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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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  • shahn321
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Sin Conexion a Internet

Desde la ultima actualizacion no puedo utilizar el spotify.Me indica que no tengo conexion a internet cuando la tengo. Ni siquiera me deja iniciar sesion ahora.Borre los datos, desinstale la aplicacion y la volvi a instalar y nada.Tengo una cuenta pr...

  • Newbie
  • Desde la ultima actualizacion no puedo utilizar el spotify. Me indica que no tengo conexion a internet cuando la tengo. Ni siquiera me deja iniciar sesion ahora. Borre los datos, desinstale la apli...
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si cancellano tutti i download su memoria sd

Buongiorno, ho un problema con i download su Android.Se attivo l'archiviazione su memoria SD, ogni volta che spengo il cellulare perdo tutta la music scaricata.Non riesco a trovare risposte a questo problemaGrazie a chi mi aiuta Carlo

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  • Buongiorno, ho un problema con i download su Android. Se attivo l'archiviazione su memoria SD, ogni volta che spengo il cellulare perdo tutta la music scaricata. Non riesco a trovare risposte a que...
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Songs RE DOWNLOADING!

I've searched and found this happens since 2013 or so...**bleep**ing unveliebable. Every time I open spotify on my cell phone some songs apperantly get deleted somehow and then have to be redownloaded. This happens almost every single day. One day I ...

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  • I've searched and found this happens since 2013 or so... **bleep**ing unveliebable. Every time I open spotify on my cell phone some songs apperantly get deleted somehow and then have to be redownloa...
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Spotify startup agony on Android

Hi there, my Spotify regularly stops responding during startup. I see the circle rotating and oops messages when switching between main sections like Home, Browse, Search. This agony takes tens of seconds, but often several annoying minutes. It consu...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi there, my Spotify regularly stops responding during startup. I see the circle rotating and oops messages when switching between main sections like Home, Browse, Search. This agony takes tens of se...
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Superuser Contribution [Android][Playlists] Make Android Auto great again

Dear community,since a while I recognized that the content of playlists are no longer displayed using Android Auto. I'm using an Samsung Galaxy S6 with Android 6.0.1.I'm very sure that it worked in the past but after an update it is not working any l...

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  • Dear community, since a while I recognized that the content of playlists are no longer displayed using Android Auto. I'm using an Samsung Galaxy S6 with Android 6.0.1. I'm very sure that it wo...
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Music started playing on phone whilst listening on Desktop

Very weird issue - music that was being listening to on the desktop computer suddenly started playing on my phone while the music on the desktop stopped playing through no involvement of mine. Was in the Spotify Desktop app and the Phone was Locked. ...

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  • Very weird issue - music that was being listening to on the desktop computer suddenly started playing on my phone while the music on the desktop stopped playing through no involvement of mine. Was in...
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Cannot log in to mobile app

So Im trying to log into the mobile app and am unable to. Ive been signed in on this phone for a long time, and have never had a facebook account connected. Or even had a facebook account. But the app wont let me sign in without connecting one. So i ...

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  • So Im trying to log into the mobile app and am unable to. Ive been signed in on this phone for a long time, and have never had a facebook account connected. Or even had a facebook account. But the ap...
  • Joe
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ZTE V6 Max no descarga las canciones de Spotify a mi celular

ZTE V6 Max; es incompatible con Spotify Premium? Ya he intentado guardar las canciones en la memoria interna y en la micro sd card, pero despues de haber sido descargadas, desaparecen de las listas de reproduccion. No puedo disfrutar de Spotify sin c...

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  • ZTE V6 Max; es incompatible con Spotify Premium? Ya he intentado guardar las canciones en la memoria interna y en la micro sd card, pero despues de haber sido descargadas, desaparecen de las listas d...
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improve offline quality

hi,i'd like to improve the quality of my offline songs...my question is, if i change download quality from 96kbits to 320kbits will all already on sd-card existing offline songs also improve automaticaly quality to 320kbits? or only future downloads....

