device is Huawei honor 8 lite and for some reason the app is showing in chinese although my device is fully in english in all apps and the system itself. I couldnt find a way to change it. A...
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Searching a song in the filter messes the whole queue

So I'm listening to a playlist in shuffle and I want to add a song to the queue/play next so I type in the filter "cold", it appears all the songs with the word cold, right? So I add the song I wanted and DELETE the word from the filter but when I go...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I'm listening to a playlist in shuffle and I want to add a song to the queue/play next so I type in the filter "cold", it appears all the songs with the word cold, right? So I add the song I wante...
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