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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

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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New Your Library sidebar

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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Recent Linux client update changes

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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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

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...

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Solved!! attempting linux login - browser window not showing

I'm installing the deb as shown here. This worked on a couple computers I owned in the past, but not today. All I'm getting when starting the program is this message. I do have a browser installed, accessible through x-www-browser (among other binari...

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  • I'm installing the deb as shown here. This worked on a couple computers I owned in the past, but not today.    All I'm getting when starting the program is this message. I do ha...
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Window is stuck "Maximized"

Running Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon, very much so a linux novice. My issue is that I cannot get the application window to be the correct size, it is always a bit too tall and cuts off the bottom buttons. And I cannot fullscreen the application, the opti...

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  • Running Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon, very much so a linux novice.   My issue is that I cannot get the application window to be the correct size, it is always a bit too tall and cuts off the botto...
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Cannot re-open spotify after closing to tray

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PCMemory: 16.0 GiBGraphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3060Operating SystemUbuntu 23.10GNOME Version: 45.2Windowing System: X11Kernel Version: Linux 6.5.0-21-generic My Question or IssueWith the option "Close button sho...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop PC Memory: 16.0 GiB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3060 Operating System Ubuntu 23.10 GNOME Version: 45.2 Windowing System: X11 Kernel Versi...
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Superuser Contribution Close button should minimize the Spotify window - Spotify won't minimize using Close button

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUnited Arab Emirates DeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon My Question or IssueThere is an option in Advanced Settings for "Close button should minimize the Spotify window". This morning I discovered this and ...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country United Arab Emirates   Device Desktop Operating System Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon   My Question or Issue There is an option in Advanced Settings for "Cl...
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snap install spotify

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

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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  • what OS are u doin on rp5 iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc@   what is a musthave app or settting in your raspberrry 5     My Question or Issue  
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Solved!! Debian repository key absent/expired

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceLaptopOperating SystemDebian 12 My Question or IssueWhen trying to update system, I get the following error:W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index file...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device Laptop Operating System Debian 12   My Question or Issue When trying to update system, I get the following error: W: An error occurred during the sig...
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Spotify app not starting since the latest update

DeviceAMD Ryzen 9 CPU / 32 GB RAM / NVMe Operating SystemFedora 41 My Question or IssueFlatpak app stopped working since the latest update. All Fedora updates are installed. The app starts - but no window comes up and no error is displayed.

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  • Device AMD Ryzen 9 CPU / 32 GB RAM / NVMe   Operating System Fedora 41   My Question or Issue Flatpak app stopped working since the latest update. All Fedora updates are installed. T...
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web player not loading playlists

i use the spotify site on a chromebook, searching for songs and playing them from there is fine, playing a song from my phone but selecting it to play over my chromebook is fine, hitting play on the current song loaded is fine, but opening the websit...

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  • i use the spotify site on a chromebook, searching for songs and playing them from there is fine, playing a song from my phone but selecting it to play over my chromebook is fine, hitting play on the ...
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play spotify on my tv

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Solved!! Spotify plays without sound, in Ubuntu

PlanPremiumDeviceDell Latitude LaptopOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueSpotify opens OK and when I click play, the play bar moves as if it is playing but there is no sound. Other system sounds are there, Youtube and VLC player work wel...

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  • Plan Premium Device Dell Latitude Laptop Operating System Ubuntu 18.04   My Question or Issue Spotify opens OK and when I click play, the play bar moves as if it is playing but there is ...
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how do I create a playlist from web

I am a new premium user. I have logged on through Chrome on my linux laptop. How do I create a playlist?. I do not have the app installed on my phone. I do not have a smart phone.

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  • I am a new premium user. I have logged on through Chrome on my linux laptop. How do I create a playlist?. I do not have the app installed on my phone. I do not have a smart phone.
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Please recommend the flatpak

This page doesn't recommend the flatpak (https://www.spotify.com/uk/download/linux/) (Said flatpak pkg https://flathub.org/apps/com.spotify.Client) Flatpak is better than snap because;- Faster- There's the ability to host custom repos (On snap there'...

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  • This page doesn't recommend the flatpak (https://www.spotify.com/uk/download/linux/) (Said flatpak pkg https://flathub.org/apps/com.spotify.Client)   Flatpak is better than snap because; - Fa...
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Rapsberry pi native Spotify player?

Rapsberry Pi My Question or IssueHi! Happy New Year I’m looking for some user friendly app or better whole system for playing the stream music on rapsberry pi. It should work as a native spotify player and no in „Spotify Connect” mode. Is there one?T...

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  • Rapsberry Pi       My Question or Issue Hi! Happy New Year 🙂   I’m looking for some user friendly app or better whole system for playing the stream music on rapsberry pi. ...
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Flathub

Really love how simple it is to use flathub to install on linux... Is there any cahnce of this becoming an official release?

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  • Really love how simple it is to use flathub to install on linux...   Is there any cahnce of this becoming an official release?   
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New video banner keeps pausing music.

Since release of the update that brought video banners, where queue usually is, the music gets randomly paused, any unpause will get paused immediately, until the video banner has been closed.

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  • Since release of the update that brought video banners, where queue usually is, the music gets randomly paused, any unpause will get paused immediately, until the video banner has been closed.
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Solved!! Spotify on Linux cant be updated or installed due to a missing Pubkey on the repository

Same as what the Subject says. Terminal error output :Err:9 http://repository.spotify.com stable InReleaseThe following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY C85668DF69375001W: GPG error: http://repository...

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  • Same as what the Subject says. Terminal error output : Err:9 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO...
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Forward and back keyboard shortcuts no longer working

Hello,It's probably a duplicate of Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working on Mac, but I cannot longer use Ctrl + Left Arrow and Ctrl + Right Arrow to change tracks on Linux. The regression seems to have appeared on version 1.1.6...

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  • Hello, It's probably a duplicate of Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working on Mac, but I cannot longer use Ctrl + Left Arrow and Ctrl + Right Arrow to change tracks on Linux....
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Latest Spotify Snap app update crashes Ubuntu with illegal instruction, core dumped

The Ubuntu snap store just updated my Spotify version to 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f and the application won't open. Terminal states this error:ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (failed to map segment from shared ...

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  • The Ubuntu snap store just updated my Spotify version to 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f and the application won't open. Terminal states this error: ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD ca...
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