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Solved!! Clear the queue

Plan : PremiumCountry : FranceDevice : Samsung XCover 5Operating System : Android 13Version : Spotify 8.8.96.364 My Question or IssueHello, For 2 weeks, i often have trouble with the songs queue. Playlist is added twice in the queue, or songs from th...

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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung S9Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueWhenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recie...

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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

On my lock screen, the Spotify controls no longer appear as a permanent notification while music is playing. They are still present when I expand the notification bar on an unlocked phone, however.I have tried closing and reopening the app, logging o...

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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

PlanFreeDeviceXiaomi Lite 12 Operating SystemXiaomi HyperOS My Question or IssueI logged into my account and saw that I can't play a single song and absolutely all playlists are empty. I don't know what this could be connected with. Moreover, this pr...

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Cache-size

Why does Spotify create so much cache on android phones? Fix it or loose customers.DC

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Why does Spotify create so much cache on android phones? Fix it or loose customers. DC

dedo

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Android: Display on homescreen when playing on another device

I use Spotify on a computer and on my Android phone. Everything that I play on my computer now displays on my phone. I have no need to use up data to see what I am well aware that I am listening to on my computer. I set the app to not "Show Notificat...

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I use Spotify on a computer and on my Android phone. Everything that I play on my computer now displays on my phone.   I have no need to use up data to see what I am well aware that I am liste...

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Allow user to select default sound device.

I m portuguese. Eu uso o Spotify no Android ( xiaomi mi 6). Tenho Spotify Premium, tenho playlists e musica offline. Quando estou a ouvir musica e vou mudando de musicas constantemente, chega a um ponto em que posso alterar a musica, mas nao tenho so...

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I m portuguese.  Eu uso o Spotify no Android ( xiaomi mi 6).  Tenho Spotify Premium, tenho playlists e musica offline.  Quando estou a ouvir musica e vou mudando de musicas constant...

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Local files disappearing

I've had spotify premium for more than a year because i want to store offline files for car trips. I will download albums locally and all will be great - for about 2 weeks, then every single thing i've downloaded is gone. So, i must be using more dev...

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I've had spotify premium for more than a year because i want to store offline files for car trips.  I will download albums locally and all will be great - for about 2 weeks, then every sing...

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Terrible new interface version 8.4.28.875 armv7 spotify

I just downloaded the Android app and was given a terrible app with no browse button. I contacted support through the Spotify Cares Facebook page and was told tough you are part of a beta that you didnt opt in to. **bleep**. I cant browse through any...

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I just downloaded the Android app and was given a terrible app with no browse button. I contacted support through the Spotify Cares Facebook page and was told tough you are part of a beta that you di...

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For Spotify my tablet is a smartphone

I bought a Huawei Mediapad T2 7.0 Pro tablet (7 "screen)For Spotify it is not a tablet but it is a smartphone.I can no longer listen to music in free mode.How do I make Spotify understand that my is a tablet and not a smartphone?Note: In the settings...

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I bought a Huawei Mediapad T2 7.0 Pro tablet (7 "screen) For Spotify it is not a tablet but it is a smartphone. I can no longer listen to music in free mode. How do I make Spotify understand that ...

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[Android] Support for Max/Ultra power saving

Spotify does currently not support Max/Ultra power saving mode on android devices. It would be amazing if it did.

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Spotify does currently not support Max/Ultra power saving mode on android devices. It would be amazing if it did.

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Bug in spotify, unable to dismiss advertisement.

I would like to report a bug in the android version of the spotify app. I have not bought spotify, thus I receive advertisements whilst using your app, which is fine. However today I was unable to search for a different artist whilst listening. When ...

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I would like to report a bug in the android version of the spotify app.   I have not bought spotify, thus I receive advertisements whilst using your app, which is fine. However today I was una...

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Playlist Settings Don't Sync

When I make a playlist private on my phone, it stays public on my laptop and vice versa. However it doesn't show up in my "public playlists". I just want to know if people can see what playlist I'm listening to and if they can access it even though i...

