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Solved!! Clear the queue

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...

Newbie

djim43

Visitor

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Solved!! Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

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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佐藤アキラ

Roadie

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Android
autoplay
bluetooth
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Solved!! Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen

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...

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Fsanchez101

Visitor

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79 replies

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Solved!! All playlists are empty and I can't play songs

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...

Newbie

Jh011

Visitor

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580 replies

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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...

Music Fan

...ards to massively increase storage at a relatively cheap cost.   But whenever i download a bunch of tracks for offline use to save on mobile data or travelling, my spotify slows to a crawl with f...

geoffjwbet

Newbie

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4 replies

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Android
cheap
fast
Fix
sd card
slow
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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...

Music Fan

...o bring up podcasts. Switching to "offline mode" does make it quicker, but it's still slow for absolutely no reason. This is even still slow when connected to the internet. This same fault applies to s...

DavidArthur23

Regular

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18 replies

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Android
buggy
bugs
errors
faults
not working
slow
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Superuser Contribution Ultra slow load times, even on Downloads, Shows, Playlists, etc.

PlanPremium FamilyCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueFor months now, the Spotify app has been extremely slow to load pages. Even if it's the Downloads page in offline mode. No matter what I'm trying to o...

Newbie

Plan Premium Family Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy 9+ Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue For months now, the Spotify app has been extremely slow to load pages. E...

Yordan

Moderator

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Loading problems
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slow
slow loading
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Superuser Contribution Can't seem to Import local music files

PlanFamily PremiumCountryMexicoDeviceOneplus 7T 256GBOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueHello When I press the "Import your music" button on the App, it's probably scanning my storage to see if I have anything to import. Thing is, this "s...

Visitor

Plan Family Premium Country Mexico Device Oneplus 7T 256GB Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Hello   When I press the "Import your music" button on the App, it'...

Yordan

Moderator

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4 replies

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import
local
slow
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Superuser Contribution Spotify download on Android is painfully slow when my wifi is fine.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy s10eOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueOver the past week or so, Spotify seems to be re-downloading things more often than usual, and more importantly, downloads them painfully slowly. I tried to dow...

Regular

...ften than usual, and more importantly, downloads them painfully slowly. I tried to download a 20-minute podcast episode this morning, and the download didn't complete by the time I finished the episode....

CarlosE

Spotify Legend

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1 replies

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Android
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Superuser Contribution Please make Spotify on Android even slower! PLZ!!!

Hi!I am frustrated! The problem exists for about 6 months now.Here are 2 screencasts - one from my phone and one from an emulator on my PC....Could this be any slower?Cell phone:https://1drv.ms/v/s!AqHygEAnAgdYq_YnocuoX22Qrm_SDw?e=9paRI5Emulator:http...

Visitor

Hi! I am frustrated! The problem exists for about 6 months now. Here are 2 screencasts - one from my phone and one from an emulator on my PC.... Could this be any slower? Cell phone: https://1...

Uberg33k

Casual Listener

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25 replies

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slow
SLOWER
TOOSLOW
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Superuser Contribution Android App Running Slow

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceXiaomi Redmi note 8 proOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueI've been having problems with my Spotify account since my last phone, which was a Huawei P8 Lite 2017, and it is that it takes ridiculous time to loa...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device Xiaomi Redmi note 8 pro Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue I've been having problems with my Spotify account since my last phone, whi...

Elena

Moderator

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3 replies

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Android
slow
Slow Spotify. Laggy. Slow to start. Buggy. CarPlay.
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App incredibly slow on Android

FamilyPremiumUK Device(Samsung Galaxy A6)Operating System(Android Version 9) IssueThe app has been incredibly slow for about a week and a half, with the following issues recurring:Playlists, albums and artist profiles take upwards of 30 seconds to lo...

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Family Premium UK   Device (Samsung Galaxy A6) Operating System (Android Version 9)   Issue The app has been incredibly slow for about a week and a half, with the following i...

gnodmas

Casual Listener

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Android
Help
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Not Working, Very Slow

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMoto G5 PlusOperating SystemAndroid OreoMy Question or IssueI have been using Spotify very actively over the past few months, on my phone and my laptop. However, recently something happened and my app is very unresponsive...

Visitor

Plan Premium Country India Device Moto G5 Plus Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue I have been using Spotify very actively over the past few months, on my phone and my laptop....

Ivan

Spotify Legend

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1 replies

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Android
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moto
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Superuser Contribution Blank home screen and slow loading

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceGalaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid Version 9 My Question or IssueMy spotify had been slowed down significantly these past few weeks. Clicking songs to play, I would have to wait 5 or 6 seconds until the song actually plays ...

Visitor

  Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Galaxy S9 Operating System Android Version 9   My Question or Issue My spotify had been slowed down significantly these past f...

Petya

Community Legend

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2 replies

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blank homescreen
slow
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Superuser Contribution Different devices, same problems - slow to open, and app thinks it's offline

PlanPremiumDeviceSamsung Galaxy A3 and Nokia 4.2Operating SystemAndroid 8.1 (?) and 9 Takes insanely long to open app, like two or three minutes. And quite often the app says to go online despite actually streaming music at the same time. It's been l...

