App is crashing when starting a podcast
We've been receiving reports that starting podcasts in the mobile app causes it to crash. This is happening both on Apple and Android devices and it's not specific podcasts.
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We've been receiving reports that starting podcasts in the mobile app causes it to crash. This is happening both on Apple and Android devices and it's not specific podcasts.
Moderator
We've been receiving reports that starting podcasts in the mobile app causes it to crash. This is happening both on Apple and Android devices and it's not specific podcasts.
Dutch-Elvis
Music Fan
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353 comments
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We’ve received reports that the Home > Podcasts > Following feed is displaying podcasts from oldest to newest instead of newest to oldest. It happens mainly on Android devices.
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We’ve received reports that the Home > Podcasts > Following feed is displaying podcasts from oldest to newest instead of newest to oldest. It happens mainly on Android devices.
Eni
Moderator
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132 comments
192 likes
We’ve received reports that podcast episodes lose their listening progress and are starting over from the beginning. This is happening only on Android, when the following criteria are met: the episode is started from a playlist - be it a personal one...
Moderator
We’ve received reports that podcast episodes lose their listening progress and are starting over from the beginning. This is happening only on Android, when the following criteria are met: the ep...
Yordan
Moderator
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73 comments
74 likes
Hey folks, Some of you with iPads running the app version 9.0.90 may encounter a black screen when you tap the Now Playing View (bar or cover art). The app becomes unresponsive, blocking access to features like lyrics, queue, repeat, and shuffle. You...
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Hey folks, Some of you with iPads running the app version 9.0.90 may encounter a black screen when you tap the Now Playing View (bar or cover art). The app becomes unresponsive, blocking access t...
avareed
Newbie
116267 Views
283 comments
504 likes
Hey folks, We've received some reports that users are encountering an "Oops! Something went wrong. Please try again" error when attempting to access the 'Edit personal info' page (www.spotify.com/account/profile). The page does not load and the error...
Moderator
Hey folks, We've received some reports that users are encountering an "Oops! Something went wrong. Please try again" error when attempting to access the 'Edit personal info' pag...
Novy
Moderator
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2 comments
1 likes
We've received reports about the latest beta version 9.0.48 being unstable. The app may crash when opening Your Library, and playlists, albums and artist pages won’t load: an error message “something went wrong” is shown. It’s as if Spotify is offlin...
Moderator
We've received reports about the latest beta version 9.0.48 being unstable. The app may crash when opening Your Library, and playlists, albums and artist pages won’t load: an error message “something...
Eevee297
Casual Listener
30895 Views
123 comments
216 likes
We've received reports from Android users (mainly Samsung and Google Pixel) experiencing issues where the Spotify app becomes unresponsive, freezes, or crashes when connected to certain WiFi networks. The issue doesn't occur while using mobile data.
Moderator
We've received reports from Android users (mainly Samsung and Google Pixel) experiencing issues where the Spotify app becomes unresponsive, freezes, or crashes when connected to certain WiFi networks...
jpbanderson
Newbie
14524 Views
113 comments
73 likes
Hey, we're seeing reports that users are unable to subscribe to Spotify.
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Hey, we're seeing reports that users are unable to subscribe to Spotify.
Giovanni23
Newbie
6852 Views
9 comments
19 likes
We received reports from users who are unable to create Blends, or accept invitations for Blends. The error messages "Something went wrong while loading the playlist" and "505 bad getaway" appear.
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We received reports from users who are unable to create Blends, or accept invitations for Blends. The error messages "Something went wrong while loading the playlist" and "505 bad getaway"...
Maria
Moderator
2258 Views
25 comments
19 likes
We've received reports that the search function in the "Add to Playlist" menu doesn't work properly. When something is searched, it causes the menu to become unresponsive. The issue appears to be predominantly on Android.
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We've received reports that the search function in the "Add to Playlist" menu doesn't work properly. When something is searched, it causes the menu to become unresponsive. The issue appears to be pre...
Joan
Moderator
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100 comments
195 likes
We’ve received reports that users are having issues downloading podcast episodes (mainly with video) on their Android devices. The process seems to take a long time to complete and eventually fails.
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We’ve received reports that users are having issues downloading podcast episodes (mainly with video) on their Android devices. The process seems to take a long time to complete and eventually fails. ...
Yordan
Moderator
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15 comments
3 likes
We've been getting reports from users who are having issues updating the address registered on their Family plans.
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We've been getting reports from users who are having issues updating the address registered on their Family plans.
Maria
Moderator
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3 comments
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We're seeing reports that some are having issues accessing spotify.com and open.spotify.com.
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We're seeing reports that some are having issues accessing spotify.com and open.spotify.com.
Maria
Moderator
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3 comments
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Hey folks, We received some reports mentioning that the position on the playlists resets when navigating away from the app. This is currently Under investigation by internal teams.
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Hey folks, We received some reports mentioning that the position on the playlists resets when navigating away from the app. This is currently Under investigation by internal teams.
Mystery30
Newbie
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139 comments
10 likes
We've received reports from iOS users that Offline mode is automatically turning off when the app is closed and re-opened.
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We've received reports from iOS users that Offline mode is automatically turning off when the app is closed and re-opened.
bokfan83
Newbie
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40 comments
97 likes
We're receiving reports from iOS users that the app is freezing upon launch. Users are unable to tap on anything within the app as it becomes unresponsive.
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We're receiving reports from iOS users that the app is freezing upon launch. Users are unable to tap on anything within the app as it becomes unresponsive.
Demrayhalen
Music Fan
9387 Views
24 comments
57 likes
We've received reports from users that Your Library doesn't load. An error message appears: "Something went wrong - Try reloading Your Library"
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We've received reports from users that Your Library doesn't load. An error message appears: "Something went wrong - Try reloading Your Library"
MihailY
Moderator
6336 Views
60 comments
87 likes
We've received reports that the Smart Shuffle feature only plays recommended tracks. No liked songs or songs from the user's playlists are playing/visible in the queue.
Moderator
We've received reports that the Smart Shuffle feature only plays recommended tracks. No liked songs or songs from the user's playlists are playing/visible in the queue.
Blitherose
Newbie
12657 Views
31 comments
46 likes
We've received reports that the On Repeat playlist is not updating for about a week and there's one report about Repeat Rewind.
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We've received reports that the On Repeat playlist is not updating for about a week and there's one report about Repeat Rewind.
AtuaNui
Casual Listener
17035 Views
44 comments
50 likes
We've received reports from users unable to play songs from artists' popular songs list on the artist page when using the desktop app. The Web Player is unaffected.
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We've received reports from users unable to play songs from artists' popular songs list on the artist page when using the desktop app. The Web Player is unaffected.
MihailY
Moderator
1976 Views
13 comments
8 likes