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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify gift card

I recently logged on to enter the second 3 month Spotify gift card and the number took. It shows on-line that I have until 8/18 but it does not work on the phone? I keep getting the adds. It is as though it works on the computer but not on the phone ...

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  • I recently logged on to enter the second 3 month Spotify gift card and the number took.  It shows on-line that I have until 8/18 but it does not work on the phone?  I keep getting the adds....
  • Sophia
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle STILL not working

I've seen several threads about shuffle not working in the past and Spotify seems to have done nothing to fix this. I shuffle all of my songs and the first 20 songs will be by the same artist. I've tried sorting by title and by recently added. Nothin...

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  • I've seen several threads about shuffle not working in the past and Spotify seems to have done nothing to fix this. I shuffle all of my songs and the first 20 songs will be by the same artist. I've t...
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Superuser Contribution Discover weekly did not update

My discover weekly did not update. I've tried logging out and back in. Unfollowed and refollowed the playlist. And checked to see if there was an update for my app. Any other possible solutions?

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  • My discover weekly did not update. I've tried logging out and back in. Unfollowed and refollowed the playlist. And checked to see if there was an update for my app. Any other possible solutions?
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Superuser Contribution Descarga de canciones

descargo mis canciones, cuando termina d descargarse me salgo de la aplicacion y despues quiero escucharlas en modo offline me aparce mi lista de canciones como si no hubiese descargado nada, q hago????

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  • descargo mis canciones, cuando termina d descargarse me salgo de la aplicacion y despues quiero escucharlas en modo offline me aparce mi lista de canciones como si no hubiese descargado nada, q hago?...
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Superuser Contribution La coda di riproduzione salta alcuni brani.

Sulla riproduzione alcuni brani vengono saltati automaticamente. Versione android 8.4.4.810. Prima non succedeva.

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  • Sulla riproduzione alcuni brani vengono saltati automaticamente. Versione android 8.4.4.810. Prima non succedeva.
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Solved!! selecting sd card as storage

Why dont we have this? They have been working on this for two years.

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  • Why dont we have this? They have been working on this for two years.
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Spotify stops when screen goes off

I have a Sony Xperia XZ, fully updated, Android 7.1.1 and use Bang & Olufsen H6 headphones. Since yesterday, playback stops when my display turns off, as if I've pressed pause. Happens when I stream or play offline playlists. Tried another set of hea...

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  • I have a Sony Xperia XZ, fully updated, Android 7.1.1 and use Bang & Olufsen H6 headphones. Since yesterday, playback stops when my display turns off, as if I've pressed pause. Happens when I str...
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Superuser Contribution Listen to playlist in order from middle

Within the android app, whenever I select to play a song from the middle of a playlist spotify plays that single song, then plays the whole of playlist from the first song. I want to play from the midpoint of a playlist onwards. This is possible in t...

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  • Within the android app, whenever I select to play a song from the middle of a playlist spotify plays that single song, then plays the whole of playlist from the first song. I want to play from the mi...
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Superuser Contribution Share To Twitter Error

cannot share to twitter.. already revoke access to reconnect but nothing happen

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  • cannot share to twitter.. already revoke access to reconnect but nothing happen
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Superuser Contribution Download

Cant download the app on my phone it says its not compatible and my android is 4.4.2 kitkat version..what should i do?Im using vpn because the app isnt available in my country.

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  • Cant download the app on my phone it says its not compatible and my android is 4.4.2 kitkat version..what should i do? Im using vpn because the app isnt available in my country.
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Superuser Contribution android alarm clock (and maybe other notifications) auto starts spotify

Running Spotify 8.4.4.810 on a Samsung s5 running 6.0.1. When my android alarm goes off, it automatically starts spotify when I snooze or dismiss it. I tried disabling notifictions in Spotify but that has no effect. How does one stop Spotify from aut...

