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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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  • Timbo6sic6
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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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Solved!! won't play music less on wifi

I have the free account it worked yesterday not on wifi I use it to play music riding to work but keeps saying no Internet available I have unlimited data n app says it doesn't use data soo what's going on

  • Casual Listener
  • I have the free account it worked yesterday not on wifi I use it to play music riding to work but keeps saying no Internet available I have unlimited data n app says it doesn't use data soo what's go...
  • bo0osted
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Solved!! Spotify will no longer run on my sony xperia z3 compac

Hi, Can anyone help. I have been using my sony xperia z3 compac to spotify for months. Now it simply will not open. I have tried unistalling the app and re installing via the play store. This does not work. Ideas??!!

  • Newbie
  • Hi, Can anyone help.  I have been using my sony xperia z3 compac to spotify for months.  Now it simply will not open.  I have tried unistalling the app and re installing via the p...
  • Daniel
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Solved!! How do I report a problem?

I tried the 7 days of free premium and now it's ran out I have adverts but shuffle isn't on and it's playing songs it save never heard of, think I might just delete it. It's so annoying I haven't heard one of my songs on my play list yet it's all son...

  • Newbie
  • I tried the 7 days of free premium and now it's ran out I have adverts but shuffle isn't on and it's playing songs it save never heard of, think I might just delete it. It's so annoying I haven't hea...
  • Daniel
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Spotify app can't make transition from wifi to mobile internet

Recently my app has had trouble smoothly transitioning from wifi to the (Android) phone's internet. The track stops playing almost as soon as the wifi connection is lost and needs a few tries before it starts playing again. It refuses to go back to p...

  • Casual Listener
  • Recently my app has had trouble smoothly transitioning from wifi to the (Android) phone's internet. The track stops playing almost as soon as the wifi connection is lost and needs a few tries before ...
  • Daniel
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Solved!! Streaming local files on my computer to my phone without downloading them

Hi all, Apologies if this has been asked, but I can't seem to get to the bottom of it. Is it possible to make it so you can stream local files on your computer to your mobile, without having to actually download them? I have a ton of music saved on m...

  • Newbie
  • Hi all,   Apologies if this has been asked, but I can't seem to get to the bottom of it. Is it possible to make it so you can stream local files on your computer to your mobile, without having...
  • MattSuda
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Sending a song to another user not working

For a few updates whenever I send a song to another user through the app it doesn't send properly. It looks as though it has sent but the other user never receives it and it does not show on the inbox tab on desktop. It works sending through the desk...

  • Newbie
  • For a few updates whenever I send a song to another user through the app it doesn't send properly. It looks as though it has sent but the other user never receives it and it does not show on the inbo...
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Playlist has too many tracks for offline mode?

I have a playlist that just went over 3000 tracks and now when it syncs it says "Too many tracks selected for offline mode". Is there a limit?

  • Newbie
  • I have a playlist that just went over 3000 tracks and now when it syncs it says "Too many tracks selected for offline mode". Is there a limit?
  • Daniel
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no connection/sketchy connection on WiFi.

Hi whilst playing on monile data has no issues, as soon as i connect to my home WiFi, Spotify won't play or load properly. All other apps are connecting with no issues. I currently have a Samsung S5 connected over TPGs NBN. Help please.

  • Newbie
  • Hi whilst playing on monile data has no issues, as soon as i connect to my home WiFi, Spotify won't play or load properly. All other apps are connecting with no issues. I currently have a Samsung S5 ...
  • Daniel
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Sd card storage for offline music

Help!!! I have tried everything in the community I could find but my offline music still goes to my device storage. I have a 32 gig Sd card and only 8 gig on my device (htcm8) but my music still goes to my internal storage. I even fully reset my phon...

  • Casual Listener
  • Help!!! I have tried everything in the community I could find but my offline music still goes to my device storage. I have a 32 gig Sd card and only 8 gig on my device (htcm8) but my music still goes...
  • Daniel
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connection/offline issues on galaxy S5

I have a verizon galaxy S5, the last week or so the only feture that works on my spotify app is the radio, and even that cuts in and out, when i go to do a search or use any other fetures on the app it says im offline, does it when im both on wifi an...

  • Newbie
  • I have a verizon galaxy S5, the last week or so the only feture that works on my spotify app is the radio, and even that cuts in and out, when i go to do a search or use any other fetures on the app ...
  • Daniel
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Pop Up crashes app

Hi! I had Spotify Premium for 3 months through a promotion. I'm using a Samsung S3. Since the promotion ended, I get a pop-up ad that tells me to get premium and when I click no, the song stops playing and I have to shut the app and re-open it. I NEV...

