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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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kindle fire hdx only plays one track

On the new kindle fire hdx when I try to play a playlist it will only play one song then stops. I have to manually skip to the next track every time. I've tried clearing the data and the cache and reinstalling. I've changed every setting I can find. ...

  • Casual Listener
  • On the new kindle fire hdx when I try to play a playlist it will only play one song then stops. I have to manually skip to the next track every time. I've tried clearing the data and the cache and re...
  • jwdavisjr
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Managing Library

How on earth do I manage my library with Spotify? I just want to see my library sorted by artist, album, and song. I see all these features in the Android app but the one thing I can't find is access to my library. All I see are my playlists. SURELY ...

  • Visitor
  • How on earth do I manage my library with Spotify?   I just want to see my library sorted by artist, album, and song. I see all these features in the Android app but the one thing I can't fin...
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Constant App Crash

I have a Note 3 on Jellybean that won't open the Spotify app. I have 12Gb storage, I tried to reinstall the app multiple times, and reported the problem.At first it would crash randomly while making a playlist or other things and now it just won't op...

  • Newbie
  • I have a Note 3 on Jellybean that won't open the Spotify app. I have 12Gb storage, I tried to reinstall the app multiple times, and reported the problem. At first it would crash randomly while mak...
  • TheJ0rma
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cant find explicit version

I went to listen to Eminem and found most of his albums are explicit the rest were "edited" ie..MMLP, relapse, recovery were all clean I went to "view all albums" not to sure where else to look. Android phone and tablet.

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  • I went to listen to Eminem and found most of his albums are explicit the rest were "edited" ie..MMLP, relapse, recovery were all clean I went to "view all albums" not to sure where else to look. Andr...
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Playlists not downloading

Hello I am a premium user and my playlists won't download for offline listening. Thanks Pete

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello I am a premium user and my playlists won't download for offline listening. Thanks Pete
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How do I listen to someone else's playlists?

I know the username of the person who made the playlists, but I can't find that person on Spotify, and they can't find me. How can I have their playlists to listen to?

  • Newbie
  • I know the username of the person who made the playlists, but I can't find that person on Spotify, and they can't find me. How can I have their playlists to listen to?
  • Adam
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My SD card is fried because of Spotify?!?!?!

Yeah, this is pretty bad, some help would be great... Heres what happened: Was casually blurting out spotify through my phone (Sony Xperia J) which was connected to a bluetooth speaker, and after about half an hour the music stopped and it had popped...

  • Casual Listener
  • Yeah, this is pretty bad, some help would be great... Heres what happened:   Was casually blurting out spotify through my phone (Sony Xperia J) which was connected to a bluetooth s...
  • Zeenglishking
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Spotify app on Samsung galaxy s3

Hi Spotify, i pay for you'r service so i demand that you **bleep**ing take a look at your **bleep**ing app !!! i pay because i cant listen at music from spotify on my phone if i dont and what do i get as reward? the replay button dont work for **blee...

  • Newbie
  • Hi Spotify, i pay for you'r service so i demand that you **bleep**ing take a look at your **bleep**ing app !!! i pay because i cant listen at music from spotify on my phone if i dont and what do i ge...
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New playlists won't stay Downloaded

Playlists I have created the past month won't stay downloaded on my phone. They dissappear as soon as I am offline. When I go back online they start loading before they are available online also and I have to download again and again. If I download a...

  • Music Fan
  • Playlists I have created the past month won't stay downloaded on my phone. They dissappear as soon as I am offline. When I go back online they start loading before they are available online also and ...
  • GavinHenderson5
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Has Spotify gotten better about normalizing volume between albums?

Has Spotify gotten better about normalizing volume levels between different albums, or is it just a coincidence that albums I've been listening to lately are at about the same volume? When I first started using Spotify months ago, I had a serious pro...

  • Music Fan
  • Has Spotify gotten better about normalizing volume levels between different albums, or is it just a coincidence that albums I've been listening to lately are at about the same volume?  When I fi...
  • Deeb
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censored albums only showing on my mobile app wtf

I look up an artist, look at there albums, spotify is only showing the edited versions. Usually I would off seen them next to each other. I'm a premium user and I believed there isn't a "age" button that I clicked. Please help.I loath edited versions...