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  • Running Spotify 8.4.4.810 on a Samsung s5 running 6.0.1.  When my android alarm goes off, it automatically starts spotify when I snooze or dismiss it.  I tried disabling notifictions in Spo...
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Superuser Contribution G Google Now doesn't play my playlist

When I use Google now I can search for a song and it plays ok. When I attempt to play one of my saved playlists Spotify opens a random playlist and plays that instead. Is there a way to use Google Now to play my saved playlists on Spotify?

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  • When I use Google now I can search for a song and it plays ok. When I attempt to play one of my saved playlists Spotify opens a random playlist and plays that instead. Is there a way to use Google No...
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Superuser Contribution Songs randomly deleted from albums

On my galaxy s8, after making a new playlist, some random songs disappeared from their albums. This is only on my phone, since I checked my pc, and they're all still there. There is seemingly no pattern for what songs are missing.Now, when I go to sa...

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  • On my galaxy s8, after making a new playlist, some random songs disappeared from their albums. This is only on my phone, since I checked my pc, and they're all still there. There is seemingly no patt...
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music removed

All of the songs I saved cant be found in my music. When i go to a Playlist or the Album itself it is still saved but in my music, nothing is there.It happend once before but my saved music was back a few hours later.

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  • All of the songs I saved cant be found in my music. When i go to a Playlist or the Album itself it is still saved but in my music, nothing is there. It happend once before but my saved music was bac...
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Liked from Radio Playlist Missing

I've been using Daily Mixes to find new music for a bit with the intention of saving some of those songs to my library later. Now that I want to do that I noticed that my Liked from Radio playlist is missing. I'm pretty sure I didn't delete it myself...

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  • I've been using Daily Mixes to find new music for a bit with the intention of saving some of those songs to my library later. Now that I want to do that I noticed that my Liked from Radio playlist is...
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spotify don't work in 4g

Help please, i have spotify with premium account on my nexus 5x android O developer preview;until yesterday all good, this morning i change telephone operator and have a new SIM.Now spotify work only on WI FI but not on 4G, it's the only app that doe...

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  • Help please,   i have spotify with premium account on my nexus 5x android O developer preview; until yesterday all good, this morning i change telephone operator and have a new SIM. Now spot...
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Help with downloading

So on Spotify on Wi-Fi at home. My playlist was downloaded but for some reason since ive added a couple new, the whole olatlisr has undownloaded. Anyway went to turn download off and on again but it says turn cellular download on in settings to downl...

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  • So on Spotify on Wi-Fi at home. My playlist was downloaded but for some reason since ive added a couple new, the whole olatlisr has undownloaded. Anyway went to turn download off and on again but it ...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle wont disable

How can I disable the shuffle feature? I want to play an album from 1st song to the last, not jump randomly between the songs. There is a shuffle feature toggler, but it works only about 1 time out of 20. Can someone fix the problem? BTW. Where is sp...

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  • How can I disable the shuffle feature? I want to play an album from 1st song to the last, not jump randomly between the songs. There is a shuffle feature toggler, but it works only about 1 time out o...
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Android App - Cannot scroll to "Login" Button (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Problem: Cannot scroll screen down past "Facebook or New" buttons to loginType: Android Spotify appDevice: Android 4.xDescription: Problem started after the most recent update, I was forced to re-login but the spash screen only allows to scroll left ...

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  • Problem: Cannot scroll screen down past "Facebook or New" buttons to login Type: Android Spotify app Device: Android 4.x Description: Problem started after the most recent update, I was forced to ...
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Playlist keeps "forgetting" songs but not really.

My app keeps "forgetting" that i already have songs. I use offline mode alot so sometimes i go searching for a song for instance "Five hours". And spotify doesnt have any results.Then i turn online mode back on and search again and sure enough, there...

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  • My app keeps "forgetting" that i already have songs. I use offline mode alot so sometimes i go searching for a song for instance "Five hours". And spotify doesnt have any results. Then i turn onli...
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