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New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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  • Sazid11
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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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  • Daniel
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    Guide
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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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Superuser Contribution Ongoing Android Issues

For the past month, my Spotify app has had numerous issues that I can't find anywhere else, and it's become unusable. 1. When I start the app, regardless of if using WiFi or mobile data, it takes a very long time to load. 2. When I go to play anythin...

  • Regular
  • ...he next song, sometimes it will keep playing for several minutes.    Specs  - Moto G Stylus 5G 2022 - Mobile app  - Android 12 - Student premium plan   What I've t...
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    spotify playback issues
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Superuser Contribution Android TV - External Keyboards Not Working Since GUI Update

Plan: PremiumCountry: UKDevice: Sony XF90 Android TV My Question or Issue Hi Spotify Community, For the last 18 months I've been using the Spotify Android TV App on my Sony TV, in combination with an external wireless keyboard connected to the TV's U...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: UK Device: Sony XF90 Android TV   My Question or Issue   Hi Spotify Community,   For the last 18 months I've been using the Spotify Android TV App on m...
  • burtcrepeault
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    keyboard
    TV
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 15sec skip forward / backwards buttons gone from Android Auto with June 29 Update

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceSamsung Galaxy S7 EdgeOperating SystemAndroid Oreo. Android Auto in VW My Question or IssueWith the most recent update to Spotify on the Android platform, the buttons that allow 15sec skip forwards & skip backwards h...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia   Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Operating System Android Oreo.   Android Auto in VW    My Question or Issue With the most recent u...
  • Susan_GP
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  • 15sec
    Android
    android auto
    bug
    playback
    podcast
    skip backwards
    skip forward
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Superuser Contribution I can't play or access anything with the android app.

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceZTE Nubia Red Magic 7 16/256Operating SystemAndroid 12My Question or IssueI can't use Spotify.I tried reinstalling, updating, and everything and it just doesn't work.The app says like "Something occured. Try again?" I pre...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7 16/256 Operating System Android 12 My Question or Issue I can't use Spotify. I tried reinstalling, updating, and everything and it j...
  • Yordan
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    nothing
    Play
    Playlists
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Superuser Contribution Spotify loses registration as media player in quick settings (losing control over playback)

EDIT 2024-01-27: microG does track this issue in https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/2118 PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceFairphone 4Operating SystemLineage OS 20 with microG (Build Android 13) My IssueWhen restarting Spotify & playing back music...

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  • ...icroG (Build Android 13)   My Issue When restarting Spotify & playing back music, the app correctly registers itself as media playback with controls in the quick settings / notification a...
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Superuser Contribution Possible injection vulnerability

See screenshots. This Album has 2 colons in the album name. The content to the left of them gets truncated in the featured panel on the home view. PlanPremium CountryUnited Kingdom DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10 Operating System(Android 12)

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  • ...ingdom   Device Samsung Galaxy S10   Operating System (Android 12)
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    bug
    vulnerability
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[Android] How do I put a podcast on loop?

I was listening to a short podcast and I wanted it to be on loop but there was no "Loop" button. What do I do?

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  • I was listening to a short podcast and I wanted it to be on loop but there was no "Loop" button. What do I do?
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Superuser Contribution Android App has become virtually unusable

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevice(ALL ANDROID DEVICES)Operating System(Android all versions) My Question or IssueThis isn't particularly a question, more-so than bringing it to your attention as the app store reviews are hardly seeing any response fr...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device (ALL ANDROID DEVICES) Operating System (Android all versions)   My Question or Issue This isn't particularly a question, more-so than bringing i...
  • vaajy
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    buggy
    bugs
    errors
    faults
    not working
    slow
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Superuser Contribution Video Podcasts will not play in car when connected on bluetooth

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S10+Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI've noticed when connected to my car via bluetooth (no android auto), the video part of any podcast will not load. The audio will work, but it seems the vid...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue I've noticed when connected to my car via bluetooth (no android auto), the v...
  • Back2Piracy
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    bluetooth
    podcast
    Video Podcast
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Superuser Contribution Shared links doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceOnePlus NordOperating SystemAndroid 11BrowserChrome, Brave My Question or IssueI've seen other topics here about shared links not working and they've been closed without action, like this one for example: https://communi...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device OnePlus Nord Operating System Android 11 Browser Chrome, Brave   My Question or Issue I've seen other topics here about shared links not working a...
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  • Android
    Share links
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Superuser Contribution Android widget forgets which song it played after pausing

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePixel 4a & LG G6Operating SystemAndroid 10, Android 11 My Question or IssueThe Spotify widget seems to forget that it was playing a song if I pause and go do something else with my phone. After I come back to my homescre...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Pixel 4a & LG G6 Operating System Android 10, Android 11   My Question or Issue The Spotify widget seems to forget that it was playing a song i...
  • De_Gilbert
  • Newbie
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  • Android
    forgets
    stops
    Widget
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Werbung schon nach kurzer Zeit obwohl halbe Stunde Werbefrei sein sollte?

