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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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Access play queue from daily mix

Hello, Spotify. Sometimes I would like to quickly add songs to the playing queue when playing one of the daily mixes but the button for the complete queue (as described here) is not visible when playing from any of the daily mixes, only when playing ...

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Hello, Spotify.   Sometimes I would like to quickly add songs to the playing queue when playing one of the daily mixes but the button for the complete queue (as described here) is not visible ...

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Can't cast Spotify to my Onkyo TX-NR676 using google home.

Just got google home and pretty new to spotify and can't seem to get this to work. Works fine on everything else that has a built in chrome cast.

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Just got google home and pretty new to spotify and can't seem to get this to work. Works fine on everything else that has a built in chrome cast.

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Improve Android app compatibility with Chromebooks

I recently picked up a Samsung Chromebook Pro and have been using Spotify from the Play Store with it. While it generally works just fine, I have noticed a couple oddities that would be nice to have addressed. 1. Unlike YouTube or Google Play Music, ...

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I recently picked up a Samsung Chromebook Pro and have been using Spotify from the Play Store with it. While it generally works just fine, I have noticed a couple oddities that would be nice to have ...

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Download over cellular with option turned off

I noticed today that when I opened the app on my phone, that Spotify started a download. I have this option turned off yet the download commenced. I tried to restart the phone to no avail. I had to start an offline session to avoid downloading over c...

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I noticed today that when I opened the app on my phone, that Spotify started a download. I have this option turned off yet the download commenced. I tried to restart the phone to no avail. I had to s...

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Add sort by artist to saved song list

Would it be possible to add the sort by artist feature to your "Songs" library? This feature is already implemented for Playlists on the Android app, but the sort by feature has not been implemented for songs saved to your library. I'm forced to add ...

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Would it be possible to add the sort by artist feature to your "Songs" library? This feature is already implemented for Playlists on the Android app, but the sort by feature has not been impleme...

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Spotify playlists merge with home page

This happens between 1-3 per day and to "fix" the issue I need to close the app and re open it stopping my music? It happens when I go from the app to another app then reopen spotify and the playlist I was listening to merges with the home page well ...

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This happens between 1-3 per day and to "fix" the issue I need to close the app and re open it stopping my music? It happens when I go from the app to another app then reopen spotify and the playlist...

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Consumed way too much data

Hi,I was listening to spotify on mobile quite a lot, and in extreme quality, but suddently, last few days it consumed around 24GB of data. My mobile says its mostly in background.(mention that it did not happen the previos month with the same setting...

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Hi, I was listening to spotify on mobile quite a lot, and in extreme quality, but suddently, last few days it consumed around 24GB of data. My mobile says its mostly in background.(mention that it...

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[Android] Listening to all the doznloaded songs wharever the playlist is

Hi, I'm a new user coming from the google play music app and I've transferred all my playlists. I saw I can randomly listen to one specific playlist but I'd like sometimes to listen to all my musics whatever the playlist they belong to. Playlists hav...

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Hi,   I'm a new user coming from the google play music app and I've transferred all my playlists. I saw I can randomly listen to one specific playlist but I'd like sometimes to listen to all m...

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Spotify plays a few songs shuts off/stops playing music after a few songs

So I like to listen to music to fall asleep to, and I noticed when I lay down, turn Spotify on, put my headphones in, select my playlist, it plays maybe 4 songs maybe a couple more and it turns off. I have a cheap Android phone, ZTE lil ol prepaid st...

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So I like to listen to music to fall asleep to, and I noticed when I lay down, turn Spotify on, put my headphones in, select my playlist, it plays maybe 4 songs maybe a couple more and it turns off. ...

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Android app issues

Hi, My wife and I share a spotify account. I very infrequently use spotify as I prefer audio books to music. However I do still occasionally listen to music, maybe once a month.So recently my phone has started popping up with the spotify music player...

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Hi,   My wife and I share a spotify account. I very infrequently use spotify as I prefer audio books to music. However I do still occasionally listen to music, maybe once a month. So recently...

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Spotify bezahlen per Handyguthaben?

