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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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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
Just started Spotify Premium Plan.Since I am on Linux I am very happy to be able to use the Spotify desktop client, the only option for me. And I just want to express my thankfullness to the Spotify team for supporting Linux, thats great!Please keep ...
PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
Hi, I'm still having this issue. The Spotify client on Ubuntu pauses playback as soon as the screen goes blank. The computer doesn't suspend, just the screen turns off. If I used the Web Player, this didn't happen, even when the screen goes off.I thu...
PlanPremiumCountryDominican RepublicDeviceDell Vostro 1015Operating SystemFedora 29 My Question or Issue Play local files ends in crash in Spotify Snap on Fedora 29. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the snap, but I get the same result, assuming thi...
PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceLenovo Y700 laptopOperating SystemLinux Mint 18.3 (64-bit)(see attachments for details on OS, kernel, and Spotify client version) My Question or IssueThe Podcasts page in the client app always gives an error message (res...
PlanSwitched from premium to family CountryGermany Operating SystemUbuntu 19.04. + Android (unknown version) My Question or IssueOne of my playlists ("Fine Electronic") is empty but I did not empty it myself (at least not intentionally). Unfo it's no...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicespotify-clientOperating SystemDebian(non root) My Question or IssueI have an ssd that i have to mount every boot that I had my music saved to. When I open spotify it has to redownload all 3600 songs. I switched it to my nor...
Hi there. I'm at a family plan using Fedora 29.I've installed the default dnf package for Spotify, just downloaded. Turns out I am having the proxy error, (code 18) but I can't setup proxy for "No" option. When the select box is clicked, all options ...
Alles **bleep**. Ich muss ständig den Client neustarten weil die Kack Werbung nicht abgespielt wird und wieso sind einige Titel grau hinterlegt wenn ich doch dafür bezahlt habe? Alles im allen: NOPE! Youtube ist besser
Am not able to use KWin custom rules with Spotify. Other windows work. Up-to-date KDE with Xorg. I found this https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/WM-CLASS-window-property-on-Linux/m-p/1511491/highlight/true#M172494 Can this be solved nowad...
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Plan - PremiumCountry - USDevice - Alienware m15Operating System - Linux parrot-alienware-m15 4.19.0-parrot4-28t-amd64 #1 SMP Parrot 4.19.28-2parrot4.28t (2019-04-18) x86_64 GNU/Linux My Question or IssueWhen trying to install based on the support in...
PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemUbuntu 19.04 64-bit My Question or IssueThe latest release of Ubuntu has an overhauled sound settings menu, and one of the features is a list of applications with sound outputs and individual vo...
Plan: PremiumCountry: IsraelDevice: Desktop w/ Linux Mint 19.1 CinnamonI want open.spotify links opened in the browser to open in the spotify desktop app instead. I found a help post about this issue (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Partners-W...
PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemLinux - Ubuntu 18.04My Question or IssueHello guys,I'm using Spotify desktop version on Ubuntu 18.04 through proxy. The problem is that I can't play any track that's out of my playlists. The only real solution that ...
Hi there! We have a quick update for Linux users. We recently updated the signing key for Linux client upgrades. Linux users on recent version shouldn't notice anything--but users on older versions will need to manually add the new key. Adding the ke...
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iphone 7plus, ios 12.1.4when playing a playlist locally on my iphone, no problem I can select another song from the current playlist but when playing from my iphone to my DAC connected to the network, impossible to manually select another song (excep...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited statesDeviceAMD Ryzen 2700X Desktop. (I put the specific processor since hardware accelerations are used). I have a dual monitor setup. This part is important given the issueOperating System Ubuntu 18.10 My Question or IssueW...
