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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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  • Sumit_Ghosh
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Guest network

I have two WiFi networks - home & guest - and some Spotify Connect devices.All the Spotify Connect devices have static IP addresses from my router.I use Android Spotify app.The guest network is configured in such way that the IP addresses can be reac...

  • Music Fan
  • I have two WiFi networks - home & guest - and some Spotify Connect devices. All the Spotify Connect devices have static IP addresses from my router. I use Android Spotify app. The guest networ...
  • user-removed
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No premium account on my cellphone

I have a family plan and I added my girlfriend. On her computer, spotify shows se has a premium account. But on her cell phone, spotify shows as if she had a free account, no premium. She has a samsung galaxy S3. I upgraded spotify to the latest vers...

  • Newbie
  • I have a family plan and I added my girlfriend. On her computer, spotify shows se has a premium account. But on her cell phone, spotify shows as if she had a free account, no premium.   S...
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No metadata to car stereo

I do not have any metadata being transmitted to my honda civic exl stereo 2014 from my phone. Just says "no name". I have uninstalled and re-installed the app. I even did a factory reset on my phone. Nothing works and the "Help" on spotify is useless...

  • Casual Listener
  • I do not have any metadata being transmitted to my honda civic exl stereo 2014 from my phone. Just says "no name". I have uninstalled and re-installed the app. I even did a factory reset on my phone....
  • izman8r
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Spotify crashing immediately when loading

Ive been unable to load spotify on my phone as of yesterday. Whenever i go to open the app it crashes back to the desktop/homescreen within a few seconds. Sometimes it will start loading the UI, sometimes it doesnt even get that far. I havent had any...

  • Newbie
  • Ive been unable to load spotify on my phone as of yesterday. Whenever i go to open the app it crashes back to the desktop/homescreen within a few seconds. Sometimes it will start loading the UI, some...
  • LordRollin
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Need to find recently played songs (Android/Sonos)

Hi Spotify community,I had a party last weekend, and we played music from Spotify through my Sonos system. We had a funny love song contest, and I passed around my Android phone, and guests searched for and played songs. Is there any way that I can f...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi Spotify community, I had a party last weekend, and we played music from Spotify through my Sonos system.  We had a funny love song contest, and I passed around my Android phone, and guests s...
  • driveflanger
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Spotify lags on Android

So I have an s4 with cricket. My internet speed is quite decent as it is LTE. However, loading between songs while online lags sometimes. It takes a while to transition to another song. The OS is the factory OS that came with the android and it's up ...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I have an s4 with cricket.  My internet speed is quite decent as it is LTE.  However, loading between songs while online lags sometimes.  It takes a while to transition to another s...
  • vipertongn
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Solved!! Android car stereo crashing

Ever since updating to the newest version of spotify it no longer works - I press the app button and it attempts to load it but you dont see anything except a black screen then crashes then goes back to the android "desktop" does anyone have any idea...

  • Casual Listener
  • Ever since updating to the newest version of spotify it no longer works - I press the app button and it attempts to load it but you dont see anything except a black screen then crashes then goes back...
  • Chrith
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Sync over Cellular not working

Hi, I'm using Spotify Premium on latest Android app and it tells me to enable 2G/3G syncing to download my songs. This option doesn't exist. Sync over Cellular is On. I do not have Wi-Fi, I don't have Internet access besides my Unlimited Data Plan. A...

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  • Hi, I'm using Spotify Premium on latest Android app and it tells me to enable 2G/3G syncing to download my songs. This option doesn't exist. Sync over Cellular is On. I do not have Wi-Fi, I don't hav...
  • Nerak
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Terms & Conditions infinite loop

There is an issue where answering to accept terms later will not respect selected button but insted insist on answering I guess OK. I actually "want" to read your terms and conditions, but not on mobile screen Samsung Galaxy S4+ (Android 4.4.2)

  • Casual Listener
  • There is an issue where answering to accept terms later will not respect selected button but insted insist on answering I guess OK.   I actually "want" to read your terms and conditions, but n...
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Tablet: external SDCard not used

Hi! I've a Galaxy Note 8. On my device I've 7 GB (!) free space. On my SD card 47 GB (!!). And Spotify is telling me, there is not enough free space. Also I'm not able to tell Spotify to use my external SD card. A previous version supported this. I a...

