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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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Offline sync location?

Hello! New user here. I mostly use Spotify on my smartphone (Samsung Stratosphere II / Android 4.1.2) and I have a playlist set to offline sync. I wondered if there was a way to see where the files are being downloaded to my phone, and if it's possib...

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  • Hello! New user here.   I mostly use Spotify on my smartphone (Samsung Stratosphere II / Android 4.1.2) and I have a playlist set to offline sync. I wondered if there was a way to see where th...
  • Daniel
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Sptify connect

Im useing a samsung s4 and im trying to connect to PS4. When i press the connect button, my ps4 comes up, but it wont connect. Any tips?

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  • Im useing a samsung s4 and im trying to connect to PS4. When i press the connect button, my ps4 comes up, but it wont connect. Any tips?
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New update has stopped spotify working properly in my car

Hi ! i have the Samsung Galaxy note 2 and recently, both the software on the phone and spotify updated on more or less the same day! Before either of these updates, I could use spotify through my cars bluetooth easily! Since the update a few things h...

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  • Hi ! i have the Samsung Galaxy note 2 and recently, both the software on the phone and spotify updated on more or less the same day!  Before either of these updates, I could use spotify thro...
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Moving Spotify to SD card STILL not working on Galaxy s5

Hi there, I've seen and tried a variety of tricks to get my spotify to save on my external SD card (for Galaxy s5), to no avail. I am about to start a cross country road trip and need to have my music saved. Even when I clean delete and reinstall the...

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  • Hi there,  I've seen and tried a variety of tricks to get my spotify to save on my external SD card (for Galaxy s5), to no avail. I am about to start a cross country road trip and need to have...
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lokal Music on my Mobile Phone

Hello, First of all: Sorry for my bad English I am not a native Speaker I want to add lokal Music from my PC (mp3) to a Spotify Playlist. So far so good. I am able to play it on my Computer.But when I try to play the lokal Songs on my Mobile Phone it...

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  • Hello,   First of all: Sorry for my bad English I am not a native Speaker 😉   I want to add lokal Music from my PC (mp3) to a Spotify Playlist. So far so good. I am able to play it on ...
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Solved!! Nearly all Music's Missing

Hey there.Today I found out that all my added Artists and Albums are missing on my mobile Device.When I checked back with my OSX Player all Albums are still there?Whats wrong with this (synching)?How can I get my music back without adding manually? r...

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  • Hey there. Today I found out that all my added Artists and Albums are missing on my mobile Device. When I checked back with my OSX Player all Albums are still there? Whats wrong with this (synchin...
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My songs are not syncing the same

The kind of new feature "My songs" has been great. But now suddelnly all my songs under "My songs" are gone on my mobile device (Nexus 5) but they appear on my PC. I added one song on my mobile deveice and it synced to my account on the PC, so now I ...

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  • The kind of new feature "My songs" has been great. But now suddelnly all my songs under "My songs" are gone on my mobile device (Nexus 5) but they appear on my PC.    I added one song on ...
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Playing video on remote control unit stops Spotify

Hi all! So suddenly, after the last upgrade there is a thing happening that is really annoying.I normally run Spotify on my computer but controll it from my Android phone or pad.But now, when I start a video on the phone or pad it stops the playback ...

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  • Hi all!   So suddenly, after the last upgrade there is a thing happening that is really annoying. I normally run Spotify on my computer but controll it from my Android phone or pad. But now,...
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"Copy URL" feature shares whole album, not specific song

As the title indicates, when i choose the "Copy Url" under the share feature, for some reason it copies the album, not the specific song. I'm a premium user, and this happens whether the recipient is premium or not. I'm on a 4.4.4 KitKat device.(My g...

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  • As the title indicates, when i choose the "Copy Url" under the share feature, for some reason it copies the album, not the specific song. I'm a premium user, and this happens whether the recipient is...
  • Daniel
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Bluetooth headset buttons don't work after a while

Hello community, Please help me with this mindnumbingly annoying situation. Spotify on android over bluetooth works for a certain period after which it becomes unresponsive to the play/pause, next track and previous track controls from my bluetooth h...

