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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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Samsung S9 - Spotify not recognizing Wi-Fi

Plan: PremiumCountry: Canada Device: Samsung Galaxy 9Operating System: not sure My previous phone (Samsung Galaxy S6) had Spotify and I was able to stream content only when connected to Wi-Fi. I upgraded to Premium when I got the S9. I went to Spotif...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Canada   Device: Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System: not sure   My previous phone (Samsung Galaxy S6) had Spotify and I was able to stream content only...
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Spotify not playing nice on Android Auto without Internet connection

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMotorola Moto G5S PlusOperating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.1 My Question or IssueI was using Android Auto on the Xmas travel and I downloaded a playlist because I knew that on Brazil roads the Internet connection is not good. ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Motorola Moto G5S Plus Operating System Android Oreo 8.1   My Question or Issue I was using Android Auto on the Xmas travel and I downloaded a p...
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Erro pra baixar músicas no cartão SD

Socorro, não consigo encontrar a opção no aplicativo para baixar as músicas no cartão SD. Antes tinha essa opção mas do nada sumiu. Já desinstalei e intalei de novo mas não reapareceu. Meu celular tem pouca memória interna não posso fazer os download...

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  • Socorro, não consigo encontrar a opção no aplicativo para baixar as músicas no cartão SD. Antes tinha essa opção mas do nada sumiu. Já desinstalei e intalei de novo mas não reapareceu. Meu celular te...
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Playlists

PlanPremiumCountry(GB)Operating System(Android 8.0) My Question or IssueI can not search in playlists for specific songs any more I used too but cant now, why is this?

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  • Plan Premium Country (GB) Operating System (Android 8.0)   My Question or Issue I can not search in playlists for specific songs any more I used too but cant now, why is this?  
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Playlist directly on android desktop

Hi everybody, I've recently changed my mobile phone. On the old one, I don't remember how, I had my playlist directly on my mobile desktop so that simply clicking on it, it would start automatically that list, without having to start tspotify, select...

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  • Hi everybody,   I've recently changed my mobile phone. On the old one, I don't remember how, I had my playlist directly on my mobile desktop so that simply clicking on it, it would start autom...
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Spotify Connect not working when localhost resolves to more than one address

DeviceGalaxy S7 running LineageOSOperating SystemAndroid 7 Nougat My Question or IssueOn my Android device, Spotify sends the mDNS broadcasts over the lo interface due to the following bug in the Spotify mDNS implementation. First, the system's hostn...

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  •  Device Galaxy S7 running LineageOS Operating System Android 7 Nougat   My Question or Issue On my Android device, Spotify sends the mDNS broadcasts over the lo interface due to the f...
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Musica **bleep** sozinha, troca, pausa.Google assistente ativa sozinho.

Musica mudando sozinho, pausando e pulando. Google assistente abre sozinho tamb enquanto ouço musica. ja tentei de tudo. o que devo fazer?

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  • Musica mudando sozinho, pausando e pulando. Google assistente abre sozinho tamb enquanto ouço musica. ja tentei de tudo. o que devo fazer?  
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Iphone - can´t play

My Question or IssueI think I must have done somthing wrong. I had premium but it didnt work so I again got the free version. I cant play songs om my Iphone. It starts - see the file - but I can only listen in a few seconds intil the cirkel is closed...

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  •     My Question or Issue I think I must have done somthing wrong. I had premium but  it didnt work so I again got the free version. I cant play songs om my Iphone. It starts - see t...
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Spotify can't play Google assistant

PlanPremiumCountry ColombiaDeviceXiaomi MiBox sOperating SystemAndroid TV 8.1 My Question or Issue I have a tvbox Xiaomi my box, first when I asked Google assistant a song opened Spotify lasted 3 seconds and it closed due to connection error, now it ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Colombia Device Xiaomi MiBox s Operating System Android TV 8.1   My Question or Issue  I have a tvbox Xiaomi my box, first when I asked Google assistant...
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Lagging/stuttering Samsung Galaxy S9

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9 SMG960FOperating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 Oreo My Question or IssueThe songs keep lagging from time to time, especially the first song I listen to in any playlist (even offline), even if I'm using the phone ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device Samsung Galaxy S9 SMG960F Operating System Android 8.0.0 Oreo   My Question or Issue The songs keep lagging from time to time, especially the first s...
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Music downloaded on my SD card is getting randomly deleted when I reboot my device.

