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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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Spotify not opening in Ubuntu 16.04 using chroot

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a Chromebook using chroot. I have Spotify downloaded from the official website and it just won't open.

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  • I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a Chromebook using chroot. I have Spotify downloaded from the official website and it just won't open.
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Pops & Crackling

Hi guys, I get sporadic pops (like vinyl crackling) in the spotify desktop player and also in the webplayer via google chrome. Anyone else experiencing this and is there a solution? System: KXStudio 14.04 Problem arises with ASLA and Pulseaudio as we...

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  • Hi guys,   I get sporadic pops (like vinyl crackling) in the spotify desktop player and also in the webplayer via google chrome. Anyone else experiencing this and is there a solution?   ...
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[BUG] "Offline storage location" selection popup has text problems

PlanPremiumCountryItaly DevicePCOperating SystemManjaro KDESpotify IntallationSnap My Question or IssueI wanted to report what i think is a bug. When trying to change offline storage location by going into the app settings and clicking on the [Change...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy   Device PC Operating System Manjaro KDE Spotify Intallation Snap   My Question or Issue I wanted to report what i think is a bug.   When tryi...
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`GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by spotify)

The latest version of Linux Spotify gives the following:spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by spotify) on my Linux Mint 18 machine. Yes I know 18.2 is old. Is it possible to download the previous versio...

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  • The latest version of Linux Spotify gives the following: spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by spotify) on my Linux Mint 18 machine. Yes I know 18.2 i...
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Bug fix idea - Can't Input CKJV language [ ibus , fcitx ]

I cant input Japanese and Chinese and Korean characters in spotify linux ( snap version )This bug is known problem. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Help-linux-Korean-keyboard-doesn-t-work-in-app/td-p/1302469https://community.spotify.co...

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  •   I cant input Japanese and Chinese and Korean characters in spotify linux ( snap version ) This bug is known problem.   https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Help-linux-Korean...
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[Desktop] Bug: "Album picks" lazyloads same releases

When I scroll down in the "Album picks" category spotify starts to lazyload the same albums that are already in the list.This results in getting the same albums multiple times (4 to be exact).Since the "New releases for you" are removed in the new UI...

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  • When I scroll down in the "Album picks" category spotify starts to lazyload the same albums that are already in the list. This results in getting the same albums multiple times (4 to be exact). Sin...
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No lyrics

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux My Question or Issue According to the documentation [1], there should be lyrics when you press the "microphone" icon. However, there is no microphone icon. [1]: https://newsroom.spotify.com...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany   Device Desktop Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue   According to the documentation [1], there should be lyrics when you press the ...
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Volume Lowers After One Song

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux Mint 20.3 Cinnamonwhen I'm listening to music on Spotify, I'll listen to one song and it'll be the correct volume, but after the first song ends, the volume is lower on every song that plays afte...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon when I'm listening to music on Spotify, I'll listen to one song and it'll be the correct volume, but after t...
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Solved!! Scrobbling to Last.FM does not work behind a proxy

Spotify client on Linux (but it's quite likely that the same problem occurs on Windows and Mac as well) doesn't seem to be able to scrobble to Last.FM when the computer is behind an HTTP proxy, even using the latest Linux release of the client (uploa...

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  • Spotify client on Linux (but it's quite likely that the same problem occurs on Windows and Mac as well) doesn't seem to be able to scrobble to Last.FM when the computer is behind an HTTP proxy, even ...
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When is Spotify going to add icon to the linux client ?

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueThe X icon of xorg(x11) appears on the window bar of spotify client in linux instead of Spotify logo. Please fix it!

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  •   Plan Premium Country India Device Desktop Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue The X icon of xorg(x11) appears on the window bar of spotify client in linux instea...
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Solved!! Can someone explain in more detail how to get the Linux client to work on a 4K display?

PlanPremium,Version"1.0.89.313.g34a58dea-5" installed from the ubuntu app storeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceThinkPad T480S with a 1440p panel, and 24" 4K external monitorOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueAs of yesterday, I am a new Linux...

