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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...

Amayy
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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

Daniel
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Daniel
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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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Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Sort Options / Player bugs

PlanPremium Device(Macbook Pro)Operating System(MacOSX Mojave) I just restarted my application after an update. and now i can't sort by artist and albums at the same time anymore; The album thumb link to music don't work for a long time and you didn'...

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Plan Premium Device (Macbook Pro) Operating System (MacOSX Mojave) I just restarted my application after an update. and now i can't sort by artist and albums at the same time an...
2020-05-12 6:28:09 PM
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Superuser Contribution Cannot add item to the queue

Hi. I'm unable to play basically nothing. I cannot add anything to queue. Now it lasts very long time, more than month and it appeared a lot in the past. I pay for premium, but now I have to listen music with display on and huge amount of disgusting ...

El_Sukovec
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Hi. I'm unable to play basically nothing. I cannot add anything to queue. Now it lasts very long time, more than month and it appeared a lot in the past. I pay for premium, but now I have to listen m...
2021-07-01 7:52:57 PM
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Eni
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[Android] Can't play liked songs in order of artist

I would like to play my liked songs in order of artist. I can sort the list by artist, but no matter what I do, it plays in random (shuffle play ) order. - Android phoneThis has made Spotify Much less enjoyable, and if it cannot be fixed, I plan to c...

sfbean
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I would like to play my liked songs in order of artist. I can sort the list by artist, but no matter what I do, it plays in random (shuffle play ) order. - Android phone This has made Spotify ...
2021-01-25 1:48:54 AM
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Amayy
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[Android][Radio] I can't find playlist radio on Android anymore

When I go to a playlist on my Android phone I can't find "radio" anymore. Why? I want it back!

funkysverk
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When I go to a playlist on my Android phone I can't find "radio" anymore. Why? I want it back!
2021-02-15 10:48:13 AM
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Amayy
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[Android] my spotify won't play any music

Its been 1 months since my spotify won't play songs. I already uninstalled it several times and had enough storage to be able to use spotify. My premium can't be use because of this. I need help i did everything to be able to fix this yet nothing wor...

jasfong124
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Its been 1 months since my spotify won't play songs. I already uninstalled it several times and had enough storage to be able to use spotify. My premium can't be use because of this. I need help i di...
2021-05-27 8:35:35 AM
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Amayy
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Superuser Contribution My Profile Followers/Following - Colours Reversed

PlanPremiumCountryU.KDeviceOppo Find X3 Lite Operating SystemAndroid 11 Spotify Version8.6.68.1225 When going to my list of profile followers or who I follow, all of them appear to be greyed out (appears that the colours have reversed - greyed out if...

Playlistlover77
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Plan Premium Country U.K Device Oppo Find X3 Lite Operating System Android 11 Spotify Version 8.6.68.1225 When going to my list of profile followers or who I foll...
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Alex
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Superuser Contribution Song/Playlist radio not working

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceLG G6SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI can't seem to start radio playlists anymore, from neither songs nor albums. Tried reinstalling the app, didn't work. I couldn't find anything in settings either. Every time...

ClaireBear
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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device LG G6 System Android 9 My Question or Issue I can't seem to start radio playlists anymore, from neither songs nor albums. Tried reinst...
2020-10-06 9:18:02 PM
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Alex
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Superuser Contribution Never shuffle by default

Using premium on Android, I'd like the default when playing an album to be NOT shuffle play. So I can just press the green button and play an album from the beginning and not faff around pressing the interlinked arrows in now playing. Why is this not...

DJGMusic
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Using premium on Android, I'd like the default when playing an album to be NOT shuffle play. So I can just press the green button and play an album from the beginning and not faff around pressing the...
2021-09-05 6:45:31 PM
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Superuser Contribution Liked albums not sync across devices

PlanPreniumCountryCanada DeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi, My issue is that my liked album and songs are not sync correctly across my devices. I mainly use my destock (Win 10) to select and like album. But when I switch to my...

math_6
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Plan Prenium Country Canada Device LG G6 Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hi, My issue is that my liked album and songs are not sync correctly across my...
2021-10-08 6:26:50 PM
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CarlosE
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Superuser Contribution Local Files impossible to download through existing guides

PlanPremiumCountryUkDeviceSamsung S20 FEOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI've been looking around for answers as to how I can sync my local and desktop files to allow me to play local files on my mobile, however nothing of use appears to b...

