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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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Spotify will not connect to kenwood from my S8+

I just recently purchased and installed a kendwood dnx573s and while my music on my spotify will play through the Bluetooth option, it will not play through the actual spotify app on the kendwood.

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  • I just recently purchased and installed a kendwood dnx573s and while my music on my spotify will play through the Bluetooth option, it will not play through the actual spotify app on the kendwood.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 - Spotify pauses with "Account is being used somewhere else" messages

Signed out of all devices, changed password, removed a previous SONOS permission from my account. Please help or Spotify will never receive another dime from me.

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  • Signed out of all devices, changed password, removed a previous SONOS permission from my account. Please help or Spotify will never receive another dime from me. 
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Suspending phone will this stop my spotify?

Hey! I am going travelling and I have suspended my phone for the 2.5 months. Since I pay for Spotify through my phone account, will Spotify also be suspended? I would like to be able to listen to my playlists even if I cannot download. Will it still ...

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  • Hey! I am going travelling and I have suspended my phone for the 2.5 months. Since I pay for Spotify through my phone account, will Spotify also be suspended? I would like to be able to listen to my ...
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Spotify lagging badly

Hello,after 3 years using Spotify, the lag becomes worse with every update.On all my smartphones (HTC Desire 500, Xperia Z2, Xperia X Compact), Spotify was slow, especially when in Online Mode, but right now, it is almost impossible to use.Downloadin...

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  • Hello, after 3 years using Spotify, the lag becomes worse with every update. On all my smartphones (HTC Desire 500, Xperia Z2, Xperia X Compact), Spotify was slow, especially when in Online Mode, b...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify deletes downloaded music

Hi. The albums and/or playlists that i downloaded to my android phone have been deleted without my knowledge a couple of times. Downloading all those albums again is frustrating. Is there a solution to this?

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  • Hi. The albums and/or playlists that i downloaded to my android phone have been deleted without my knowledge a couple of times. Downloading all those albums again is frustrating. Is there a solution ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Deleted cache and now my premium is gone.

So I accidentally downloaded a playlist and it used ALL of my phone's internal storage, it wouldn't even let me stop the download. Finally Figured out I had to delete the data and cache (Wich I really didn't wanna do but had no F-ing choice) and now ...

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  • So I accidentally downloaded a playlist and it used ALL of my phone's internal storage, it wouldn't even let me stop the download. Finally Figured out I had to delete the data and cache (Wich I reall...
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Casting Glitch, Unusable

I was casting from my Android phone onto the television and was listening for a while until I came upon a Valvoline ad and then everything stopped. I came back into the room and refreshed everything, recast, and it was still stuck trying to play that...

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  • I was casting from my Android phone onto the television and was listening for a while until I came upon a Valvoline ad and then everything stopped. I came back into the room and refreshed everything,...
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Olvide mi contraseña de spotify y tampoco recuerdo mi cuenta gmail

Hola! Olvide mi contraseña de spotify y tampoco recuerdo mi cuenta gmail. Me baje una version de Spotify Beta y no era necesario usar una cuenta gmail verdadera. (Podias crearte una en ese momento y te dejaba registrarte normalmente) Paso un tiempo y...

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  • Hola! Olvide mi contraseña de spotify y tampoco recuerdo mi cuenta gmail. Me baje una version de Spotify Beta y no era necesario usar una cuenta gmail verdadera. (Podias crearte una en ese momen...
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Spotify won't let me switch songs while casting

I cannot switch songs while casting to Chromecast audio. It connects and casts just fine, and I hit the next button and it starts the animation of switching songs, but then stops and stays on the current song.Tried rebooting phone, uninstalling app, ...

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  • I cannot switch songs while casting to Chromecast audio. It connects and casts just fine, and I hit the next button and it starts the animation of switching songs, but then stops and stays on the cur...
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Superuser Contribution Help me or ill change to another musical app

I have problems with saving music in tje external storage and the the app delete everything i saved. Help me or ill change.

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  • I have problems with saving music in tje external storage and the the app delete everything i saved. Help me or ill change.
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Superuser Contribution Ajudem

Sem querer bloqueei uma música do daily mix, como desbloquear ela?

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  • Sem querer bloqueei uma música do daily mix, como desbloquear ela?
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Shuffle artist music, plays only a few songs and related music

For the past few weeks shuffle play for an artist (which used to play all of the artist's music, now only plays a select number of songs and even related music from other artists. What in the world? Now how can I listen to all of an artist's music wi...

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  • For the past few weeks shuffle play for an artist (which used to play all of the artist's music, now only plays a select number of songs and even related music from other artists. What in the world? ...
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Superuser Contribution Offline playlists get deleted

Seit dem letzten Update erkennt mein Handy die sd karte nicht mehr. Spotify versucht es dann die Daten auf dem Handy zu speichern aber es wird weiterhin angezeigt das die Daten noch auf der sd karte sind. Wenn ich nun dann den speicherort wieder auf ...

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  • Seit dem letzten Update erkennt mein Handy die sd karte nicht mehr. Spotify versucht es dann die Daten auf dem Handy zu speichern aber es wird weiterhin angezeigt das die Daten noch auf der sd karte ...
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Bad sound quality on bass sounds

My spotify sounds terrible when I listen to music with bass sounds. I tried listening to the same song and it sounds perfect on Youtube and on my sister's spotify account sound fine too. Why is it doing that on my account?

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  • My spotify sounds terrible when I listen to music with bass sounds. I tried listening to the same song and it sounds perfect on Youtube and on my sister's spotify account sound fine too. Why is it do...
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Superuser Contribution No music on sd card although option is chosen

HelloI have an sd card with a lot of space (>1gb) and I have chosen the sd card as storage place of spotifyBut still spotify keeps storing music on internal phone memory

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  • Hello I have an sd card with a lot of space (>1gb) and I have chosen the sd card as storage place of spotify But still spotify keeps storing music on internal phone memory
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Downloaded songs desapearing

So, as the title says my downloaded songs simply desapear with no apparent pattern ern. Already trobleshoot my phone and it solved for a time but days latter it happened again, I found a thread from 2012 where the solution was a repair from the moder...

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  • So, as the title says my downloaded songs simply desapear with no apparent pattern ern. Already trobleshoot my phone and it solved for a time but days latter it happened again, I found a thread from ...
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Listen the same song on two devices at the same time

I just buoght the premium for family, but this not solve my simple problemi've a simple issuei want to use two devices to broadcast the music in two different roomshow it is possible? i think its very helpful in home parties thanks for the helps best...

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  • I just buoght the premium for family, but this not solve my simple problem i've a simple issue i want to use two devices to broadcast the music in two different rooms how it is possible? i think i...
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Spotify doesn't play the whole playlist

I have a playlist with 270 songs. Let's say if I want to play song number 240 I expect that Spotify will contnue playing my list i.e. next song would be 241, 242 etc. However, after playing song number 240 Spotify annoyingly jumps to song number 1 It...

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  • I have a playlist with 270 songs. Let's say if I want to play song number 240 I expect that Spotify will contnue playing my list i.e. next song would be 241, 242 etc. However, after playing song numb...
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