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  • Hello community,    Please help me with this mindnumbingly annoying situation. Spotify on android over bluetooth works for a certain period after which it becomes unresponsive to the play...
  • Daniel
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get my Local Files available on my other devices

1) How do I get my Local Files available on my other devices. Based on the following article I should be able to listen to these files on my mobile device. https://support.spotify.com/au/learn-more/guides/#!/article/Listen-to-local-files 2) Why does ...

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  • 1) How do I get my Local Files available on my other devices. Based on the following article I should be able to listen to these files on my mobile device. https://support.spotify.com/au/learn-m...
  • Daniel
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Spotify keeps closing randomly on my celphone

Hi, i use spotify premium on my celphone. LG G3 on the android version 5.0. I might be listening a song normally but then music stops and spotify closes randomly, what can i do?

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  • Hi, i use spotify premium on my celphone. LG G3 on the android version 5.0. I might be listening a song normally but then music stops and spotify closes randomly, what can i do?
  • Daniel
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Solved!! Changing Phones- Playlist copy over?

I will be getting a new Phone soon- going from HTC One to another HTC One. Will I lose my playlists, or what will I need to do to copy over to new phone? I have Sprint,

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  • I will be getting a new Phone soon- going from HTC One to another HTC One.  Will I lose my playlists, or what will I need to do to copy over to new phone?  I have Sprint,
  • Daniel
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album shuffle on free mode repeating songs!!

I'm so irritated I went from paying for premium to Spotify free.. I didn't initially mind the ads and suggested songs and stuff.. And the first 2 or 3 days it was fine.. It would play a whole album, of course shuffled and suggested songs from other a...

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  • I'm so irritated I went from paying for premium to Spotify free.. I didn't initially mind the ads and suggested songs and stuff.. And the first 2 or 3 days it was fine.. It would play a whole album, ...
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Offline files and mobile data

Random question, Does Spotify play the offline downloaded tracks when not on wifi, but mobile data is enabled? I only get 1GB of internet per month, downloading tracks/playlists offline when i'm on wifi at home is fine, but I'd rather not have to put...

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  • Random question,   Does Spotify play the offline downloaded tracks when not on wifi, but mobile data is enabled?   I only get 1GB of internet per month, downloading tracks/playlists off...
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Does Spotify support metadata over bluetooth for Android?

So, I have a Casio Gzone Commando which no one has. I have a brand new pioneer head unti in my car. Pandora sends over all the song, title and album info just fine. Also my girlfriend has an iPhone with spotify. What do you know her phone sends all t...

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  • So, I have a Casio Gzone Commando which no one has.  I have a brand new pioneer head unti in my car.  Pandora sends over all the song, title and album info just fine.  Also my girlfrie...
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Solved!! Odd notifications of an account I don't know

Since this morning I got about 10 notifications that somebody, I don't know or follow has made a new playlist (every time the same playlist) and with songs and artists I haven't even heard of. Why is this and how the hell can I block him?

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  • Since this morning I got about 10 notifications that somebody, I don't know or follow has made a new playlist (every time the same playlist) and with songs and artists I haven't even heard of. Why is...
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Solved!! I need help syncing Spotify songs to my SD card!

Spotify is supposed to sync songs to a recognized SD card, but for some reason it downloads to the Internal Storage instead... Can anyone help?Galaxy S5 from T-Mobile running KitKat 4.4.2

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  • Spotify is supposed to sync songs to a recognized SD card, but for some reason it downloads to the Internal Storage instead... Can anyone help? Galaxy S5 from T-Mobile running KitKat 4.4.2
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Unable to log in with Facebook on app

So when I try to log into spotify through facebook it will open up the Facebook log in page and then the next page (url starts with fbconnect://) won't load, where it would normally load and bring spotify back up and log me in. Been having this probl...

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  • So when I try to log into spotify through facebook it will open up the Facebook log in page and then the next page (url starts with fbconnect://) won't load, where it would normally load and bring ...
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