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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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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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Solved!! Music queue not shown

Hello, First of all I am a huge Spotify fan. I am a premium user for a couple of years. BUT sometimes .... I have that playingqueue problem. This is what I do: I go to my music and select a play listThen I press shuffleThe title of a previous played ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   First of all I am a huge Spotify fan. I am a premium user for a couple of years. BUT sometimes ....   I have that playingqueue problem. This is what I do:   I go to my m...
  • Knaks
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Help! Where is my Full screen album art! (Samsung galaxy s6 edge)

Hello, i've been wonder a long time after i saw a friends phone and he had this lock screen with the album on it, i have my defualt lock screen whenever i lock my screen, has anyone else experienced this? I have my player were i can play and next son...

  • Newbie
  • Hello, i've been wonder a long time after i saw a friends phone and he had this lock screen with the album on it, i have my defualt lock screen whenever i lock my screen, has anyone else experienced ...
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Android Wear support coming in June, but when?

Here is the official news : https://news.spotify.com/us/2015/05/28/spotify-arrives-to-android-wear/ We're getting close to end of June Just tell me it hasn't changed

  • Newbie
  • Here is the official news : https://news.spotify.com/us/2015/05/28/spotify-arrives-to-android-wear/   We're getting close to end of June 😮      Just tell me it hasn't c...
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HTC One M9 Album art on lock screen and music ID broadcast to bluetooth hangs

Hi,I'm experiencing an issue with the album art on lock screen and music id broadcast to bluetooth hanging/freezing. Music continues to play normally, and there is no jitter/low volume during these hangs. Normal operation resumes when I have force cl...

  • Newbie
  • Hi, I'm experiencing an issue with the album art on lock screen and music id broadcast to bluetooth hanging/freezing. Music continues to play normally, and there is no jitter/low volume during these...
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Data usage through the roof on iPhone 4s

Hello there, Newbie speaking on the forum... I was a satisfied costumer of the Spotify-app since january 2014. I got a premium account, and every day I listened music on Spotify for about 30 minutes without Wifi, and I never went over my 1000 MB data...

  • Newbie
  • Hello there,   Newbie speaking on the forum... I was a satisfied costumer of the Spotify-app since january 2014. I got a premium account, and every day I listened music on Spotify for about 30...
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Como desinceonizar la misma cuenta en diferentes moviles

Tengo una cuenta de Sotify Premium, esta cuenta la tengo abierta en mi móvil y en el de mi madre. El problema es que cuando ella escucha su música, sale en mi móvil y cuando to escucho la mia, le sale a ella mi música. Por este motivo no podemos escu...

  • Newbie
  • Tengo una cuenta de Sotify Premium, esta cuenta la tengo abierta en mi móvil y en el de mi madre. El problema es que cuando ella escucha su música, sale en mi móvil y cuando to escucho la mia, le sal...
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Solved!! I DON'T NEED RECENTLY PLAYED NOR DO I CARE ABOUT IT

Your app spends forever filling in this part of the UI that I don't want or care about. What I want to see is my downloaded (offline) playlists. PLEASE PUT THAT ON THE FRONT SCREEN AND MAKE RECENTLY PLAYED ONLY LOAD IF I ASK FOR IT. I want to be able...

  • Roadie
  • Your app spends forever filling in this part of the UI that I don't want or care about.   What I want to see is my downloaded (offline) playlists. PLEASE PUT THAT ON THE FRONT SCREEN AND MAKE ...
  • mapuya19
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Solved!! Count offline plays for last.fm and most listened albums

Most of the time I play my music offline, I search for music online and download it to hear it later. But that makes my statistics useless unfortunately, both the ones last.fm counts and the Spotify statistics itself.So I'm wondering whether Spotify ...

  • Music Fan
  • Most of the time I play my music offline, I search for music online and download it to hear it later. But that makes my statistics useless unfortunately, both the ones last.fm counts and the Spotify ...
  • hans-jürgen
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Lock screen widget shows previous (outdated) track.

The background album cover image is updated though. Pressing power twice (display off then on) triggers an update and the display is correct again.

