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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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  • Sumit_Ghosh
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Cannot LOG OUT of Last FM. Wrong username or password error

Months ago I stupidly enabled 'Scrobble to Last.FM'. I entered my username and password for Last FM very carefully. It was accepted. two days later I decided NOT to scrobble. I went to the Spotify page on my phone (Android) and toggled OFF scrobbling...

  • Regular
  • Months ago I stupidly enabled 'Scrobble to Last.FM'. I entered my username and password for Last FM very carefully. It was accepted. two days later I decided NOT to scrobble. I went to the Spotify pa...
  • Menti
  • Newbie
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'Click' ads on Spotify free

Perhaps this has been posted somewhere, but I keep running into click ads on the Free Android app. Super annoying because music stops and forces me to click to a website. I'm fine with the radio ads, that don't force stoppage. I've tried full reinsta...

  • Newbie
  • Perhaps this has been posted somewhere, but I keep running into click ads on the Free Android app. Super annoying because music stops and forces me to click to a website. I'm fine with the radio ads,...
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Superuser Contribution App not working correctly on Samsung Galaxy S8

So I've been using the app fine, up until I was trying to follow a friend. She mentioned the ability to follow other users and there was no option on the app for that. A friend that has a different Android phone showed me what the Spotify app looked ...

  • Visitor
  • So I've been using the app fine, up until I was trying to follow a friend. She mentioned the ability to follow other users and there was no option on the app for that. A friend that has a different A...
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Downloaded songs not showing.

I have a couple of playlists that I have downloaded all the songs, about 1700 songs in total. I am often out of coverage, so need these downloads. Today when I went into the downloaded playlist, the songs were in the playlist however instead of havin...

  • Newbie
  • I have a couple of playlists that I have downloaded all the songs, about 1700 songs in total. I am often out of coverage, so need these downloads.   Today when I went into the downloaded playl...
  • TheMonarch86
  • Casual Listener
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Se cierra

Hace tres días que cuando intento abrir spotify se me cierra inesperadamente a los 2 segundos desde mi s5 y no lo puedo usar. Tengo el servicio pago y no me esta sirviendo... ya intente desinstalaandolo y volviéndolo a instalar...reiniciando el celul...

  • Newbie
  • Hace tres días que cuando intento abrir spotify se me cierra inesperadamente a los 2 segundos desde mi s5 y no lo puedo usar. Tengo el servicio pago y no me esta sirviendo... ya intente desinstalaand...
  • Davisil04
  • Newbie
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Deleting music

How do I delete all me music at once I want to start fresh 

  • Newbie
  • How do I delete all me music at once I want to start fresh  
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Superuser Contribution Cracking noise on all music. Galaxy S5

Hello, i hear cracking noise, specially whith a sound of drums in all music. This don't happen with other music player in my phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy S5.Please help.

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, i hear cracking noise, specially whith a sound of drums in all music. This don't happen with other music player in my phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy S5. Please help.
  • Catoo
  • Newbie
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View queue on Artist Radio

Am I mis-remembering? I'm sure I used to be able to view a list of next tracks to be played, while listening to Artist Radio, but now I can't.If I tap the up-arrow to the left of the simle playback controls, I can see a large image of the cover art f...

  • Music Fan
  • Am I mis-remembering? I'm sure I used to be able to view a list of next tracks to be played, while listening to Artist Radio, but now I can't. If I tap the up-arrow to the left of the simle playback...
  • Andy_P
  • Music Fan
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how to setup for wifi only

I have samsung s7 edge, have noticed once the wifi stopped during listening its continue sometimes on the cellular, sometimes not, how come? how I can 100% prevent spotify from using the cellular data. I want spotify to work only on wifi.

