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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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Android (14) Broadcast Receiver bugs

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceNothing Phone (1)Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI have implemented the "Android Media Notifications" / Broadcast Receiver, to get info of currently playing music.Unfortunately there are some "bugs". 1. M...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Nothing Phone (1) Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I have implemented the "Android Media Notifications" / Broadcast Receiver, to g...
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Superuser Contribution The intelligent shufle doesn't work the way it supose to do.

I feel this intelligent shuffle is great, but when I disable this I really want it continue disabled. But it keeps sending me musics that isn't in my playlist. I mean: why you give me the option of disable if it will not be disabled at all? This coul...

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  • I feel this intelligent shuffle is great, but when I disable this I really want it continue disabled. But it keeps sending me musics that isn't in my playlist. I mean: why you give me the option of d...
  • Eni
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Superuser Contribution Playlist not fully downloaded

Half the songs are downloadedAlready reinstalled app and did everything you told me to

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  • Half the songs are downloaded Already reinstalled app and did everything you told me to
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Superuser Contribution Spotify widget not showing on lock screen

Just in the past week or so, the Spotify widget won't show up on the lock screen, even though there's music playing. My widget just says "no music playing". This is the only app I've had this issue with, and it's just one of a few that started happen...

  • Regular
  • Just in the past week or so, the Spotify widget won't show up on the lock screen, even though there's music playing. My widget just says "no music playing". This is the only app I've had this issue w...
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Superuser Contribution Homepage Shortcut to Podcast Episode brings me to ALL Episodes

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S23 Ultra SM-S918UOperating SystemAndroid 14, One UI 6.0 My Question or IssuePics attached. Likely a feature request or bug fix request, but on my Homepage, it shows tiles of in progress, recently p...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra SM-S918U Operating System Android 14, One UI 6.0   My Question or Issue Pics attached. Likely a feature request or bu...
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Superuser Contribution Ads keep crashing Spotify [Android]

It's happened 47 times over 5 days. I've tried rebooting my phone, closing out of Spotify & leaving it play (silence).They can't be skipped (Smart Shuffle & 1 in 10 songs are forced upon me. Get rid if it & I will think about subscribing. I've got 50...

  • Gig Goer
  • It's happened 47 times over 5 days. I've tried rebooting my phone, closing out of Spotify & leaving it play (silence). They can't be skipped (Smart Shuffle & 1 in 10 songs are forced upon me...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Premium Offline Modus funktioniert nicht

Guten Tag, liebe Spotify Community,Ich habe seit Kurzem das Problem, dass mein Offline Modus nicht funktioniert. Ich habe Cache gelöscht, die App deinstalliert und nochmal installiert und mich neu angemeldet. Es ist irgendwie merkwürdig, denn wenn ic...

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  • Guten Tag, liebe Spotify Community, Ich habe seit Kurzem das Problem, dass mein Offline Modus nicht funktioniert. Ich habe Cache gelöscht, die App deinstalliert und nochmal installiert und mich neu ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify randomly stops playback on my Xiaomi Redmi 12

As the title says, Spotify will stop the playback for no apparent reason every few minutes and resets the song in the app too, which is suuuuper annoying. I reinstalled it twice, even deleted all the files and the cache multiple times, exempted it fr...

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  • As the title says, Spotify will stop the playback for no apparent reason every few minutes and resets the song in the app too, which is suuuuper annoying. I reinstalled it twice, even deleted all the...
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Download albums don't open

PlanPremiumCountryKenyaDeviceOppo Reno 5FOperating SystemAndroid 13 My IssueSome of my downloaded albums and playlists won't open while I'm in offline mode. The app just loads for like a minute or so and turns black. It's also been very slow to open ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Kenya Device Oppo Reno 5F Operating System Android 13   My Issue Some of my downloaded albums and playlists won't open while I'm in offline mode. The app just load...
  • Amayy
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Spotify se detiene

Se detiene la reproduccion en cualquier momento, si tengo el celular bloqueado o lo estoy utilizando. Ya probe borrando el cache y los datos, desinstalar la app de spotify, revise ahorro de datos y bateria, el uso en segundo plano y nada de eso resol...

