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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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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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Censored songs

2017 and still having trouble with censored songsrecently I've been listening to Calle 13 (a latinamerican group) and most of the song are censored with that terrible backward effect!how can I solve that?

  • Casual Listener
  • 2017 and still having trouble with censored songs recently I've been listening to Calle 13 (a latinamerican group) and most of the song are censored with that terrible backward effect! how can I so...
  • ConAudifonos
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Some open.spotify.com links not working

My friend and I are both Premium members. She's on an iPhone. I'm on an Android. We send song links (open.spotify.com/track/...) to one another via SMS using the mechanisms in our respective apps. Things have generally been working pretty well. In th...

  • Newbie
  • My friend and I are both Premium members. She's on an iPhone. I'm on an Android. We send song links (open.spotify.com/track/...) to one another via SMS using the mechanisms in our respective apps. Th...
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Offline/Online Premium Issue

Okay so I have got Spotify on an Android (Samsung Galaxy 5) and I am connected to internet (I use the free Spotify version) except it's saying that I need to get premium to listen to music now everytime I press the shuffle play button. I don't unders...

  • Casual Listener
  • Okay so I have got Spotify on an Android (Samsung Galaxy 5) and I am connected to internet (I use the free Spotify version) except it's saying that I need to get premium to listen to music now everyt...
  • Joe
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Chromecast audio not in normalize volume mode

Hi guysI have some trouble when I conect chromecast audio to avr to playing musicI found Spotify not in normalize volume mode ,and I can't change this setting on my phone,is somebody has the same trouble?English is not my mother language,hope you can...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi guys I have some trouble when I conect chromecast audio to avr to playing music I found Spotify not in normalize volume mode ,and I can't change this setting on my phone,is somebody has the same...
  • Kenkaikk
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Superuser Contribution Artists and Playlists not functioning normally on my Samsung

Hi friends! So I'll start by saying I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini.. ancient but still working great aside from Spotify. A few issues: I pay for premium and have access to my songs when I am offline. When I am offline, I only have acess to songs thr...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi friends!   So I'll start by saying I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini.. ancient but still working great aside from Spotify.    A few issues:   I pay for premium and have acc...
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Spotify becoming more strict?

So usually what I do when it comes to streaming spotify for free is that I will put a song in a play list by itself so when I click shuffle on that play list it usually plays that song straight away but now for some reason when I do that now it will ...

  • Casual Listener
  • So usually what I do when it comes to streaming spotify for free is that I will put a song in a play list by itself so when I click shuffle on that play list it usually plays that song straight away ...
  • Coreycdc
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Volume Issue with Shared Playlist

In the Android latest Android version and latest Spotify version, I noticed a bug today. When playing my friend's shared playlist, the volume was lower than when I was playing my own playlist. My friend had the free version, whereas I have the paid v...

  • Casual Listener
  • In the Android latest Android version and latest Spotify version, I noticed a bug today. When playing my friend's shared playlist, the volume was lower than when I was playing my own playlist. My fri...
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downloaded music deleted

My Spotify app suddenly informed me that I had saved music offline on more than 3 devices and all my offline music had been deleted. I have only used Spotify on my PC and phone, and have only had a premium account for about one month. What's up with ...

  • Newbie
  • My Spotify app suddenly informed me that I had saved music offline on more than 3 devices and all my offline music had been deleted. I have only used Spotify on my PC and phone, and have only had a p...
  • Joe
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My premium account become slow

So first i clear data my spotify premium because i want to redownload all my song,and then i log in,and then the problem started,When i'm log in my home and browse section won't load,at all,sometime its load when i log in log out for more than once,i...

  • Visitor
  • So first i clear data my spotify premium because i want to redownload all my song,and then i log in,and then the problem started, When i'm log in my home and browse section won't load,at all,sometim...
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ARMv8 and ARMv7 Spotfy App

Why is the Spotfy App only available in ARMv7, while many devices have ARMv8 SoCs and OS's? It seems the the App could be lighter/faster/more efficient if it used the ISA in the supported devices...

  • Newbie
  • Why is the Spotfy App only available in ARMv7, while many devices have ARMv8 SoCs and OS's? It seems the the App could be lighter/faster/more efficient if it used the ISA in the supported devices...
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Playlist songs not showing on songs list in general

I downloaded a playlist of 50 songs by a band - and they play if I the playlist but don't show up on my songs list in general.

  • Regular
  • I downloaded a playlist of 50 songs by a band - and they play if I the playlist but don't show up on my songs list in general.
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Superuser Contribution Playing stops in the middle of downloaded song

I have had issues of random playback interruptions. This occurs on and off line when playing songs on playlist on my Huawei Y6. I have uninstalled and reinstalled spotify but the problem persists. Your instructions mentioned a file com.spotify.music ...

  • Newbie
  • I have had issues of random playback interruptions. This occurs on and off line when playing songs on playlist on my Huawei Y6. I have uninstalled and reinstalled spotify but the problem persists. Yo...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify not connecting wifi

Guys, good afternoon. I would like help. I have an android and it does not work. Spotify on the Wifi network of my house does not connect. I have tested on other Wifi and connect normally. Is not a problem a router?

  • Casual Listener
  • Guys, good afternoon.   I would like help. I have an android and it does not work. Spotify on the Wifi network of my house does not connect. I have tested on other Wifi and connect normally. I...
  • diogosouzajf
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Solved!! Samsung s7

My spotify stop playing a song after 20 sec.on my samsung S7. It happens online and offline.On my laptop it works just fine.What is going on?

  • Casual Listener
  • My spotify stop playing a song after 20 sec.on my samsung S7. It happens online and offline.On my laptop it works just fine. What is going on?
  • steinen76
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Solved!! Cannot set as default player

Dear all, I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920I) with Android 6.0.1 and I cannot set Spotify as default player on device. On Spotify app itself there's no available option to set as defalt app for anything.I tried to remove the app (and clearing cache...

  • Regular
  • Dear all,   I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920I) with Android 6.0.1 and I cannot set Spotify as default player on device. On Spotify app itself there's no available option to set as defalt ap...
  • Listor
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Superuser Contribution Playlist not available

Hi, I have downloaded some Playlist to be available in offline mode, which worked perfectly fine up until two days ago. Now only some of my Playlist are not available anymore. The name is written in grey letters vs usually white and I can't click on ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi, I have downloaded some Playlist to be available in offline mode, which worked perfectly fine up until two days ago. Now only some of my Playlist are not available anymore. The name is written in ...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist Filter field glitch

This has happened twice in the last couple weeks where searching/filtering in a playlist doesn't display/search properly. Just now I typed "saint" and it filtered by this term appropriately for a moment but then as I scrolled it would blink back and ...

  • Newbie
  • This has happened twice in the last couple weeks where searching/filtering in a playlist doesn't display/search properly. Just now I typed "saint" and it filtered by this term appropriately for a mom...
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android app doesn't update automatically

the spotify app is set to get automatic updates from play store, same as my other apps. however, spotify is the only one that doesn't work. what can i do? i have cleared the cache, removed all spotify-related folders from my phone, and reinstalled.as...

  • Roadie
  • the spotify app is set to get automatic updates from play store, same as my other apps. however, spotify is the only one that doesn't work. what can i do? i have cleared the cache, removed all spotif...
  • unseenlarks
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