{"id":451370,"date":"2022-07-05T10:11:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=451370"},"modified":"2022-07-05T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:19:48","slug":"spotify-bug-prevents-app-from-loading-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/451370-spotify-bug-prevents-app-from-loading-on-android.html","title":{"rendered":"Spotify bug prevents app from loading on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify has confirmed a glitch that prevents its Android app from loading and getting stuck on the loading screen, Phone World <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoneworld.com.pk\/spotify-investigates-an-issue-that-prevents-the-app-from-opening-on-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/community.spotify.com\/t5\/Ongoing-Issues\/Spotify-app-not-loading-on-Android-devices\/idi-p\/5399960#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community thread<\/a><\/strong>, the music streaming company asked users experiencing the issue to provide further details on their device\u2019s make, model, and OS version and the version of Spotify they are running.<\/p>\n<p>No workaround has been found yet. Basic troubleshooting methods, including reinstalling the app and rebooting the device, have not been effective.<\/p>\n<p>The glitch also doesn\u2019t seem to be limited to older devices \u2014 or versions of Android \u2014 as Spotify users have confirmed the issue on recent devices, including the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and S21+.<\/p>\n<p>However, the bug doesn\u2019t seem to be widespread based on the number of complaints on the community thread.<\/p>\n<p>Spotify said it had passed the information onto the relevant team, which is currently investigating the issue.<\/p>\n<p>It added that it would post further updates on the thread as they become available.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/451198-windows-10-still-dominating-pc-gaming-systems.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10 still dominating PC gaming systems<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify has acknowledged the glitch and asked users to provide more details while it investigates the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":423592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[397,7927],"class_list":["post-451370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-android","tag-spotify"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451390,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451370\/revisions\/451390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}