Spotify bugs, issues & new features tracker (cont. updated)

On this page, we are tracking Spotify for existing bugs & issues as well as new features that are being added to the service. We understand that it’s humungous task to keep all this info always updated on a single page like this, that’s why we want to make it clear that this tracker is our best effort at the moment. Of course, we are continously making improvements to this tracker page, and if any of you has any feedback for us to further improve this page, then you are most welcome to share it in the comments section at the bottom of this page. 

 

For now, this tracker is broadly divided into two sections:

While we cannot accomodate all the details in these sections as we’ve tried to maintain them in an easily accessible tabular format, we do have a few useful resources for you in case you want to know more about a particular bug/issue/problem or new feature.

 

Following is the list:

 

The following table is being constantly updated to reflect relevant and latest information on bugs and issues plaguing the Spotity service.

 

Affected Platform	Bug/Issue description	Current Status	Workarounds
All	Liked songs not syncing between mobile and desktop	Acknowledged
Speaker System	Unable to connect to NUVO audio systems	Fixed	Available
Amazon Echo	Music cuts out or stops briefly	Acknowledged
All	Downloaded songs not playing when offline	Unacknowledged
Google Assistant	Unable to play specific songs	Acknowledged	Available
Apple Watch	Unable to download music for offline listening	Fix delayed indefinitely	Available
Desktop app	Sonos speakers not appearing	Acknowledged
Desktop app	Podcast appear in alphabetical order	Escalated
All	Queue changes after switching device with Spotify Connect	Under investigation
iOS	Music stops playing when adding songs with add button	Under investigation
TV	Poor podcast video quality	Under investigation
All	“There was a problem” error when joining Premium Duo	Under investigation
Mobile app	Recently Played songs not updating	Under investigation
All	Three months Premium offer activates only for one month	Fixed
Android	Now Playing progress bar missing	Acknowledged	Available
All	‘Get the best experience on Android 12… Allow Bluetooth’ persistent pop-up	Under investigation
All	Can’t find Jimin’s Spotify profile	Unacknowledged
All	‘Discover Weekly’ not playing or loading	Fixed
iOS	Blue box/border around lyrics section	Fixed
iOS	App crashing when streaming video podcasts	Re-surfaced
iOS	App not showing up on BMW ConnectedDrive menu	Fixed
Android	Unable to play music	Acknowledged	Available
Android	Playlists appearing empty	Acknowledged	Available
Android	Spotify app crashing on Vivo devices	Fixed	Available
All	Discover Weekly has same songs as last week	Acknowledged
Windows	App crashing on login screen, when changing songs or during playback	Acknowledged
iOS	Unable to select song in Radio Playlist	Under investigation
iOS	Download audio quality options missing	Allegedly fixed
iOS	Getting error when opening Podcast Charts	Investigating
Alexa	Unable to play songs	Investigating
Android & iOS	App not loading or stuck on black loading screen	Investigating
Desktop	Progress bar stutters or freezes	Fixed
iOS	Home page not loading in offline mode	Fixed
All	‘Liked Songs’ playlist empty or disappeared	Investigating
Desktop	Scrolling up while dragging a song on playlists functionality not working	Fixed
Android	Playback stops unexpectedly	Investigating
Spotify mobile app	Spotify Radio playing only 1-3 songs	Fixed
Android	Spotify mini player album cover not showing	Unacknowledged
Desktop app & Web player	Lyrics function not showing or working	Unacknowledged
Desktop app & Web player	Artist pages not loading	Fixed
Android	Android 13 (API 33) media player support not available	Rolling out
Mobile/Desktop app/Web player	Podcasts not working or playing	Investigating
Apple Watch (WatchOS 9)	Streaming suddenly stopping	Investigating (workaround)	Available
Desktop app & Web player	Getting error while typing in playlist’s search bar	Investigating
Desktop app	Spotify Connect not working	Resurfaced; acknowledged	Available
Android & iOS	Users not liking new home page UI	Acknowledged
All	Unable to play new Podcasts	Investigating
Android	Blend story not responsive	Investigating
Android	Albums not loading	Investigating
Android	Liked songs not loading	Fix in works
Android	Shuffle play repeats certain songs	Fix in works
Android & iOS	Spotify Canvas disappeared or not showing	Unacknowledged
iOS	Podcast episode list scroll location resetting to top	Acknowledged
Desktop app	Artist name mentioned twice in recently played section	Escalated
iOS & Desktop app	Sorting issue	Fix in works
Playstation 5	Volume output too low	Investigating
All	‘First song you played this year’ pop-up not showing up for some	Unacknowledged
PlayStation 5	Volume output is too low	Investigating
All	Users unable to accept subscription fee increase for Premium plan	Investigating
All	Spotify showing random album covers & missing the ‘song preview’ feature	Investigating
All	Users want Dream SMP (or DSMP) genre removed	Unacknowledged
All	Users unable to unhide songs from playlists	Unacknowledged