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceHuawei P8 Lite 2017Operating SystemAndroid oreo My Question or Issue I have exactly the same problem than these guys : https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Downloaded-music-randomly-deleted/m-p/1476873#M68125 The mu...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  France Device Huawei P8 Lite 2017 Operating System Android oreo   My Question or Issue  I have exactly the same problem than these guys : h...
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Cannot start the radio station, please try again later.

PlanPremium 8.4.84.874Country UKDeviceSamsung Galaxy Tab 3Operating SystemAndriod 4.4.2 My Question or Issue For over 4 weeks now I have not been able to play a radio station from a song choice, which is one of the main features I use. I search for a...

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  • Plan Premium 8.4.84.874 Country  UK Device Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Operating System Andriod 4.4.2   My Question or Issue  For over 4 weeks now I have not been able to play a rad...
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Spotify pausing when phone unlocks - Galaxy S8

PlanPremiumCountry United KingdomDevice(Samsung Galaxy S8)Operating System(Android 8.0.0) My Question or Issue For the last couple of weeks everytime I unlock my phone it pauses music from playing. I've tried reinstalling spotify, updating the phone,...

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  • Plan Premium Country  United Kingdom Device (Samsung Galaxy S8) Operating System (Android 8.0.0)   My Question or Issue  For the last couple of weeks everytime I unlock my ph...
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galaxy watch app shutdown

Hi! I am very dissapointed at spotify in galaxy watch. You say that please make sure that you have the latest updates installed.. HAVE YOU EVEN ONCE UPDATED SPOTIFY APP IN GALAXY WATCH ?? To the problem itself. 1.I cannot close the app, it dains very...

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  • Hi!   I am very dissapointed at spotify in galaxy watch. You say that please make sure that you have the latest updates installed.. HAVE YOU EVEN ONCE UPDATED SPOTIFY APP IN GALAXY WATCH ?? &...
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Suddenly not recognizing SD card

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue All of a sudden Spotify no longer sees my SD card. I had thousands of songs saved to it and everything was working earlier today. Tonight it started try...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada   Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  All of a sudden Spotify no longer sees my SD card. I had thousan...
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Setting phone to automatically download new selections from desktop...

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung J3vOperating SystemAndroid Oreo + Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi all,I listen to spotify exclusively bluetoothing in my car or a remote speaker from my android Samsung J3v phone; However, I find and download new...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Samsung J3v Operating System Android Oreo + Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi all, I listen to spotify exclusively bluetoothing in m...
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Can no longer search playlists in Android auto

Beforehand the major update to Android Auto in November? We could search for playlists alphabetically within Android Auto. Now, if I can't remember the exact name of the playlist, only that it starts with a certain letter, I have to scroll through my...

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  • Beforehand the major update to Android Auto in November? We could search for playlists alphabetically within Android Auto. Now, if I can't remember the exact name of the playlist, only that it starts...
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[Connect] The state of the 100 song limit (shuffle mode) in 2019

PlanFree & PremiumCountryCanada (Québec) DevicesLG G2 / Samsung Galaxy S8+ / NVIDIA SHIELD TVOperating SystemAndroid (latest) My Question or Issue A quick google search shows that there are many, many people experiencing this issue and it's been goin...

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  • Plan Free & Premium Country Canada (Québec)   Devices LG G2 / Samsung Galaxy S8+ / NVIDIA SHIELD TV Operating System Android (latest)   My Question or Issue   A quick g...
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(Developer) playlist maker, and Radio access

I'm intersted in developing an app that create a playlist or a songlist based on user prefernces.i do not want the playlist to be saved in the user's account nor he will be following it. is there any way to achive it?I thought about maybe using the q...

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  • I'm intersted in developing an app that create a playlist or a songlist based on user prefernces. i do not want the playlist to be saved in the user's account nor he will be following it.   i...
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download error

PlanPremiumCountry Canada Operating System(Android) My Question or IssueI recently had to reset my phone to fix a bug, but now it won't let me download music, saying "Downloading has stopped because there's no space left on this device." My phone sti...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Canada   Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue I recently had to reset my phone to fix a bug, but now it won't let me download music, saying ...
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