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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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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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Spotify not playing downloaded playlists on my car stereo

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceEonon GA2178 Operating SystemAndriod 9My Question or IssueI have a car stereo that runs on android 9. I downloaded spotify on it and the app works fine most of the time. The issue I have is that it plays my downloaded playl...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Eonon GA2178  Operating System Andriod 9 My Question or Issue I have a car stereo that runs on android 9. I downloaded spotify on it and the app works fi...
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    Offline playlists unavailable
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Random play with daily mix

Hello, It has been a few week since I have got issues with daily mix. In fact, the songs just play randomly. I have been trying to stop it by going into the parameter without finding the double arrows. And even when I find it, it is gray and I can't ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,  It has been a few week since I have got issues with daily mix. In fact, the songs just play randomly. I have been trying to stop it by going into the parameter without finding the doubl...
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Spotify Playlists are **bleep** and keep on changing order

PlanPremiumCountryUkDeviceAll My Question or IssueMy playlists keep changing order. All albums in my playlists are going back to front, and then the songs seem to play in a random order from said album. To fix, everytime I open the playlist if I've p...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Uk Device All   My Question or Issue My playlists keep changing order. All albums in my playlists are going back to front, and then the songs seem to play in a rando...
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    Playlists
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Home album artwork is weird

PlanPremiumCountry Device Operating System My Question or IssueHome album artworks are too big! How to solve it?? Let me know the solution. Thanks.

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device   Operating System     My Question or Issue Home album artworks are too big! How to solve it?? Let me know the solution. Thanks.
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"Play on Spotify"

Why "play on spotify" button is not present on Instagram. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Spotify and Instagram both.even I had sacrificed my downloads after resetting my phone. Although JioSaavn -a music streaming app in India is showing tha...

  • Casual Listener
  • Why "play on spotify" button is not present on Instagram. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall Spotify and Instagram both.even I had sacrificed my downloads after resetting my phone. Although JioS...
  • Noah
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Songs stop after 30 seconds and move on to next song

None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,e...

  • Casual Listener
  • None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't share to instagram story

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI can't share music to my instagram story and I've never had the option to. I am doing everything correctly, I have tried clearing cache and reinstalling both app...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I can't share music to my instagram story and I've never had the option to. I ...
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Solved!! Shuffle persists beyond current playlist

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Moto G6) My Question or IssueI've recently noticed that shuffling a playlist essentially turns on shuffle for the whole app. So if I shuffle all my liked songs, and then decide to play an album(expecting it to play sequentia...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Premium Country   Device (Moto G6)     My Question or Issue I've recently noticed that shuffling a playlist essentially turns on shuffle for the whole app. So if ...
  • Noah
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Nothing seems to work?

Android My Question or IssueMost things won't play at all, the one's that do play stop after 10 seconds. The web player won't load. I reinstalled, restarted phone etc. Any ideas?

  • Casual Listener
  • Android   My Question or Issue Most things won't play at all, the one's that do play stop after 10 seconds. The web player won't load. I reinstalled, restarted phone etc. Any ideas?
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Spotify on Note 10/ Frontier s3

Plan Premium swedenCountry swedenDeviceNote 10/Frontier s3Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue cant download spotify from the store on the watch, i guess there is no support yet to get spotify to work on the Frontier s3 when its connectet to ...

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  • Plan  Premium sweden Country   sweden Device Note 10/Frontier s3 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  cant download spotify from the store on the watch,...
  • Noah
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UI takes a long time to load when app is freshly opened

PlanPremium Family PlanCountryUSADevice(Samsung Galaxy 7)Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or IssueWhen I open the spotify app on my phone and go to a playlist, I click on the 'dots' next to a song for 'more options', the menu screen doesn't...

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  •   Plan Premium Family Plan Country USA Device (Samsung Galaxy 7) Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue When I open the spotify app on my phone and go to a p...
  • osornios
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Spotify keeps skipping or pausing songs on Samsung J3

My Spotify app on my Samsung Galaxy J3 has recently started constantly pausing or skipping to random other songs in the playlist when I'm listening to it on the go. It seems to have gotten worse over the last few days, to the point that the app is co...

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  • My Spotify app on my Samsung Galaxy J3 has recently started constantly pausing or skipping to random other songs in the playlist when I'm listening to it on the go. It seems to have gotten worse over...
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Spotify Android App Live Wallpaper

For the moving backgrounds/videos that accompany certain songs on the Android app, is there a way to save these looped images so that they can be used as a wallpaper? The one I am looking for specifically is for the song Ritual by Rita Ora, Tiesto, a...

  • Visitor
  •   For the moving backgrounds/videos that accompany certain songs on the Android app, is there a way to save these looped images so that they can be used as a wallpaper? The one I am looking for...
  • osornios
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Cant download songs on my device.

Been using android. My device cannot download songs. Why? I tried to remove all devices already but I still could not download it.

  • Visitor
  • Been using android. My device cannot download songs. Why? I tried to remove all devices already but I still could not download it. 
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Solved!! App not working following restart

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHonor 9 LiteOperating SystemAndroid 92 My Question or IssueFollowing a restart of my phone I attempted to launch Spotify, it then asked me to log in with username/password (unusual as it wouldn't normally do so) which I did....

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  •   Plan Premium Country UK Device Honor 9 Lite Operating System Android 92   My Question or Issue Following a restart of my phone I attempted to launch Spotify, it then asked me t...
  • Noah
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Superuser Contribution [Android] Night mode not displaying when sharing to Facebook Messenger

Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ Operating System Android P My Question or Issue When I share via Facebook Messenger, the select contact page that comes up shows the old Messenger design. This doesn't happen with any oth...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ Operating System Android P   My Question or Issue When I share via Facebook Messenger, the select contact page ...
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Spotify won't pause music when the phone's locked

Hi, I'm having issues with Spotify. Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+OS: Android 9So this kinda topic has already been opened, and it's now also in the FAQ. And the answer is "Just reinstall the app." Geee thanks. Though I wouldn't blame you if it worked f...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I'm having issues with Spotify.   Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+ OS: Android 9 So this kinda topic has already been opened, and it's now also in the FAQ. And the answer is "Just reinstall t...
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    Reporting an issue
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The new update is a confusing mess

This update, and the concept of the Liked Songs playlist is a mess. The most basic feature in any music player - shuffle all songs - seems to be impossible now. The concept of simply saving songs to your library? Out the window. The way things are se...

  • Newbie
  • This update, and the concept of the Liked Songs playlist is a mess. The most basic feature in any music player - shuffle all songs - seems to be impossible now. The concept of simply saving songs to ...
  • smiff1985
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Widget removal explanation?

It's been over two weeks since you removed the widget and linked to a post supposed to explain why, but all it contained was a short messege that said that the widget had been retired. So I was wondering if the people you have working costumer relati...

  • Casual Listener
  • It's been over two weeks since you removed the widget and linked to a post supposed to explain why, but all it contained was a short messege that said that the widget had been retired. So I was wonde...
  • Loxer
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    Removal
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Solved!! Android Local Files - Only Some of them transfer

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWin 10 / Android Alright, so when I attempt to copy local files from my PC to my phone, only some of them transfer. I have ensured that these files are mp3s. I have been able to transfer these exact files in the past (my sd...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Operating System Win 10 / Android   Alright, so when I attempt to copy local files from my PC to my phone, only some of them transfer. I have ensured that these files are mp3s....
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