All	Local files not showing up	Unacknowledged
Desktop	Moving forward/backward on a song skips to the next one in the playlist	Acknowledged	Available
All	‘Device limit reached’ error message using only 1 device	Unacknowledged
Apple Watch Series 3	App crashing or not working while opening	Unacknowledged
Xbox	App not working	Unacknowledged
All	Issue while playing tunes outside of ‘Liked songs’ or playlist on Desktop	Investigating
Desktop	‘error-dialog.generic.body’	Unacknowledged
All	Spotify Wrapped 2022 slideshow not working or missing	Unacknowledged	Available
iOS	Sleep timer not working	Acknowledged	Available
All	Spotify ads get louder as compared to the music volume	Unacknowledged
iOS	‘Enhanced’ option not turning off	Unacknowledged
All	Spotify lyrics still missing, wrong or not in sync	Unacknowledged
All	Spotify queued tracks disappearing, screen going blank, and unresponsive play button	Investigating
All	Spotify mood playlist that shows genre, day & time of day missing	Intended
All	Spotify constantly showing Premium subscription pop-up even after cancelation	Intended
All	Spotify queue repeating the same songs	Unacknowledged	Available
Apple CarPlay	‘Spotify is offline’ error in Home tab	Investigating	Available
All	First song is repeating in playlist	Unacknowledged
All	Friend Activity tab missing	Unacknowledged
All	Unable to turn off ‘Smart Shuffle’	Unacknowledged	Available
All	Songs repeating in queue even with ‘Shuffle’ turned on	Investigating	Available
All	Genre filters broken	Acknowledged	Available
All	App automatically skipping songs	Unacknowledged
All	Premium users getting pop up ads or recommendations in app	Unacknowledged
All	VIBE by Taeyang (ft. Jimin) song not yet available in some countries	Unacknowledged
All	Getting errors when connecting Spotify account to Facebook	Unacknowledged
Android TV & Google TV	Display or UI zoomed in	Investigating	Available
Android & iOS	Share option not working	Fixed
Android & iOS	Album cover not showing up for shared tracks	Investigating
Android & iOS	Cover art on Local files not showing		Available
All	‘Enhanced’ playlist not playing or throwing error	Fixed	Available
All	Changing the ‘heart button’ to the ‘plus sign’ causing divided reactions	Acknowledged
All	Sleep timer unavailable when casting	Unacknowledged
Android	Moon icon placement in center gets criticized	Unacknowledged
All	‘Payment failed’ error despite successful payment	Investigating
All	Integration with Google Clock alarm not working	Investigating	Available
All	Personalized playlist covers not loading	Escalated for investigation
All	Unable to access new AI DJ	Rolling out
iOS	DJ Button missing from Now Playing view	Fixed	Available
All	‘Enhanced’ button removed and replaced with Smart shuffle	Intended
iOS	App loads slowly or goes unresponsive	Investigating
All	Spotify to restore green hearts icon	Acknowledged
All	‘New episodes’ tab removed from Podcasts page	Intended
All	Autoplay feed on new homepage UI criticized	Intended	Available
iPhone and Mac	Autoplay and skip button functionality broken	Unacknowledged
All	Can’t cancel subscription on Account page	Investigating
iOS	Users unable to play songs in the playlist from search	Investigating	Available
iOS	Users unable to play selected podcast episode from Search	Investigating	Available
Android, Linux, macOS, Windows	Support for old app versions discontinued	Intended	Workarounds
All	Volume randomly setting to Max on Alexa-powered speakers	Acknowledged
PC	Discord Spotify status not working or displaying	Fixed
All	Cancel subscription button not working	Investigating
Google Nest Hub	Artist name, track & album cover details missing when casting to speaker group	Unacknowledged
Desktop app	New ‘Now Playing View’ sidebar gets criticized	Unacknowledged	Available
Android app	Shared lyrics’ showing massive space or gap between lines on Android	Unacknowledged
All	Spotify users unable to join or accept family plan invites	Unacknowledged
Android app	Spotify crashing after latest update	Unacknowledged	Available
All	Spotify Premium Student accounts showing as free in app and web player	Acknowledged
Desktop	Spotify desktop app ‘Back button’ restarting playlist (not remembering position)	Acknowledged
All	Music pauses or stops playing after an ad	Acknowledged
All	App crashing when playing songs from liked playlist	Acknowledged
All	Spotify ‘Recently Played’ section missing or disappeared from home screen	Acknowledged
All	Spotify ‘Lyrics’ allegedly a Premium feature now	Unacknowledged
Desktop	Spotify lyrics aligned to the left	Acknowledged
iOS	Unable to add songs to playlists	Acknowledged	Available
All	Spotify ‘add to queue’ option for playlists missing	Acknowledged
All	Spotify faces backlash for locking basic features behind Premium subscription	Unacknowledged
All	Spotify users cannot move playlists within folders	Acknowledged
All	Play count not saperated by comma	Investigating
iOS	Playlist creators not showing on iOS app after latest update	Investigating
macOS	Desktop app crashing or Home page not loading	Fixed
iOS	iOS app crashing or stopping media playback	Investigating
iOS	Spotify app widget turning black on iOS	Intended
Android app	Stuttering audio or no sound at all in Spotify	Unacknowledged