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 When I make a playlist private on my phone, it stays public on my laptop and vice versa. However it doesn't show up in my "public playlists". I just want to know if people can see what playlist...

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Spotify plays on its own

I was laying down ready to sleep when my Spotify starts playing music on it's own. It played the last song my brother played earlier. We have a shared account, however he was not playing the song nor was the app opened on my phone. Can anyone explain...

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I was laying down ready to sleep when my Spotify starts playing music on it's own.  It played the last song my brother played earlier.  We have a shared account, however he was not playing ...

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Battery usage on Experia

Hello, i have been using spotify on my phone for a while now, but a few weeks ago the phone suddenly started dying in the middle of the day. After some testing i have pinned it down to spotify using a lot of battery (while not showing this in battery...

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Hello, i have been using spotify on my phone for a while now, but a few weeks ago the phone suddenly started dying in the middle of the day. After some testing i have pinned it down to spotify using ...

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Spotify Playlist wont shuffle randomly - Android

HiI have a playlist of ~1000 songs that i cant get to shuffle properly on my android device. I have tried changing the sort by but no matter what i do i cannot get a random shuffle. For instance if it's sorted by title my play queue will show songs s...

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Hi I have a playlist of ~1000 songs that i cant get to shuffle properly on my android device. I have tried changing the sort by but no matter what i do i cannot get a random shuffle. For instance if...

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Superuser Contribution My downloaded music gets deleted

My whole library has gotten deleted numerous times. It does it just randomly not like when I update Spotify but just randomly.

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My whole library has gotten deleted numerous times. It does it just randomly not like when I update Spotify but just randomly.

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Superuser Contribution All offline music deleted abruptly

I recently boarded a flight and prepared to listen to offline music - only to find that all of my offline music from dozens of artists had been removed from my phone.What is going on here? I saw some other posts stating that the OS could delete songs...

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I recently boarded a flight and prepared to listen to offline music - only to find that all of my offline music from dozens of artists had been removed from my phone. What is going on here? I saw so...

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advertisement that hangs when i enter the app but music still playing

hi! when i exit the app n enter other apps n then come back in again, there will be an advertisement that hangs so even if i click "more info" on the ad, the ad itself doesnt move but when i scroll up or down, the app moves accordingly but the ad sti...

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hi! when i exit the app n enter other apps n then  come back in again, there will be an advertisement that hangs so even if i click "more info" on the ad, the ad itself doesnt move but when i sc...

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Spotify won't play song when mobile app first loads.

Hi, Recently I've been experiencing an issue whereby when I switch off my phone (Samsung S8+), restart it, then go to Spotify to play the first song it suggests (i.e. the one I was listening too when my phone turned off). The song won't play when I p...

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Hi,   Recently I've been experiencing an issue whereby when I switch off my phone (Samsung S8+), restart it, then go to Spotify to play the first song it suggests (i.e. the one I was listening...

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Created Playlists Don't Shuffle

The playlists I create and any other playlist don't shuffle even when I hit the shuffle button. It causes me to hear the same songs or to use up all my skips.

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The playlists I create and any other playlist don't shuffle even when I hit the shuffle button. It causes me to hear the same songs or to use up all my skips.

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Mobile Formatting Randomly switches?

So today, the formatting of spotify on my android was really weird. On the bottom, it only displays Home, Search, and Your Playlists. When playing music, you see the album cover of the artist and the bottom description says the song that are included...

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So today, the formatting of spotify on my android was really weird. On the bottom, it only displays Home, Search, and Your Playlists. When playing music, you see the album cover of the artist and the...

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Solved!! Local files Android

I recently downloaded some songs from youtube that weren't on spotify into an mp3 and imported them into my local files on spotify, on my laptop they play just fine. However, on my android mobile whenever I go to them they appear greyed out and I can...

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I recently downloaded some songs from youtube that weren't on spotify into an mp3 and imported them into my local files on spotify, on my laptop they play just fine. However, on my android mobile whe...

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