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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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No funciona en mi android

Buenas noches a la comunidad!Tengo un samsung j7 2016, y hace unos dias, que me marca sin conexion a internet y luego se cierra, probé con lo de las actualizaciones de sistema, reiniciando el telefono, reinstalando la app, borrando datos y caché... s...

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  • Buenas noches a la comunidad! Tengo un samsung j7 2016, y hace unos dias, que me marca sin conexion a internet y luego se cierra, probé con lo de las actualizaciones de sistema, reiniciando el telef...
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Playlist design

I have a samsung galaxy s7 .I have the newest version of spotify.My friends also have the newest version of spotify.But they have the new playlist design in for example rap caviar.But I don't have it.What can I do?

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  • I have a samsung galaxy s7 .I have the newest version of spotify.My friends also have the newest version of spotify.But they have the new playlist design in for example rap caviar.But I don't have it...
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Song Counter

There are artists that shows more songs on the counter than I actually have downloaded. Does it consume cell phone memory?

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  • There are artists that shows more songs on the counter than I actually have downloaded. Does it consume cell phone memory?
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static crankling while playing a song

Hi! Im having a static crankling while playing Colder Than Ice by Pond on my S7. I noticed that the same happened with 2 others songs in that album... I listened the same song in youtube and I dont get that annoying crackling.. Does anyone else have ...

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  • Hi! Im having a static crankling while playing Colder Than Ice by Pond on my S7. I noticed that the same happened with 2 others songs in that album... I listened the same song in youtube and I dont g...
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Someone **bleep**ing help me!!

Okay lets try this again, look, i made a new account and whenever i sign in or get on the spotify app on my phone, all the features are gone! Only like three are showing, compared to the usual five that are there. I can't create a playlist because th...

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  • Okay lets try this again, look, i made a new account and whenever i sign in or get on the spotify app on my phone, all the features are gone! Only like three are showing, compared to the usual five t...
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Shuffle personalized playlist

Do I have to be a paid member to be able to shuffle my personal playlist? I already tried enabling the twisted arrows but it keeps repeating the same song.

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  • Do I have to be a paid member to be able to shuffle my personal playlist? I already tried enabling the twisted arrows but it keeps repeating the same song.
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You are listening to Rakish's iphone???

I was out exercising listening to Spotify on my Note 5 when all of a sudden my music started to jump to different songs. Play then stop. So I look at my phone and the app is locked up, then a screen appears stating that I am listening to Rakish's iph...

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  • I was out exercising listening to Spotify on my Note 5 when all of a sudden my music started to jump to different songs. Play then stop. So I look at my phone and the app is locked up, then a screen ...
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Music download quality issue

Hi, I recently changed my download quality without thinking. I restarted my device and Spotify app started to redownload all my songs in a higher quality, causing my storage space to fill up without downloading all the songs. Now all of my phone stor...

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  • Hi, I recently changed my download quality without thinking. I restarted my device and Spotify app started to redownload all my songs in a higher quality, causing my storage space to fill up without ...
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Superuser Contribution eliminating sudden all songs

Hello, I am writing because I have problems with Spotify.I have an honor 8 and 2 months I completely blocks the application, close to task manager and when I opened the application, all saved music was canceled. You have a solution? thank you

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  • Hello, I am writing because I have problems with Spotify. I have an honor 8 and 2 months I completely blocks the application, close to task manager and when I opened the application, all saved music...
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Spotify stops in the middle of a song.

Hello App,Spotify was working fine before the most recent updates. I have a Samsung galaxy s6 phone. Now it stops in the middle of a song. I've tried to uninstall and reinstall. I've tried to uninstall some other apps. Ialso tried to take out gapless...

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  • Hello App, Spotify was working fine before the most recent updates. I have a Samsung galaxy s6 phone. Now it stops in the middle of a song. I've tried to uninstall and reinstall. I've tried to uni...
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Why is every song greyed out?

So this problem began right after my 1 week primium trial. When the trial ended, every playlist, song, and album got greyed out on my andriod, but no songs are greyed out on my computer. On my andriod I can't choose songs I want to listen to from a p...

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  • So this problem began right after my 1 week primium trial. When the trial ended, every playlist, song, and album got greyed out on my andriod, but no songs are greyed out on my computer. On my andrio...
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Superuser Contribution No guarda la música en la sd

Necesito ayudas por favor. Tengo configurado que utilice la sd para descargar las canciones, sin embargo todo lo descargado se va a la memoria de mi teléfono. Lo se porque veo los detalles en ajustes y se me disminuye la memoria disponible del teléfo...

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  • Necesito ayudas por favor. Tengo configurado que utilice la sd para descargar las canciones, sin embargo todo lo descargado se va a la memoria de mi teléfono. Lo se porque veo los detalles en ajustes...
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Can't see chromecast audio in devices list on spotify android app

I suddenly can't send music from Spotify app to my chromecast audio anymore. Worked a few weeks ago. My chromecast is setup correctly and works in other apps, and in Google Cast app it says ready to cast. Spotiy app version is 5.6.0.701 on a OnePlus ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I suddenly can't send music from Spotify app to my chromecast audio anymore. Worked a few weeks ago. My chromecast is setup correctly and works in other apps, and in Google Cast app it says ready to ...
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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...

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  • 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...

  • Gig Goer
  • 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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