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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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Downloading songs to listen to offline

Hello? If I have downloaded an album to listen to offline, why would I need to re-download a few weeks later? Thanks

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  • Hello? If I have downloaded an album to listen to offline, why would I need to re-download a few weeks later?   Thanks
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Won't play in background

It'll play a song or 2 while opened in the background but it eventually stops and I have to open it back up to get it to keep playing. I've never had this problem before.

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  • It'll play a song or 2 while opened in the background but it eventually stops and I have to open it back up to get it to keep playing. I've never had this problem before.
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Android alumb problems

on the android app on my phone when i select an album the full track listing does not show maybe between 1 - 5 songs show in the album i have to select show full album option to see all songs in the album, this is happening across all my saved albums...

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  • on the android app on my phone when i select an album the full track listing does not show maybe between 1 - 5 songs show in the album   i have to select show full album option to see all song...
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Spotify offline download works after fresh download but stops working as soon as I close and reopen

Hey all, So this problem has been bugging me for a while now. I'm traveling and want to download albums and playlists to local drive. I can do it without a problem if I uninstall and reinstall the app but once I close out the app from my s7 edge, I c...

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  • Hey all,    So this problem has been bugging me for a while now. I'm traveling and want to download albums and playlists to local drive. I can do it without a problem if I uninstall and r...
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I Can not Connect hair facebook

I Can not Connect hair facebook because I realized the account deletion fo face , and created another after 15 days with the same data and email, and now I can not connect it to spotify says it already has another account using . How to solve ? becau...

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  • I Can not Connect hair facebook because I realized the account deletion fo face , and created another after 15 days with the same data and email, and now I can not connect it to spotify says it alrea...
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Spotify crashes when playing on background

Ok, so I've seen a lot of posts like this but none of the possible fixes has solved my problem.I own a LG G3 Beat and every time I try to listen to music and browse chrome, facebook or any other app (except whatsapp) spotify stops completely and I ha...

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  • Ok, so I've seen a lot of posts like this but none of the possible fixes has solved my problem. I own a LG G3 Beat and every time I try to listen to music and browse chrome, facebook or any other ap...
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Cell Phone Space

First of all, if this issue has been discussed before and you can please place me in the right direction to find an answer to this, I will really appreciate it.I have a Samsung Galaxy S6, I have seen that saving or "favorite" songs, uses memory in my...

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  • First of all, if this issue has been discussed before and you can please place me in the right direction to find an answer to this, I will really appreciate it. I have a Samsung Galaxy S6, I have se...
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Löschung von Titeln und Playlists

Hi Leute,Hab folgendes Problem mit meinen Android Geräten:Ich Bezahle 10€ im Monat damit ich keine Werbung hören muss und Offline meine heruntergeladenen Playlists hören kann.Jetzt bin ich mal im Urlaub gewesen und hatte kein Internet. Wollte meine S...

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  • Hi Leute, Hab folgendes Problem mit meinen Android Geräten: Ich Bezahle 10€ im Monat damit ich keine Werbung hören muss und Offline meine heruntergeladenen Playlists hören kann. Jetzt bin ich mal ...
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Restore last state when starting app

Hi, In addition to using Spotify on my mac and Android phone, I have Spotify on an Android device in my car. That device is normally offline. There's no problem connecting it to the internet from time to time though (e.g. to refresh the auth token).E...

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  • Hi,   In addition to using Spotify on my mac and Android phone, I have Spotify on an Android device in my car. That device is normally offline. There's no problem connecting it to the int...
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Superuser Contribution search null help please

I'm a premium free trial subscriber. Loved it last night. But right now can't search anymore. When I hit the button it says search null....confused after searching for hours last night. Help please. Thank-you

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  • I'm a premium free trial subscriber. Loved it last night. But right now can't search anymore. When I hit the button it says search null....confused after searching for hours last night. Help please. ...
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Solved!! Recovering musing from the SD in a new phone

Hi,As I move my SD, with the songs downloaded in my previous phone, I can not get the musinc to be play in the new one.both are Android, the old one an S4 and the new one an S7Spotify thinks the songs are already downloaded so I can not just download...

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  • Hi, As I move my SD, with the songs downloaded in my previous phone, I can not get the musinc to be play in the new one. both are Android, the old one an S4 and the new one an S7 Spotify thinks th...
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won't play songs? ?

My spotify hasn't been playing for days - every time I select shuffle play on any list or song it says to get premium for ad free... so I try to watch an ad and it always shows the same thing - some images about going premium but not a proper ad - an...

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  • My spotify hasn't been playing for days - every time I select shuffle play on any list or song it says to get premium for ad free... so I try to watch an ad and it always shows the same thing - some ...
  • feelikeastrangr
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Solved!! Artist info while streaming gone after update

I updated my Xperia Z2 to Marshmallow a couple of days ago and suddenly my car stereo (Volvo) is not showing artist and song anymore, just "Audio Streaming"This worked perfectly before update. Spotify version 5.2.0.885Android version 6.0.1

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  • I updated my Xperia Z2 to Marshmallow a couple of days ago and suddenly my car stereo (Volvo) is not showing artist and song anymore, just "Audio Streaming" This worked perfectly before update. &nb...
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I can't change the volume

Hello everyone,I'm asking your help because I can't change the volume on my android device. It's either on full or mute. It only happens with the spotify app. I've tried reinstalling, turning my phone off and back on again, installing an older versio...

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  • Hello everyone, I'm asking your help because I can't change the volume on my android device. It's either on full or mute. It only happens with the spotify app. I've tried reinstalling, turning my ph...
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Verlauf einzelner Songs anzeigen (Mix der Woche hat sich aktualisiert)

Ich möchte gerne sehen, welche Songs ich bei der letzten Nutzung gehört habe. Da ich die Playlist "Mix der Woche" genutzt habe, hilft mir die Kategorie "zuletzt gespielt" nicht weiter, da hier nur die letzte Playlist gezeigt wird (der Sinn erschließt...

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  • Ich möchte gerne sehen, welche Songs ich bei der letzten Nutzung gehört habe. Da ich die Playlist "Mix der Woche" genutzt habe, hilft mir die Kategorie "zuletzt gespielt" nicht weiter, da hier nur di...
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Solved!! Spotify crashing on android

I have an samsung xcover 3, where the spotify app tends to crash randomly. After a few minutes of playing it just stops. When checking phone app is not showing, nor is it in the recently opened apps/running in the background.

  • Casual Listener
  • I have an samsung xcover 3, where the spotify app tends to crash randomly. After a few minutes of playing it just stops. When checking phone app is not showing, nor is it in the recently opened apps/...
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Force Stop ruined everything!

I chose to force stop the app like an idiot and ever since songs are delayed (some don't start at all) and playback stutters the whole time. I don't want to deactivate, I love my Spotify!!! I reset app preferences, did a clean reinstallation and even...

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  • I chose to force stop the app like an idiot and ever since songs are delayed (some don't start at all) and playback stutters the whole time. I don't want to deactivate, I love my Spotify!!! 😢 I rese...
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