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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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cohendylan1
Music Fan
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131 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...
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 S...
Rowvan
Casual Listener
569 Views
2 replies
0 likes
My user story is pretty much: As a user, I want to play spotify in my car and only play my downloaded songs so I don't user my cellular data. I add songs via wifi and download to a playlist on my android phone. That's it. That's ALL I want from Spoti...
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...laylist but I haven't recognized the last three songs. I check and nope ... never heard of those artist and would not have added their songs. I realize I've been STREAMING these songs that SPOTIFY h...
Mihail
Spotify Legend
703 Views
1 replies
0 likes
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...
Music Fan
...-Apple desktop app, is not able to start streaming to e.g. chromecast / sonos. I have to start with my mobile. -When streaming via Chromecast, it always hangs/stops playing after a while, this can b...
Guido
Spotify Legend
1232 Views
2 replies
1 likes
i normally use chromecast audio to wirelessly play spotify with the speakersystem in my room which worked fine until everytime i skipped a song the music stopped playing and a google voice told me my account was used elswhere - problem is this is not...
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...poken out 'used elswhere' error. funny thing is when i play spotify on my phone and activate screen and sound streaming in googles home app it totally works (and on every other device too, j...
m_in_spain
Regular
1663 Views
2 replies
7 likes
I am connected to wifi, and listening to a playlist I have saved offline. The audio quality is good, while suddenly it drastically drops to a very low quality. I can feel the change very well, and when I go back to the player and scroll back, it chan...
Visitor
...hen I go back to the player and scroll back, it changes back to good. I set the streaming quality to automatic, but the playlist is offline, so slow wifi shouldn't be a problem. However, w...
549 Views
0 replies
1 likes
DescriptionWhen using Apple Music (IPhone5, iOS 8.4) with my car radio (Volkswagen MIB II), I can browse through a list of all albums, playlists, artists and songs on my radio. I am currently not able to get this information on my radio when using Sp...
Regular
...hrough the albums, playlists, authors, etc using my car's infotainment system when streaming spotify content. What actually happened My infotainment tells me, there is nothing to show. &n...
663 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Everything works fine except for the fact that music stops playing from time to time without me doing nothing (in the app it still shows the song playing, but it loses the sound). Sound comes back again after a while, but it is really anoying since t...
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Everything works fine except for the fact that music stops playing from time to time without me doing nothing (in the app it still shows the song playing, but it loses the sound). Sound comes back ag...
JEiris
Casual Listener
1126 Views
3 replies
0 likes
After i start Spotify on my Android I can start a track (Samsung Galaxy Note 4) and turn the screen off, when i go back to change a track or choose another playlist everything is dark gray and Spotify has not internet connection even though I have a ...
Music Fan
After i start Spotify on my Android I can start a track (Samsung Galaxy Note 4) and turn the screen off, when i go back to change a track or choose another playlist everything is dark gray and Spotif...
palmer
Music Fan
1371 Views
5 replies
0 likes
I have an Alpine UTE 72BT and have trouble playing audio over Bluetooth from Spotify on my Android LG G2. I have chosen media sound to be played via BT and I can see that the track is played in Spotify on the mobile but I'm not getting any audio in t...
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I have an Alpine UTE 72BT and have trouble playing audio over Bluetooth from Spotify on my Android LG G2. I have chosen media sound to be played via BT and I can see that the track is played in Spoti...
Daniel
Community Legend
3623 Views
1 replies
1 likes