FstMario
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Plan Premium Country Uk Device Samsung S20 FE Operating System Android My Question or Issue I've been looking around for answers as to how I can sync my local and desktop files to al...
2021-10-07 5:40:08 PM
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MafeG
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Superuser Contribution SD card corrupted, cant delete .ldb file

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI have used a SanDisk 64GB SD-card for my music and photos for some time now, years actually. I've had issues like Spotify automatically switching my downloa...

knodel
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Plan Premium Country Norway Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue I have used a SanDisk 64GB SD-card for my music and photos for some time now, yea...
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Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution podcast now has ads and sounds slowed down

I have Spotify premium, I'm in the United States, my device is a OnePlus 6t, I'm running Android 11. I have already cleared storage and cache and reinstalled Spotify. I have been listening to the podcast high rollers DnD ( https://open.spotify.com/sh...

Blaezkun
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I have Spotify premium, I'm in the United States, my device is a OnePlus 6t, I'm running Android 11. I have already cleared storage and cache and reinstalled Spotify. I have been li...
2021-06-21 11:10:50 PM
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Superuser Contribution Home page turned into vertical view

My android spotify homepage just shifted to a style where I can no longer scroll horizontally through subsections on the homepage, and must now scroll vertically through an infinitely long list of random individual items from across spotify's usual h...

TL93
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My android spotify homepage just shifted to a style where I can no longer scroll horizontally through subsections on the homepage, and must now scroll vertically through an infinitely long list of ra...
2021-10-05 9:38:41 PM
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transfering a song from pc to android

PlanpremiumCountry Devicegalaxy s10Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI added a local file song to my pc and added it to a playlist and opened a hot spot so my phone and my pc would be on the same wifi network...

Gorenlol
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Plan premium Country Device galaxy s10 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I added a local file song to my pc and added it to a ...
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Amayy
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Superuser Contribution SD card button not appearing

PlanFamily PremiumCountryMalaysia Device(Realme C3)Operating System(Android 10) My Question or IssueSo I download all of my songs through SD card but Today,all of my songs have been downloaded through Internal Storage and making my phone have no more...

Zacxoxy_246
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Plan Family Premium Country Malaysia Device (Realme C3) Operating System (Android 10) My Question or Issue So I download all of my songs through SD card but Today,all of my...
2021-10-06 6:14:25 PM
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MafeG
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Spotify Connect: supported devices disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHuawei P20 Pro (10.0), Samsung S6 lite (11.0), iPhone 11 (14.6)Operating SystemAndroid, iOS, Windows... My Question or IssueI have several Spotify Connect enabled devices, that are still supported and (despite beeing br...

Kosm0nauten
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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Huawei P20 Pro (10.0), Samsung S6 lite (11.0), iPhone 11 (14.6) Operating System Android, iOS, Windows... My Question or Issue I have several Spot...
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Luan
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Superuser Contribution Android App Will Not Play

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLG G7 ThinQOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI am unable to play any songs/podcasts on the Spotify Android app and the My Library tab is completely empty. For the last few days I have been completely unable to p...

tektyler
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Plan Premium Country UK Device LG G7 ThinQ Operating System Android 10 My Question or Issue I am unable to play any songs/podcasts on the Spotify Android app and the My Library tab i...
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Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Group Session Not Synced

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10+ and Samsung Galaxy A50Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhen using "Group Session", my friend reports that her songs are starting at the :52 mark instead of starting fresh when she joins my sess...

BoogyWoogy
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Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ and Samsung Galaxy A50 Operating System Android My Question or Issue When using "Group Session", my friend reports that her songs a...
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Not able to turn off data saver

Plan: premium Version: 8.5.55.1105 Country: Sweden Phone: Huawei honor 9 Android version: 9 As you can see on the screenshot provided, the streaming quality is locked to low "until I turn off data saver". However I do not seem to have the option to t...

hizj2s-d4_v8a
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Plan: premium Version: 8.5.55.1105 Country: Sweden Phone: Huawei honor 9 Android version: 9 As you can see on the screenshot provided, the streaming quality is locked to low ...
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Amayy
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music stops after 10 seconds

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceOneplus 6Operating SystemAndroid 10 based Oxygenos (v10.3.0)Spotify (version 8.5.42.812)My Question or Issue Music stops playing after about 10 secondsAttempted fresh install.Restarted phone no less than 3 times.Have tried ...

Revan829
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Oneplus 6 Operating System Android 10 based Oxygenos (v10.3.0) Spotify (version 8.5.42.812) My Question or Issue Music stops playing after about 10 s...
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