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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...
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PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMacBook Pro late 2013Operating SystemUbuntu 19.04 GNOMEMy Question or IssueHi, I'm using the latest version of Spotify that I have downloaded from the Ubuntu Store.I'm running Ubuntu 19.04 GNOME, and my scaling is set t...
Operating SystemArch Linux Is there a compressed tar.gz file I can use instead of the apt-get/snap repos?
Does anybody know if there is any support for Jack Audio Kit (jackd) in Spotify for linux client? I've currently subscribed to premium so I would like to avoid ALSA->jackd resampling if possible. There are several posts mentioning jack on this forum ...
PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemUbuntu Linux(Pop! OS) My Question or IssueWhenever the song changes from something with a different album cover, the song title doesn't change, only the album cover. On the top of my scree...
PlanFreeCountryFinland DeviceHP 655 LaptopOperating SystemMX Linux My Question or IssueWhy my discord doesn't show spotify as status when I'm listening.Is this common issue or just for me. I am new Linux user so I don't know.
Sup people? I was having an issue in Spotify Linux ( My device Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 Betsy)Okey, the problemI was listening music, but when the song finished, no more musicNow, i put another song but nothing, then a pop-up showed up"THE SONG WI...
I am using fedora and spotify suddenly wont go online, i checked the usual suspects. The interesting bit is how spotify connect works (sometimes)
I recently installed POP_OS and installed Spotify on it. However, I just cannot seem to find an option to disable the Friend Activity tab. Thank you in advance for any assistance.
PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceDell XPS 13Operating SystemArch Linux x86-64 My Question or IssueI want to play an mp3 file from my disk with Spotify. I added the folder containing the file to my local files settings (see screenshot in attachment...
The Problem :When using spotify on my dekstop to control songs playing on my phone (spotify connect) I have issues with notifications (on my computer). It only occurs when music is playing on my phone or on another device using Spotify connect not wh...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice64-bit PCOperating SystemKubuntu 20.04KDE Plasma 5.18.5My Question or IssueFor some reason, Spotify ignores the system's cursor settings and doesnt use the system's file explorer (for local songs)My screencapture ...
Nevermind. Update fixed it.
PlanStudent PremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemDebian 10 buster My Question or IssueThe popup notification does not properly update the album artwork. Each next song notification shows the album artwork for the first song played after start...
When I move a title from lower part of playlist to upper part of playlist, the scrolling is slow and it takes a long time to move the song upwards or downwards. CPU thread goes up to 100%. Why is a simple playlist scrolling so CPU intensive and how d...
PlanFreeCountryVPN DeviceiPhone/PCOperating SystemLinux Mint 19.3 My Question or IssueAfter reinstalling my OS Linux Mint 19.3, I had to reinstall Spotify. On my mobile application the playlists are still there as it was and there are no issues. At l...
I am a Spotify Premium Member. Although I have nothing against "Black Lives Matter" motto, I'd rather not see it in my suggestions. Where can I vote for this idea? Thanks
PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePC - AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor, 32G RAMVersionSpotify version 1.1.10.546.ge08ef575, Copyright (c) 2019, Spotify LtdOperating SystemArch Linux, 5.6.8-arch1-1 Observed behaviorSpotify crashes when pressing ctrl+...
Plan - PremiumCountry -South AfricaDevice - Dell Latitude E5450Operating System - Ubuntu Mate Lastest LTS ( 20.04 ) My Question or IssueFor some reason my Spotify application keeps skipping all the songs. Until it reaches the end of the playlist and ...
PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceArch Linux and Apple Iphone 6s My Question or IssueThis happens all the time, I liked a song on my mobile IOS app two days ago and it still is not showing up in my desktop linux client. Other way around it seems...
Plan: StudentFree/Premium: PremiumDevice: LaptopOperating System: ArchLinux with KDE When I start Spotify for Linux it doesn't start in fullscreen (extended state) and the window is 1px too large. I can see it with two screens as I can see the window...