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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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tictoc0417
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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...
I know it is a community forum, I'm just hoping a dev or an employee of Spotify will see this.Anyway, here's my question :Are you going to fix the """smart""" shuffle ?I know I'm the first nor will I be the last to complain about this, but I can't sh...
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I know it is a community forum, I'm just hoping a dev or an employee of Spotify will see this. Anyway, here's my question : Are you going to fix the """smart""" shuffle ? I know I'm the first n...
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PlanPremiumUSADevice(Samsung Galaxy 10+)Operating System( Android 9.0 Pie)Spotify version8.5.24.762 My Question or IssueSpotify mobile will only open URI links in shuffle mode. I've removed the cache,a dn uninstalled and reinstalled several times. Th...
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Plan Premium USA Device (Samsung Galaxy 10+) Operating System ( Android 9.0 Pie) Spotify version 8.5.24.762 My Question or Issue Spotify mobile will only open URI links in shuffle...
SpotyThrowbacks
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceAsus ZenFone 4Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or IssueWhen I play shuffle on an artist's plage, the automated playlist creates a playlist with duplicated songs immediately one after the other. You can see this in...
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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Asus ZenFone 4 Operating System Android 8.0 My Question or Issue When I play shuffle on an artist's plage, the automated playlist creates a...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceSamsung Galaxy 10 PlusOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueHello, a day ago I noticed that my songs were repeating when I played them in shuffled mode. This seemed odd as I have a lot of saved songs.Toda...
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...layed them in shuffled mode. This seemed odd as I have a lot of saved songs. Today it happened again, it seems that spotify is shuffling only 10-20 songs from the list. I had the repeat toggle on so t...
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I cannot get shuffle to stop. I am a premium member. I have gone onto the song page and deselected the shuffle icon. I have clicked the first song in the album to start playing.Incidentally when I do choose to use shuffle on a large playlist it only ...
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I cannot get shuffle to stop. I am a premium member. I have gone onto the song page and deselected the shuffle icon. I have clicked the first song in the album to start playing. Incidentally w...
Guido
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremium via Phone Provider CountryNew Zealand DeviceHaweui P20 Pro Operating System( Android 9 ) My Question or Issue Hi I do not have Shuffle play on my Playlists any more has shuffle play been removed? I have attached photo of my Playlist it ju...
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...bsp; I do not have Shuffle play on my Playlists any more has shuffle play been removed? I have attached photo of my Playlist it just says play not shuffle like it used to Thomas B...
cohenfs
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceXiaomi Mi A1Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueHey, for some reason whenever I tap play on a song in my 'Liked Songs' playlist, shuffle turns off automatically. It used to be always on if you set it so but ...
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...laylist, shuffle turns off automatically. It used to be always on if you set it so but recently it started doing this thing.
MaxieWoxy
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceSamsung galaxy Note 9Operating SystemAndroid 9.0 My Question or Issue since the update, when i select a song in a random playlist, the suffle mode automatically disables, and i have to enable it every time. very ann...
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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Samsung galaxy Note 9 Operating System Android 9.0 My Question or Issue since the update, when i select a song in a random playlist, t...
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Hi! I listen to a lot of small independent artists, and I've noticed for a while now that when I use the shuffle button almost every song is added to the play queue twice in a row. Quite frustrating to have this kind of silly bug in such a basic feat...
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Hi! I listen to a lot of small independent artists, and I've noticed for a while now that when I use the shuffle button almost every song is added to the play queue twice in a row. Quite f...
Peter
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Premium Spotify user in the US, using a Galaxy S8. I have a playlist with plenty of songs from a few of my favorite bands. The issue I am experiencing is that while on shuffle the playlist completely fails to play one particular band's songs -- entir...
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Premium Spotify user in the US, using a Galaxy S8. I have a playlist with plenty of songs from a few of my favorite bands. The issue I am experiencing is that while on shuffle the playlist c...
