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New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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Solved!! Spotify plays on both phone and computer at the same time

Sometimes when I get to work, stop listening to Spotify on my phone, and start listening using the desktop app on my computer, it starts playing through my phone's speakers as well as through the computer. It can be quite embarrassing as I'm wearing ...

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  • Sometimes when I get to work, stop listening to Spotify on my phone, and start listening using the desktop app on my computer, it starts playing through my phone's speakers as well as throu...
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Local data from smartphone

Hey there,I used to work often with the local data function. But I am not able to get connected with a laptop or desktop at the moment. It would be great if you could make it possible that we can add songs from local data of our smartphone. It's real...

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  • Hey there, I used to work often with the local data function. But I am not able to get connected with a laptop or desktop at the moment. It would be great if you could make it possible that we can a...
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I can't find a Spotify-created playlist - has it been deleted?

Hi all,I had a top favourite Spotify playlist, which was always one of the first ones in the Sleep category, called "Lost in Clouds". I listened to it for hours, almost every day, I loved it so much. But, in the past few days, I noticed I can't find ...

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  • Hi all, I had a top favourite Spotify playlist, which was always one of the first ones in the Sleep category, called "Lost in Clouds". I listened to it for hours, almost every day, I loved it so muc...
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Songs have vanished

Hello all, Can anyone help me out with a problem that has surfaced over the past week. All of my songs in my liabrary have vanished i.e. Your Music > Your Songs. All of my downloaded playlists are still there and I can play those, but everything that...

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  • Hello all,   Can anyone help me out with a problem that has surfaced over the past week.   All of my songs in my liabrary have vanished i.e. Your Music > Your Songs.    A...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify stops working on certain songs

Hi thereHaving a problem with Spotify on my Android 7.0 LG G5. When listening to some songs, they cut off after a minute or two. This has been specifically happening with Lady Gaga: The Cure. Has happened on other songs but can't track them down. The...

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  • Hi there Having a problem with Spotify on my Android 7.0 LG G5. When listening to some songs, they cut off after a minute or two. This has been specifically happening with Lady Gaga: The Cure. Has h...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Won't Sync Specific Local Files From Desktop

Hello, I seem to be running into a small problem while trying to sync some local files on my desktop to my Andriod device. In a specific scenario, I own the Snarky Puppy album "We Like it Here" which was recently taken off of spotify. Because of that...

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  • Hello,   I seem to be running into a small problem while trying to sync some local files on my desktop to my Andriod device. In a specific scenario, I own the Snarky Puppy album "We Like it He...
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Superuser Contribution Songs stop randomly.

I need help from Spotify, I am paying for a premium account and I am unable to use my account on my Nokia, the songs get randomly paused with no apparent reason. I have deleted the app and reinstalled it, deleted cache, restarted the phone several ti...

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  • I need help from Spotify, I am paying for a premium account and I am unable to use my account on my Nokia, the songs get randomly paused with no apparent reason. I have deleted the app and ...
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Superuser Contribution Awesome, redownloading everything again

One hour before I go on holiday for a few weeks. Just great.It definitely coincided with reaching the song limit. I removed some albums I hardly listen to, so that I am under the limit and after restarting my phone, it started to redownload all songs...

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  • One hour before I go on holiday for a few weeks. Just great. It definitely coincided with reaching the song limit. I removed some albums I hardly listen to, so that I am under the limit and after ...
  • Maria_B
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Superuser Contribution Names of local songs display as "loading..."

A number of my local songs show up as "loading..." when I download them to my phone, and the album shows up as unknown album, rather than what is in their meta tag. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app a few times, and there was no change. T...

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  • A number of my local songs show up as "loading..." when I download them to my phone, and the album shows up as unknown album, rather than what is in their meta tag. I tried uninstalling and reinstall...
  • Maria_B
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Superuser Contribution High high usage

I have wifi connected but spotify is still using a ton of my data... Can i fix that???

