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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps skipping songs

this is android, Motorola G20, it started just today i put on a playlist and the songs kept skipping one thru another, i changed playlist and nothing changed, i restarted my phone multiple times, and nothing changed, i tried with and w/o headphones a...

  • Casual Listener
  • this is android, Motorola G20, it started just today i put on a playlist and the songs kept skipping one thru another, i changed playlist and nothing changed, i restarted my phone multiple times, and...
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Superuser Contribution Queue history not saved when changing devices

Plan: PremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceOnePlus 7TOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueI'm using two Denon certified Spotify Connect devices. When switching the playback device from one to the other while in shuffle mode, the queue gets mixed...

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  • Plan:  Premium Country Netherlands  Device OnePlus 7T Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue I'm using two Denon certified Spotify Connect devices. When switching...
  • AceTheWolf
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unable to open spotify via pop up

PlanFreeCountryIndonesiaDeviceOppo A60Operating SystemAndroid 14My Question or IssueI can't open spotify via pop-up like usually, but it opens the app instead

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free Country Indonesia Device Oppo A60 Operating System Android 14 My Question or Issue I can't open spotify via pop-up like usually, but it opens the app instead
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Solo tengo 3 dispositivos en modo offline y no puedo descargar música

Sigo con problema de descarga modo offline solo tengo 3 dispositivos con acceso, ya cerré sesión en todos y nada

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  • Sigo con problema de descarga modo offline solo tengo 3 dispositivos con acceso, ya cerré sesión en todos y nada
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music stops playing when I open another app

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Pixel 3a)Operating System(Android 11) My Question or IssueI'm trying to figure out how to keep Spotify playing in the background when I open another app that wants access to my phone's audio.Specifically, when I view a vid...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (Pixel 3a) Operating System (Android 11)   My Question or Issue I'm trying to figure out how to keep Spotify playing in the background when I open anoth...
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Listen music through Google Assistant is unreliable: no autoplay or silence

PlanPremiumCountryItaly DeviceSony Xperia X Compact and Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 PROOperating SystemAndroid 8 and Android 13Connectionalways on Wi-Fi, with a strong signal strenght: 1300 Mb/s Description of the issues:I listen music from the smartphones ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy   Device Sony Xperia X Compact and Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 PRO Operating System Android 8 and Android 13 Connection always on Wi-Fi, with a strong signal streng...
  • Mister_Diamond
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Crashes Android SystemUI

Since last weekend (march 9, 2024) I've been unable tonuse the app properly. If I put on a song my phone flickers between a black screen and the background image, as if locking and unlocking the phone on its own until one of these two outcomes: 1) th...

  • Casual Listener
  • Since last weekend (march 9, 2024) I've been unable tonuse the app properly. If I put on a song my phone flickers between a black screen and the background image, as if locking and unlocking the phon...
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Superuser Contribution Device Broadcast Status - greyed out and throws "this setting is loading" error

Been battling with support all day and despite trying 2 accounts (1 of which is their test account), 2 devices and 4 android versions, they're adamant it's my device. There's now 3 responses on X reporting the same thing - but until they report it th...

  • Casual Listener
  • Been battling with support all day and despite trying 2 accounts (1 of which is their test account), 2 devices and 4 android versions, they're adamant it's my device.   There's now 3 responses...
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Superuser Contribution Searching in app doesn't work properly

PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDevicePoco x7Operating SystemXiomi hyper OS 2 My Question or IssueHi, my issue is when I search for a song in my playlist or in general, it doesn't show any songs, it shows the song as gray boxes like they are loading, but the...

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  • Plan Premium Country Israel Device Poco x7 Operating System Xiomi hyper OS 2   My Question or Issue Hi, my issue is when I search for a song in my playlist or in general, it doesn't sh...
  • Dessi
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Superuser Contribution No edit playlist or shuffle button

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid phoneOperating SystemSamsung??? Spotify app???? My Question or IssueThere is no edit playlist or shuffle button for me. They both only show up on other devices, which I can't use anymore because the charger for those b...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free Country USA Device Android phone Operating System Samsung??? Spotify app????   My Question or Issue There is no edit playlist or shuffle button for me. They both only show u...
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Superuser Contribution Stop automatic car play

I am having an issue with Spotify automatically playing when it connects to my car sound system via Bluetooth. I do not want it to auto play. Even if I pause the current song manually and close Spotify completely it will still resume playing automati...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am having an issue with Spotify automatically playing when it connects to my car sound system via Bluetooth. I do not want it to auto play.    Even if I pause the current song manually ...
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Superuser Contribution Andriod app running unbearably slowly

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S25 Ultra My Question or IssueThe other week I had to upgrade from my S22 Ultra, so I went with the S25 ultra. Since I switched however, spotify has been almost unusable. All apps run fine on the device and m...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra   My Question or Issue The other week I had to upgrade from my S22 Ultra, so I went with the S25 ultra. Since I switched however,...
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Superuser Contribution Playback pausing/stuttering in car only

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy s10eOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueFor the past couple months I've been experiencing sporadic "stuttering" or ~1 second pauses in playback, but only when playing in my car (via bluetooth). I'v...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy s10e Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue For the past couple months I've been experiencing sporadic "stuttering" or ~1 sec...
  • Vasil
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Superuser Contribution Library won't shuffle recently played albums to the top and I can't add new songs to playlist

PlanPremium Student CountryNigeria DeviceTecno Pop 5 proOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhen I play a song from an album or playlist, the album doesn't go to the top of the library, it stays down where it is and previously streamed son...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Premium Student  Country Nigeria  Device Tecno Pop 5 pro Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue When I play a song from an album or playlist, the alb...
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Superuser Contribution Videos do not play when connected to Bluetooth

PlanPremiumCountry New ZelandDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8+Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssuePlaylist videos work fine when I have my headphones plugged into my device or I'm listening via the devices inbuilt speaker. However when I am conne...

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  • Plan Premium Country  New Zeland Device Samsung Galaxy S8+ Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue Playlist videos work fine when I have my headphones plugged in...
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Superuser Contribution Don't see option to download to SD card

I opened the app this morning and all of my downloaded songs were gone. This is no big deal, it happens every once in a while, but when I went to check my storage, I didn't see the option to download songs to my SD card. It doesn't even show up as an...

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  • I opened the app this morning and all of my downloaded songs were gone. This is no big deal, it happens every once in a while, but when I went to check my storage, I didn't see the option to download...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Shuffle function Liked Songs

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceOnePlus 7T My Question or IssueFor some reason since the last update, the shuffle function in my liked songs, instead of shuffling the songs, creates the same 'playlist' based on from which song I trigger the shuffl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device OnePlus 7T   My Question or Issue For some reason since the last update, the shuffle function in my liked songs, instead of shuffling the songs, c...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Rewind/Previous button is greyed out.

I can't rewind or go to the previous song that just played because the button is always greyed. I'm just listening to one of my playlists. Also none of the other buttons are greyed out. Is there any way to fix this, as sometimes I accidentally skip t...

  • Casual Listener
  • I can't rewind or go to the previous song that just played because the button is always greyed. I'm just listening to one of my playlists. Also none of the other buttons are greyed out. Is there any ...
  • ricecracker
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