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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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Why can I find uncensored albums on PC but not mobile?

The PC version has a reasonable path to find the uncensored versions of an album. That tells me that the application and Spotify are aware that there are multiple versions and on the mobile app it simply only displays the first result. This is pretty...

  • Newbie
  • The PC version has a reasonable path to find the uncensored versions of an album. That tells me that the application and Spotify are aware that there are multiple versions and on the mobile app it si...
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Android app user guide

Is there a guide to all of the user settings on the Android app somewhere on Spotify's ludicrously unhelpful website or did they think it wasn't necessary to explain what any of the settings actually do?

  • Music Fan
  • Is there a guide to all of the user settings on the Android app somewhere on Spotify's ludicrously unhelpful website or did they think it wasn't necessary to explain what any of the settings actually...
  • Andrews32
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Can't find device following forced update (which deleted all offline music).

OK, I understand that you had to force an update (and, clearly, lots of people are not happy - in my opinion you should have allowed people to opt out for a period of time), however, this update appears to have also stopped my device from appearing o...

  • Newbie
  • OK, I understand that you had to force an update (and, clearly, lots of people are not happy - in my opinion you should have allowed people to opt out for a period of time), however, this update appe...
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Internetdurchgang

Hallo, ich habe zur zeit kein WLan zur verfügugng, und nutze für updates die "internetdurchgang" funktion meines handys, nur kann spotify anscheinen nur über Wlan oder das mobile Datennetz snycronisiren. Hat jemand eine idee wir das auch über die "in...

  • Newbie
  • Hallo, ich habe zur zeit kein WLan zur verfügugng, und nutze für updates die "internetdurchgang" funktion meines handys, nur kann spotify anscheinen nur über Wlan oder das mobile Datennetz snycronisi...
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Sugestão de configuração do app

Teria como voces adicionarem uma opção no app para dispositivos Android? Seria ao abrir o aplicativo ele iniciar uma playlist automaticamente, assim como o TuneIn faz atualmente. No meu caso eu usaria essa opção para que toda vez que eu entrar no car...

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  • Teria como voces adicionarem uma opção no app para dispositivos Android? Seria ao abrir o aplicativo ele iniciar uma playlist automaticamente, assim como o TuneIn faz atualmente. No meu caso eu usari...
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Solved!! New spotify music

I dont have new app of spotify on my google play and i cant install it i cant install either new version of old spotify (i use htc desire android 2.2

  • Casual Listener
  • I dont have new app of spotify on my google play and i cant install it i cant install either new version of old spotify (i use htc desire android 2.2
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Upgrading Spotify in a country where it isn't available

Hi I have the following problem. I live in Poland and I registered for free trial of Spotify Premium there but i'm currently staying in Georgia for one more week. This morning I received an email from Spotify about this security breach and recommenda...

  • Regular
  • Hi   I have the following problem. I live in Poland and I registered for free trial of Spotify Premium there but i'm currently staying in Georgia for one more week. This morning I received a...
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No offline songs after update

(sorry for my bad english, I'm french) I'm a new user of spotify (I'm premium). I used deezer before. The problem : I just opened the android app. It said : "this version of spotify is not up to date please update" so I did (in the playstore) And the...

  • Regular
  • (sorry for my bad english, I'm french)   I'm a new user of spotify (I'm premium). I used deezer before.   The problem : I just opened the android app. It said : "this version of spo...
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Offline Data to External SD

Dear Community! I am new to Spotify and this is my first premium month. First I want to tell that it is amazing!Unfortunatelly the new version saves the offline music to internal SD which is only 2GB. I tried clear cache, reinstall, upgrade from olde...

  • Casual Listener
  • Dear Community! I am new to Spotify and this is my first premium month. First I want to tell that it is amazing! Unfortunatelly the new version saves the offline music to internal SD which is only...
  • mllbp
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Samsung Galaxy Ace, fix it?

Hello. So since the latest update, my Samsung galaxy ace is not compatible any longer. Because whenever i try to start Spotify it says i have to Download an update, and when i proceed to try and update it, It says Your Device is not compatible with t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello.   So since the latest update, my Samsung galaxy ace is not compatible any longer. Because whenever i try to start Spotify it says i have to Download an update, and when i proceed to...
  • Daniel
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Solved!! Want to save my music NOT on my SD card

After i had to install Spotify again i wanted to download my playlist again, but i noticed that Spotify said, there isnt enough space to download the playlist, so i checked where it is saving the playlist: it saves it on my SD card (there is only 1,2...

  • Casual Listener
  • After i had to install Spotify again i wanted to download my playlist again, but i noticed that Spotify said, there isnt enough space to download the playlist, so i checked where it is saving the pla...
  • Daniel
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Preview not available when sharing in Google Plus

I can't share in Google Plus any of my playlists or single tracks using my android phone. It prompts a message stating that a preview is not available but I can post a comment. Anyone experiencing this issue? Posted using the Spotify Community app by...

  • Gig Goer
  • I can't share in Google Plus any of my playlists or single tracks using my android phone. It prompts a message stating that a preview is not available but I can post a comment. Anyone experiencing th...
  • MoodySince1969
  • Gig Goer
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Haptic Feedback still an issue!!

I have read the forums here and other places up and down for a solution to make haptic feedback not vibrate my S3 while Spotify is playing... nothing works!! Please fix this! I pay for premium but find myself using Pandora at night because my phone v...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have read the forums here and other places up and down for a solution to make haptic feedback not vibrate my S3 while Spotify is playing... nothing works!! Please fix this! I pay for premium but fi...
  • bfactor
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New Spotify and SD Card

hi, The new version is released and i have not disk space for my playlists. who i can save the playlist on a sd card?The old version can do it.

  • Casual Listener
  • hi, The new version is released and i have not disk space for my playlists. who i can save the playlist on a sd card? The old version can do it.    
  • tekchic
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Can't open spotify!

I did the download of spotify and when I'm about to open it, it says that I have the old version of spotify and when I try to download the new version says that it's not compatible, so I can use spotify because it says that I have to download the new...

  • Newbie
  • I did the download of spotify and when I'm about to open it, it says that I have the old version of spotify and when I try to download the new version says that it's not compatible, so I can use spot...
  • Liam
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Update to 0.7.9.1170 erases everything!

Hi, I updated to 0.7.9.1170 on Samsung Galaxy S4 Andriod 4.2.2 and everything has been erased! I am a premium member and it thinks I have the free version. All my playlists have disappeared, and there are no more downloaded/offline songs. It's like I...

  • Regular
  • Hi, I updated to 0.7.9.1170 on Samsung Galaxy S4 Andriod 4.2.2 and everything has been erased! I am a premium member and it thinks I have the free version. All my playlists have disappeared, an...
  • Peter__
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Forced upgrade not logging in

Please help. I was forced to upgrade the up on a HTC One SV Now the Facebook Log in is not working. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Turning phone off and on. not happy

  • Newbie
  • Please help. I was forced to upgrade the up on a HTC One SV Now the Facebook Log in is not working. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Turning phone off and on.   not happy 😞
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extreme quality on free account?

after the update im able to use extreme quality on my free account is this intentional?

  • Roadie
  • after the update im able to use extreme quality on my free account is this intentional?
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Not logging in properly on android

I have the android client on my phone and everything works as expected. However, when I try to use the android client on my tablet I can't log in properly. My username and password work fine but none of my playlists appear and it shows me as unsubscr...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have the android client on my phone and everything works as expected. However, when I try to use the android client on my tablet I can't log in properly.   My username and password work fi...
  • stefd
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