  • Newbie
  • Hi!  I had Spotify Premium for 3 months through a promotion.  I'm using a Samsung S3.  Since the promotion ended, I get a pop-up ad that tells me to get premium and when I click no, th...
  • Daniel
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Playing spotify in-car on a Samsung Galaxy S3

Hi, I hope someone can help. I have been a spotfiy user for quite a while and had it on my iPhone 3gs playing via an aux cable through my cars speaker system. However, when I plug the same cable in to my Galaxy S3 I am not hearing anything from my in...

  • Regular
  • Hi, I hope someone can help.   I have been a spotfiy user for quite a while and had it on my iPhone 3gs playing via an aux cable through my cars speaker system.   However, when I pl...
  • Phoenix8
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Offline songs wont go to SD Card after 1.1.0.112

After installing 1.1.0.112 which wiped out all my offline songs, I tried to redownload my playlists. first try filled up my internal memory. I reset the cache and tried one playlist and indeed the songs are being saved onto the internal memory (32GB)...

  • Visitor
  • After installing 1.1.0.112 which wiped out all my offline songs, I tried to redownload my playlists. first try filled up my internal memory. I reset the cache and tried one playlist and indeed the so...
  • kaizenn
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Remote control not working properly

Hello, I like to listen music using spotify on my android phone. To do that I connect my bluetoth head set with my phone and listen music. My hed set has remote contrlo buttons to for example start/stop/next song and this is working properly when spo...

  • Music Fan
  • Hello,   I like to listen music using spotify on my android phone. To do that I connect my bluetoth head set with my phone and listen music. My hed set has remote contrlo buttons to for ex...
  • kuki_86
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Auto switch to next song

Hi, Somethimes when I am listening a song automaticly in random moment it is switch to the next one without any action from my side. It is realy anoying. Best Regards.

  • Music Fan
  • Hi,   Somethimes when I am listening a song automaticly in random moment it is switch to the next one without any action from my side. It is realy anoying.   Best Regards.
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Two questions about the 3333 songs limit

Hi Once i downloaded 3333 songs if I delete, for example, 100 of them, would I be able to download another 100 different songs? Also, I reinstalled the app and had to download again my playlist of 500 songs to listen to it, does it mean that the tota...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi   Once i downloaded 3333 songs if I delete, for example, 100 of them, would I be able to download another 100 different songs?   Also, I reinstalled the app and had to download again...
  • davidleenatx
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Spotify does not work on xperia z2?

Hi, I just bought an xperia z2 and spotify will not work at all, it just crashes as soon as it opens, one time it said it cannot find an SD card which is a lie because it is clearly showing up on my phone. I have reinstalled it as well. Is anyone els...

  • Newbie
  • Hi, I just bought an xperia z2 and spotify will not work at all, it just crashes as soon as it opens, one time it said it cannot find an SD card which is a lie because it is clearly showing up on my ...
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newly followed playlists not showing up

Greetings! I started following 4 playlists from the SXSW section under the 'genre & moods' section yesterday. 24 hours later or so, none of them have shown up in my public playlist section in the mobile app. I went back to each of them and confirmed ...

  • Visitor
  • Greetings!   I started following 4 playlists from the SXSW section under the 'genre & moods' section yesterday. 24 hours later or so, none of them have shown up in my public playlist secti...
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Can't login with mobile data connection on Galaxy S3 mini

Hello, since the 2nd last patch i can't login into spotify, however if i'm connected through wlan i can login.It tells me that i am not connected to the internet. Android vers.: 4.2.2Spotify vers.: 2.4.0.815APN is set to IPv4.Network: T-Mobile- Germa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, since the 2nd last patch i can't login into spotify, however if i'm connected through wlan i can login. It tells me that i am not connected to the internet.   Android vers.: 4.2.2 Spo...
  • PARAz
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Spotify connect can't find my receiver

I have a marantz nr1605 receiver, and Spotify connect can't find my receiver. The receiver is connected to my Netwerk, the same as my Samsung Galaxy-smartphone. Can anybody help me?

  • Newbie
  • I have a marantz nr1605 receiver, and Spotify connect can't find my receiver. The receiver is connected to my Netwerk, the same as my Samsung Galaxy-smartphone. Can anybody help me?
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