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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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  • Sumit_Ghosh
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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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I HATE SPOTIFY CONNECT!!! TURN THIS **bleep** OFF ALREADY!

My car has an android console.. Spotty**bleep** did NEVER asked me anything or prompt me and now it always plays the music on my PC at home. If I don't turn on the Hotspot in my car for the console to connect to I can play what's stored on the consol...

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  • My car has an android console..  Spotty**bleep** did NEVER asked me anything or prompt me and now it always plays the music on my PC at home. If I don't turn on the Hotspot in my car for the ...
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Not playing all the songs of an Atist when playing by Artist

So I like the "play by artist" feature, it allows me to listen to everything the chosen Artist has available. In many many Artist I've found that it tends to play the same 4-5 songs (in some cases up to 10-12) over and over instead of searching for t...

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  • So I like the "play by artist" feature, it allows me to listen to everything the chosen Artist has available. In many many Artist I've found that it tends to play the same 4-5 songs (in some cas...
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Solved!! Spotify App Says "Download" instead of "Available Offline"

I have spotify premium but when I open a playlist or song instead of the typical "Available Offline" toggle button mine says "Download." What does that mean? Is it the same thing? What am I missing here? Screenshot attached....

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  • I have spotify premium but when I open a playlist or song instead of the typical "Available Offline" toggle button mine says "Download." What does that mean? Is it the same thing? What am I missing h...
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offline tracks unsynced

Hi there,from time to time, all offline-tracks are unsynced after restart.Message = using more then 3 devicesTherefore since three month, I only use two devices at a time to be sure this will not happen again.Today I checked how many devices are show...

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  • Hi there, from time to time, all offline-tracks are unsynced after restart. Message = using more then 3 devices Therefore since three month, I only use two devices at a time to be sure this will n...
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Donwloading? But I haven't added any new offline tracks.

Nearly every time I open Spotify i get the 'downloading x out of x' notification on my phone. But I haven't added any new tracks to my offline library... Neither have I chosen to have any playlists not under my control as offline. So it can't be that...

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  • Nearly every time I open Spotify i get the 'downloading x out of x' notification on my phone. But I haven't added any new tracks to my offline library... Neither have I chosen to have any playlists n...
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Offline Music Bug

I always have all my music available offline (by pressing the very vulnerable Available Offline button). It works fine. But today I took out my phone's (Z5) old SIM card and changed it for a new one. When the phone was on again, I opened Spotify and ...

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  • I always have all my music available offline (by pressing the very vulnerable Available Offline button). It works fine. But today I took out my phone's (Z5) old SIM card and changed it for a new one....
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Won't let me listen offline?

I have Spotify premium but all of a sudden I can't play downloaded songs offline. I've tried turning it off and on again twice, uninstalled Spotify and installed it again, then when I went to download the songs on my playlists it now says I don't hav...

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  • I have Spotify premium but all of a sudden I can't play downloaded songs offline. I've tried turning it off and on again twice, uninstalled Spotify and installed it again, then when I went to downloa...
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Music stopps after 3 tracks automatically?!

Im hearing music in my car with my Samsung Galaxy A5 (via aux or bluetooth) and the music stops automatically (app is shutting down) after 3-4 tracks. So I have to restart the app. I already uninstalled the app and downloaded it again, but nothing ch...

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  • Im hearing music in my car with my Samsung Galaxy A5 (via aux or bluetooth) and the music stops automatically (app is shutting down) after 3-4 tracks. So I have to restart the app. I already uni...
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VERY slow change of tracks

So spotify updated the android again, and now it's incredibly slow to change tracks. I am trying to listen to a playlist of songs that are avaialble offline on my mobile (hence there's no way to blame internet connection), and it ha taken up to 5min ...

