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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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PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceToshiba somethingOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.2 LTS My Question or Issuesame as https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Linux-Spotify-URI-only-opens-start-page/m-p/1675578#M1812 which is marked as solved but I'm havi...
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A note of thanks to the developers of the Spotify Linux app.Spotify should know it pushed me over the threshold and I signed up to Premium.
Using the snap app spotify for ubuntu 18.04 on a laptop. I noticed that if i used spotify it would play about 1 or 2 songs and then it would stop and go offline and would turn off the internet for everything I was using. I was able to fix this but it...
PlanPremiumCountryThe Netherlands DeviceXiaomi Gaming LaptopOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 (dual boot with windows 10) My Question or IssueI'm trying to save my offline music on my secondary hard drive, which I can access with both Ubuntu and Windows. ...
Spotify currently does not support libinputs kinetic scrolling. As this is now standard on both windows and MacOS, this should be supported for LibInput on wayland and X as well. As documented here: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest...
Hi everyone, I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and I'm new to Linux. I installed Spotify using the Ubuntu Software app. It installed successufully, but when I try to open Spotify, it just hangs. However, the Spofify icon shows up in the dock/launcher. Pressing ...
Thought I should share to all Linux users what I have disovered:I have found a software that really improves the sound quality for all audio in Linux, including Spotify. It is the 'Pulseeffects' application. It comes with many custom setting options ...
PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceThinkPad T470pOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My IssueI was listening on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S8) and opened Spotify on my laptop, as I always do when getting to work. I switched the device, to listen on my laptop, but...
PlanFreeCountryIndiaOperating SystemUbuntu XFCE - 16.04.6 LTSApp Versions Tested on :Spotify version 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 - Both Debian & Snap PackagesMy Question or Issue (s)1. Discover Weekly is broken on Linux - Debian versionMy Discover Weekly pla...
Hi, I use Spotify on Windows, Mac & now also Linux. I remember at one stage you had a function for "Fullscreen" on all three platforms, but since a good while, I am no longer able to find it. Was it moved to premium only, or is it hidden somewhere? T...
TV app has no search functionality for artist. PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSamsung QE65Q9FN (2018)Operating SystemTizen My Question or IssueIn the Spotify App on my new Samsung tv (tizen) there is a search function. It can search for songs, albums,...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemDebian 9, non-snap installation 1:1.0.98.78.gb45d2a6b-10 My Question or Issue"Start playlist radio" or its equivalent is missing from the Desktop client. It is, however, still present for me in the An...
After spotify removed "Start Radio" button from playlists it's became fully ususable to me.I know it's still possible to just scroll to the last song in the playlist, fast-forward it to the end and wait for it but it's just plain stupid to spend my t...
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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...