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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 Remote toggle Shuffle

PlanFree DeviceGalaxy S7, Windows 10 My Question or IssueI can't find where to toggle Shuffle and Repeat.Is this feature gone? Because then the whole Remote thing is kinda useless, imo

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  • Plan Free   Device Galaxy S7, Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't find where to toggle Shuffle and Repeat. Is this feature gone? Because then the whole Remote thing is kinda u...
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Superuser Contribution Unavailable for listening on

As shown, it says that spotify is not available for listening on my Le X522. Is there anyway to fix it so I can play it on my phones?

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  • As shown, it says that spotify is not available for listening on my Le X522. Is there anyway to fix it so I can play it on my phones?
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Disable album art on lockscreen

PlanPremiumCountry Denmark DeviceOneplus 6Operating SystemAndroid 8.1 My Question or Issue Hey all.Just got this nice phone. I like the spotify controlls. But can i disable the spotify allbum art.? Regards Daniel and thanks

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  • Plan Premium Country Denmark   Device Oneplus 6 Operating System Android 8.1   My Question or Issue  Hey all. Just got this nice phone. I like the spotify controlls. But can...
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Can't find podcasts since new update (May 2018)

FreeUKSamsung Galaxy A5 (2017)Android Oreo My Question or Issue Since the new update I haven't been able to access my downloaded podcasts anywhere. Please help.

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  • Free UK Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Since the new update I haven't been able to access my downloaded podcasts anywhere. Please help.
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Spotify suddenly shuts down

My Question or IssueMy premium Spotify suddenly shuts dow 10-30 minutes after upstart on my new HP laptop. No internet problems. I have reinstalled without any results.

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  •     My Question or Issue My premium Spotify suddenly shuts dow 10-30 minutes after upstart on my new HP laptop. No internet problems. I have reinstalled without any results.  
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Superuser Contribution There's no videos option in my country

Hi there i jst recently knew thar spotify has a videos option and it says i can find it in browse but there is no videos option in my browse tab so please help i really love the concept of videos in spotify

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  • Hi there   i jst recently knew thar spotify has a videos option and it says i can find it in browse but there is no videos option in my browse tab so please help i really love the concept of v...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist loaded and only plays around 12 seconds of every song ?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Devicephone samsung9Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device phone samsung9 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Solved!! App doesn't remember last.fm-settings

Because of the recent problems with last.fm-scrobbling I deactivated the internal scrobbling-feature in Spotify. It works very well with the desktop app but my Android-App doesn't save the option and reminds me again and again that my last.fm name an...

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  • Because of the recent problems with last.fm-scrobbling I deactivated the internal scrobbling-feature in Spotify. It works very well with the desktop app but my Android-App doesn't save the option and...
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Infinte black screen

So even the help section is borked- I tried to start a topic only to have the "cannot verify" experience- just like on the app!I have tried to get this app to work on 3 different devices- all choke after "login" and go to a black screen.This so isn't...

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  •     So even the help section is borked- I tried to start a topic only to have the "cannot verify" experience- just like on the app! I have tried to get this app to work on 3 different de...
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Radio and home tab not working

Nexus 6 with family premium .Everytime I try radio or home its says not working have another go . Uninstalled reinstalled logged out then in cleared data and cache . Library and search works just fine . I can play music its just annoying and not wort...

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  • Nexus 6 with family premium .Everytime I try radio or home its says not working  have another go . Uninstalled reinstalled logged out then in cleared data and cache . Library and search works ju...
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Downloaded playlists songs set as not downloaded

DeviceMotorola Moto G3Operating SystemAndroid 6.0 My Question or IssueI have a SD card set as Internal Storage, and I download my playlists to it. At some point, the playlists are shown as not downloaded (the download switch appears as off). It's occ...

