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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 BR - Dúvida

- Estou tentando sincronizar uma musica da minha biblioteca pessoal (arquivos locais) junto ao meu android, eu localizo a musica no app para desktop, crio uma playlist com esta musica e vou no android para baixar a musica para o celular, mas a musica...

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  •  - Estou tentando sincronizar uma musica da minha biblioteca pessoal (arquivos locais) junto ao meu android, eu localizo a musica no app para desktop, crio uma playlist com esta musica e vou no ...
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432 hz option

Hi!Can I have an option to change frequency to 432 hz? Please, I need it. Someone can help me?

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  • Hi! Can I have an option to change frequency to 432 hz? Please, I need it. Someone can help me?
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Music Stops Playing (Post 0.7.7 rollout)

I have three devices that I am troubleshooting, all Samsung devices. They are all doing the same thing, they will play a few tracks, then stop. The only way to restart it is manually, but that is difficult if say, you are driving. DevicesSamsung Note...

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  • I have three devices that I am troubleshooting, all Samsung devices. They are all doing the same thing, they will play a few tracks, then stop. The only way to restart it is manually, but that is dif...
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Annoyed with an ad

I live in australia and i pay for premium, i was just quietly listening to my playlists and an ad for the presidential election came on. I am not happy for two reasons.First i should not be hearing ads at all with my subscription and secondly i dont ...

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  • I live in australia and i pay for premium, i was just quietly listening to my playlists and an ad for the presidential election came on. I am not happy for two reasons. First i should not be hearing...
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Missing Close Button (Android)

What happend to the x button in the notification thing, how am I supposed to close spotify now?Its not really a problem that it's running but I'd prefer if the music control panel was only there when listening to music, instead of permanetly. - I add...

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  • What happend to the x button in the notification thing, how am I supposed to close spotify now? Its not really a problem that it's running but I'd prefer if the music control panel was only there wh...
  • Joe
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Arte dos álbuns na barra de notificações (Art of the albums in the notifications bar)

(Album art does not appear on the Android notification bar!) Depois das útlimas 3 ou 4 atualizações do app no meu android a arte do álbum não aparece mais no mini app que fica na barra de notificações enquanto as músicas tocam. Coloquei um print de m...

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  • (Album art does not appear on the Android notification bar!)   Depois das útlimas 3 ou 4 atualizações do app no meu android a arte do álbum não aparece mais no mini app que fica na barra de no...
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Widget doesn't work

Spotify widget doesn't work properly.I used to have tasker intend for com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget.NEXTto start autoplaying spotify after connecting to car BT. But after last update(s) it doesn't work anymore. Tried widget directly and contro...

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  • Spotify widget doesn't work properly. I used to have tasker intend for com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget.NEXT to start autoplaying spotify after connecting to car BT. But after last update(...
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Musics stops suddenly. Samsung galacy s6

I can't use my spotify on my phone because every time I try to play appears an advice saying this song its not avaible. I don't think it's a connection problem because I'm connected to wi-fi, sometimes the music stop alone and nothing happens when a ...

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  • I can't use my spotify on my phone because every time I try to play appears an advice saying this song its not avaible. I don't think it's a connection problem because I'm connected to wi-fi, sometim...
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Superuser Contribution Inbox emptied, no more posted songs are viewable

Using Android 5.x and Spotify's current version, my messages section was wiped out after formatting all data/info on my app due to a frequent connection related problem. Cannot get any messages or posts in my inbox anymore. Please help me.

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  • Using Android 5.x and Spotify's current version, my messages section was wiped out after formatting all data/info on my app due to a frequent connection related problem. Cannot get any messages or po...
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My offline playlist is no longer available

I can no longer listen to my playlist offline! It hás no explanation. Please help me, otherwise i will cancel my account.

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  • I can no longer listen to my playlist offline! It hás no explanation. Please help me, otherwise i will cancel my account.
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Solved!! Music stops when surfing Internet

Hi. I am a Spotify Premium member. My music stops when I surf the Internet, specifically, whenever a page takes a long time to load. This is frustrating, because I want to surf the Internet and play music at the same time. I recently installed a 32 G...

