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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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[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...

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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 I have no personalized playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceGalaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid/Windows My Question or IssueI have been premium for about a month and have no personalized playlists. No New Releases for you, No Discover Weely, No Release Radar. Nothing. I JUST got a tiny ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Galaxy S9 Operating System Android/Windows   My Question or Issue I have been premium for about a month and have no personalized playlists.   No N...
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Spotify keeps crashing - only plays songs for few seconds then crashes

PlanPremiumCountry NZDeviceSamsung Galaxy 7Operating SystemAndriod 8.0.0 I've tried all solutions I can find, only started happening yesterday. Crashes on my phone only - offline, online and with data, works fine on my computer. I've reinstalled, del...

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  • Plan Premium Country  NZ Device Samsung Galaxy 7 Operating System Andriod 8.0.0   I've tried all solutions I can find, only started happening yesterday. Crashes on my phone only - ...
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Problemas

Boa tarde! Estou passando por problemas com o aplicativo. Assim como muitas outras pessoas também estão passando pela mesma situação. A última versão ou atualização está fazendo o aplicativo finalizar/desligar automaticamente. Peço que corrijam este ...

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  •    Boa tarde! Estou passando por problemas com o aplicativo. Assim como muitas outras pessoas também estão passando pela mesma situação. A última versão ou atualização está fazendo o aplic...
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Spotify android completely broken

PlanPremiumCountry IndonesiaDeviceVivo Y83Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueJust bought new phone cause i lost my phone, this one arguably much better than my old phone, YET theres LOT of issue on spotify, and so far, spotify is the on...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Indonesia Device Vivo Y83 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue Just bought new phone cause i lost my phone, this one arguably much better tha...
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Music interuptions (10-15sec in)

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Samsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemUp to date My Question or Issue I am new and trying the free version of this app to see if I switch feom the one I am paying for now. For the first two days the app worked fine. Then late yeste...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country  Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Up to date    My Question or Issue  I am new and trying the free version of this app to see if I switch feom ...
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Application downloaded from Play Store is outdated

PlanPremiumCountryFrance Device(Galaxy S6)Operating System(Android 7.0) My Question or Issue Hi, I hope someone will be able to help me with my problem.This morning, I decided to clean my phone a bit. So I deleted the 15Go of saved songs I had on Spo...

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  • Plan Premium Country France   Device (Galaxy S6) Operating System (Android 7.0)   My Question or Issue   Hi, I hope someone will be able to help me with my problem. This m...
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Spotify update

Spotify PremiumPortugalAndroid 8Hello. I got the new spotify update yesterday. My main issue is when I try to use the search box spotify app crashes, I have to restart it and with no search results, it simply doesn't work. Already cleanned cache, uni...

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  • Spotify Premium Portugal Android 8 Hello. I got the new spotify update yesterday. My main issue is when I try to use the search box spotify app crashes, I have to restart it and with no search res...
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Superuser Contribution Recently Played list too short

Plan PremiumCountry GreeceDevice Essential PH-1 phone, Microsoft Surface BookOperating system Android pie, Windows 10My Question or Issue:Why is the list of recently played items so short? When using the Android and Windows 10 apps it is only 30 item...

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  • Plan Premium Country Greece Device Essential PH-1 phone, Microsoft Surface Book Operating system Android pie, Windows 10 My Question or Issue: Why is the list of recently played items so short? ...
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Solved!! Only old version of spotify available on google play store

Just got a new Galaxy s9 running oreo, and I haven't been able to get spotify to work after installing. I looked at my old android phone and realized that the the layout is totally different and there are a bunch of features missing. Then after looki...

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  • Just got a new Galaxy s9 running oreo, and I haven't been able to get spotify to work after installing.  I looked at my old android phone and realized that the the layout is totally different an...
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Spotify Beta Android - App not available for this account

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceOnePlus 5TOperating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.1 My Question or IssueHey there, I'm a long time (long long time) Spotify user, and it's only recently I've started perusing the forums. Anyway I decided I'd like to opt i...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device OnePlus 5T Operating System Android Oreo 8.1   My Question or Issue Hey there, I'm a long time (long long time) Spotify user, and it's o...
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Visual bug

Plan PremiumCountry BelgiumDeviceSamsung galaxy a3 2017Operating System Android My Question or Issue You can see on the picture what my problem is. My playlists of songs titles stay put sometimes..

