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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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[android] update widget

When Spotify update one new version for widget on Android ?I used "ubiquity music" because more big but sometimes the widget bug, please update the widget

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  • When Spotify update one new version for widget on Android ? I used "ubiquity music" because more big but sometimes the widget bug, please update the widget
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Superuser Contribution Radio startet automatisch

Hey,Ich höre sehr viele Hörspiele über Spotify - auch zum Einschlafen.Seit einiger Zeit startet nun, wenn ein Hörspiel eigtl beendet ist, das "Album-Radio" - das will ich aber nicht. Hat jemand einen Tipp, wie man das ausstellen kann?Denn sonst läuft...

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  • Hey, Ich höre sehr viele Hörspiele über Spotify - auch zum Einschlafen. Seit einiger Zeit startet nun, wenn ein Hörspiel eigtl beendet ist, das "Album-Radio" - das will ich aber nicht. Hat jemand e...
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Superuser Contribution Cant properly share on Twitter

Hello, first of all, sorry if you don't understand something, as english is not my native language. So, everything was going fine, one day I just deactivated my twitter account for a week or so, then reactivated it, now Spotify is not listed in the a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, first of all, sorry if you don't understand something, as english is not my native language.   So, everything was going fine, one day I just deactivated my twitter account for a week or...
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Daily Mix loses variety of genres over time

When the Daily Mixes first showed up, they were great, each one carrying a different type of music, roughly correlating with different decades. In different moods I'd want to listen to different mixes.Since then, I've found different Mixes seem to be...

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  • When the Daily Mixes first showed up, they were great, each one carrying a different type of music, roughly correlating with different decades.  In different moods I'd want to listen to differen...
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EQ

Não consigo abrir o equalizador no meu Android. Tentei desinstalar e instalar de novo o app mas não funcionou. O que poderia ser, e queria poder acessar ele novamente. Desde já agradeço.

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  • Não consigo abrir o equalizador no meu Android. Tentei desinstalar e instalar de novo o app mas não funcionou. O que poderia ser, e queria poder acessar ele novamente. Desde já agradeço.
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Music isn't downloading

I created a playlist the other day with a little over a thousand songs and set it to be available offline. About an 8th of the songs have already been dowloaded from previous playlists that I have available offline. Only now, it won't dowload the res...

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  • I created a playlist the other day with a little over a thousand songs and set it to be available offline. About an 8th of the songs have already been dowloaded from previous playlists that I have av...
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Solved!! Lost local file retrieval

Hey,So I synced some local files to a playlist on my computer. Then using the wifi synced the playlist to my phone. Somewhere along the way the local files on my computer have been deleted and spotify can't play any of the songs through the desktop p...

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  • Hey, So I synced some local files to a playlist on my computer. Then using the wifi synced the playlist to my phone. Somewhere along the way the local files on my computer have been deleted and spot...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify constantly erasing music

As in title, I had this problem on a previous phone, it was damaged so I blamed this on my phone but I'm on my new phone and today I find my "download" button unticked, and my whole music deleted from my sd card. It now happened more than 10 times, f...

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  • As in title, I had this problem on a previous phone, it was damaged so I blamed this on my phone but I'm on my new phone and today I find my "download" button unticked, and my whole music deleted fro...
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Solved!! How to save the playlist on the microSD card?

Hello guys, I'm new with the spotify premium and I was trying to download my playlist into my cell (LG Prime II) but I can only save it in the internal memory, which sux since I only have 4GB.I tried to move it to my 64GB microSD card but I couldn't ...

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  • Hello guys,   I'm new with the spotify premium and I was trying to download my playlist into my cell (LG Prime II) but I can only save it in the internal memory, which sux since I only have 4G...
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Android Local Music

I have a ton of local music saved on my Samsung Galaxy S7 that I want to be able to access through Spotify so I don't have to switch between music players for every song. All of the solutions I've read include using a desktop to help which I dont cur...

