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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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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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PlanPremiumOperating SystemA Debian-based linux distro My Question or IssueHey.In searching for lost disk space in my computer, I have found that the cache for Spotify takes up a huge amount of space (even larger than the browser that I use, which ca...
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...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.2 LTS My Question or IssueThe app version of Spotify you’re using: unsure, probably the latest via snapi just installed the spotify for linux client a few days ago, and i'm noticing some menu ...
PlanPremiumCountryUS, ArizonaDevicePersonal DesktopOperating SystemLinux Debian 9 My Question or IssueI can't login to my Spotify desktop app. I get error code 2, "service is temporarily unavailable". Troubleshooting1. I can play spotify on this same...
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PlanPremiumCountry JPDeviceDesktopOperating SystemUbuntu 16.04 LTS My Question or Issue In version 1.1.0.237 spotify crashes when trying to play local files.The problem is similar to this post below, but problem is not solved there.https://community....
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryBulgaria Operating System(Ubunut 16.04) My Question or IssueAbout 2 months ago the very first song I would play after logging would always fail to play, meanwhile it would produce this screen instead of playing the song and sho...
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