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  • Plan   Premium Country  Belgium Device Samsung galaxy a3 2017 Operating System  Android    My Question or Issue  You can see on the picture what my problem is...
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Search Crash.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceGalaxy J7 prime Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Spotify is crashing every time I try to search anything. I have to reset the app to even get the app to load anything, playlist...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Galaxy J7 prime   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  Spotify is crashing every tim...
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Spotify keeps changing and skipping songs by itself it gets annoying

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Galaxy 8plus My Question or Issue Spotify keeps changing and skipping songs by itself it gets annoying, I've had spotify for years but since the last update, spotify keeps changing and skipping random songs. I defi...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Samsung Galaxy 8plus   My Question or Issue  Spotify keeps changing and skipping songs by itself it gets annoying, I've had spotify for years b...
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Unable to Listen to Discover Weekly

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceGoogle Pixel 2Operating SystemAndroidOreo My Question or Issue I can't listen to this week's Discover Weekly. When I click on it, it just pulls up last week's. Even when I go to another playlist and come back, it just pi...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Google Pixel 2 Operating System AndroidOreo   My Question or Issue  I can't listen to this week's Discover Weekly. When I click on it, it j...
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Note 9 Sharing

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 9Operating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Question or Issue I'm running Spotify 8.4.67.886 armV7 on a new Tmobile Note 9. The app seems to work fine but when I try to share a song, the screen goes dark and it k...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue  I'm running Spotify 8.4.67.886 armV7 on a new Tmobile Note 9.&nb...
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Share music not work

Hi,I have spotify Premium on my Onepluse 3t (Android 8.0.0 with OxygenOS 5.0.4).I'm unable to do a "Share" on a song or playlist. When i do it the app stop to work and i have a redirect to the home (the music is stopped).I've already tried reinstalli...

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  • Hi, I have spotify Premium on my Onepluse 3t (Android 8.0.0 with OxygenOS 5.0.4). I'm unable to do a "Share" on a song or playlist. When i do it the app stop to work and i have a redirect to the ...
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Solved!! App keeps pausing while browsing albums, playlist & songs

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceHuawei p20Operating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 emui 8.1.0.164 My Question or Issue The app keeps pausing and restarting the current song while I'm both browsing through the app and also while trying to open any website. It is ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device Huawei p20 Operating System Android 8.1.0 emui 8.1.0.164   My Question or Issue  The app keeps pausing and restarting the current song whi...
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Spotify app on Motorola E5 not working

PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDeviceMOTOROLA E5Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI recently bought my Morotola E5 and immediately installed the Spotify app. The issue I had right away was that first the app seemed to be an older version and...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Brazil Device MOTOROLA E5 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue I recently bought my Morotola E5 and immediately installed the Spotify ap...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution PLAYLIST SAVED SONGS DONT SHOW ON "MUSIC"

So, I recentely moved from Apple Music to Spotify and used an external service to export playlists... Everything went well, I have 3 playlists on Spotify which I already downloaded all the songs in it, but in the fact I only created those playlist so...

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  • So, I recentely moved from Apple Music to Spotify and used an external service to export playlists... Everything went well, I have 3 playlists on Spotify which I already downloaded all the songs in i...
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Search does not work when trying to enter something with huaweis p20 pro SwiftKey keyboard

PlanPremiumCountryLithuania DeviceHuawei p20 proOperating SystemEmui latest (Android based) My Question or Issue I just recently got a new phone and from android store I downloaded spotify. When trying to use search, when I enter 1 or two keys, it ju...

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  • Plan Premium Country Lithuania  Device Huawei p20 pro Operating System Emui latest (Android based)   My Question or Issue  I just recently got a new phone and from android st...
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