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PlanPremium FamilyCountryGermany DeviceSony Xperia X / Linux LaptopOperating SystemAndroid Oreo / openSUSE Linux 42.3 My Question or IssueHi! I don't understand the rationale why the Android app most of the time shows a big green "Shuffle" play butto...
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...nderstand the rationale why the Android app most of the time shows a big green "Shuffle" play button atop every track list (even for albums which you (I) usually play in order) and the Desktop app usually i...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceOnePlus 5TOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueEverytime I switch playback device, the shuffle order of what I'm listening to completely resets, keeping only the current track. Happens when switching to pla...
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Plan Premium Country Australia Device OnePlus 5T Operating System Android Pie My Question or Issue Everytime I switch playback device, the shuffle order of what I'm listening to c...
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PlanPremiumCountry USADevice(Moto x4)Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue I'm using Spotify connect from my Android to a Yamaha receiver and it is not shuffling at all. It plays the songs in a playlist in order; you can actually see it s...
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Plan Premium Country USA Device (Moto x4) Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue I'm using Spotify connect from my Android to a Yamaha receiver...
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PlanPremiumCountry Unites StatesDeviceSamsung Note8Operating System Android Oreo My Question or issueI keep having this issue where my playlist that I have that has over 4,000 songs won't shuffle. it'll choose a number of songs from the first 25 to 3...
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...hat has over 4,000 songs won't shuffle. it'll choose a number of songs from the first 25 to 30 songs or so and shuffle only those . Sometimes I'll choose a track much further down the list and start s...
Mantisentil
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PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceChromecast, cast from Galaxy S8. My Question or Issue This has been going on for at least a year and still isn't fixed, the old threads are now closed because they are out of date, but it's still ongoing. If you click shuff...
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...hreads are now closed because they are out of date, but it's still ongoing. If you click shuffle play, or pick manually and toggle shuffle, and then play through a Chromecast the first song is random, b...
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PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePixel 2, Amazon Show, and Windows 10 PCOperating SystemLatest Android, both spotify and OS up to date My Question or Issue I've seen this issue several times on these forums even back in 2016 and there seems to be now way ...
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...his issue several times on these forums even back in 2016 and there seems to be now way to properly shuffle a large playlist in spotify, no matter what way the playlist is sorted. If it's sorted by d...
wordsmythe
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceSmart TVOperating SystemLatest Android OS for TV (updated recently) My Question or IssueHey guys! I am not sure if this is specific to my Smart TV or Spotify in general, but your shuffle mechanics seem to be behaving ...
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...mart TV or Spotify in general, but your shuffle mechanics seem to be behaving strangely. My girlfriend and I have used Spotify Premium for over 2 years now, and our main playlist has a...
VWormwood
Newbie
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Premium, NL, OnePlus 3t, fully updated. Guys, I don't know, whats going on over there, but this app is getting worse every week. Let me give you a quick summary of problems I'm encountering and the latest.-an useless shuffle mode, in playlist over 10...
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...ncountering and the latest. -an useless shuffle mode, in playlist over 100 songs (I know, tickets are open for years about this). -the once in a while, not able to search a song (being offline), w...
Guido
Spotify Legend
1257 Views
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PlanPremiumCountry USDevicePixel 2Operating SystemAndroid 9 (Pie) My Question or Issue Whenever I open the app and play an album, it defaults to shuffle/repeat. VEERY frustrating as that isn't the preferred way to listen to an album (I know I'm not a...
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Plan Premium Country US Device Pixel 2 Operating System Android 9 (Pie) My Question or Issue Whenever I open the app and play an album, it defaults to shuffle/repeat. V...
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Since the update, my playlist doesn't shuffle anymore. Every time I start Spotify, it plays the first song on my list, then the second, then the third, etc. Always in the same order. Always from the top. That means I always hear the same 10-15 songs,...
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Since the update, my playlist doesn't shuffle anymore. Every time I start Spotify, it plays the first song on my list, then the second, then the third, etc. Always in the same order. Always from t...
imzadi481
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