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  • hi, i'd like to improve the quality of my offline songs... my question is, if i change download quality from 96kbits to 320kbits will all already on sd-card existing offline songs also improve auto...
  • Joe
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Android, former apple user wants to cancel membership. How?

I want to cancel my membership, but it keeps saying to change it through Apple I.D., and I don't even have an Apple product anymore only an android. What do I do to cancel my payments?

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  • I want to cancel my membership, but it keeps saying to change it through Apple I.D., and I don't even have an Apple product anymore only an android. What do I do to cancel my payments?
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When listening from Desktop, Spotify will switch to playing through Phone without input

So I open Spotify on my computer and start playing, then my phone will start playing the music instead as if I had hit "play through this device"I have to hit pause and play again for it to swap back to playing through my computer.

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  • So I open Spotify on my computer and start playing, then my phone will start playing the music instead as if I had hit "play through this device" I have to hit pause and play again for it to swap ba...
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Album Section

It's possible in album section you can see only the one's you completely save? For Android devices.

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  • It's possible in album section you can see only the one's you completely save? For Android devices.
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Distorted playback static sound

I am experiencing distorted playback & static sound on the spotfy app. My device is onkyo dp-x1 and great headphones, I am sure Its the app's problem,because when I use the onkyo player, the distorted playback & static sound disappers. Any advice on ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am experiencing distorted playback & static sound on the spotfy app. My device is onkyo dp-x1 and great headphones, I am sure Its the app's problem,because when I use the onkyo player, the...
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Spotify reboots smartphone

Since sometime in February, after a certain Spotify app update (sorry, I can't recall which one), my phone started crashing and rebooting when using Spotify. All goes well when suddenly the song starts stuttering and shortly after the app halts and t...

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  • Since sometime in February, after a certain Spotify app update (sorry, I can't recall which one), my phone started crashing and rebooting when using Spotify.   All goes well when suddenly the ...
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[All Platforms] Frozen

My spotify account keeps freezing on my mac and on my android phone, especially during an advertisement. I really hope someone can fix this problem. If this problem can't be fixed I am NOT going to upgrade to premium and I'm going to end up deleting ...

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  • My spotify account keeps freezing on my mac and on my android phone, especially during an advertisement. I really hope someone can fix this problem. If this problem can't be fixed I am NOT going to u...
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Superuser Contribution Keeps loading

When I go into Spotify it just keeps loading and won't let me play music. I've even cleared the cache, and uninstalled and reinstalled.

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  • When I go into Spotify it just keeps loading and won't let me play music. I've even cleared the cache, and uninstalled and reinstalled.
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Superuser Contribution Offline songs

I have to repeatedly re-download my songs to listen to them offline. I have had to download them three times today. I have 587 songs i have to download and it takes forever.

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  • I have to repeatedly re-download my songs to listen to them offline. I have had to download them three times today. I have 587 songs i have to download and it takes forever.
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Google cast in Android app stopped working

Same issue as other posters but for me it didnt fix itself 'after a few days'. All worked perfectly untill some days ago: Running on LG-G5 the latest version of Spotify premium; Spotify app sees my chromecast audio and video devices but cannot connec...

  • Casual Listener
  • Same issue as other posters but for me it didnt fix itself 'after a few days'. All worked perfectly untill some days ago:   Running on LG-G5 the latest version of Spotify premium; Sp...
  • AeroEchelon
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Play all songs in a folder

I've just updated Spotify and for some reason I can't play my whole library on shuffle. After the library link had been removed I created one folder called Library and put everything in it.Until now I could click Library folder and tap "all songs" an...

  • Roadie
  • I've just updated Spotify and for some reason I can't play my whole library on shuffle. After the library link had been removed I created one folder called Library and put everything in it. Until no...
  • Joe
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Play premium

Hello!I bought premiun today, money has been taken from my account for premium. Bur i cant play premiun. I have got the OK to my mailadress.I have un install and install spotify and try everything.Why cant I play premium?

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  • Hello! I bought premiun today, money has been taken from my account for premium. Bur i cant play premiun. I have got the OK to my mailadress. I have un install and install spotify and try everythin...
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