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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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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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Playlist radio completely different from Playlist

I have a favorite house music Playlist with around 50 songs on it. I usually listen to the radio based on this Playlist but today, for no reason, the radio station turned into heavy metal only. **bleep**?

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  • I have a favorite house music Playlist with around 50 songs on it. I usually listen to the radio based on this Playlist but today, for no reason, the radio station turned into heavy metal only. **ble...
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Band locked in Mixtape

Hello, Sry for my bad English, I have a problem Though my mixtabe belonged and connected there unintentionally a band, can I make this undo? Greetings

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  • Hello, Sry for my bad English, I have a problem Though my mixtabe belonged and connected there unintentionally a band, can I make this undo? Greetings 
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Superuser Contribution Too much Bowie

I've been trying to play several playlists, radio stations and artists today from an Android phone. My problem is that when I start it, it will play one song from that selection and every song following that one is David Bowie. On all of them. I like...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been trying to play several playlists, radio stations and artists today from an Android phone. My problem is that when I start it, it will play one song from that selection and every song follow...
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BUG: Filter button missing

A couple of weeks ago, there was an update, which resulted in the following behavior:When I'm looking at any artist's album section, swiping down won't show the filter button! To get to see the filter button, I need scroll down a bit, click on a rand...

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  • A couple of weeks ago, there was an update, which resulted in the following behavior: When I'm looking at any artist's album section, swiping down won't show the filter button! To get to see the fil...
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playlists using artist explorer

hi, i am new to spotify. after i installed the app, and signed up, it had me search for artists and choose ones i liked (i believe this is called "artist explorer"). after i spent some time choosing all the artists i liked, and clicked "finish" as in...

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  • hi, i am new to spotify. after i installed the app, and signed up, it had me search for artists and choose ones i liked (i believe this is called "artist explorer"). after i spent some time choosing ...
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Superuser Contribution A problem with downloaded songs

Hi, I have a Huawei Y5II with Android 5.1 and Spotify version 7.7.0.1179 armV7. My problem is with the music I download, when I start the off-line mode, some music starts and after a few minutes it stops, and when I touch play again nothing happens, ...

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  • Hi, I have a Huawei Y5II with Android 5.1 and Spotify version 7.7.0.1179 armV7. My problem is with the music I download, when I start the off-line mode, some music starts and after a few minutes...
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Voice command to play album only plays top songs

Voice command on Android to play an album (Ok Google > Play the album (album name) by (artist name) on Spotify) results in only the top songs (I think) being played. I want to hear THE ALBUM with the songs IN ORDER. I don't know why this seems to be ...

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  • Voice command on Android to play an album (Ok Google > Play the album (album name) by (artist name) on Spotify) results in only the top songs (I think) being played.  I want to hear THE ALBUM...
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Missing push notifications

I dont receive push notifications in my device, I check all of them on and I have app notifications enabled but there is no notification in my phone just in my email...

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  • I dont receive push notifications in my device, I check all of them on and I have app notifications enabled but there is no notification in my phone just in my email...
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lost my downloaded musics

I have formated my cellphone, so i installed spotify again, and after that my download musics who were in the sd card get disappeared. But the space used by the downloaded songs in the sd is occupied yet. So i have to download it all again, occupying...

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  • I have formated my cellphone, so i installed spotify again, and after that my download musics who were in the sd card get disappeared. But the space used by the downloaded songs in the sd is occupied...
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La reproducción con conexión no es fluida

Tengo un Sony Xperia Z2 con Android 6.0.1 y tengo cuenta premium de Spotify. El problema de la aplicación es que cualquier playlist no se reproduce fluidamente, es decir, cuando se termina una canción, la próxima no inicia aunque esté en modo "play",...

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  • Tengo un Sony Xperia Z2 con Android 6.0.1 y tengo cuenta premium de Spotify. El problema de la aplicación es que cualquier playlist no se reproduce fluidamente, es decir, cuando se termina una canció...
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Login on Spotify app

So I downloaded the Spotify app and when I tried login in with mi Facebook account it would tell me unable to login even though everything was correct, then I tried my username and it wouldn't work either.

