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I created order and structure for my playlists and now it's all ruined by chaos. Tapping on playlists tag all the time is not an option, at least save the state of selected tags. Spotify wants to be youtube, creating headache for people who just want...
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Can app software be fixed to allow elapsed time line to follow the actual program? Thanks
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I could share tracks and playlists etc to Instagram stories fine last week. No updates to my phone that I'm aware of. Now I can't share Spotify to instagram stories. The only options I have are Instagram direct or another Instagram symbol and it just...
I could share tracks and playlists etc to Instagram stories fine last week. No updates to my phone that I'm aware of. Now I can't share Spotify to instagram stories. The only options I have are Insta...
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I updated my Samsung Galaxy S10+ to Android 11 today. From now on, the lock screen does not show up sometimes when music is playing, and it completly disappears when music is paused. Before Android 1...
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