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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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Playlist creation failure

I tried to create a playlist from an album. I do this all the time, but this time this is what happened: after I confirmed the name of a playlist, it did not appear on the list of my playlists, I only get a message which says: "loading".I was doing t...

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  • I tried to create a playlist from an album. I do this all the time, but this time this is what happened: after I confirmed the name of a playlist, it did not appear on the list of my playlists, I onl...
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Can't playing specific song

Hey everybody,I'm a premium user, and recently while I was trying to play a specific song from a Playlist (or even from search result) I couldn't play it. Meaning that there is no play button, instead the "right key" menu pops up as you can see in th...

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  • Hey everybody, I'm a premium user, and recently while I was trying to play a specific song from a Playlist (or even from search result) I couldn't play it. Meaning that there is no play button, inst...
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Headphone issues with HTC One M8

After the latest version update of Spotify, I've been experiencing issues with my headphones. When the headphones are plugged in, the music is played through the speakers until I unplug and replug it. Plus, the control button on the headphones is not...

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  • After the latest version update of Spotify, I've been experiencing issues with my headphones. When the headphones are plugged in, the music is played through the speakers until I unplug and replug it...
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Offline songs sometimes/dont work all have been downloaded.

All the songs on my play lists have been downloaded,and listened to offline. Playlist songs I've listened to numerous times now have no green arrow, sometimes even though in offline mode they're greyed out they'll still work. So offline works sometim...

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  • All the songs on my play lists have been downloaded,and listened to offline. Playlist songs I've listened to numerous times now have no green arrow, sometimes even though in offline mode they're grey...
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Spotify don't show in the notification bar or the lock screen

Hi.I have problem with the app. When I open it the first time it's all ok but when I stop music and come back to the app after some time the streaming works fine but the app don't show in the notification bar or lock screen, the widget doesn't work a...

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  • Hi. I have problem with the app. When I open it the first time it's all ok but when I stop music and come back to the app after some time the streaming works fine but the app don't show in the notif...
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UAE, dark ages of streaming

When are you guys going to get the service going here? I have Premium but can't resubscribe beacuse the service isn't available here. Tried all my cards, but since they are registered in the UAE I cannot make the payment. We are boarderlining 2017 no...

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  • When are you guys going to get the service going here? I have Premium but can't resubscribe beacuse the service isn't available here. Tried all my cards, but since they are registered in the UAE I ca...
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library disappeared overseas

I live in Australia but I'm spending three months in Fiji. When I logged in here my whole library disappeared. I'm using my Spotify username (not email address), regular account in a nexus 5s with the latest android. Thanks in advance!

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  • I live in Australia but I'm spending three months in Fiji. When I logged in here my whole library disappeared. I'm using my Spotify username (not email address), regular account in a nexus 5s with th...
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Explicit sign stopping music?.

Why is it that all of a sudden some of my music has the "Explicit" sign next to them and won't play ?.This has only been in the last day as it was all fine yesterday.

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  • Why is it that all of a sudden some of my music has the "Explicit" sign next to them and won't play ?. This has only been in the last day as it was all fine yesterday.
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Superuser Contribution Bug: language change when changing options

When changing the messaging options, the language of the text change at the same time...(one way) take a look att the attached picture ..

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  • When changing the messaging options, the language of the text change at the same time...(one way) take a look att the attached picture .. 
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Still can't renew my subscription

Hi, Every month I have trouble renewing my premiumsubscription. This has been a problem for a long time now. First I get an email saying that they have been unable to withdraw funds from my account and tell me to log on to Spotify webpage and check m...

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  • Hi, Every month I have trouble renewing my premiumsubscription. This has been a problem for a long time now. First I get an email saying that they have been unable to withdraw funds from my account...
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Last.fm scrobbling not working

I can no longer scrobble to last.fm from the Spotify Android app. It worked just fine last night and I have changed no settings or anything, then I listened to music this morning and none of the tracks got scrobbled. I have Spotify Premium, my phone ...

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  • I can no longer scrobble to last.fm from the Spotify Android app. It worked just fine last night and I have changed no settings or anything, then I listened to music this morning and none of the trac...
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Spotify connect does not play long playlists

Hi together, Since some time i am experiencing a strange issue. I want to play a playlist with around 150 tracks via Connect. If i start the playlist from the beginning via Android app version 6.5.0.1816 it only adds around 70 tracks to the current p...

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  • Hi together,   Since some time i am experiencing a strange issue. I want to play a playlist with around 150 tracks via Connect. If i start the playlist from the beginning via Android app versi...
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Downloaded songs gone after update

Hi,im a premium user of family Spotify and was having no trouble with the app till today. My phone was updated, not sure when, and out of nowhere all the downloaded songs (over 500) disappeared. Now im redownloading it, which really takes a long time...

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  • Hi, im a premium user of family Spotify and was having no trouble with the app till today. My phone was updated, not sure when, and out of nowhere all the downloaded songs (over 500) disappeared.&nb...
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I have problems with the download of songs/albums since i switched from a Galaxy S6 to a Huawei P8.

Since i switched from the galaxy s6 to the huawei p8 it Tages morgen thanks an hour to download an album instead of seconds with the galaxy s6. Can anybody help ?

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  • Since i switched from the galaxy s6 to the huawei p8 it Tages morgen thanks an hour to download an album instead of seconds with the galaxy s6.   Can anybody help ? 
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Solved!! HOW CAN I UPDATE TO PREMIUM

I wanna uptade to premium. But circle always turning on the pay page. How can i correct to this.

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  • I wanna uptade to premium. But circle always turning on the pay page. How can i correct to this.
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Solved!! Cant delete playlist that's continuously 'loading'

I created a playlist whilst offline & when I went online, the playlist would not load the songs I added. In fact it continuously says 'loading' & I cannot delete it whatsover. Can anyone help?

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  • I created a playlist whilst offline & when I went online, the playlist would not load the songs I added. In fact it continuously says 'loading' & I cannot delete it whatsover. Can anyone help?
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Help!!

The music that I download is not completo. It stops at the begin or in the end. I hace yo do it 2or more times to get it right. Please help

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  • The music that I download is not completo. It stops at the begin or in the end. I hace yo do it 2or more times to get it right. Please help
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Still getting charged

I can't get into my premium account anymore. A while ago, it made a Facebook account and I can't deactivate it. I've tried anything and everything. I just want to stop getting charged for my old premium account and get a new one.

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  • I can't get into my premium account anymore. A while ago, it made a Facebook account and I can't deactivate it. I've tried anything and everything. I just want to stop getting charged for my old prem...
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Playlist Randomly Stops Playing | Galaxy S6 Edge+

Premium Customer here I've got a personal playlist that I've downloaded for offline play and about 2 weeks ago, every time I play the playlist it will play a few songs then Spotify will completely stop and exit or it will paus the song. Its getting f...

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  • Premium Customer here   I've got a personal playlist that I've downloaded for offline play and about 2 weeks ago, every time I play the playlist it will play a few songs then Spotify will comp...
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browsing results not shown and search failing

When going into browse no lists are shown. Also when searching the app just closes out and takes me out of spotify and to my general apps

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  • When going into browse no lists are shown. Also when searching the app just closes out and takes me out of spotify and to my general apps
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