  • Regular
  • The background album cover image is updated though. Pressing power twice (display off then on) triggers an update and the display is correct again.
  • duff89
  • Newbie
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new update - never ending loading green wheel

This needs to be fixed ASAP. You guys keep screwing up after every update and I'm paying for this service. Nothing loads and I'm starting to wonder why I keep paying for a service that always breaks.

  • Gig Goer
  • This needs to be fixed ASAP. You guys keep screwing up after every update and I'm paying for this service. Nothing loads and I'm starting to wonder why I keep paying for a service that always breaks.
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Facebook activity not showing

I have tried everything. It showed up until the end of Febuary and now it no longer shows on my Facebook profile. I have checked the Facebook settings too. I am using a Samsung Galaxy 4.1

  • Newbie
  • I have tried everything. It showed up until the end of Febuary and now it no longer shows on my Facebook profile. I have checked the Facebook settings too. I am using a Samsung Galaxy 4.1
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No connection

I got my new zenfone 2 today and I can't seem to connect to Spotify I don't know why I can connect it on my s3 though

  • Casual Listener
  • I got my new zenfone 2 today and I can't seem to connect to Spotify I don't know why I can connect it on my s3 though
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Spotify Icon

Icon lost from my Android. Attempts to reinstall bring up "Already Installed".Have to call up Spotify thru Google----not good

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  • Icon lost from my Android. Attempts to reinstall bring up "Already Installed". Have to call up Spotify thru Google----not good
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paid for premium now doesn't exist?

i paid for premium at the beginning of this month for .99. in my profile it doesn't even show i did..i logged out and logged back in..says i have to pay?...so i redownloaded the app..nothing. even my playlist is gone

  • Casual Listener
  • i paid for premium at the beginning of this month for .99. in my profile it doesn't even show i did..i logged out and logged back in..says i have to pay?...so i redownloaded the app..nothing. even my...
  • LordRollin
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Track info not updated to playback device on bluetooth

After upgrade to latest release 3.0.0.1124 on my Sony Xperia Z3 Compact the Track info is not updated when using it to play on bluetooth devices, in this instace my car. Worked before the Spotify upgrade and still works using other sound applications...

  • Casual Listener
  • After upgrade to latest release 3.0.0.1124 on my Sony Xperia Z3 Compact the Track info is not updated when using it to play on bluetooth devices, in this instace my car. Worked before the Spotif...
  • rubeneb
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track disappeared from playlist

Hi, can anyone please explain why a Galaxy track, (Cineramascope), has vanished from my playlist. I also can't find it anywhere on Spotify. Has the artist withdrawn permission or is the number of times you can play it limited? Really annoyed about th...

  • Regular
  • Hi, can anyone please explain why a Galaxy track, (Cineramascope), has vanished from my playlist. I also can't find it anywhere on Spotify. Has the artist withdrawn permission or is the number of tim...
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playlists not available offline

A playlist that was previously available offline all the sudden isn't and all the songs are "waiting to download" no matter what WiFi I am connected to.

  • Newbie
  • A playlist that was previously available offline all the sudden isn't and all the songs are "waiting to download" no matter what WiFi I am connected to. 
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app plays tracks not in playlist/album

So, I've recently installed the spotify app on my android device. Great that it syncs automatically with the web player, so I have my playlists/albums available there as well. But why does the app insist on mixing in tracks that are not in the curren...

  • Newbie
  • So, I've recently installed the spotify app on my android device. Great that it syncs automatically with the web player, so I have my playlists/albums available there as well.   But why does t...
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embed code not working on mobile

I help run a website for my local church and we publish playlists weekly to the site via the spotify embed code (play button) all works fine when you are on a desktop, but it does not work on mobile devices (i have only tested an android samsung s5)....

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  • I help run a website for my local church and we publish playlists weekly to the site via the spotify embed code (play button) all works fine when you are on a desktop, but it does not work on mobile ...
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Move storage from internal memory to SD card

HiHow I can change that the Playlist that I have decided to download in order to have it available when I am offline be saved on the SD card instead of the internal memory of the mobile phone?Thank you

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  • Hi How I can change that the Playlist that I have decided to download in order to have it available when I am offline be saved on the SD card instead of the internal memory of the mobile phone? ...
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