Hallo Spotify User,ich habe grundsätzlich kein Problem, wenn Werbung (leise!) dudelt. Im Radio ist es bei den Privaten nicht anders. Zitat Spotify: "genieße 30 Minuten Musik ohne Unterbrechung"!Bei mir (verschiedene Geräte) kommt aber Werbung fast im...

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  • Hallo Spotify User, ich habe grundsätzlich kein Problem, wenn Werbung (leise!) dudelt. Im Radio ist es bei den Privaten nicht anders. Zitat Spotify: "genieße 30 Minuten Musik ohne Unterbrechung"! ...
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    Commercial
    free account
    freetime
    Windows 10
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Superuser Contribution Local Files Sync, but Playlist Doesn't Recognize Them

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceGoogle Pixel 5a 5GOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or Issue So, starting on the 31st of January, my local files that I synced between my PC and my Android app suddenly unloaded, becoming grayed out. I've had this sort ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Google Pixel 5a 5G Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue   So, starting on the 31st of January, my local files that I synced between m...
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    local files
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Superuser Contribution SD card performance issue fix

Hello everyone, I've been using spotify on android for a number of years. but with small capacity phones. 16gb, 32 gb and now 64 gb with a s9 plus. i've always bought cheap sd cards to massively increase storage at a relatively cheap cost. But whenev...

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  • Hello everyone,   I've been using spotify on android for a number of years. but with small capacity phones. 16gb, 32 gb and now 64 gb with a s9 plus.   i've always bought cheap sd c...
  • vaajy
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    cheap
    fast
    Fix
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    slow
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Superuser Contribution Can't play many downloaded songs

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePixel 6Operating SystemAndroid 14Spotify Version8.8.90.893 Half of the songs in my downloaded Liked songs don't play when tapped. The song bar disappears when they are tapped. But I can play those same songs from the Sea...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Pixel 6 Operating System Android 14 Spotify Version 8.8.90.893   Half of the songs in my downloaded Liked songs don't play when tapped. The song b...
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Superuser Contribution Storage Location Reverts Back to Internal Storage from SD Card

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S20Operating SystemAndroid 11Either after an app update, or seemingly randomly, Spotify reverts the storage for downloaded music back to internal storage from the SD Card.I have had the music stored on ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Samsung Galaxy S20 Operating System Android 11 Either after an app update, or seemingly randomly, Spotify reverts the storage for downloaded m...
  • Shade11489
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    storage
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Superuser Contribution Android app playback stops in background while elapsed time goes on endlessly

PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceSony Xperia 10 IV Operating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueEverytime I listen to music with spotify while the phone screen is off, a few tracks in, when it moves to the next track, it stops playing, just silence. Upo...

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  • Plan Premium   Country UK   Device Sony Xperia 10 IV   Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue Everytime I listen to music with spotify while the phone s...
  • p-xo_4esh8n7
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    Playback issue
    Spotify
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Superuser Contribution "Liked Songs" playlist won't play

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePixel 4 xlOperating SystemAndroid 11 beta My Question or IssueAs the title says, my "liked songs" list isn't playing. All other playlists are working normally. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app already. I also...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States Device Pixel 4 xl Operating System Android 11 beta   My Question or Issue As the title says, my "liked songs" list isn't playing. All other p...
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    Android 11 beta
    liked songs
    Pixel 4xl
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Superuser Contribution Sort Albums by release date

Country Brazil Operating System (Android 11) My Question or Issue Recently i started to use the function to add the albums i listen to in my library, but the sorting functions don't serve me completely as i would like to sort my albums by release dat...

  • Casual Listener
  • Country   Brazil   Operating System   (Android 11)   My Question or Issue   Recently i started to use the function to add the albums i listen to in my library, b...
  • Ximzend
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  • Album library
    Android
    Release date
    sort by
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Superuser Contribution [Liked Songs] Switching from shuffle to linear playback resets queue to first song

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(OnePlus 6)Operating System(Android 11)Spotify Version(8.8.96.394) My Question or IssueThe issue relates to the different playback modes, which I will call linear (L), shuffle (S), and smart shuffle (SmS). The issue see...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device (OnePlus 6) Operating System (Android 11) Spotify Version (8.8.96.394)   My Question or Issue The issue relates to the different playback modes, w...
  • Daibly
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  • Android
    liked songs
    shuffle
    smart shuffle
    sorting
    start from beginning
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