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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...
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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cohendylan1
Gig Goer
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156 replies
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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...
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...
Hello, everyone. I am experiencing a very annoying problem. I have always used an external equalizer for my cell phone, and until this morning everything was working perfectly. Now Spotify seems to be managing the audio all by itself, and neither the...
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Hello, everyone. I am experiencing a very annoying problem. I have always used an external equalizer for my cell phone, and until this morning everything was working perfectly. Now Spotify seems to b...
spiralhead
Newbie
4766 Views
13 replies
2 likes
Hey all, an Audio Engineer here. I have a few questions about the EQ on Spotify, specifically the Bass Boost and Surroundsound sliders. From a technical standpoint, what do they actually do? Are they reactive to the music? Meaning they would act diff...
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Hey all, an Audio Engineer here. I have a few questions about the EQ on Spotify, specifically the Bass Boost and Surroundsound sliders. From a technical standpoint, what do they actually do? Are t...
MNowlan
Visitor
4054 Views
4 replies
1 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 2 XLOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueI enjoy being able to tweak the sound, but the EQ issues are very frustating. When skipping songs via previous/next or choosing new songs, the music is substantially...
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 2 XL Operating System Android Pie My Question or Issue I enjoy being able to tweak the sound, but the EQ issues are very frustating. When s...
ColinMoore
Regular
2496 Views
5 replies
4 likes
PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceRedmi 4AOperating SystemAndroid 7.1.2Good morning, I have the following problem: The EQ turns itself off. The app works normally but when you change songs, it deactivates. When entering the EQ screen it is activated a...
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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Redmi 4A Operating System Android 7.1.2 Good morning, I have the following problem: The EQ turns itself off. The app works normally but when you c...
OscarDC
Moderator
698 Views
2 replies
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As a musician and a music fan, I require a good sound experience. It would be great to have the Spotify's library in the Poweramp app. So we can take advantage using the Poweramp excelent equalizer, or, Spotify can provide us a good EQ and not using ...
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As a musician and a music fan, I require a good sound experience. It would be great to have the Spotify's library in the Poweramp app. So we can take advantage using the Poweramp excelent eq...
Alex
Spotify Legend
1702 Views
2 replies
3 likes
Phone model: Samsung Galaxy Note 2OS: Android 4.1.2Spotify Version: 0.5.13.63 Hi there, I've been happily using Spotify for a few months now, no real problems to speak of. Recently however (possibly since the latest batch of updates) a nasty little b...
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...potify's built in EQ switched on, when a new song starts, or you skip within a track using the slider bar, I get a huge volume spike for a moment before the volume reduces back to normal level. &n...
FerretNobleman
Newbie
30546 Views
80 replies
13 likes
Ok, I'm a noob here and I've searched quite a bit, still not finding anything about this even though I'm pretty sure I've gotten as far as I have thanks to this board. I can get my EQ settings perfect using Spotify on my GS6 (takes me to my phone's n...
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Ok, I'm a noob here and I've searched quite a bit, still not finding anything about this even though I'm pretty sure I've gotten as far as I have thanks to this board. I can get my EQ s...
mo4ya2000
Regular
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5 replies
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