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I downloaded today the latest version of Spotify on my Sony A1 55" TV. As soon as i open the app, it freezes. I only see black screen, no spotify logo or anything related. It just hangs there. I opened Spotify on my iPhone and it finds the TV as a de...
I downloaded today the latest version of Spotify on my Sony A1 55" TV. As soon as i open the app, it freezes. I only see black screen, no spotify logo or anything related. It just hangs there. I open...
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I go to hit playlists and when I do I briefly see them...maybe for a second and then Spotify bounces me straight to discover weekly. I just cannot access playlists anymore . Yesterday at 3pm all was good, then at 6 pm the Discover Weekly thing starte...
I go to hit playlists and when I do I briefly see them...maybe for a second and then Spotify bounces me straight to discover weekly. I just cannot access playlists anymore . Yesterday at 3pm all was ...
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Is there any way to opt out when spotify tests a new update on my account? They recently are testing one that I really dislike. It has several problems including not shuffling full playlists or being able to follow my friends. Before, the shuffling p...
Is there any way to opt out when spotify tests a new update on my account? They recently are testing one that I really dislike. It has several problems including not shuffling full playlists or being...
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I got a new Samsung Galaxy S8. I logged into Spotify (using Facebook as well), and the login was successful, however none of my music is there (no playlists, albums, saved songs, etc). My account and music on my PC is unchanged. I've tried restarting...
I got a new Samsung Galaxy S8. I logged into Spotify (using Facebook as well), and the login was successful, however none of my music is there (no playlists, albums, saved songs, etc). My...
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Hi folks, I tried to make a playlist dedicated to my local files and then I tried to download it on my phone but the files just didn't sync. The only way for me to play my non Spotify mp3s was to download my whole playlist, which filled my phone to t...
Hi folks, I tried to make a playlist dedicated to my local files and then I tried to download it on my phone but the files just didn't sync. The only way for me to play my non Spotify mp3s was to dow...
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So since a few months my Spotify app has gotten extremely slow. It's super annoying, it takes ages to load my list of albums and when I scroll too fast through this list (before all the thumbnails are loaded) the app crashes. Same goes for playlists....
So since a few months my Spotify app has gotten extremely slow. It's super annoying, it takes ages to load my list of albums and when I scroll too fast through this list (before all the thumbna...
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Whenever I pair my bluetooth headphone (Remax RB - S5 ) with my phone (P9). Spotify doesn't play via the headphone, instead the audio can be heard on the phone speaker. It's quite odd, why there's a need for me to reboot my phone first for me to hear...
Whenever I pair my bluetooth headphone (Remax RB - S5 ) with my phone (P9). Spotify doesn't play via the headphone, instead the audio can be heard on the phone speaker. It's quite odd, why there's a ...
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Spotify keeps randomly jumping to "saucy Beats" random, awful, nonsense. Now I have reset all my passwords and logged out everywhere. However, a quick Google search suggests I am not alone in this issue and therefore has me worried. Has anyone got to...
Spotify keeps randomly jumping to "saucy Beats" random, awful, nonsense. Now I have reset all my passwords and logged out everywhere. However, a quick Google search suggests I am not a...
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Hello dear Spotify community, I was wondering, does the same music in multiple playlists will take more storage? (I'm talking about Local Storage, not about the Internet Data it takes to download same song several times.) So, if I download, for Offli...
Hello dear Spotify community, 🙂 I was wondering, does the same music in multiple playlists will take more storage? (I'm talking about Local Storage, not about the Internet Data it ta...
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Hi, i have an issue with Android Auto and Spotify and, the problem is, when i set the play button on Spotify app into Android auto and the song finishes, the next song in the playlist don't beggins, changes the song but stops and i have to press play...
Hi, i have an issue with Android Auto and Spotify and, the problem is, when i set the play button on Spotify app into Android auto and the song finishes, the next song in the playlist don't beggins, ...
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Hey, For the past month I have been trying continuously to link my spotify account to my Google Assistant on my Android Phone, when I click "Okay" on the sign in page it takes me to this url: https://clients3.google.com/cast/auth/3p/done?status=error...
Hey, For the past month I have been trying continuously to link my spotify account to my Google Assistant on my Android Phone, when I click "Okay" on the sign in page it takes me to this url:&...
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I think my account got hacked, I would be listening to music and randomly my music will switch to some talentless fool by the name of saucy beats, I've never listened to this artist and never will but my account keeps switching to his garbage. What i...
I think my account got hacked, I would be listening to music and randomly my music will switch to some talentless fool by the name of saucy beats, I've never listened to this artist and never will bu...
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Im on a Motorola G4 and experience issues with the spotify caching of files. Sometimes even though specified to cache to sd-card, it starts caching on my system "disk" and I get a message that my system partition is almost full. When I look in Spotif...
Im on a Motorola G4 and experience issues with the spotify caching of files. Sometimes even though specified to cache to sd-card, it starts caching on my system "disk" and I get a message th...
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I am unable for several days now to get to the usual Spotify screen for searching, playlists etc. Differently to before I am asked to login upon opening the App. I have reset the passwords and so I know this is not the issue. When logging in I only s...
I am unable for several days now to get to the usual Spotify screen for searching, playlists etc. Differently to before I am asked to login upon opening the App. I have reset the passwords and so I k...
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My Chromecast does not appear in the list of devices to connect to on the Spotify Android app (Galaxy Samsung S7). Other devices are listed (such as my PC). I can cast from all other apps (such as Netflix) from that same phone. I restarted everything...
My Chromecast does not appear in the list of devices to connect to on the Spotify Android app (Galaxy Samsung S7). Other devices are listed (such as my PC). I can cast from all other apps...
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I've only been able it find posts about trying g to get Spotify to work with external headphone buttons. My problem is the opposite; it works too well. I use both Spotify and Aimp to listen to different sets of music. A lot of the things I listen to ...
I've only been able it find posts about trying g to get Spotify to work with external headphone buttons. My problem is the opposite; it works too well. I use both Spotify and Aimp to listen to...
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Hi all I have a Samsung Galaxy S8. Prior, I exclusively used an iPhone. With my iPhone, when I was listening to Spotify, if a WhatsApp audio message was received and I listened to it, Spotify would automatically pause to allow me to listen to the mes...
Hi all I have a Samsung Galaxy S8. Prior, I exclusively used an iPhone. With my iPhone, when I was listening to Spotify, if a WhatsApp audio message was received and I listened to i...
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I mostly wanted to post this to also vent my feelings towards the system to the staff/moderators - why is offline mode so wonky, convoluted, and flawed? Are there any plans to improve it? It's been like this since I first started my premium account a...
I mostly wanted to post this to also vent my feelings towards the system to the staff/moderators - why is offline mode so wonky, convoluted, and flawed? Are there any plans to improve it? It's been l...
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Over the last week or so, my Spotify for Android app has become pretty much unusable. It no longer reliably reaches the Home or Browse tabs, it just gives a nondescript error that "something went wrong." For a couple of days I could fix it by restart...
Over the last week or so, my Spotify for Android app has become pretty much unusable. It no longer reliably reaches the Home or Browse tabs, it just gives a nondescript error that "something we...
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My music won't play unless you push the shuffle button and it won't let me choose it.
My music won't play unless you push the shuffle button and it won't let me choose it.
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