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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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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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Superuser Contribution [spotify connect] between phone, laptop and desktop

PlanPremiumCountryKoreaDevicePhone : Samsung galuxy s22Operating SystemPhone : Android 12Desktop, Laptop : Windows 11My Question or Issue Hello. My English is a bit poor. I'll try my best to make you understand. Please help me. Group mode is the only...

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  • Plan Premium Country Korea Device Phone : Samsung galuxy s22 Operating System Phone : Android 12 Desktop, Laptop : Windows 11 My Question or Issue   Hello. My English is a bit poor....
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Superuser Contribution [Fire TV Stick 4K / Android] Daily Spotify notifications shown under Settings/Notifications

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceFire TV Stick 4KOperating SystemFire OS 6.2.7.7 (Android) My Question or IssueMy Fire TV stick shows notifications everyday from Spotify app, and I have no way of stopping this from happening. When clicking the notification ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Fire TV Stick 4K Operating System Fire OS 6.2.7.7 (Android)   My Question or Issue My Fire TV stick shows notifications everyday from Spotify app, and I ...
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Superuser Contribution Recent Searches inexplicably disappear every couple of days

PlanPremium DuoDeviceSamsung Galaxy A52Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI have an issue that has been going on for a couple of weeks. What happens is that every couple of days the recent searches in the search tab of the Spotify app just d...

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  • Plan Premium Duo Device Samsung Galaxy A52 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I have an issue that has been going on for a couple of weeks. What happens is that every couple...
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Superuser Contribution (SOLVED) Spotify Freezes on Xiaomi

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Xiaomi Red mi Note 9 Pro)Operating System(Android Pie) My Question or IssueI own a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro and the Spotify freezes completely 'everytime' when touching any of the 3 buttons menu on the app. The song keep...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (Xiaomi Red mi Note 9 Pro) Operating System (Android Pie)    My Question or Issue I own a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro and the Spotify freezes ...
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Solved!! Annoying playback notification

Hey. I've been browsing for a while looking for an answer to my question.If anyone can help, I appreciate it.I am currently running a Honor 50 with Magic UI 6 with Android 12.I can't for the life of me figure out how to disable the widget from showin...

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  • Hey. I've been browsing for a while looking for an answer to my question. If anyone can help, I appreciate it. I am currently running a Honor 50 with Magic UI 6 with Android 12. I can't for the li...
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New phone Troubles

I have Android and got a new phone. Paying premium. I log into Spotify and NO playlists or music is there. It dosent recognise that im paying for premium either.

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  • I have Android and got a new phone. Paying premium. I log into Spotify and NO playlists or music is there. It dosent recognise that im paying for premium either.
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Android Spotify keeps asking me to login

Every time I start up the Android Spotify app now, it asks me to login via facebook (or username). This is pretty **bleep** annoying, especially if you're in the car, you do not want to log in (when it inevitably crashes on you). This app REALLY need...

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  • Every time I start up the Android Spotify app now, it asks me to login via facebook (or username). This is pretty **bleep** annoying, especially if you're in the car, you do not want to log in (when ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify voice doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) I have given the spotify app permission to access my microphone but when I hold down the search button with the spotify app I can not control the app my...

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  •   Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   I have given the spotify app permission to access my microphone b...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify connect stuck on connecting - when playing albums

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueMy Spotify connect doesnt work right. When i use Spotify from my Android phone, when i play an album on a different device, it is stuck on 'conn...

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue My Spotify connect doesnt work right. When i use Spotify from my And...
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Superuser Contribution Songs abruptly adjourned moved to another song

My songs abruptly adjourned moved to another song this issue repeatedly happening which is outrageous PlanPremiumCountry India Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Questio...

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  • My songs abruptly adjourned moved to another song this issue repeatedly happening which is outrageous  Plan Premium Country India    Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbo...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Player controls (in-app) and other icons (settings, home) do not appear

Free PlanIndiaRedmi Note 10sAndroid 12 The player controls in my Spotify app just disappeared. I have rebooted, cleared cache, reinstalled Spotify and even tried installing Spotify Lite. Nothing worked. Notification and lock screen controls work fine...

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  • Free Plan India Redmi Note 10s Android 12   The player controls in my Spotify app just disappeared. I have rebooted, cleared cache, reinstalled Spotify and even tried installing Spotify Lit...
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Superuser Contribution I downloaded music to my SD card but spotify keeps trying to redownload to internal storage

DeviceMoto G PowerOperating SystemAndroid 11My Question or IssueI left amazon because it kept messing up my downlaoded music on my SD card, now the same thing is happening with spotify. =( i have bought a new SD card, done multiple clean reinstalls, ...

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  • Device Moto G Power Operating System Android 11 My Question or Issue I left amazon because it kept messing up my downlaoded music on my SD card, now the same thing is happening with spotify. =( ...
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Gear Fit 2 Pro - "Unable to start spotify. Connect to Bluetooth to start listening."

Hi there, I am unable to use my Gear Fit 2 Pro to remotely control music on my galaxy device. Previously I was able to use my gear fit to play/pause/change songs/playlists, etc. however this is no longer working. When I go to settings > playback, and...

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  • Hi there,    I am unable to use my Gear Fit 2 Pro to remotely control music on my galaxy device. Previously I was able to use my gear fit to play/pause/change songs/playlists, etc. howeve...
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Superuser Contribution Blank rectangles instead of icons?

Premium Plan / UK / Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite Zoom / Android 11 / Latest App After latest Android Security Update all icons turned to blank rectangles... All other apps on my phone seems ok. I tried logging out, wiping cache with deleting folder and clean in...

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  • Premium Plan / UK / Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite Zoom / Android 11 / Latest App   After latest Android Security Update all icons turned to blank rectangles... All other apps on my phone seems ok. I tried...
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Spotify refuses to acknowledge that I'm online

Hi, I'm new to using this forum board, so let me know if I'm missing information required to solve this problem. I'm trying to get spotify to play from my tablet at work, but it's not recognizing that the tablet is connected to the internet. At work,...

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  • Hi, I'm new to using this forum board, so let me know if I'm missing information required to solve this problem.  I'm trying to get spotify to play from my tablet at work, but it's not recognizi...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unable to select undownloaded songs whilst connected with google speaker

PlanPremium CountryThe Netherlands DeviceRealme GT Neo 2 Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueHey everyone, Whilst being connected with my Google home speaker, I am unable to select songs which are not downloaded via the spotify app on my p...

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  • Plan Premium   Country The Netherlands   Device Realme GT Neo 2   Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue Hey everyone,   Whilst being connected wit...
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Superuser Contribution tizen os music player swich between music is not work

hi im using a70 with android 11 and samsung watch 3 45mm tizen os 4.5 spotify tizen app is work but when i want to select a music in that playlist not work i contact with samsung company and they said the problem is spotify app in other app linke sam...

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  • hi im using a70 with android 11 and samsung watch 3 45mm  tizen os 4.5   spotify tizen app is work but when i want to select a music in that playlist not work  i contact with sa...
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Superuser Contribution Ever going to fix Android Equalizer issue?

I saw there was a post from 2013 and this is still not fixed. Whenever you start a song on Android for Spotify there is a brief volume spike at beginning of every song. This seems to occur on android no matter what device you use (tested on 5 differe...

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  • I saw there was a post from 2013 and this is still not fixed. Whenever you start a song on Android for Spotify there is a brief volume spike at beginning of every song. This seems to occur on android...
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