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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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Problemas con la app

Hola! Tengonun huawei y530 quebllevo utilizándola hace unas semanas con spotify...él problema esta en que se cierra cada vez que salgo, ejemploPongo a reproducir una canción y quiero contestar un mensaje, me salgo para contestar y es al instante o un...

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Hola!  Tengonun huawei y530 quebllevo utilizándola hace unas semanas con spotify... él problema esta en que se cierra cada vez que salgo, ejemplo Pongo a reproducir una canción y quiero conte...

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Can't play a certain album

Hello,I can't play a certain album. To be more specific there is a certain album that I can't even find through search. I find it when I search for it on another device with a different account. Even if I share this album to myself I can't get to pla...

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Hello, I can't play a certain album. To be more specific there is a certain album that I can't even find through search. I find it when I search for it on another device with a different account. Ev...

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Offline music

I purchased premium so I can listen to music without having wifi, but when I select my playlist it says my playlist is not available. I had already downloaded all my songs in "your library". What do I need to do to listen to my playlist offline?

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I purchased premium so I can listen to music without having wifi, but when I select my playlist it says my playlist is not available.  I had already downloaded all my songs in "your library". &...

Titox

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Detect SD

hOLA, BUENAS TARDES, NO ME RECONOCE MI TARJETA SD DESDE LA ULTIMA ACTUALIZACION Y QUIERO BAJAR MI PLAYLIST PERO SE VA AL INTERNO YA CAMBIEN DOS SD PORQUE PENSE QUE ERA EL PROBLEMA PERO NO ME LO DETECTA, YA FORMATEE EL TELEFONO

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hOLA, BUENAS TARDES, NO ME RECONOCE MI TARJETA SD DESDE LA ULTIMA ACTUALIZACION Y QUIERO BAJAR MI PLAYLIST PERO SE VA AL INTERNO YA CAMBIEN DOS SD PORQUE PENSE QUE ERA EL PROBLEMA PERO NO ME LO DETEC...

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It's time again to ask Spotify for an option to disable Spotify Connect

It seems like just about every suggestion I've seen on these forums gets marked "not right now" by the moderators, but this is one that needs to be brought up over and over until something is done about it. I'm tired of unlocking my screen to see tha...

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It seems like just about every suggestion I've seen on these forums gets marked "not right now" by the moderators, but this is one that needs to be brought up over and over until something is done ab...

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Sync various speakers on different platforms

Hi, I have both and Ecobee4 smart thermostat with Alexa (Amazon) and various Google products (Google Home and Chromecast). Does Spotify app allows to sync the play between various units to create a multi-room setup? Thanks!

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Hi, I have both and Ecobee4 smart thermostat with Alexa (Amazon) and various Google products (Google Home and Chromecast). Does Spotify app allows to sync the play between various units to create a m...

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Phone

I have the premium Spotify on my s7 edge and have just changed to an s8 but it's not recognising the premium and now telling me to start a free trial . I pay for this but can't use it

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I have the premium Spotify on my s7 edge and have just changed to an s8 but it's not recognising the premium and now telling me to start a free trial . I pay for this but can't use it 

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Listen to local music based on my pc on my android

Hi,I Have music on my pc and I want to listen to some of them on my android device.I've follow this steps :https://support.spotify.com/fr/article/listen-to-local-files/But It doesn't work.I can see the local files on my android, but ther'es all grey....

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Hi, I Have music on my pc and I want to listen to some of them on my android device. I've follow this steps : https://support.spotify.com/fr/article/listen-to-local-files/ But It doesn't work. ...

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Spotify will not switch off with chromecast audio its weird even if i switch my phone off it is stil

this is definately not a wind up last week i connected to my hifi using Chromecast audio and an lg g5 and i could not switch it off jumped in the car and drove into town 6 miles away my mrs said the music continued playing for an hour. Obviously i ha...

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this is definately not a wind up last week i connected to my hifi using Chromecast audio and an lg g5 and i could not switch it off jumped in the car and drove into town 6 miles away my mrs said the ...

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Problems with sound quality

I'm a premium user and its been about two weeks since I've been experiencing very bad quality sound on any song I play. Songs sound muffled, like if I was playing a 96kbps mp3 or even worse. Things I have tried and tested both on WiFi and Mobile conn...

