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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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Descarga error

Tengo un problema con mi Android porque cuando activo la descarga para un album aparecen todas las canciones descargadas pero cuando desactivo las descargas se desaparece el signo verde que indica que esta descargada la cancion y no puedo oirla, me g...

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  • Tengo un problema con mi Android porque cuando activo la descarga para un album aparecen todas las canciones descargadas pero cuando desactivo las descargas se desaparece el signo verde que indica qu...
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Spotify won't open on android

I just got a Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime. It seemed that spotify was already installed. I went to go and log in to my premium account, but when I opened the app, it was a gray loading screen for a half a second and then it went to the Google play store, ...

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  • I just got a Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime. It seemed that spotify was already installed. I went to go and log in to my premium account, but when I opened the app, it was a gray loading screen for a half a...
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Wrong titles shown when playing in car via Bluetooth A2DP

Hello,I have a trouble that the wrong title is shown on the car media screen when playing Spotify from my mobile phone. When I start playing the first title is right, but when the next song is playing the title won't change. When the third song is pl...

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  • Hello, I have a trouble that the wrong title is shown on the car media screen when playing Spotify from my mobile phone.  When I start playing the first title is right, but when the next song ...
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Solved!! Trying to download songs to external sd card

My cellphone's internal memory is almost full, is there any way that I can save my downloaded music to my sd card? I read a guide on the help section of the website (https://support.spotify.com/us/article/storage-and-data-information/?ref=related), h...

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  • My cellphone's internal memory is almost full, is there any way that I can save my downloaded music to my sd card? I read a guide on the help section of the website (https://support.spotify.com/us/ar...
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can't put more than 3400 songs in playlist

Hello everyone, I'm not on here very much as I haven't really had any issues with Spotify. Upon trying to add more songs to my playlist it says that I have reached maximum amount. I don't know how this can be as I am only at around 3400 songs (close)...

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  • Hello everyone, I'm not on here very much as I haven't really had any issues with Spotify. Upon trying to add more songs to my playlist it says that I have reached maximum amount. I don't know how th...
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Access to shazam

I have shazam and have premuim spotify too.I could add shazam track to spotify at last.But now i dont see "connet to spotify" in "Myshazam" list. I dont have "streaming" section in my shazam list . How can i integrate this two.I dont have any granted...

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  • I have shazam  and have premuim spotify too. I could add shazam track to spotify at last. But now i dont see "connet to spotify" in "Myshazam" list. I dont have "streaming" section in my shazam...
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Getting my android phone to recognise local files copied from desktop to android

I recently upgraded to a new phone, and on one of my playlists I have some local files from my desktop, which I then moved to my phone. The problem is, the files on my phone are greyed out, so I can't play them when I'm offline on my phone.Does anyon...

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  • I recently upgraded to a new phone, and on one of my playlists I have some local files from my desktop, which I then moved to my phone. The problem is, the files on my phone are greyed out, so I can'...
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Not able to download songs

I am using a Samsung Note 8 (on TMobile). I was trying to download a playlist and when I hit the "Download" slider, I kept getting a message at the tope of the screen that says "Go to Settings to download using cellular" but yet I am on WiFi. Also, w...

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  • I am using a Samsung Note 8 (on TMobile).  I was trying to download a playlist and when I hit the "Download" slider, I kept getting a message at the tope of the screen that says "Go to Settings ...
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Android Auto Search

Hi everybody,I just got a new car in which I can use Android Auto.Spotify works great on it - but I can't see any option to actually search for music on Spotify.I just can use saved playlists and radio channels.Is this work as designed or a bug?If th...

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  • Hi everybody, I just got a new car in which I can use Android Auto. Spotify works great on it - but I can't see any option to actually search for music on Spotify. I just can use saved playlists...
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Auto Download New Podcast Episodes

Would love to see a feature added that allows you to have new podcast episodes downloaded as they come out for podcasts you follow. This would let me have all my new episodes for the day preloaded while I was connected to WiFi and then listen offline...

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  • Would love to see a feature added that allows you to have new podcast episodes downloaded as they come out for podcasts you follow. This would let me have all my new episodes for the day preloaded wh...
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Solved!! Cannot send message to or share music with another user

Hello,I'm using the Android app version 1.5.0.739 & my Android is 4.4.2.Here is my problem: I try to send a music track on Spotify to another user. I "click" on the three dots beside the track's name and the "Share" > "Send to". I enter the user's us...

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  • Hello, I'm using the Android app version 1.5.0.739 & my Android is 4.4.2. Here is my problem: I try to send a music track on Spotify to another user. I "click" on the three dots beside the ...
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Trouble with Downloaded Musics

I had a downloaded Playlist with 1.400 songs, which occupied around 12 GB of memory in my SD Card. About a week ago, I got logged out from my Spotify Account and couldn't log in back (There was an error message saying "You're Offline, get Online to L...

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  • I had a downloaded Playlist with 1.400 songs, which occupied around 12 GB of memory in my SD Card. About a week ago, I got logged out from my Spotify Account and couldn't log in back (There was ...
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I can not hear the downloaded songs

I have a Sd card, 4GB, my Spotify is set to store the songs on the card, they download and when I put the Spotify in offline mode, I can not hear the songs, this error only happens if I put the storage in the Sd card, if I put in the internal memory ...

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  • I have a Sd card, 4GB, my Spotify is set to store the songs on the card, they download and when I put the Spotify in offline mode, I can not hear the songs, this error only happens if I put the stora...
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Android equalizer

Android users need equalizer in app man this is unbelivable.. Im trying to found equalizer apps in store caz of this.. Please take this serious.

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  • Android users need equalizer in app man this is unbelivable.. Im trying to found equalizer apps in store caz of this.. Please take this serious. 
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Sempre offline

Il mio spotify premium risulta sempre offline anche se risulta collegato a wi fi o a rete mobile quindi non posso cercare e ascoltare playlist e musica al di fuori di quelle scaricare. Come posso fare a risolvere il problema?

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  • Il mio spotify premium risulta sempre offline anche se risulta collegato a wi fi o a rete mobile quindi non posso cercare e ascoltare playlist e musica al di fuori di quelle scaricare. Come posso far...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify shows offline error and switches layouts randomly.

Spotify has been acting weird for a few hours. I just can't search for any song and can't look at the home page since an error pops up saying i'm offline. I can still listen to my songs, but they aren't in offline mode. A few minutes ago the app shut...

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  • Spotify has been acting weird for a few hours. I just can't search for any song and can't look at the home page since an error pops up saying i'm offline. I can still listen to my songs, but they are...
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unable to play some playlists

I'm unable to play some playlists. They're downloaded to my phone and showing up as green (nothing else to download), when I press shuffle it doesn't do anything. Any way to fix this w/o reinstalling the app and re-downloading everything again?

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  • I'm unable to play some playlists. They're downloaded to my phone and showing up as green (nothing else to download), when I press shuffle it doesn't do anything. Any way to fix this w/o reinstalling...
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Solved!! where does my download from spotify go on my android??

I'm fairy new 2 all this but I downloaded an album from spotify 2 my android & now I can't find it anywhere..could sum1 help plz??

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  • I'm fairy new 2 all this but I downloaded an album from spotify 2 my android & now I can't find it anywhere..could sum1 help plz??
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All songs greyed out

Hi,Im from india. I was able to play songs on spotify android earlier and now all the songs are greyed and wont play. However spotify works fine on a laptop. Anybody help is appreciated

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  • Hi, Im from india. I was able to play songs on spotify android earlier and now all the songs are greyed and wont play. However spotify works fine on a laptop.   Anybody help is appreciated
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