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  • So I downloaded the Spotify app and when I tried login in with mi Facebook account it would tell me unable to login even though everything was correct, then I tried my username and it wouldn't work e...
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Superuser Contribution Local files do not work

I want to start by saying that I did everything possible and still can not download the local files from my PC to my android.Months ago, I didn't have problem downloading songs that did not exist in Spotify, but now that I changed my phone, I cannot ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I want to start by saying that I did everything possible and still can not download the local files from my PC to my android. Months ago, I didn't have problem downloading songs that did not exist i...
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Local Files won't play

Hello everyone,Yesterday I've uploaded some local files from my PC to my Spotify playlist and it was working well but I can't listen to those on my Spotify app on my Android phone. Is there a way to solve this and play those songs on the app too?

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  • Hello everyone, Yesterday I've uploaded some local files from my PC to my Spotify playlist and it was working well but I can't listen to those on my Spotify app on my Android phone. Is there a way t...
  • aberry9036
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auto switch to other device

Hi, is there a way to switch playing device from the Spotify Android app per any trigger ?I've seen a closed idea about making this an intent to be called from Tasker.Since it was closed a year ago, I recreated it. But maybe there's a better way of d...

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  • Hi,   is there a way to switch playing device from the Spotify Android app per any trigger ? I've seen a closed idea about making this an intent to be called from Tasker. Since it was closed...
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Artist List Empty

So I have been having some issues since the most recent update to the app about the artist list.Before I had a very large artist list. I could select an artist and it would show all the songs I had from them. It would also segregate them into the alb...

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  • So I have been having some issues since the most recent update to the app about the artist list. Before I had a very large artist list. I could select an artist and it would show all the songs I h...
  • Shorty15
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Spotify Skipping via DAC

I know there are many threads on this issue, but mine is strangly specific and I haven't been able to find a soultion yet. I have a Samsung S6 and have it connected via USB to a Sony DAC. When I do this the music in Spotify starts skipping/stuttering...

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  • I know there are many threads on this issue, but mine is strangly specific and I haven't been able to find a soultion yet.   I have a Samsung S6 and have it connected via USB to a Sony DA...
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Local Files Playlist - 44 Times the same Song

Hey guys, i created a Playlist with my local files in the Desktop-App..Now i wanted to sync the playlist with my Android Phone.. In the Android-App the playlist contains 44 times the same song, in Desktop-app there are 44 different Songs. If i play t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey guys,   i created a Playlist with my local files in the Desktop-App.. Now i wanted to sync the playlist with my Android Phone.. In the Android-App the playlist contains 44 times the same ...
  • Shunori
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Premiem

Okay I signed up for the Premiem 3 months for .99 okay but I was reading and it said spotify would charge my card every month. I shouldn't get any kind of charges for the next three months right?

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  • Okay I signed up for the Premiem 3 months for .99 okay but I was reading and it said spotify would charge my card every month. I shouldn't get any kind of charges for the next three months right?
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Cerré sesión y abrí de nuevo y mis canciones descargadas se eliminaron

Cerré mi sesión y al abrirla de nuevo las canciones en aparecen como si no estuvieran descargadas... Ya inicié sesión con mi usuario "hydesita", con mi correo marisolcantu@hotmail.com y con Facebook y me salen igual

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  • Cerré mi sesión y al abrirla de nuevo las canciones en aparecen como si no estuvieran descargadas... Ya inicié sesión con mi usuario "hydesita", con mi correo marisolcantu@hotmail.com y con Facebook ...
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Solved!! Android marshmallow and sound quality

Hi, recently I update to preview 3 of Android on my nexus 5.After download all my Playlist the sound has a lot of noise like clips, or interference like old modem dial.

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  • Hi, recently I update to preview 3 of Android on my nexus 5. After download all my Playlist the sound has a lot of noise like clips, or interference like old modem dial.
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