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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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easy_iice
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134 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...
Plan: PremiumCountry: PolandDevice: Google Pixel 10Operating System: Android 16My Question or IssueHi Spotify Team and Community,I'm having a UI/layout bug in the Spotify app on Android.In the main Search tab (magnifying glass icon at the bottom), th...
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...ndroid. In the main Search tab (magnifying glass icon at the bottom), there is a large empty/blank space between the search bar at the top and the results/recent searches below it. The gap appears i...
harrydevereux
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929 Views
6 replies
1 likes
Plan Premium Country India Device Oppo Reno 10 5G Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue when I try to play a song from the search page on spotify, it gives me a notification "do you want to play the video?" And...
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...rom the search page on spotify, it gives me a notification "do you want to play the video?" And gives me two options, continue on this device or not now. As I'm listening on a speaker, I chose not now, b...
Yordan
Moderator
22740 Views
113 replies
56 likes
PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePixel 3Operating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueOn version 9.0.30.642. I used to be able to search within a playlist by being in the playlist and scrolling down. This no longer works. There is also no search feature sh...
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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Pixel 3 Operating System Android My Question or Issue On version 9.0.30.642. I used to be able to search within a playlist by being in the p...
Billy-J
Spotify Star
900 Views
3 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUk DeviceSamsung Galaxy A325GOperating SystemAndroid latest My Question or IssueRepro steps:1. Navigate to search2. Type an item and use the suggested search terms e.g. type "People you" and "People You Know" will be suggested as a ...
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Plan Premium Country Uk Device Samsung Galaxy A325G Operating System Android latest My Question or Issue Repro steps: 1. Navigate to search 2. Type an item and use t...
primalcharlie
Regular
680 Views
2 replies
0 likes
Since there is no option on search for a tittle or artist in Spotify app, there is a way, I think that most of the common keyboards have the microphone option for voice dictation, but in My case on a Samsung device with the samsung keyboard was not a...
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Since there is no option on search for a tittle or artist in Spotify app, there is a way, I think that most of the common keyboards have the microphone option for voice dictation, but in My case on a...
RocioO1
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1825 Views
3 replies
1 likes
This is a bug (imho)After entering the search menu, typed in a song/artist, found your song and started playing it, you are taken to the "NOW PLAYING"-view or whatever it's called.When you press the back-arrow in the top left, you are taken back to t...
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This is a bug (imho) After entering the search menu, typed in a song/artist, found your song and started playing it, you are taken to the "NOW PLAYING"-view or whatever it's called. When you p...
Ver
Spotify Legend
424 Views
1 replies
1 likes
I have Spotify premium, when I search for artist profile and clic on it, whole app shutdown. Writ an error massage and I must start app again. If I play songs from separate play list it works but, I'm not able to look at artist profile.Spotify premiu...
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I have Spotify premium, when I search for artist profile and clic on it, whole app shutdown. Writ an error massage and I must start app again. If I play songs from separate play list it works but, I...
Novy
Moderator
541 Views
1 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePixel 4Operating SystemAndroid (Latest) My Question or Issue I assumed this was a bug and have been waiting for a fix, but I worry actually that this may be a misfeature. On the search "view" (page, screen?) there are a...
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...ctually that this may be a misfeature. On the search "view" (page, screen?) there are a list of my previous searches, clicking on any of them simply plays that song again, whereas in almost all c...
Alex
Spotify Legend
1013 Views
1 replies
1 likes
PlanPremiumCountryCroatiaDeviceSony Xperia XZ PremiumOperating SystemAndroid 9My Question or IssueVersion 8.5.66.1002 of app installed. When I go to 'Search > New Releases > New albums & singles' the section only shows 2 albums and I can't scroll fur...
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Plan Premium Country Croatia Device Sony Xperia XZ Premium Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue Version 8.5.66.1002 of app installed. When I go to 'Search > New Releases > N...
TimeAmpala
Gig Goer
2362 Views
8 replies
1 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi everyone! I never have spotify problems but now I have one. I was making a playlist and as usual when using spotify I search for a song and a list of songs app...
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...laylist and as usual when using spotify I search for a song and a list of songs appear. Now when I search podcasts and profiles and playlists appear instead? I have to scroll all the way down and search by s...
