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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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  • Daniel
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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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Samsung S7 starts playing music out loud through Spotify by itself

Hi!I need help ppl. I have a Samsung S7 that without me thouching it highjacks my macbook and starts playing spotify out loud instead.Any ideas??Thanks!

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  • Hi! I need help ppl. I have a Samsung S7 that without me thouching it highjacks my macbook and starts playing spotify out loud instead. Any ideas?? Thanks!
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Cannot play radio station

Hi All, I recently started using Spotify on my android and having some intermittent issues with playing stations. Some stations will play normally while others will not. This does not seem to correspond to any skip limit or connection type. I have tr...

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  • Hi All,  I recently started using Spotify on my android and having some intermittent issues with playing stations.  Some stations will play normally while others will not. This does not s...
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Solved!! Spotify Adding Random Songs

Over the past 2 weeks, I've noticed my Spotify doing a lot of weird things... Songs or albums that I've never listened to before are showing up under "Your Library", I can hide them and they stay gone for a while but after a few days the exact same s...

  • Casual Listener
  • Over the past 2 weeks, I've noticed my Spotify doing a lot of weird things... Songs or albums that I've never listened to before are showing up under "Your Library", I can hide them and they stay gon...
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Max volume doesn't work after the last update

Hey folks, After the last update, it's impossible to play music at max volume when the EQ is on. The music stops getting louder after I reach 75% or so, although the volume slider continues to go up. I reinstalled the app and turned EQ off and on aga...

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  • Hey folks,   After the last update, it's impossible to play music at max volume when the EQ is on. The music stops getting louder after I reach 75% or so, although the volume slider continues ...
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Solved!! Spotify closes after few Minutes

Hello Comunity, Since a while i have a Problem with my Spotyfi Client in my Android Device (Wiko Lenny 3) After few Minutes Spotify closes herself. I alsoe redownloaded it and reboot my Device in between, but i still have that Issue.

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  • Hello Comunity,    Since a while i have a Problem with my Spotyfi Client in my Android Device (Wiko Lenny 3)   After few Minutes Spotify closes herself. I alsoe redownloaded it and...
  • Tom
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Solved!! Missing the SD card option for storage

Hi all, i was looking through my phone the other day when i noticed my used storage had increased by a lot, even though i just cleared alot of it. Then i noticed that all my spotify music was moved from my SD card back to my phone, and the option to ...

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  • Hi all, i was looking through my phone the other day when i noticed my used storage had increased by a lot, even though i just cleared alot of it. Then i noticed that all my spotify music was moved f...
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Solved!! Spotify eats data when playing downloaded song

Hello. Since 2 weeks, im facing with a very annoying problem with the latest spotify app.Whenever i'm listening to downloaded music, spotify generates mobile data in the background, around 6-7Mb per hour. I have to switch to offline mode, othervise i...

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  • Hello. Since 2 weeks, im facing with a very annoying problem with the latest spotify app. Whenever i'm listening to downloaded music, spotify generates mobile data in the background, around 6-7Mb pe...
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Cannot see who I'm following on app

Just downloaded the free version of Spotify on my Android phone. Feels very limited and I cannot follow friends (I click on their names and it takes me to "Your Likes") or see who I'm following (had to go on my Mac to actually follow friends). The ho...

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  • Just downloaded the free version of Spotify on my Android phone. Feels very limited and I cannot follow friends (I click on their names and it takes me to "Your Likes") or see who I'm following (had ...
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Spotify constantly freezing

During these few days, I have been experiencing some freezing issues with Spotify.Sometimes the player would freeze, but the player shows that it's still playing. When I tried "pausing" it, no response when clicking the pause button.The player also h...

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  • During these few days, I have been experiencing some freezing issues with Spotify. Sometimes the player would freeze, but the player shows that it's still playing. When I tried "pausing" i...
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Solved!! Unable songs from an album that is supposed to be ..

Hello guys, I'm experiencing such a problem;I was waiting for an album for about 3 month, following artist, listening the songs that were out ect..And so, the album was released, my friends could listen to it freely, and I couldn't even see it, the s...