Newbie

I'm a premium user and its been about two weeks since I've been experiencing very bad quality sound on any song I play. Songs sound muffled, like if I was playing a 96kbps mp3 or even worse. Things I...

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Spotify drained my data allowance

Hi all,On the morning of 4/9/17, sometime between midnight and 8am (BST), Spotify drained nearly my entire monthly data allowance (3GB), which has cost me £12 as I had to bring forward my SIM package by nearly a whole month.I'm a bit confused as to h...

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Hi all, On the morning of 4/9/17, sometime between midnight and 8am (BST), Spotify drained nearly my entire monthly data allowance (3GB), which has cost me £12 as I had to bring forward my SIM packa...

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Now playing album artwork

So I got a new Pixel running nougat and Spotify had an awesome new now playing screen. When I updated to Oreo it went away and I was back to the same old boring screen.I then read that this feature is active only on certain user accounts bc it's stil...

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So I got a new Pixel running nougat and Spotify had an awesome new now playing screen. When I updated to Oreo it went away and I was back to the same old boring screen. I then read that this feature...

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Superuser Contribution All Song Downloads Removed - 6th time

Hi,This is the 6th time all of the songs I have downloaded have had their downloads removed. This can be a huge inconvienence since I travel often and don't always have the wifi or time to download 2,000 songs over again. I have an Android phone. How...

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Hi, This is the 6th time all of the songs I have downloaded have had their downloads removed.  This can be a huge inconvienence since I travel often and don't always have the wifi or time to do...

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Superuser Contribution Can No Longer Skip via Double-click on Earphones

Version 8.4.17.640 armV7Since 2 updates ago my earphones no longer skip songs reliably. With that I mean it may skip one or two, and then stops. If I force-stop the app and restart, it will work again for a limited time and then stop again. I have cl...

Music Fan

Version 8.4.17.640 armV7 Since 2 updates ago my earphones no longer skip songs reliably. With that I mean it may skip one or two, and then stops. If I force-stop the app and restart, it will work ag...

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No storage option in Android 7.1.1 with encrypted external microSD

Hello.I have an Xperia XZ with Android 7.1.1 and encrypted external 128GB A1 SanDisk microSD.I don't have problems with others apps but can't see storage option in Spotify last version (although I allowed all permissions, I think the app would ask fo...

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Hello. I have an Xperia XZ with Android 7.1.1 and encrypted external 128GB A1 SanDisk microSD. I don't have problems with others apps but can't see storage option in Spotify last version (although ...

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Songs glitching

Hey guys.Ive recently been having this issue where whenever im listening to music the songs are constantly glitching out for a second then continues to play. It happens constantly and i have no idea why or how to stop it. Any ideas??

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Hey guys. Ive recently been having this issue where whenever im listening to music the songs are constantly glitching out for a second then continues to play. It happens constantly and i have no ide...

CathyCat

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Superuser Contribution Unable to log on & all my saved albums deleted!

Since the last update I found that I had been logged out of Spotify and couldn't log back in. A password change enabled me to log back in. When I did I found that my saved albums had all disappeared to be replaced by these random songs from artists w...

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Since the last update I found that I had been logged out of Spotify and couldn't log back in. A password change enabled me to log back in. When I did I found that my saved albums had  all disapp...

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Superuser Contribution No more sound onChromecast

Since the last update there is no more sound via chromecast...Chromecast works perfectly with YouTube...

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Since the last update there is no more sound via chromecast... Chromecast works perfectly with YouTube...

Leonardo

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Horrible audio vía Bluetooth since last update.

8.4.17 seems to be the problem. At first I thought about the headphones, but after connecting other audio devices and using other music apps as well it was an evident Spotify issue.The higher frequencies sound distorted and there's annoying tickling ...

Roadie

8.4.17 seems to be the problem. At first I thought about the headphones, but after connecting other audio devices and using other music apps as well it was an evident Spotify issue. The higher frequ...

Huothar

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Solved!! Auto play recommended songs for Premium User

After I upgraded my account to premium, auto play recommended songs option is not working anymore. Can I enable this function back?

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After I upgraded my account to premium, auto play recommended songs option is not working anymore. Can I enable this function back? 

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