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  • Hi. I am a Spotify Premium member. My music stops when I surf the Internet, specifically, whenever a page takes a long time to load. This is frustrating, because I want to surf the Internet and play ...
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Playlist re-shuffle on resume

Sorry if this has been discussed before, I tried to search for the issue but couldn’t find anything about it. I have been using Spotify (Premium) for over 5 months now. I have only used it on Android (Note 5/7 and now S7 Edge). The problem I am havin...

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  • Sorry if this has been discussed before, I tried to search for the issue but couldn’t find anything about it. I have been using Spotify (Premium) for over 5 months now. I have only used it on Android...
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Local problems

HeyI've Tried to Import a Song that i downloaded from youtube and I can play it on my Desktop but when i Put it into a playlist i cant download it Onto my s7. What can i do?

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  • Hey I've Tried to Import a Song that i downloaded from youtube and I can play it on my Desktop but when i Put it into a playlist i cant download it Onto my s7. What can i do?
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Skip track buttons not working on bluetooth

HiWhen I connect spotify to my car step via Bluetooth I can't get the skip track buttons to work.It works fine with other apps like music player etc but just not spotify.Is there a way to get this to workI can skip from the luck screen just not the p...

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  • Hi When I connect spotify to my car step via Bluetooth I can't get the skip track buttons to work. It works fine with other apps like music player etc but just not spotify. Is there a way to...
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Connect: Delete a Device?

Hello Community,i often use the Connect Feature in the Spotify Android app to listen to music via my Raumfeld Connector.What annoys me is a unknown Chromecast Device, which is probably a neighbours' property, that appears in the Connect >Connect to a...

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  • Hello Community, i often use the Connect Feature in the Spotify Android app to listen to music via   my Raumfeld Connector . What annoys me is a unknown Chromecast Device, which is ...
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Issues streaming music on Samsung Note 5

I keep getting a message "This song is not available, " for both downloaded songs and while streaming. I've done a reinstall, restarted my phone several times and cleared saved data, yet nothing has worked. I'm on the latest update. Version 6.5.0.181...

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  • I keep getting a message "This song is not available, " for both downloaded songs and while streaming. I've done a reinstall, restarted my phone several times and cleared saved data, yet nothing has ...
  • Joe
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Can't use offline functions (I'm premium)

I'm premium and all the other functions work well, but everytime I try to open Spotify on my cellphone (and the last time I used was offline) it says shows the message that I'm offline and need to connect to the internet?? So I always have to use my ...

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  • I'm premium and all the other functions work well, but everytime I try to open Spotify on my cellphone (and the last time I used was offline) it says shows the message that I'm offline and need to co...
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Spotify cousing sd-card crash

Sportify is cousing my whole micro sd card to crash, the file cousing the carsh is:Android\data\com.spotify.music\files\spotifycache\marcury.db, the file can´t be removed or as soon you click on it the sdcards disconnect. the crash is not just when a...

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  • Sportify is cousing my whole micro sd card to crash, the file cousing the carsh is: Android\data\com.spotify.music\files\spotifycache\marcury.db, the file can´t be removed or as soon you click on it...
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Spotify will resave music after being removed

I have downloaded entire albums in order to discover new songs from that artist. But when there's a song i don't like, i delete it. Problem is, spotify will resave those songs automatically and randomly. I only find out as i listen throughout the day...

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  • I have downloaded entire albums in order to discover new songs from that artist. But when there's a song i don't like, i delete it. Problem is, spotify will resave those songs automatically and rando...
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[Discover] View previous Discover Weekly playlists

How do you rest the backround photo for the discover weekly tab/box so it's not a picture of my x. I have deleted all photos on my phone and it still shows up.

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  • How do you rest the backround photo for the discover weekly tab/box so it's not a picture of my x. I have deleted all photos on my phone and it still shows up.
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