Hallo! ich wuerde gerne Spotify Premium, 3 Monate fuer 0,99€ kaufen ueber das Handyguthaben (Mobilfunkanbieter) aber ich finde keine Option mehr dafuer... Ich habe auch kein Bock irgendwie zur Tankstelle zu rennen & mir 10€ Paysafe zu holen. Ist dies...

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Hallo!   ich wuerde gerne Spotify Premium, 3 Monate fuer 0,99€ kaufen ueber das Handyguthaben (Mobilfunkanbieter) aber ich finde keine Option mehr dafuer... Ich habe auch kein Bock irgendwie z...

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[Android] cant play spotify while playing a game

Everytime I load a game while spotify is playing it pauses then goes away then I load up spotify but then I have to load up the game again no idea how to fix

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Everytime I load a game while spotify is playing it pauses then goes away then I load up spotify but then I have to load up the game again no idea how to fix  

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Deleting cache

I got a new SD card yesterday and I can't switch my content into it. I've tried deleting the cache but it just logs me out and when I log back in all of my downloads are still there.

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I got a new SD card yesterday and I can't switch my content into it. I've tried deleting the cache but it just logs me out and when I log back in all of my downloads are still there. 

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Equalizer options sets during song

I like everything about the equalizer settings on my Samsung Galaxy S5 Active except the way the setting activates. On edited equalizer settings, each song starts the way they normally sound, and the sound changes one second in the song, causing a so...

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I like everything about the equalizer settings on my Samsung Galaxy S5 Active except the way the setting activates. On edited equalizer settings, each song starts the way they normally sound, and the...

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Megas per hour in extreme quality

I recently switched to Premium.Before with the free I used the app a lot in the mobile, and more or less it was about 200 Mb per hour of data consumption (using 3 / 4G).Now with the premium, I prefer to put it in extreme quality in the configuration ...

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I recently switched to Premium. Before with the free I used the app a lot in the mobile, and more or less it was about 200 Mb per hour of data consumption (using 3 / 4G). Now with the premium, I pr...

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Can't control Spotify via Bluetooth

Tried connecting to a 2014 Subaru Outback and a 2013 Honda Civic. Bluetooth audio comes through fine and can control Spotify on my phone, but none of the external controls (mainly song skipping) work. Song info (track/album/artist) also doesn't displ...

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Tried connecting to a 2014 Subaru Outback and a 2013 Honda Civic. Bluetooth audio comes through fine and can control Spotify on my phone, but none of the external controls (mainly song skipping) work...

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Unable to install Spotify on a Wiko Freddy (Marshmallow-6.0)

Hi, I have troubles installing Android app on a Wiko Freddy with Marshmallow-6.0.On Play Store, the installation crashes after download phase, rebooting the device (nothing seems to be installed after this, nor there seem to be any Spotify files in t...

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Hi, I have troubles installing Android app on a Wiko Freddy with Marshmallow-6.0. On Play Store, the installation crashes after download phase, rebooting the device (nothing seems to be installed af...

Joe

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The app keeps turnng off

Hello,I have had Spotify premium on my phone for about three months now and nothing happened, but today I wanted to open the app and it just instantly turned off. I tried to uninstall it and then install it again but t doesnt work and it keeps turnin...

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Hello, I have had Spotify premium on my phone for about three months now and nothing happened, but today I wanted to open the app and it just instantly turned off. I tried to uninstall it and then i...

Joe

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turning down volume when typing or turning my phone off

Hi.I have an Oneplus 3 phone, but resently when i either go to another app, turning my screen off or when i'm typing, spotify turns down the volume, and then turning it up again after som seconds. I find this really anoying, but I have no idea what t...

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Hi. I have an Oneplus 3  phone, but resently when i either go to another app, turning my screen off or when i'm typing, spotify turns down the volume, and then turning it up again after som sec...

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My music will not sace or download to my phone

Since yesterday my app cleared all my saved and downloaded music. Im on wifi whenever i have the app on. I dont understand why this like this. Im about to cancel my subscription.

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Since yesterday my app cleared all my saved and downloaded music. Im on wifi whenever i have the app on. I dont understand why this like this. Im about to cancel my subscription. 

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