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What are the Spotify Alpha and Beta programs? By signing up as an Alpha or Beta tester of the Spotify app, you will get early versions of our new releases before we roll them out to everyone else. This is an invaluable help for us, as it allows us to...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Pixel 3a)Operating System(Android 11) My Question or IssueI'm trying to figure out how to keep Spotify playing in the background when I open another app that wants access to my phone's audio.Specifically, when I view a vid...
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Rico07
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceOnePlus 6Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueFor the last 2 or 3 weeks, whenever I play anything with Spotify on the same wifi as my phone, my phone's volume buttons will only let me change the Spotify music play...
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Plan Premium Country USA Device OnePlus 6 Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue For the last 2 or 3 weeks, whenever I play anything with Spotify on the same wifi as my p...
Albhaku
Newbie
1522 Views
4 replies
1 likes
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...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 4XLOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueSince the most recent update, Google Clock will not connect to a Spotify playlist for an alarm. In fact, it failed to even trigger my alarm at the right time. I've sin...
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 4XL Operating System Android 11 My Question or Issue Since the most recent update, Google Clock will not connect to a Spotify playlist f...
rio_rion
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33177 Views
25 replies
16 likes
Hi, i am using Stats scribbling with Spotify. I want to know that what are definition of Album, stream, minutes, artists, track in?
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Hi, i am using Stats scribbling with Spotify. I want to know that what are definition of Album, stream, minutes, artists, track in?
Sohaibahmadu
Music Fan
1570 Views
2 replies
0 likes
PlanPremium FamilyCountryCanadaDeviceGoogle Pixel 7Operating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI switched from a free plan to a Premium Family plan to try to solve my problem of Alexa not finding my created playlist, but the problem still exists.I...
Music Fan
...roblem of Alexa not finding my created playlist, but the problem still exists. I can play the playlist if I simply use the Spotify app on my phone or desktop. I have renamed the playlist several times t...
AC1943
Music Fan
736 Views
6 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceOnePlus 8 Pro streaming to Dell Optiplex 9020 (modified)Operating SystemAndroid 11 streaming to Windows 10 Pro My Question or IssueWhen i stream Spotify music from my phone to another device (mostly my PC) the playback usua...
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Plan Premium Country USA Device OnePlus 8 Pro streaming to Dell Optiplex 9020 (modified) Operating System Android 11 streaming to Windows 10 Pro My Question or Issue When i stream Spotify...
Rowvan
Casual Listener
421 Views
2 replies
0 likes
I had problems downloading Spotify playlists on my Gear S3. This solution worked for me. Setup: Spotify Premium - Gear S3 Frontier - Samsung Galaxy S10. I changed phones and when I connected my new phone to my existing Gear S3, I had to "switch" the ...
Newbie
I had problems downloading Spotify playlists on my Gear S3. This solution worked for me. Setup: Spotify Premium - Gear S3 Frontier - Samsung Galaxy S10. I changed phones and when I...
lswilson
Visitor
940 Views
1 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryThe Netherlands DeviceOneplus 5Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueSince a couple of weeks I make use of the Google clock, in which a function is built to make use of Spotify songs as wake up sound. I have to first start t...
Newbie
...unction is built to make use of Spotify songs as wake up sound. I have to first start the Spotify application to be able to select a song in the clock app. However, after selecting s song, every morning m...
Grayer123
Visitor
32628 Views
29 replies
9 likes
PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceOppo Reno4 5G Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHello, my Spotify freezes every time I connect, after 3 seconds. I can't listen to any music or go to the settings of the program. Also, when I sometimes manage ...
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Plan Premium Country France Device Oppo Reno4 5G Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hello, my Spotify freezes every time I connect, after 3 s...
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Spotify Legend
2930 Views
19 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceRedmi 10x 5g (china rom)Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueMine and others name and profile picture does not show up when i try to view it. Happened all of a sudden. Some time ago this was not happening. This pro...
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...earch box images are displaying, and when you click on the three dots to share the profilo too. Why this happens? How to fix? Spotify version is 8.4.74.463. Do not suggest me to update and use the new v...