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  • I have wifi connected but spotify is still using a ton of my data... Can i fix that???
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Superuser Contribution Duda con descargas

Tengo un teléfono Android y un iPod, en ambos tengo instalado spotify pero sólo quiero descargar las canciones al iPod... es posible eso ? O automáticamente se actualizan a ambos.

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  • Tengo un teléfono Android y un iPod, en ambos tengo instalado spotify pero sólo quiero descargar las canciones al iPod... es posible eso ? O automáticamente se actualizan a ambos.
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Discover Weekly question

I was wondering if Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist can see what you play with other apps, or if it just takes into account t what you listen to on the Spotify service only. I use Tidal primarily for listening, but I still use Spotify a little. Jus...

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  • I was wondering if Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist can see what you play with other apps, or if it just takes into account t what you listen to on the Spotify service only. I use Tidal primarily f...
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Local files don't show up on phone anymore

I used to have local files from my laptop and it would play on my phone but I noticed recently that the songs are greyed out but all the songs that spotify has are still there. I've tried following the steps like making sure that my laptop and phone ...

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  • I used to have local files from my laptop and it would play on my phone but I noticed recently that the songs are greyed out but all the songs that spotify has are still there. I've tried follow...
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Playlist tab is gone?

I recently remade my spotify account after deciding it would be less hassle than removing Facebook from it. I had copied over my playlists through the desktop version and was pretty happy with how well everything was going. However, upon opening up t...

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  • I recently remade my spotify account after deciding it would be less hassle than removing Facebook from it. I had copied over my playlists through the desktop version and was pretty happy with how we...
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Downloaded music not showing up offline

Opened spotify today to play some music I had downloaded and now none of the albums I have previously downloaded are coming up offline it says I need to go online and when I do the downloaded song symbol is still next to each song on every album. Ple...

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  • Opened spotify today to play some music I had downloaded and now none of the albums I have previously downloaded are coming up offline it says I need to go online and when I do the downloaded song sy...
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Solved!! Spotify goes "mute" after one song.

Does not happen on my pc and neither on my tablet, but whenever I play one of my playlists on my smartphone (android), the music kind of goes mute after each song. It doesn't stop playing and the settings themselves are not on mute, it's just that th...

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  • Does not happen on my pc and neither on my tablet, but whenever I play one of my playlists on my smartphone (android), the music kind of goes mute after each song. It doesn't stop playing and the set...
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[Android] Spotify doesn't detect my microSD card

Today I bought a new microSD card (SanDisk Ultra 32GB). When I put it into my phone Spotify doesn't detect it. It works correctly, because I can save files on it. I've tried to restart my phone, put back the old one and reinstall the app. What can I ...

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  • Today I bought a new microSD card (SanDisk Ultra 32GB). When I put it into my phone Spotify doesn't detect it. It works correctly, because I can save files on it. I've tried to restart my phone, put ...
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Autoplay persists despite being disabled

I have disabled the Autoplay (keep on listening to similar trackes when your music ends) feature as I find this incrediably annoying (especially given Spotify's inability to properly identify "similar" tracks). However, dispite disabling this Autopla...

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  • I have disabled the Autoplay (keep on listening to similar trackes when your music ends) feature as I find this incrediably annoying (especially given Spotify's inability to properly identify "simila...
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No puedo reproducir las canciones descargadas

Hola comunidad, tengo cuenta premium y no puedo reproducir las canciones que descargué, aparece la flecha en color verde indicando que fueron descargadas, activo la opción de modo offline y no puedo reproducir ninguna de las canciones.

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  • Hola comunidad, tengo cuenta premium y no puedo reproducir las canciones que descargué, aparece la flecha en color verde indicando que fueron descargadas, activo la opción de modo offline y no puedo ...
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Spotify doesn't work properly on my Galaxy S7 Edge

I pay a subscription to stream music, but this happens all too often! When I use it on my phone, it will be working fine but then suddenly the music will stop and not come back on. Today has been especially bad, I've not been able to use it since abo...

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  • I pay a subscription to stream music, but this happens all too often! When I use it on my phone, it will be working fine but then suddenly the music will stop and not come back on. Today has been esp...
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