  • Newbie
  • I look up an artist, look at there albums, spotify is only showing the edited versions. Usually I would off seen them next to each other. I'm a premium user and I believed there isn't a "age" button...
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Playlists don't sync between devices

I run Spotify on OS X 10.9 and Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 4.3). One of the playlists updated on OS X is not syncing to Galaxy S4. The tracks are not even appearing on the playlist. I've tried clearing cache and restarting the device. This is very fru...

  • Music Fan
  • I run Spotify on OS X 10.9 and Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 4.3).   One of the playlists updated on OS X is not syncing to Galaxy S4. The tracks are not even appearing on the playlist. I've tr...
  • Peter__
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Spotify not loading Artist or Album or playlists on Samsung Tab 3

My rooted Samsung Galaxy. Tab 3 with Spotify V 0.7.6.357 won't load artist pages, album pages or playlists, really limiting the apps functionality. This issue has been going on for about 2 weeks. Tried reinstall and clearing cache, anything i could t...

  • Casual Listener
  • My rooted Samsung Galaxy. Tab 3 with Spotify V 0.7.6.357 won't load artist pages, album pages or playlists, really limiting the apps functionality. This issue has been going on for about 2 weeks. Tri...
  • Daniel
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adding album to playlist?

Did the add album to playlist feature go away or am I missing something. I used to add a whole album to a genre playlist and now I only seem to be able to add one song at a time. I'm on a galaxy s4.

  • Casual Listener
  • Did the add album to playlist feature go away or am I missing something. I used to add a whole album to a genre playlist and now I only seem to be able to add one song at a time. I'm on a galaxy s4.
  • Daniel
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Spotify premium account on two phones parallel

Hi, I want to use my Premium Account on two different Samsung phones. But when I start streaming music on one phone of them, it's starting on the other one automatically in the backround and is using the datavolume of both phones. Is that normal or c...

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  • Hi, I want to use my Premium Account on two different Samsung phones. But when I start streaming music on one phone of them, it's starting on the other one automatically in the backround and is usi...
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Same thing

Mines doing the same thing! Won't let me click on a specific song to play it!

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  • Mines doing the same thing! Won't let me click on a specific song to play it!
  • Taylor
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redownloading every time i turn my phone off and on again.

Every time my phone dies or I turn it off and back on all of my music has to redownload causing my data usage to go through the roof. I pay for premium so why does this happen?

  • Visitor
  • Every time my phone dies or I turn it off and back on all of my music has to redownload causing my data usage to go through the roof. I pay for premium so why does this happen?
  • Peter__
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Solved!! music from sd card

Is it possible to transfer music already on my phone to my spotify premium to save me downloading them all again Am using Sony z1 Any help would be much appreciated stopped using spotify for this reason but have got free so want to use again

  • Casual Listener
  • Is it possible to transfer music already on my phone to my spotify premium to save me downloading them all again Am using Sony z1 Any help would be much appreciated stopped using spotify for this...
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system freezes then resets.

Description Please describe the problem While playing music, when i try to skip songs, my Spotify will freeze and become completely unresponsive. Phone will then freeze, and then reset itself. What are the steps you took to get to the error/issue? Ha...

  • Casual Listener
  • Description Please describe the problem While playing music, when i try to skip songs, my Spotify will freeze and become completely unresponsive. Phone will then freeze, and then reset itself.&...
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Deleting downloaded songs

Hi, I have an LG g2 Sprint phone I have a about 1,000 songs downloaded and I do not have enough phone Internet to stream music constantly. For some reason about once a month Spotify decides to delete all my downloaded PLAYLISTS and it is very annoyin...

  • Gig Goer
  • Hi,    I have an LG g2 Sprint phone I have a about 1,000 songs downloaded and I do not have enough phone Internet to stream music constantly.    For some reason about once...
  • Peter__
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