Spotify New Features

Description of new feature	Status	Supported devices
Spotify Pet Playlist	Rolling out	All
Community tab to check friends’ activity	Under development	All
Spotify Supergrouper playlist feature	Rolling out	All
Spotify Friends Mix	Rolling out	iOS & Desktop
Individual buttons for Shuffle and Play for Premium users	Rolling out	iOS & Android
Separate feeds for music and podcasts	Coming soon	Android & iOS
In-app audio reactions that can be published as podcasts	Coming soon	All
Spotify HiFi streaming	Coming soon	All
Support for Amazon’s latest TVs	Rolling out	All
Music playlists for Delta	Rolling out	All
Spotify app revamp	Rolling out	Apple Watch
User Choice Billing	Rolling out	All
Toggle to disable or hide Podcasts from home page	Internal review	All
Native support for Apple HomePod	Requested (1,2,3,4)	Apple HomePod
Demand for Spotify ‘Karaoke mode’ escalates	Requested	All
Rewards Program	Rolling out	All
New Year’s Hub	Rolling out	All
Spotify Connect devices will show in output switcher of Android 13’s media player	Confirmed	Android
‘Media tap to transfer’ feature	Coming soon	Android
Changing the heart button to a plus	Coming soon	All
GLOW Equity Program for LGBTQIA+ creators	Available	All
Advanced playlist-creation options within the assembly itself	Coming soon	All
New Spotify widget for Windows 11	Coming soon	PC
Exclude from your taste profile	Rolling out	All
AI feature called ‘DJ’	Coming soon	All
Spotify mobile app unable to add local or offline files to playlist	Coming Soon	All
AI DJ bot not remembering genre/mood preferences	Unacknowleged	All
Broadcast-to-podcast	Released	All
Your Offline Mix	Coming soon	All
AI DJ for Tesla	Requested	All
New Android widget pairs ‘now playing’ with ‘recommendations’	Released	All
Share songs as an audio surprise	Under testing	All
Daylist	Rolling out	All
Showcase	Rolling out	All
Spotify Jams	Rolling out	All
AI Voice Translation for Podcasters	Rolling out	All
New Supremium subscritpion tier with 24-Bit Lossless Audio	Coming soon	All