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Solved!! 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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  • Timbo6sic6
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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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  • Sumit_Ghosh
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Solved!! Music player doesn't show up on lockscreen ( Huawei P9 )

Since an update on the Huawei P9, the music player from Spotify doesn't show up anymore. Does anyone else has this too?

  • Casual Listener
  • Since an update on the Huawei P9, the music player from Spotify doesn't show up anymore. Does anyone else has this too?
  • Spotiefie
  • Casual Listener
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Spotify won't play

Today I was playing music, then some ads came on.The last ad didn't playNow if I try to play music I get a pop up reading "get premium now for ad free music"Restarting, login out and restartING and clearing cache does nothung .What should I do Samsun...

  • Casual Listener
  • Today I was playing music, then some ads came on. The last ad didn't play Now if I try to play music I get a pop up reading "get premium now for ad free music" Restarting, login out and restartING...
  • KSutton
  • Music Fan
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30 minutes ad causing Spotify to freeze

I know I'm not the only one with this problem. I'm just voicing my complaint like everyone else. 30 minutes free ad loads up, doesn't even get a chance to start playing and instead causes the whole app to crash. Upon reloading Spotify, the app is sti...

  • Casual Listener
  • I know I'm not the only one with this problem. I'm just voicing my complaint like everyone else.   30 minutes free ad loads up, doesn't even get a chance to start playing and instead causes th...
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Playing queue deleted when adding a song to it

Hello, I have a weird bug (or feature I know nothing about) when I add a new song to the playing queue. What I experience:If I start playing a song in my playlist (all other songs in the list are added to the queue) and I search for a particular song...

  • Regular
  • Hello,    I have a weird bug (or feature I know nothing about) when I add a new song to the playing queue.    What I experience: If I start playing a song in my playlist (all...
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Spotify starts playing from another device (from laptop to phone) at random times!!

So here's what happens: I'm listening to my Spotify on my laptop. Then at a random time (when I'm not fiddling with Spotify on either my phone or my laptop, then it swaps from my computer to playing on my phone. After it had happend 3 times (during o...

  • Regular
  • So here's what happens: I'm listening to my Spotify on my laptop. Then at a random time (when I'm not fiddling with Spotify on either my phone or my laptop, then it swaps from my computer to playing ...
  • jtgyk
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Spotify on Motorola x

Hace poco cambie el móvil por un Motorola x. Este funciona súper bien con todas las app, pero con tiene un error con Spotify donde la música se corta aleatoriamente. Esto no me pasa con otras apps de reproducción de música. Help!!!

  • Newbie
  • Hace poco cambie el móvil por un Motorola x. Este funciona súper bien con todas las app, pero con tiene un error con Spotify donde la música se corta aleatoriamente. Esto no me pasa con otras apps de...
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Volume has always been too low on android

When will you add an in-app equalizer and/or volume booster that actually works? I see that this has been a problem for android users ever since 2014, volume is too low and no external apps will help (obviously).I have had iPhone up until about a yea...

  • Newbie
  • When will you add an in-app equalizer and/or volume booster that actually works? I see that this has been a problem for android users ever since 2014, volume is too low and no external apps will help...
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30 minutes of ad-free music not working

So this is back I guess. I will get the start up 30 mins ad free, then as soon as I watch the ad, it plays a series of ads. Does it when I do the one you have to click the button for too.

  • Casual Listener
  • So this is back I guess. I will get the start up 30 mins ad free, then as soon as I watch the ad, it plays a series of ads. Does it when I do the one you have to click the button for too.
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Download

Faço o download das minhas música e depois de alguma horas tenho que refazer porque o download é desfeito. Alguém sabe o motivo?

  • Newbie
  • Faço o download das minhas música e depois de alguma horas tenho que refazer porque o download é desfeito. Alguém sabe o motivo?
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Not receiving push notifications

I currently use Spotify (Beta) on my Nextbit Robin (Currently on Android Nougat 7.1.1) and am not rooted or anything. I use AT&T, have push notifications on almost every filter and have NEVER received one. Email ones work just fine, but that's it. An...