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  • I have a ton of local music saved on my Samsung Galaxy S7 that I want to be able to access through Spotify so I don't have to switch between music players for every song. All of the solutions I've re...
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Superuser Contribution Wont download over wifi

Evertime I try to download over wifi, it never does and says go to settings to download over cellular.

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  • Evertime I try to download over wifi, it never does and says go to settings to download over cellular.
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After every song plays it stops

Every time I'm trying to listen to music the app on my phone doesn't continue to the next song automatically.A song would finish and then silence. I have to go into the app and press the pause button then play again to start the music again. It becom...

  • Newbie
  • Every time I'm trying to listen to music the app on my phone doesn't continue to the next song automatically. A song would finish and then silence. I have to go into the app and press the pause butt...
  • Nidocon
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Downloading problems

Hi,All my songs on my phone and probably on the app in general keep on re-downloading themselves. I have limited internet connection, but do have spotify premium and now my phone is downloading over 1000 songs. Why is this and how do i make it stop? ...

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  • Hi, All my songs on my phone and probably on the app in general keep on re-downloading themselves. I have limited internet connection, but do have spotify premium and now my phone is downloading ove...
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Solved!! Spotify song language difference on laptop and mobile

I have recently started using spotify, and was adding songs when I cam across a bug or something of that sorts. There is a band named One Ok Rock and they just recently released their new album, where there is a version where some songs are in japane...

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  • I have recently started using spotify, and was adding songs when I cam across a bug or something of that sorts. There is a band named One Ok Rock and they just recently released their new album, wher...
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No space left in storage

Hi,I've got a wileyfox swift 2 plus phone. Runs android 7.1.1. 30 gig internal storage and I also formatted a 60gig card to work as part of the system. So the card can only work with this phone. Although I have e a lot of empty space in both card and...

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  • Hi, I've got a wileyfox swift 2 plus phone. Runs android 7.1.1. 30 gig internal storage and I also formatted a 60gig card to work as part of the system. So the card can only work with this phone. ...
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Lot of issues

I'm having some very annoying issues with spotify.Evertime a song ends it refuses to play the next song, into i open the app, then suddenly it works again.Also it randomly decoders l decides to pause or freeze during songs, and some songs it even ref...

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  • I'm having some very annoying issues with spotify. Evertime a song ends it refuses to play the next song, into i open the app, then suddenly it works again. Also it randomly decoders l decides to p...
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Solved!! Don't reduce iPhone ringer/message volume

When I reduce volume of music on Spotify app on iPhone the volume of ringer and message tones is also reduced. So I miss important calls. It is especially annoying when I forget and leave the app running in the background.An option to leave ring and ...

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  • When I reduce volume of music on Spotify app on iPhone the volume of ringer and message tones is also reduced. So I miss important calls. It is especially annoying when I forget and leave the app run...
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Superuser Contribution Sort after date added not working

Hi! Recently I have had problems with sorting after date added in playlists that have over 1k songs, it doesnt sort after date, it just appears random..... the problem only appears on my Android phone (Nexus 6P with Android 7.1.2), it works ok on my ...

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  • Hi!   Recently I have had problems with sorting after date added in playlists that have over 1k songs, it doesnt sort after date, it just appears random..... the problem only appears on m...
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Solved!! Video Playback issue with Spotify "Shows"

I'd like to share the playback issues I faced this week with the newly launched Spotify "shows”. I hope these findings can be used to troubleshoot any potential video playback issues with android devices. I have a Nexus 6P that is running Android 6.0...

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  •   I'd like to share the playback issues I faced this week with the newly launched Spotify "shows”. I hope these findings can be used to troubleshoot any potential video playback  issues wi...
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Ido not see the option of premium

I do not see the option of premium, before there was an option that you gave to a menu and you would have to the right side and below you would see the premium option but now I do not know where it is ... help me please !!!!

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  • I do not see the option of premium, before there was an option that you gave to a menu and you would have to the right side and below you would see the premium option but now I do not know where it i...
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