Visitor

Plan Premium Device Samsung Galaxy A3 and Nokia 4.2 Operating System Android 8.1 (?) and 9   Takes insanely long to open app, like two or three minutes. And quite often the app says to go...

Petya

Community Legend

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1 replies

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Android
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Stuck Loading on Galaxy S7

United StatesPremium Device: Samsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndriod 8.0 Oreo I've gone through (more than once) the steps you should go through to reset Spotify on Andriod (uninstall, delete com.spotify in Andriod/data, remove from offline devices,...

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United States Premium       Device: Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Andriod 8.0 Oreo     I've gone through (more than once) the steps you should go through to re...

martin18d

Casual Listener

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2 replies

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doesn't load
doesn't work
galaxy s7
loading
Samsung
slow
stuck loading
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Redesign causes lag in Your Library tab

PremiumDevice: hero2lte Model: samsung SM-G935F Android: 8.0.0Newest version of SpotifyMy Question or Issuehttp://imgur.com/a/GQ2mWLYWhen I click on an album or artist in the Your Library tab it loads very long, usually over 5 seconds.This was not th...

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Premium Device: hero2lte Model: samsung SM-G935F Android: 8.0.0 Newest version of Spotify My Question or Issue http://imgur.com/a/GQ2mWLY When I click on an album or artist in the Your Library t...

User_

Casual Listener

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3 replies

2 likes

Android
Android 8
android oreo
bug
Lag
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slow
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Superuser Contribution Green Spinning Circle Hangs Forever

the android version of the app regularly hangs at the green circle spinning whenever I try to put in basic search queries, and even when I go select an artist from my library, even a popular one, like Kendrick. It just hangs! How can this be? The mus...

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the android version of the app regularly hangs at the green circle spinning whenever I try to put in basic search queries, and even when I go select an artist from my library, even a popular one, lik...

Guido

Spotify Legend

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1 replies

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APP HANGS
slow
SPINING CIRCLE
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Spotify Slow/Freezing - Playlists wont stay synced with my Samsung 128gb Evo+ Micro SD with Sony XZ1

Hi Everyone,I recently got the new Sony XZ1 Compact phone, and got an 128gb Samsung Evo+ UHS Micro SD Card to go in it, so that I could sync a lot of my playlists in High Quality on my phone and take them around with me. Since Spotify has been using ...

Newbie

...ake them around with me.   Since Spotify has been using the SD card the app is running slowly/freezing/crashing, and the playlists have to re-sync many times throughout the day.   The a...

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Freezing
high quality
Playlists
Sd
slow
Sony
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Extremely slow loading times on all aspects of application

Hey, my name is Adam and I currently use a Samsung Galaxy S5 for Spotify. This problem only started around about a week ago but when I opened up Spotify, it seemed to take ages to load everything - my playlists, the application itself, images, the br...

Newbie

Hey, my name is Adam and I currently use a Samsung Galaxy S5 for Spotify. This problem only started around about a week ago but when I opened up Spotify, it seemed to take ages to load everything - m...

Punkygirl

Newbie

82866 Views

13 replies

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Android 5.0.2
application
Buffering
galaxy s5
loading
Mobile
Playlists
Samsung
samsung galaxy s5
slow
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Solved!! Spotify really slow since update

Hi I recently updated to the latest app on my Galaxy s5. Now Spotify is taking ages to load initially, finding playlist etc. Will this be fixed?

Newbie

Hi I recently updated to the latest app on my Galaxy s5. Now Spotify is taking ages to load initially, finding playlist etc. Will this be fixed?

desnewell

Casual Listener

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4 replies

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slow
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Slow downloads - Tried everything

First of all, I'd like to say what I've tried so far:- Clear offline devices @ Spotify.com- Full clean install of Spotify- Change from Normal to High and Extreme- Tried another smartphone- Tried another connection, from other places- Use a proxy insi...

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First of all, I'd like to say what I've tried so far: - Clear offline devices @ Spotify.com - Full clean install of Spotify - Change from Normal to High and Extreme - Tried another smartphone ...

llf_

Regular

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1 replies

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Android 5.1.1
slow
slow sync
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S L O W - Samsung galaxy grand prime

The application is slow and doesnt work. What van I do? Pls help!!!!

Visitor

The application is slow and doesnt work. What van I do? Pls help!!!!

dannygreenan500

Newbie

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2 replies

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Samsung galaxy grand prime
slow
slow sync
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Downloaded music appears not always to be downloded..? Also VERY slow to open playlist list??

music I have downloded to my Samsung Galaxy S5 phone, marked as downloaded by song title, often appears to be NOT downloaded after all. Device starts downloading before it can play it. Why is this? If a song is not there, why is it marked as download...

Community Legend

...f a song is not there, why is it marked as downloaded?   I have many lists, and though I list only offline ones, my phone is ultra slow handling them, and it takes forever to get up the list o...

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downloaded
Offline listening
slow
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