  • Visitor
  • Se detiene la reproduccion en cualquier momento, si tengo el celular bloqueado o lo estoy utilizando. Ya probe borrando el cache y los datos, desinstalar la app de spotify, revise ahorro de datos y b...
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Superuser Contribution The Spotify app seems to freeze upon launching it

Spoiler (Highlight to read)This morning was the first time I noticed it happening. When you usually launch the app, it shows the Spotify logo and then it cuts to a grey background while it loads in the content. When I launch it, it freezes on the gre...

  • Visitor
  • This morning was the first time I noticed it happening. When you usually launch the app, it shows the Spotify logo and then it cuts to a grey background while it loads in the content. When I launch i...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Issue playing album on repeat

When playing an album on repeat once the first play through is complete only the first and last song are repeated PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceOneplus 6Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • When playing an album on repeat once the first play through is complete only the first and last song are repeated  Plan Premium Country UK Device Oneplus 6 Operating System (iOS 10, Andr...
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Can't play songs when set to offline

This has been going on for the last couple of weeks. When trying to play on offline there are no songs and it just keeps loading. Even when switching back to online and redownloading songs and going back offline. After reopening the app, it has this ...

  • Casual Listener
  • This has been going on for the last couple of weeks. When trying to play on offline there are no songs and it just keeps loading. Even when switching back to online and redownloading songs and going ...
  • Amayy
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Superuser Contribution Mi teléfono se pone en modo seguro cuando uso spotify.

Cuando reproduzco una canción mi teléfono se pone en modo seguro, eh estado viendo y a varía gente le pasa lo mismo, ojalá me den una solución porque pago mes a mes y no es justo.

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  • Cuando reproduzco una canción mi teléfono se pone en modo seguro, eh estado viendo y a varía gente le pasa lo mismo, ojalá me den una solución porque pago mes a mes y no es justo.
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Superuser Contribution Wrong song showing on the lockscreen & dropdown menu widget

I've had this issue for about 5 days, sometimes when i change song the last song before changing gets stuck on the widget, the cotrols do work and the play time bar too

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  • I've had this issue for about 5 days, sometimes when i change song the last song before changing gets stuck on the widget, the cotrols do work and the play time bar too
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Superuser Contribution Wrong song showing on Notification Bar

PlanPremium DeviceGoogle Pixel 4Operating SystemAndroid 11 / 12 My Question or IssueI've had this issue for 3 or 4 weeks, the song showing on the notification bar is different from the one playing (see screenshots).I have to restart the app for the r...

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  • Plan Premium   Device Google Pixel 4 Operating System Android 11 / 12    My Question or Issue I've had this issue for 3 or 4 weeks, the song showing on the notification bar is...
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Superuser Contribution “Liked songs” on android auto stuck on “loading Content”

I recently bought a new vehicle that has android auto. I have downloaded and installed the Spotify app, which generally works fine, with one exception. The “liked songs” playlist just says “loading content”. I’ve let it sit for 30 minutes, and nothin...

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  • I recently bought a new vehicle that has android auto. I have downloaded and installed the Spotify app, which generally works fine, with one exception.   The “liked songs” playlist just says “...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify isn't playing on mobile data on android. It will only play on Wifi.

Spotify will not play any music or podcasts on android devices while being on mobile data. It will only play correctly on wifi. I've cleared my cache through the app, restarted the app, and deleted and reinstalled the app and the problem still isn't ...

  • Visitor
  • Spotify will not play any music or podcasts on android devices while being on mobile data. It will only play correctly on wifi. I've cleared my cache through the app, restarted the app, and deleted a...
  • Joan
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Superuser Contribution Queue line up not in the order I put them in and shuffles when I move them

I have a specific order I put songs into my queue, before the update I could add 6 songs and then look in the queue to find them in the order that I added it. Now, when I add those songs they are reversed or shuffled around in the queue list. Also, l...

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  • I have a specific order I put songs into my queue, before the update I could add 6 songs and then look in the queue to find them in the order that I added it. Now, when I add those songs they are rev...
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