Alex
Spotify Legend
486 Views
1 replies
0 likes
I have a Spotify student account (not sure if that would affect my issue.. I don't think it should). I can play all other music on Spotify, except for Daft Punk.. I have listened to them many times before. Is it a glitch on the app? Anyone else havin...
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I have a Spotify student account (not sure if that would affect my issue.. I don't think it should). I can play all other music on Spotify, except for Daft Punk.. I have listened to them many times b...
488 Views
0 replies
0 likes
You need to stop playing a selected song twice! If I click on a song I want to hear it once then the radio. I'm not sure why you started making it play twice then start the radio but it's definitely my biggest complaint. I love Spotify but this needs...
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You need to stop playing a selected song twice! If I click on a song I want to hear it once then the radio. I'm not sure why you started making it play twice then start the radio but it's definitely ...
428 Views
0 replies
0 likes
PlanFreeCountryNLDeviceSamsung Galaxy s10Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueHi, Today I've decided to try out Spotify but my immediate impression wasn't great. I tried to create a playlist but when attempting to add a song (after clicking...
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...reat. I tried to create a playlist but when attempting to add a song (after clicking on 'add songs' in the playlist and searching for the song) the (+) button does not do anything. (see screenshot). N...
Ivan
Spotify Legend
757 Views
1 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryLithuaniaDeviceSamsung Note 8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueHi there, I got next issue:When you trying to seach for song in your Library, writen by cyrillic, search results will depend of the char case, you type.On...
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...n your Library, writen by cyrillic, search results will depend of the char case, you type. On screenshots below you can see, I am trying to find song 'Я бью...' by typing 'я' and 'Я' added to my L...
Kot03aBp
Casual Listener
880 Views
1 replies
2 likes
I'm a fellow android user using Spotify Premium daily for 3+ years, and I am so frustrated with how nonchalant and indifferent the whole company is regarding features, and the 'Idea' system that I believe that this post would resonate with at least s...
Regular
...elieve that this post would resonate with at least someone. The Problem You guys removed the swiping down motion for search & filter, an option that is still readily available on iOS, f...
1060 Views
0 replies
6 likes
DeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 After going offline, searching an artist and selecting the first song, the next song won't get played.
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Device LG G6 Operating System Android 8.0 After going offline, searching an artist and selecting the first song, the next song won't get played.
Nicolaiaiai
Music Fan
2292 Views
6 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUK Device(Samsung Galaxy 9)Operating System(Android Oreo, ) Steps to replicate1. Log in to Android App2. Click Your Library3. Click Songs4. Pull down to activate Search Filter5. Type in search term6. Play a song from filtered result...
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...lick Songs 4. Pull down to activate Search Filter 5. Type in search term 6. Play a song from filtered results 7. Press 'x' right of filter field to clear filter 8. Filter removed. 9. Wait for n...
569 Views
0 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryItaly DeviceSamsung Galaxy J5sOperating SystemAndroid 6.1 My Question or IssueLoading is stuck after every listen, the only choice I have is to restart the app every time I want to change song-playlist.Never happened before, I've al...
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Plan Premium Country Italy Device Samsung Galaxy J5s Operating System Android 6.1 My Question or Issue Loading is stuck after every listen, the only choice I have is to restart...
Loxer
Community Legend
770 Views
1 replies
0 likes
I have my own playlist containing over 7K tracks. Sometimes I only want to listen to tracks from one artist, back to back within this playlist. I go into my playlist and search for the artist. Up comes the results, only displaying tracks featuring th...
Newbie
I have my own playlist containing over 7K tracks. Sometimes I only want to listen to tracks from one artist, back to back within this playlist. I go into my playlist and search...
541 Views
0 replies
2 likes
PlanPremium (Family)CountryUnited KingdomDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0App version8.4.89.515 My Question or Issue When I try to look for music using the Search option, I get the message: Sorry, something went wrong. That didn't ...
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...or music using the Search option, I get the message: Sorry, something went wrong. That didn't work. Please have another go. I have tried clearing the cache and uninstalling/r...
637 Views
0 replies
0 likes