Qw110
Casual Listener
664 Views
4 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceXiaomi A3 Operating SystemAndroid one My Question or IssueThe title/artist/álbum does not change in the car screen. The first song that sounds still fixed. It was running well until the last update. My car is a Toyota Aur...
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...ounds still fixed. It was running well until the last update. My car is a Toyota Auris and other music applications do well. This error only happens with Spotify Mobile. I've tried unlinking them a...
MafeG
Spotify Legend
1661 Views
1 replies
0 likes
This newest update is trash, let's start with that. I have never noticed this issue before, but now it seems almost constant. At work I'm usually playing spotify from my desktop computer, but I also have it downloaded on my phone (Samsung Galaxy s20)...
Casual Listener
This newest update is trash, let's start with that. I have never noticed this issue before, but now it seems almost constant. At work I'm usually playing spotify from my desktop c...
Ivan
Spotify Legend
934 Views
1 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumDeviceGalaxy S10eOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI've been using Spotify with my home audio devices for years. I have a Pioneer amplituner (Pioneer SX-N30AE) and two wireless speakers (Pioneer MRX-3). Everything was working ...
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Plan Premium Device Galaxy S10e Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue I've been using Spotify with my home audio devices for years. I have a Pioneer amplituner (Pioneer S...
Ver
Spotify Legend
6714 Views
27 replies
1 likes
Since the new update my phone can't download any new songs.There is a circle with an exclamation mark before every local song i try to add.I've reinstalled Spotify and it does not make a difference. Please take a look at this asap. This happens on 2 ...
Regular
Since the new update my phone can't download any new songs. There is a circle with an exclamation mark before every local song i try to add. I've reinstalled Spotify and it does not make a d...
Eni
Moderator
644 Views
3 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceSamsung Galaxy A52Operating SystemAndroid 11, One UI 3.1 My IssueNoticed a massive battery drain on the new Samsung A52 device. Earlier I thought it was my old iPhone's battery hence moved to a new phone. Tried following ...
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...3. Logoff, clear cache, restart the device, log in. 4. Permission Granted - Storage. (need explanation as to why camera, microphone, etc is required to play music on Spotify). 5. Uninstalled t...
Eni
Moderator
1474 Views
3 replies
0 likes
Hello, I am using Spotify Premium logged in through facebook on my LG G8XThinQ in Canada, ever since the newest update which added genre sorting on the top of liked playlists my Spotify hasn't been working properly. Every time I open Spotify it immed...
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Hello, I am using Spotify Premium logged in through facebook on my LG G8XThinQ in Canada, ever since the newest update which added genre sorting on the top of liked playlists my Spotify hasn't been w...
CarlosE
Spotify Legend
2014 Views
14 replies
0 likes
I have a Samsung j3 Luna pro with Android 7.0, not a really high powered phone but I've never had severe issues when using spotify. I just recently got premium again and had about 1500-1800 songs downloaded from my main playlist. Spotify worked just ...
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I have a Samsung j3 Luna pro with Android 7.0, not a really high powered phone but I've never had severe issues when using spotify. I just recently got premium again and had about 1500-1800 songs d...
CarlosE
Spotify Legend
1771 Views
9 replies
0 likes
My Question or IssueHey there! I've been a Spotify subscriber for a year now and I've always had this problem where the app occasionally crashes after ~45 seconds using the app. This happens on ALL my devices (I've tried two computers and an android ...
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My Question or Issue Hey there! I've been a Spotify subscriber for a year now and I've always had this problem where the app occasionally crashes after ~45 seconds using the app. This happens on A...
CarlosE
Spotify Legend
2352 Views
7 replies
0 likes
My Spotify app won't close since about 1 month ago. I am driving on the same android version CM 13 on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro.The app won't close when I press the back button several times.It won't close when I swipe it away from the recently used...
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My Spotify app won't close since about 1 month ago. I am driving on the same android version CM 13 on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro. The app won't close when I press the back button several times. I...
joshw111
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2170 Views
2 replies
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