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  • Device Motorola Moto G3 Operating System Android 6.0   My Question or Issue I have a SD card set as Internal Storage, and I download my playlists to it. At some point, the playlists are sh...
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Radio icon missing on phone app

Anyone know why my radio icon is missing from the spotify app on my samsung s8 phone? The only options i have are playlists, home and search. If i log on on my laptop it is there but i need it on my phone. I havr uninstalled it and reinstalled it and...

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  • Anyone know why my radio icon is missing from the spotify app on my samsung s8 phone? The only options i have are playlists, home and search. If i log on on my laptop it is there but i need it on my ...
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Spotify ne reconnait pas ma carte SD

PlanFree/PremiumCountryFrance Device Asus Zen FoneOperating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueSpotify (sous Android) ne reconnait pas ma carte SD que j'ai pourtant formaté plusieurs fois.. Je l'utilise pour enregrister les sons hors ligne.. Merci d'av...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country France  Device  Asus Zen Fone Operating System Android My Question or Issue Spotify (sous Android) ne reconnait pas ma carte SD que j'ai pourtant format...
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Shuffle/Playlist problems with the mobile app udpate

As of the most recent update, Spotify will no longer shuffle-play. I have the free version, so usually shuffle is that all that's available. Now, however, all of my playlists play by artist or in random clusters of specific songs that repeat over and...

  • Casual Listener
  • As of the most recent update, Spotify will no longer shuffle-play. I have the free version, so usually shuffle is that all that's available. Now, however, all of my playlists play by artist or in ran...
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Solved!! Cannot skip in song imported to phone

Hello.I have a problem with imported music. I follow the procedure when in PC app I take an absolutely correct mp3 in local files and add it to a playlist. If I play it in the desktop app, it plays correctly and I can skip (move time bar) in the song...

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  • Hello. I have a problem with imported music. I follow the procedure when in PC app I take an absolutely correct mp3 in local files and add it to a playlist. If I play it in the desktop app, it plays...
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Behind the Lyrics not working

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceKindle Fire HD 8 I recently played the playlist "Behind the Lyrics: Hits" , which I believe should have behind the lyrics. However, it didn't appear. On other devices I have seen it work, and I was surprised.

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  •   Plan Premium Country  United States Device Kindle Fire HD 8   I recently played the playlist "Behind the Lyrics: Hits" , which I believe should have behind the lyrics. Howeve...
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Spotify lädt lokale PC MP3 dateien nicht aufs handy runter

Hallo, Ich benutze seit januar Spotify Premium. Meiner Meinung nach ist das rundum packet sehr gut nur 1ne sache stört mich gewaltig: Ich kann meine lokalen MP3 dateien die ich auf meinem pc gescpeichert habe nicht auf meinem Android handy abspielen....

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  • Hallo,    Ich benutze seit januar Spotify Premium. Meiner Meinung nach ist das rundum packet sehr gut nur 1ne sache stört mich gewaltig: Ich kann meine lokalen MP3 dateien die ich auf mei...
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Huawei P9 Lite

I have selected SD-Card to save offline-music. Despite that every Android-Update failes due to lack of memory. After unistalling Spotify the 1.4GB of memory saved on the SD-Card is available as additional ram. Is this a bug or my mistake? RegardsThom...

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  • I have selected SD-Card to save offline-music. Despite that every Android-Update failes due to lack of memory. After unistalling Spotify the 1.4GB of memory saved on the SD-Card is available as addit...
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Searching

Why is it that i search for a song and when i go to play it. It plays the song at the top of my playlist instead of the song i searched for

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  • Why is it that i search for a song and when i go to play it. It plays the song at the top of my playlist instead of the song i searched for  
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Every time i open the search bar and begin typing, spotify logs me out

I already cleared the cache and uninstalled and reinstalled the app. Now every time I search for a song, the app automatically closes and logs me out. It's really obnoxious when I want to hear a specific songPlanPremiumCountry Device Operating System...

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  • I already cleared the cache and uninstalled and reinstalled the app. Now every time I search for a song, the app automatically closes and logs me out. It's really obnoxious when I want to hear a spec...
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