  • Newbie
  • Hello guys, I'm experiencing such a problem; I was waiting for an album for about 3 month, following artist, listening the songs that were out ect.. And so, the album was released, my friends could...
  • Tom
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DANNATO SPOTIFY

Ho l' acconto premium, avevo scaricato più di 1000 canzoni (più o meno 10 GB di canzoni). Stamattina all' accensione di Spotify mi viene chiesto di fare il login... Tutto di un tratto... Boh strano. Rimetto l email è password e scopro che tutte le ca...

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  • Ho l' acconto premium, avevo scaricato più di 1000 canzoni (più o meno 10 GB di canzoni). Stamattina all' accensione di Spotify mi viene chiesto di fare il login... Tutto di un tratto... Boh strano. ...
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Can't install the app. Error -18 (Not enough space)

A few days ago I found out that I was unable to update Spotify, yet, the phone always updated everything else. Always everything but Spotify, it said that there was not enough space in the SD, but i have 20 GB free! Also I have 2 GB free of internal ...

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  • A few days ago I found out that I was unable to update Spotify, yet, the phone always updated everything else. Always everything but Spotify, it said that there was not enough space in the SD, but i ...
  • MrPocketMonster
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Solved!! IDK how everyone is ok with this

Really Spotify , really ...My songs and playlist everything downloaded for offline just keeps disappearing, and i have to download it again and again i dont f****** get it. It keeps happening and the songs that disappear are super random, sometimes s...

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  • Really Spotify , really ... My songs and playlist everything downloaded for offline just keeps disappearing, and i have to download it again and again i dont f****** get it. It keeps happening and t...
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Smaller album art after an update

Album art in the main player view got smaller after one of the updates few weeks ago on my LG K4 LTE (Android 5.1.1).It's now permanently rescaled to the same size like when the app detects Spotify running on a remote device, clearing the cache and r...

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  • Album art in the main player view got smaller after one of the updates few weeks ago on my LG K4 LTE (Android 5.1.1). It's now permanently rescaled to the same size like when the app ...
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Player switches output from PC back to phone after BT headset phone call

For some reason, if I have Spotify open in my phone and PC (music playing on the latter), it keeps switching audio output back to phone from PC after I take a phonecall with my BT headset. Any ideas as to why it keeps doing so? Environment:PC: Lenovo...

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  • For some reason, if I have Spotify open in my phone and PC (music playing on the latter), it keeps switching audio output back to phone from PC after I take a phonecall with my BT headset. Any ideas ...
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Solved!! [Android][Other] Play queue is broken!

There are alot of problems with play queue and the list, that shows following songs and especially in suffle mode. Following observations are made using a premium account on Sony Experia Z1.When an album or playlist is played in suffle, the following...

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  • There are alot of problems with play queue and the list, that shows following songs and especially in suffle mode. Following observations are made using a premium account on Sony Experia Z1. When an...
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play list not updating between computer and phone

I have tried putting my phone into offline mode and then back to online mode. I have turned it to offline mode, closed the app then re started it and put it back to online. I made sure i was connected to my wifi with spotify open on my computer, put ...

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  • I have tried putting my phone into offline mode and then back to online mode. I have turned it to offline mode, closed the app then re started it and put it back to online. I made sure i was con...
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Can't reorder my songs

I noticed a while ago that I couldn't edit the order of my songs in my own playlists, on my android device. It was odd because I could do it on my previous one, which as iOS. I can do it on my computer but I don't want to have to turn it on everytime...

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  • I noticed a while ago that I couldn't edit the order of my songs in my own playlists, on my android device. It was odd because I could do it on my previous one, which as iOS. I can do it on my comput...
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Pauses

Listenning to music and it just randomly stops.. its been 3 weeks! I tried pretty much everythng. Uninstall app. Restart phone. Logged out everywhere. Help.

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  • Listenning to music and it just randomly stops.. its been 3 weeks! I tried pretty much everythng. Uninstall app. Restart phone. Logged out everywhere. Help.
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Spotify why has it stoped

Why am I receiving the message Spotify stopped how do I really start it on android

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  • Why am I receiving the message Spotify stopped how do I really start it on android
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