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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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Solved!! Extra files in playlist made of local files

Hi,I've made a playlist from my local files and everything seems to look ok on my computer, but when I look at the same playlist on my phone there are some extra gray files that I can't delete. I've tried reinstalling the app but it keeps showing up ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I've made a playlist from my local files and everything seems to look ok on my computer, but when I look at the same playlist on my phone there are some extra gray files that I can't delete. I'v...
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Album cover is backed one position backwards Asus Nexus 7

The Spotify will back the album cover on my Nexus 7.I have to move the cover of the album twice to go to the next song.After a while, the album cover is backed one position backwards.I treid to reinstall app, not solved.

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  • The Spotify will back the album cover on my Nexus 7. I have to move the cover of the album twice to go to the next song. After a while, the album cover is backed one position backwards. I tre...
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Spotify keeps pausing

As in the subject - Spotify keeps randomly pausing the music on Android, sometimes even randomly closes at all (this one quite rarely though).And yes, I've tried various solutions mentioned in other topics like this: logging out from all devices, eve...

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  • As in the subject - Spotify keeps randomly pausing the music on Android, sometimes even randomly closes at all (this one quite rarely though). And yes, I've tried various solutions mentioned in othe...
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Offline songs not available in app, but still saved in storage

Did a clean install of the latest version of spotify on my Moto gplus 5, with the latest version of Nougat. I've downloaded heaps of songs in extreme quality. After 2 days, according to the spotify app, I don't have any downloaded songs. I checked my...

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  • Did a clean install of the latest version of spotify on my Moto gplus 5, with the latest version of Nougat. I've downloaded heaps of songs in extreme quality. After 2 days, according to the spotify a...
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Problem with graphics

Hi, While I was scrolling my playlist, same issue with graphics happened. It dissapears after a while, but still is pretty annoying. See attatched.Regards

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  • Hi,  While I was scrolling my playlist, same issue with graphics happened. It dissapears after a while, but still is pretty annoying. See attatched. Regards
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Spotify app on my Android won't shuffle play.

It only seems to play songs in the order I added them to my playlist, even though I am hitting the green Shuffle Play button.

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  • It only seems to play songs in the order I added them to my playlist, even though I am hitting the green Shuffle Play button.
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Re: Offline songs unavailable

I have a somewhat related problem.I'm on vacation and took a couple of SD-cards with me to have enough space for pics and vids.So when I wanted to make a long video I unmounted my "normal" sdcard inserted a new one and recorded.Later I wanted to list...

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  • I have a somewhat related problem. I'm on vacation and took a couple of SD-cards with me to have enough space for pics and vids. So when I wanted to make a long video I unmounted my "normal" sdcard...
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spotify doesn`t save to sd card

sur mon MOTO G je ne peux plus déplacer spotify vers la carte SD !

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  • sur mon MOTO G je ne peux plus déplacer spotify vers la carte SD !
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Spotify doesnt erase filter

Hi i have some sort of issue thats very annoying.anytime i play one of my playlists and i search for a specific song in that list and play it, spotify keeps playing that one song even though i cleared the filter. why doesnt it get back to the entire ...

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  • Hi  i have some sort of issue thats very annoying. anytime i play one of my playlists and i search for a specific song in that list and play it, spotify keeps playing that one song even though...
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Chromecast issue with daily mixes

Hello all,I got issues using the chromecast only with the daily mixes... The android app disconnects the music flow after 5s when I connect to chromecast. Everything else works fine.I think it's weird tho.

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  • Hello all, I got issues using the chromecast only with the daily mixes... The android app disconnects the music flow after 5s when I connect to chromecast. Everything else works fine. I think it's ...
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Spotify ist unbrauchbar, solange man nicht auf SD-Karte speichern kann!!!

Hallo liebes Forum, kann mir jemand erklären, warum ich Premium-Kunde werden soll, wenn ich das einzig wirkliche Premium-Feature, Musik auf meinem mobilen Gerät zu speichern, nicht nutzen kann? Solange man seinen Speicherort nicht selbst bestimmen ka...

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  • Hallo liebes Forum,   kann mir jemand erklären, warum ich Premium-Kunde werden soll, wenn ich das einzig wirkliche Premium-Feature, Musik auf meinem mobilen Gerät zu speichern, nicht nu...
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Songs get un-downloaded. Help?

Sometimes when I open my app, all my songs that I have downloaded are no longer saved in my library I have to redownload them. Is there a way to prevent this?

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  • Sometimes when I open my app, all my songs that I have downloaded are no longer saved in my library I have to redownload them. Is there a way to prevent this?
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Library fills my android

Hi My android device (Samsung galaxy s2) have synced my entire computer library and now I can't delete it. This means I cannot sync any other offline playlists, because the SD card is full. Clear cache does not help, nor reinstalling spotify. Its not...

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  • Hi   My android device (Samsung galaxy s2) have synced my entire computer library and now I can't delete it. This means I cannot sync any other offline playlists, because the SD card is full. ...
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Ràdio playlist?

How do I remove radio playlist from my regular playlist. It's taking up to much room. I don't use this function

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  • How do I remove radio playlist from my regular playlist. It's taking up to much room. I don't use this function
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My daily mix is completely irrelevant to my music taste

So when I first started listening to spotify I listened to classic rock and a little bit of Arctic monkeys. Now, I listen to rap and that kind of stuff. My daily mix hasn't updated in months. What to do?

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  • So when I first started listening to spotify I listened to classic rock and a little bit of Arctic monkeys. Now, I listen to rap and that kind of stuff. My daily mix hasn't updated in months. What to...
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Can’t find Depapepe albums in Android

Can’t find Depapepe Albums in Android version of the App but can find them in iOS. What seems to be the problem?

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  • Can’t find Depapepe Albums in Android version of the App but can find them in iOS. What seems to be the problem?
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Solved!! No Search option on Main menu

Hello all!I've just downloaded the app today by first time in my Galaxy Fame and since then I'm having problems with Search option. I know it should appear above Explore option in top left corner menu, it appears only one time after login (I did it s...

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  • Hello all! I've just downloaded the app today by first time in my Galaxy Fame and since then I'm having problems with Search option. I know it should appear above Explore option in top left corner...
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Solved!! After all songs randomly deleted, having problems syncing local offline playlists on phone VERY SLOW

On my phone all my playlists suddenly undownloaded themselves a couple of days ago, I've seen the FAQ about this and none of the things that would do this happened so I don't know. Moving on... I am trying to sync my songs again and I have all my loc...

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  • On my phone all my playlists suddenly undownloaded themselves a couple of days ago, I've seen the FAQ about this and none of the things that would do this happened so I don't know. Moving on... &nbs...
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Can I get to preferences on an android tablet?

I've been looking for preferences on my android for a while and I know you can get to it on a computer, sadly I don't have access to one, so I was wondering if I could access preferences on my tablet and how. Note, I don't have access to Spotify Prem...

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  • I've been looking for preferences on my android for a while and I know you can get to it on a computer, sadly I don't have access to one, so I was wondering if I could access preferences on my tablet...
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Shuffle not using all songs

Whenever I shuffle My Songs, it keeps shuffling a group of about 50 songs. It varies based on how My Songs are filtered. For example, if they are filtered alphabetically it will only select songs from #s, A, and B. My account has been doing this for ...

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  • Whenever I shuffle My Songs, it keeps shuffling a group of about 50 songs. It varies based on how My Songs are filtered. For example, if they are filtered alphabetically it will only select songs fro...
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