  • Casual Listener
  • I have samsung s7 edge, have noticed once the wifi stopped during listening its continue sometimes on the cellular, sometimes not, how come? how I can 100% prevent spotify from using the cellular dat...
  • Peter87
  • Newbie
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Spotify on separate device interrupting

I often use spotify to play music at my apartment. It's often playing in the background for my wife and I to enjoy or sometimes even for our dogs while I'm away. Occasionally I want to listen to a podcast on my phone but still leave spotify playing o...

  • Casual Listener
  • I often use spotify to play music at my apartment. It's often playing in the background for my wife and I to enjoy or sometimes even for our dogs while I'm away. Occasionally I want to listen to a po...
  • atlphenom
  • Casual Listener
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Solved!! "No storage area found"

Hi,Lately I've been having some trouble when opening spotify. Whenever I open it, it notifies me that there is "no storage area found". I've tried different solutions like uninstalling the app, removing the file android/data/com.spotify, I've cleared...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, Lately I've been having some trouble when opening spotify. Whenever I open it, it notifies me that there is "no storage area found". I've tried different solutions like uninstalling the app, r...
  • arthilew
  • Newbie
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Problem with Spotify

Every time after I download the songs and close the application and open again it appears that the songs are not downloaded and I just downloaded all. Please, help me

  • Newbie
  • Every time after I download the songs and close the application and open again it appears that the songs are not downloaded and I just downloaded all. Please, help me 
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Radio interface on playlists

Hi. This is hard to explain, so I could'nt google the solution. I've recently got a new phone (Moto E4, Android 7.1.1, Spotify 8.4.35.152 armV7) and I have Spotify premium, family plan. When I try to play one of my private playlists I get the radio i...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi. This is hard to explain, so I could'nt google the solution. I've recently got a new phone (Moto E4, Android 7.1.1, Spotify 8.4.35.152 armV7) and I have Spotify premium, family plan. When I try to...
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  • Android
    bugs
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album art not displaying correctly

Hi allI am using android auto via Samsung galaxy s8 connected via usb to my Kia optima Sportwagon 2017. When running Spotify it cuts off the top part of the album art. Any ideas or suggestions to resolve this. Please see attachment.

  • Newbie
  • Hi all I am using android auto via Samsung galaxy s8 connected via usb to my Kia optima Sportwagon 2017. When running Spotify it cuts off the top part of the album art. Any ideas or suggestions to r...
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Play music folder

I dont found the option to play a folder.I can in desktop app but not in android.

  • Newbie
  • I dont found the option to play a folder. I can in desktop app but not in android.
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Albums not downloading

I can't seem to download full albums anymore. Even my original albums that I have downloaded now only have 2 or 3 songs available to play. Has this happened to anyone else?

  • Newbie
  • I can't seem to download full albums anymore. Even my original albums that I have downloaded now only have 2 or 3 songs available to play. Has this happened to anyone else?
  • Ace_84
  • Newbie
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Trouble Playing any album or song

Hey yall. I downloaded Spotify on my Android yesterday and when I search a particular song / album on the search bar, it refuses to play at all. Screenshot below. Please help.

  • Newbie
  • Hey yall. I downloaded Spotify on my Android yesterday and when I search a particular song / album on the search bar, it refuses to play at all. Screenshot below. Please help.
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Spotify app no longer connects

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...

  • Regular
  • 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...
  • Squeak21
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Almacenamiento FALSO SD

Hola, quiero informar de un problema que hace dificil disfrutar la aplicacion, nuevamente el Almacenamiento.A mi si me aparece el cambiar Almacenamiento a Micro SD, el problema viene cuando descargo mi musica, ya que utiliza la micro SD, Y TAMBIEN LA...

  • Newbie
  • Hola, quiero informar de un problema que hace dificil disfrutar la aplicacion, nuevamente el Almacenamiento. A mi si me aparece el cambiar Almacenamiento a Micro SD, el problema viene cuando descarg...
  • agustinmass95
  • Newbie
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Put your music songs in a playlist

Is there a way on the app to put every song in my "your music" in a playlist?

  • Newbie
  • Is there a way on the app to put every song in my "your music" in a playlist?
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