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  • Plan Premium, Version "1.0.89.313.g34a58dea-5" installed from the ubuntu app store Country United Kingdom Device ThinkPad T480S with a 1440p panel, and 24" 4K external monitor Operating Syste...
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Solved!! Arch Linux wrong playback device

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceComputerRyzen 7 Operating SystemGaruda Arch Linuxkernel: 5.17.4-zen1-1-zen My Question or IssueEverything on my PC uses the configured device in my settings as its playback device (my headphones).Except for Spotify. Spotif...

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  • Plan Free Country Germany Device Computer Ryzen 7   Operating System Garuda Arch Linux kernel: 5.17.4-zen1-1-zen   My Question or Issue Everything on my PC uses the configured ...
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Proper MPRIS support

MPRIS support in the Linux desktop client is very limited up to and including not reporting a couple important mandatory properties and a signal. In an effort to be respectful and fair, I acknowledge that the Linux client gets very little dev time an...

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  • MPRIS support in the Linux desktop client is very limited up to and including not reporting a couple important mandatory properties and a signal. In an effort to be respectful and fair, I acknowledge...
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Spotify Client crashes when adding a directory to local files [Linux]

PlanPremium CountrySweden Operating SystemPop!_OS 20.04 (Linux, seems to happen on all distributions) My Question or IssueSo, it seems downloading the client with no update from https://www.spotify.com/se/download/linux/b/ and using the Debian / Ubun...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Sweden   Operating System Pop!_OS 20.04 (Linux, seems to happen on all distributions)   My Question or Issue So, it seems downloading the client with n...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify uses old dependecy that doesn't respect XDG basedir specification

Spotify appears to be using an old version of NSS (Network Security Services) that clutters $HOME with a .pki folder. That happens because up until version 3.42 (see: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=818686) NSS did not respect XDG base d...

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  • Spotify appears to be using an old version of NSS (Network Security Services) that clutters $HOME with a .pki folder. That happens because up until version 3.42 (see: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/sho...
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[SOLVED] [Ubuntu 22.04] spotify-client depends on nonexistent libssl1.1

The 'spotify-client' .deb package specifies 'libssl1.1' as one of its dependencies. Ubuntu 22.04 (currently in beta and due for stable release in 10 days from today) has dropped libssl1.1 in favour of libssl3 (see OpenSSL 3.0 transition plans for ref...

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  • The 'spotify-client' .deb package specifies 'libssl1.1' as one of its dependencies. Ubuntu 22.04 (currently in beta and due for stable release in 10 days from today) has dropped libssl1.1 in favour o...
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App GUI to small on retina displays

StudentPremium Macbook Pro retina 2012 15"Linux Mint 20.3 The Spotify app's GUI is not scaled correctly on retina displays. Because of the huge display resolution on retina 15", the Spotify app's GUI is way too small making it a pain to read text and...

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  • Student Premium   Macbook Pro retina 2012 15" Linux Mint 20.3   The Spotify app's GUI is not scaled correctly on retina displays. Because of the huge display resolution on retina 15",...
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Solved!! An error occurred during the signature verification.

PlanFreeCountryUSOperating SystemPop!_OS 20.04 LTS 64 bit My Question or IssueAs of yesterday, I'm getting this error when I look for updates: W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous inde...

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  • ...erified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY D1742AD60D811D58 E: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease is not (yet) available (The following signatures couldn't be verified b...
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Can we remove the advertisement board that appears above the player

A Blank board appears over the player when I open a playlist on the Spotify desktop app sometimes it shows an advertisement mostly it remains blank is their anyway to remove that

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  • A Blank board appears over the player when I open a playlist on the Spotify desktop app sometimes it shows an advertisement mostly it remains blank is their anyway to remove that
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Spotify doesn't work properly without a VPN

If I try to use Spotify on a browser(tried on multiple), it *does* work, but I can't see playlists, lyrics. Unless I use a VPN, and then it works properlyI tried using the Desktop App (for linux) Kubuntu 21.04 x86_64 Spotify version 1.1.72.439.gc2530...

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  • If I try to use Spotify on a browser(tried on multiple), it *does* work, but I can't see playlists, lyrics. Unless I use a VPN, and then it works properly I tried using the Desktop App (for linux)...
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