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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,since the latest UI update I cannot sort artists by "date added" anymore. The "Sort by" dropdown has only one option and that is "Name". It was very handy to always see the artists you added last. Now they just disapear in the bottomless pit that ...
Hi all. As far as I can tell, only x86 architecture is currently supported on linux. Are there any plans to support other architectures in the future? I'm sure ARM would be popular but I would also love to see support for powerpc.
DeviceDell XPS 13 (9380) Operating SystemUbuntu 19.10 My Question or IssueOn a HiDPI screen with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 scaled 200% to 1920 x 1080 the Spotify app doesn't scale with the rest of the operating system. The work around is to edit th...
PlanFreeCountryItalyOperating System(Raspberrypi)My Question or IssueIs there a way to use Spotify on Raspberrypi3 without having a premium account? I am using raspotify on my local network but without Premium it does not work. The same for every oth...
I have been using Spotify on Ubuntu for a while and it has always been great. I switched to from Gnome to KDE yesterday and have had nothing but problems with Spotify. All the problems I will detail do not occur if I open Ubuntu in the Gnome shell. A...
PlanPremiumCountry Austria Operating System(Android Oreo, Ubuntu) My Question or IssueAs I am having quite a big audio system, hooked over USB audio interface to my ubuntu computer, I like to use the android cellphone app as remote control.I can chan...
Hi everyone. I'm on Lubuntu 16.04 LTS. I use snap version of spotify 1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15When I click on settings nothing happens. Should I use a different version?
I've had Shazam connected to my spotify for years but it stopped working a while back and nothing new is in the Spotify playlist since September. I reconnected it but no new songs were going in. So I disconnected it, renamed the playlist - connected ...
Surface pro 6 with Xubuntu 19.10 Surface pro has a slot for Micro SD. I use that SD as normal Storage. I also used it to store my Spotify music, but when i restart my SP6, the folder change automatically to the default one. It's annoying because i re...
PlanPremium, developerCountryMilanoOperating SystemUbuntu Desktop 16.04 My Question or IssueI may use 2 Spotify instances (--mu flag) to redirect audio on different cards / rooms. But an issue raised as soon as I opened the first instance. If you use...
I am having trouble making Spotify plugin work on Clementine v. 1.2.3 for Linux.I am using Ubuntu LTS 16.04 (also tried on MATE 16.04) on Dell Inspiron 5000.Just to be give some context: I am also a premium user of Spotify (required to be able to use...
Spotify Premium on Linux, 1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b - installed via snap. It seems that played tracks from Linux aren't recorded at all. However, if you play media the Web client, they do eventually reflect on the Linux app. I'd appreciate if you could lo...
PlanPremiumOperating SystemLinux (any kind)mine is currently ubuntu but moving to manjaroMy Question or IssueHi. Because of the workflow I have I tend to change my operating systems a lot. And the thing about spotify that bothers me is that I can't f...
I'm using spotify premium on my laptop (Windows 10). It was fine before but now spotify sound isn't working through HDMI (connected to TCL television). Everything else is working normally, it's only not working when I try to listen to spotify via HDM...
PlanFree/PremiumPremium Devicesome crappy laptop Intel Celeron N3160 (4) @ 2.240GHz and 3881MiB of ramOperating Systemkubuntu 19.10 and 5.3.0-42-generic My Question or Issueapp only shows white screen when minimized but can still be interacted with i...
PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceThinkpad X390Operating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueInstead of my liked songs, now it says "Your favorite songs will appear here. Go to your Browse page to find amazing playlists for every mood and moment.". I u...
PlanFreeDevicePCOperating SystemDebian 8 My Question or IssueConnect feature doesn't show Windows devices in devices list on my Linux desktop. Please fix it.
PlanPremium FamilyCountry DeviceHp notebookOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04/19.10 KDE Plasma 5 My Question or IssueThe GUI on spotify will freeze after a few seconds opening the app, but the song will keep playing and media player buttons still work. I t...
I've debian (raspberry pi), its not installing,it says this *Skipping acquire of configured file 'non-free/binary-armhf/Packages' as repository 'http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'armhf'* pls help