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  • So spotify updated the android again, and now it's incredibly slow to change tracks. I am trying to listen to a playlist of songs that are avaialble offline on my mobile (hence there's no way to blam...
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Cant find artists song

Cant find butterfly effect songs when i could before. How is that possible

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  • Cant find butterfly effect songs when i could before. How is that possible
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Equaliser Issue Android

When using the Default Equaliser for Samsung Galaxy Note 4 on Spotify, it glitches when skipping in a song and when next song starts,takes about 2 seconds to revert to user set EQ, very annoying issue

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  • When using the Default Equaliser for Samsung Galaxy Note 4 on Spotify, it glitches when skipping in a song and when next song starts,takes about 2 seconds to revert to user set EQ, very annoying issue
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[PSA] Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 breaks offline sync

Okay I think I've solved my own issue from another thread. After checking out my logs, I'm fairly certain that a bug introduced in Android 6.0.1 release is responsible for breaking offline sync. If you get an OS update you MAY want to hold off for a ...

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  • Okay I think I've solved my own issue from another thread.  After checking out my logs, I'm fairly certain that a bug introduced in Android 6.0.1 release is responsible for breaking offline sync...
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Offline music gets deleted - again :(

Hi. Have now several times experienced downloaded music is getting deleted.In offline mode it starts with the login screen coming up (why ???)After switching to online mode and logging in I check storage - it has changed from sd card to local.Music i...

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  • Hi.   Have now several times experienced downloaded music is getting deleted. In offline mode it starts with the login screen coming up (why ???) After switching to online mode and logging i...
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Can't get rid of downloading notification

So I finally figured out what is happening (after clearing, uninstalling, etc). When I run Spotify on android, I get a notification that said "Downloading 0 out of 6 (0% complete). It never completes and it's impossible to get rid of. It turns out th...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I finally figured out what is happening (after clearing, uninstalling, etc).   When I run Spotify on android, I get a notification that said "Downloading 0 out of 6 (0% complete).  It ...
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Playback stops when phone moves from offline to online - Android Galaxy Note 4

When I transition from offline to online playback stops. This is instantly infuriating and the single thing a music playback application should never do. This has been happening for more than 18 months.Steps to reproduce the issue:Spend $10 a month f...

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  • When I transition from offline to online playback stops.  This is instantly infuriating and the single thing a music playback application should never do.  This has been happening for more ...
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Solved!! Spotify forgets storage location after restarting Galaxy Tab S 10.5

Hi Community, on my Galaxy Tab S 10.5 I have manually selected the external SD card for offline music. Downloading albums works perfectly and I can listen to them offline. But when I reboot the Galaxy S spotify seems to delete the offline albums (the...

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  • Hi Community,   on my Galaxy Tab S 10.5 I have manually selected the external SD card for offline music. Downloading albums works perfectly and I can listen to them offline. But when I reboot ...
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Vision Impared - Removing local files - Spotify Connect

Good day,I know the following and here's my current situation:- Spotify Connect (Wi-Fi) only plays songs from the spotify library and not your local files- I have the latest 1.0.33.xx on my windows machine- I see my "local" files and they are grayed ...

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  • Good day, I know the following and here's my current situation: - Spotify Connect (Wi-Fi) only plays songs from the spotify library and not your local files - I have the latest 1.0.33.xx on my win...
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Music stops automatically after 3 tracks?

Im hearing music in my car with my Samsung Galaxy A5 (via aux or bluetooth) and the music stops automatically (app is shutting down) after 3-4 tracks. So I have to restart the app. I already uninstalled the app and downloaded it again, but nothing ch...

  • Casual Listener
  • Im hearing music in my car with my Samsung Galaxy A5 (via aux or bluetooth) and the music stops automatically (app is shutting down) after 3-4 tracks. So I have to restart the app. I already uni...
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Downloads disappear

Every time I switch off my device (Samsung Galaxy Note 3 / Android 5) I lose all downloaded songs. I Updated Spotify to newest version. Somebody knows a solution? Thanks.

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  • Every time I switch off my device (Samsung Galaxy Note 3 / Android 5) I lose all downloaded songs. I Updated Spotify to newest version. Somebody knows a solution? Thanks.
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