  • Roadie
  • Hi!   I've a Galaxy Note 8.   On my device I've 7 GB (!) free space. On my SD card 47 GB (!!).   And Spotify is telling me, there is not enough free space.   Also ...
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DNS troubles

I switched DNS servers 2 days ago, because my ISP was having troubles with their server. So I entered Googles DNS settings in my router. Internet has been running smooth, but I seem to be getting the 'No Internet Connection' error in the Spotify App ...

  • Newbie
  • I switched DNS servers 2 days ago, because my ISP was having troubles with their server. So I entered Googles DNS settings in my router. Internet has been running smooth, but I seem to be gettin...
  • Jordi
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keeps crashing galaxy s3

Till yesterday it worked smoothly. I didn't do any updates, but when I tried to start it this morning it showed me the black screen for a second and closes. I tried to update it, but it didn't help at all... it keeps working normally on my Tab S any ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Till yesterday  it worked smoothly. I didn't do any updates, but when I tried to start it this morning  it showed me the black screen for a second and closes. I tried to update it, but it d...
  • Jason
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Possible to easily remove song while listening on an android mobile?

Hi Is it possible to remove a song from a playlist while listening to it? Cant see that it is.The only possibillity is to view the playlist as a list and there search for that patricular song and remove.That is however very annoying while you have to...

  • Regular
  • Hi Is it possible to remove a song from a playlist while listening to it? Cant see that it is. The only possibillity is to view the playlist as a list and there search for that patricular ...
  • Jason
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Random List Option Problems

I can't turn off the random list. Why? Also, what is the ramdom logic? It selects same songs

  • Newbie
  • I can't turn off the random list. Why? Also, what is the ramdom logic? It selects same songs
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Cannot sync my local files to my mobile

I cannot download any local files on my phone, can someone please help? I restarted everthing twice, and I also tried to log out and in, but none of these things worked...

  • Newbie
  • I cannot download any local files on my phone, can someone please help? I restarted everthing twice, and I also tried to log out and in, but none of these things worked...
  • Minonos
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Random songs aren't available offline on Android and have to be re-downloaded

Hy there, i'm premium user and use the Spotify-App for android (version 3.4.0.762 on a Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE with Cyanogenmod, Android 4.4.4). Now i've got the following problem for a while:Sometimes, (from my point of view) random songs from random ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hy there,   i'm premium user and use the Spotify-App for android (version 3.4.0.762 on a Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE with Cyanogenmod, Android 4.4.4).   Now i've got the following problem for...
  • Jason
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I can't use my Spotify with WiFi

I bought Spotify Premium three days ago. All that's good except when I turn on my WiFi connection. I'm trying to search a artist or a song and Spotify say: "There isn't any result without connect" but my Wifi Connection that's good. ¿What's the probl...

  • Newbie
  • I bought Spotify Premium three days ago. All that's good except when I turn on my WiFi connection. I'm trying to search a artist or a song and Spotify say: "There isn't any result without connect" bu...
  • Ambivalence
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Spotify doesn't recognize offline playlists

Hi, I've removed the SC card, where Spotify stores the offline playlists, from my mobile phone and when I wanted to insert it again Spotify said something similar to "Your playlists can't be synchronized with more than 3 devices" and my offline playl...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I've removed the SC card, where Spotify stores the offline playlists, from my mobile phone and when I wanted to insert it again Spotify said something similar to "Your playlists can't be...
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[Android]: cannot find Connect devices

Hi, since 1 week I don't see my Spotify Connect device (Denon AVR-X2100W) in the app.But when I open the Spotify app on my Windows PC, I can connect to it. When I'm going back to my android app, only then the app sees the Spotify Connect Devices (Den...

  • Newbie
  • Hi, since 1 week I don't see my Spotify Connect device (Denon AVR-X2100W) in the app. But when I open the Spotify app on my Windows PC, I can connect to it. When I'm going back to my android app, on...
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