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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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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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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...
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...
Hi there, I am completely new to Raspberry Pi and I'm playing with it for a project. The idea is the following: - Person A sends remotely a Spotify link via MQTT to Raspberry Pi- Raspberry Pi reads and plays the song It seems fairly simple but I'm no...
PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceAny Linux deviceOperating SystemThis is an issue at least on Ubuntu, Regolith and Lineage. Possibly in other OSs too. My Question or IssueToday I found out the Artists list is not gone, just tucked away deep in ...
Hi, a few weeks ago, I got the major client update (spotify-client 1:1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60 according to synaptic). There used to be a rather secret feature that enabled me to link to specific song positions using a Spotify URI by appending "#MM:SS" to...
Hey,I recently decided to install Spotify via snapd on my Manjaro system. Today I wanted to play some music and I found out that all song are gray and cant be played. It says "this content is not available". Spotify in my browser works fine.I've trie...
PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDevicePCOperating SystemLinux Mint 20 My Question or IssueLet's assume that I've added 20 songs from different albums of artist A.Now I go to my library, I select an artists' view, I click on the artist and... where can I...
DeviceInspirion3179Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04 (Linux) My Question or IssueSpotify does not seem to be using Pulse Audio on my Laptop and not showing up in pavucontrol or anything as it seems to be using alsa or somethingThe reason this is a problem...
PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceAny Linux computerOperating SystemUbuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueLast week I got the update to version 1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60. I have given it a try for a couple of days, but it simply looks like this GUI was no...
PlanPremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux desktop 5.8.0-44-generic #50~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 10 21:07:30 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/LinuxClient Version1.1.46.916.g416cacf1 (installed via Snap)My Question or Issue I got the error messa...
PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceDesktop (Linux)Operating SystemArch Linux (kernel 5.11.16-arch1-1) with X and KDE Plasma version 5.21.4 (using KWin for window management)My Question or IssueIf the Spotify window is maximized on a display that isn't the ...
this feature was already implemented on windows a long time ago (as seen here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implemented-Ideas/Close-Button-Closes-Spotify-Windows/idi-p/1297 ) when can we have this for linux?
PlanPremiumDeviceAMD 3900X, 64 GB 3200 Mhz, NVME SSDOperating SystemUbuntu 20.04, installed through https://snapcraft.io/spotifyMy Question or IssueSpotify takes 20 seconds to fully load on a "cold start" when installed as a Snap. There's an easy fix...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDesktop & iPhone 11 ProOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.5 & iOS 14.4.2 My Question or IssueI recently received the updated app, at the same time as receiving Gigabit Fibre from Virgin (and upgrade from 350Mb). Ever s...
Plan: Family PlanFree/Premium: Premium Country: USA Device: iPhone 11, Macbook Pro 2017 My playlist name and description continue to reset themselves to blank, no matter what I do, or what device I change them on
Hello.Is there any way to hide the right column? I don't plan to connect facebook and it takes quite some space. I would like to have pretty much the same view I have in spotify web. Spotify premium, linux desktop app.
PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceLaptopOperating SystemDebian 5.10.24 x86_64 GNU/Linux (Parrot OS)BrowserFirefox 87.0 (64-bit) My Question or Issue2 days ago I opened Spotify and was greeted with the blue box on the bottom left corner of the window sa...
Operating SystemLinux My Question or IssueTrying to download the Spotify client using the repository server renders lots of disconnects.When downloading http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/spotify-client_1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60_...
Hej everyone,I got the new spotify layout. It is nice, but is missing an important feature. I can not filter the playlist using the keyboard in the context menu (right button) when adding a song to a playlist. I got dozens of playlists. It was a real...
PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceHP Envy x360Operating SystemUbuntu 20.10 / Fedora 33 My Question or Issue The app should request a dark theme so that server side decorations are not light when the GNOME is configured with its default Adwaita theme (...
PlanPremium CountryGermany Operating SystemArch My Question or IssueThe title says everything. I installed Spotify via snap. This seems to be a known problem. Are there any other (less ridiculous) fixes than installing a three year old ffmpeg version...
PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicesamsung r540Operating Systemubuntu 20.04 lts My Question or IssueSpotify crashes when adding folder to local files. I installed the stable version and I also tried the version from ubuntu store but same problem. A few mon...