  • Casual Listener
  • I currently use Spotify (Beta) on my Nextbit Robin (Currently on Android Nougat 7.1.1) and am not rooted or anything. I use AT&T, have push notifications on almost every filter and have NEVER rec...
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    Android 7.1
    Push Notifications
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Remote Spotify on Locked Android devices

Greetings, I've been looking into this for a while and not really come to any answers. Is there any way I can play Spotify on my Android device, from my desktop-client, without actually having to unlock the phone and open Spotify on it? This kind of ...

  • Gig Goer
  • Greetings, I've been looking into this for a while and not really come to any answers. Is there any way I can play Spotify on my Android device, from my desktop-client, without actually having to unl...
  • blacktR
  • Newbie
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Just WHAT has the Spotify app downloaded?!

Hi, I'm going on holiday soon and plan to download a few albums/playlists on Spotify for the flight. Curious to see how much space I have on my phone, I checked out the file system. I notice that under the path data\spotify\Storage there is around 4G...

  • Regular
  • Hi,   I'm going on holiday soon and plan to download a few albums/playlists on Spotify for the flight.   Curious to see how much space I have on my phone, I checked out the file sy...
  • amarsha4
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Solved!! What is this for?

I've noticed that's there's a small audio clip under the album artwork. Does it have any functionality?

  • Casual Listener
  • I've noticed that's there's a small audio clip under the album artwork. Does it have any functionality?
  • Steampunksum
  • Roadie
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Android app crashing

Whenever I go to search for music I get a few letter into the song name or Evan the end and the song comes up but the app then crashes and exits to my phone main screen

  • Casual Listener
  • Whenever I go to search for music I get a few letter into the song name or Evan the end and the song comes up but the app then crashes and exits to my phone main screen
  • Robert_W
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Spotify freezes on android when advertisement starts

Samsung Android 6.0.1Whenever any advertisement starts the app just freezes. can't do anything. have to restart the whole phone.Already reinstalled.

  • Newbie
  • Samsung Android 6.0.1 Whenever any advertisement starts the app just freezes. can't do anything. have to restart the whole phone. Already reinstalled.
  • seamusohare
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Spotify keeps moving playlists from SD to internal storage

I’ve recently bought a Moto G (3rd Gen) android phone which has 8gb internal storage and 32gb SD card. When downloading playlists/albums to Spotify, initially it saves the files to my SD card and plays the files back fine. After a few hours (I think ...

  • Newbie
  • I’ve recently bought a Moto G (3rd Gen) android phone which has 8gb internal storage and 32gb SD card.   When downloading playlists/albums to Spotify, initially it saves the files to my SD car...
  • XAL53
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Spotify Running -Can't figure this out

Hi all I'm pretty new to Spotify . Trying the service in free mode for now to see if it's better than Deezer , which is the service I'm currently using . As much as I understand the running feature is using the phone accumulator but it seems the temp...

  • Visitor
  • Hi all    I'm pretty new to Spotify . Trying the service in free mode for now to see if it's better than Deezer , which is the service I'm currently using .  As much as I understand...
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Songs just stop downloading

IDk why but when i choose to download a lot of songs the download just stops and it says "0 of 306" downloaded and it does not move on. Can ynone help me ?have SAmsung S8 and plenty of Storage, Wifi is working fine

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  • IDk why but when i choose to download a lot of songs the download just stops and it says "0 of 306" downloaded and it does not move on. Can ynone help me ? have SAmsung S8 and plenty of Storage, Wif...
  • cluz
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[Android][Other] Spotify problem.

My spotify constantly pauses while I'm trying to listen to music. Sometimes it pauses a song 4-5 times. Is there a solution?

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  • My spotify constantly pauses while I'm trying to listen to music. Sometimes it pauses a song 4-5 times. Is there a solution?
  • Joe
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    Other
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Playlist goes back to the top

Hi, Just last week, I started playing my playlists, which has hundreds of songs while i was playing poker. While playing a song, if i want to choose a song to play right after, the playlist goes back to the top. This can be super annoying because if ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   Just last week, I started playing my playlists, which has hundreds of songs while i was playing poker. While playing a song, if i want to choose a song to play right after, the play...
  • GraemeKerr
  • Gig Goer
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