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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...
plan: premiumcountry: australiadevice: hp probook 4740soperating system: arch linux, fedora, solus my question or issue for about three days, i've been getting error code 2 (additionally error code 7 for a few hours) whenever i've tried to sign in to...
PlanFreeCountry-United States DeviceHP laptopOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueI have been noticing rather large amounts of advertisements as of today. Instead of 2 or 3 ads per 4-6 songs, I'm receiving 3-4 ads per 2-3 songs. Have you updated...
How do I remove my profile picture from spotify? Ps: Why does the pre-filled data in this forum ask me if I am logged in and have an account, when the forum software clearly know who I am ,and that I do have a premium subscription?
PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceThinkpad T470Operating SystemNixOS (Sway 1.0-rc1) My Question or IssueWhen opening the Spotify application on my HiDPI scaled monitor, it does not respond to any inputs. When I open it on my regular, non-scaled moni...
Hello. I am a Linux user and I would like to know if there are any avenues through which I can directly support the development of the Linux Spotify client either monetarily or otherwise? I am already a subscribed Premium user but I would like to mak...
PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceLaptop Operating SystemManjaro My Question or Issue Hi everyone, Lately I'm unable to login since I updated a lot of packages and updated the kernel (4.19.13-1) in Manjaro system. Everytime I try to login I get the erro...
Operating SystemLinux, Manjaro i3 (18.0) Cannot access file /usr/share/alsa/alsa.confI have a fresh install of Manjaro i3 (18.0) and installed Spotify using Snap. When I tried to play a song it just skips every song immidietly and fast. The error it ...
PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice2 Linux computers (Ubuntu/Lubuntu) and an android smartphone Hi, I am having problems with spotify connect seeing the 2 linux computers that I have at home. However, the Android app does see one of the computers (always...
PlanPremiumCountry BrasilDeviceMoto G 1Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueApós eu baixar minhas músicas meu celular acabou reiniciando e quando eu fui abrir o Spotify de novo os meus downloads tinham desaparecido! Fui conferi os dados do apl...
PlanPremiumCountry BrazilOperating SystemUbuntu 16.04LTSSpotify Version1.0.94.262.g3d5c231c My Question or IssueI can't use the shuffle button for some time now (I think a month) on linux-desktop spotify. It works normally on web, android and windows...
PlanPremiumCountryTurkey DeviceAsus X555LOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 LTS My Question or Issuefirst of all, I'm a beginner in linux.i've searched this issue in a lot of places but could't find anything. i'll be glad if you'll help, please keep in m...
PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceLaptopOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueAdding local music collection as a source directory results in using up all available memory on an idling i7, 16 GB RAM machine. When it runs out of memory, the subproc...
Hello,I want to activate the Spotify web player so that I can use it to control Alexa Echo from my browser.After following the instructions on this linkhttps://support.spotify.com/ca-fr/using_spotify/system_settings/enable-the-spotify-web-player/It s...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDell XPS 9350Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04 LTS My Question or IssueAs observed in this post, there is a workaround to fix the scaling setting for spotify installed using snaps by adding `--force-device-scale-facto...
PlanPremiumCountry IsraelDeviceAsus X510UROperating SystemUbuntu/Kubuntu 18.04 LTS, dual boot with Win 10 My Question or Issue Hi,I have spotify on my linux computer.for some reason, I cannot play any song when I'm on linux in my computer. after few ...
Please check the Debian repository (Linux package). Yesterday you updated Spotify to 1.0.96 but apt cannot see it (the package is there...http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/).Hopefully this must be the version that solves th...
See: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Mountpoints-are-not-visible-in-local-file-source-dialogue/m-p/4520987 That thread was closed for inactivity due to being ignored by Spotify. I still want it fixed.
PlanPremiumCountryDEDeviceComputer Desktop / P20 Pro (Android)Operating SystemUbuntu 18 / Android My Question or Issue I'm running Spotify on my Android Phone and I'm listening via my Android Phone.I also got the Spotify Linux Client installed on my ...
PlanPremiumCountry BulgariaDeviceASUS laptopOperating SystemLinux Mint My Question or Issue I've just installed the latest version of desktop's client for Linux and noticed that Podcast shortcut has gone.Since it's so useful are there any plans to br...
Folks, never ever turn on volume normalization. It is simply amazing how much it damages the music quality. I don't even need any A/B compare, it's like nigh and day. It is on by default when you install. First thing to do - go to settings and turn i...