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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...
PlanFree/PremiumCountry USDeviceDell Chromebook 11Operating SystemChrome OS My Question or Issue Hello there!I'm a forum helper on Chromebook Central (which is kind of why I'm using a Chromebook), and I frequently listen to Spotify. However, just rec...
PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADeviceUbuntuOperating System18.04 My Question or Issue I clicked on the link to install Spotify on my laptop, but it didn't work. Nothing happened when I approved of the download so I tried installing it through terminal an...
PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceLinux PCOperating SystemManjaro Testing (Kernel 4.18.4) My Question or Issue Whole albums cannot be dragged to playlists from Albums view. You have to go into the album and drag the songs instead. I'm not sure if this beha...
PlanFree/PremiumCountryTurkey Device(MS-1632 AMD Turion(tm) 64 x2 Mobile Technology TL-64 * 2)Operating System(Linux Mint Cinnamon 19) My Question or Issue I have a error when i want to update my applications . It says : Err:10 http://repository.spot...
PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceLenovo Thinkpad T440pOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 (installed via snap) My Question or IssueWhen I restart my computer (or otherwise log out gracefully), my queue state is reset to what it was when I last explicitly exit...
Plan PremiumCountry USADevice Linux PCOperating System Mint 19 My Question or IssueI had spotify set to start minimized in Mint 18 but after the upgrade to 19 it shows up right in the middle of my media player program. The system is a keyboardless me...
I use a Linux workstation all day long.I play Spotify through Sonos.Sonos doesn't support Linux, so I use an Android device to play Spotify through Sonos.I'd like to see on my Linux machine what song/artist is playing through Sonos.Using the Restful ...
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I have just got spotify 1.0.80.474.gef6b503e-7 (that is what it said) from the ubuntu software centre. The main disadvantage i see to this is there are no top lists. I found it really helpful that it put my top 20 most listened to tracks in order. An...
Operating SystemDebian testing My Question or Issue W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EFDC8610341D9410E: The repository 'http...
PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSurface Book 2Operating SystemLinux Ubuntu My Question or IssueUnfortunately the Spotify application has scaling issues on Ubuntu Linux. Attached is the scaling issue that's clearly visible which forces me to make an alias in...
I'm running Spotify 1.0.80.480.g51b03ac3 on a HP EliteBook 2560P laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bits. When running Spotify my laptop frequently hangs with high disk activity. SPotify keeps playing the current track, but I cannot start a new track un...
PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceLaptopOperating SystemKubuntu 18.04 When I execute a command (click on a new music, do a research, close Spotify), it gets delayed: the music can change but not the interface. It takes at least 10 seconds to respond.This is...
DevicePCOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04, Gnome My Question or Issue The snap is not working anymore. This happens at a regular basis. The error is:/snap/spotify/16/bin/desktop-launch: line 23: /home/lukas/.config/user-dirs.dirs: Permission denied Gtk-Me...
PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceDesktopOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1Kernel 4.15 (and 4.17 from the pre-built repos) My Question or Issue When browsing an artist, I've been noticing that I'm frequently (though not _always_) unable to play tracks from the ...
PlanPremium Operating SystemLinux Debian PulseaudioMy Question or IssueLike the title says, the audio gets dropped by about 70% any time their is a sound in another app. This lasts for a few seconds. Very irritating. A problem with Spotify specifical...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDell XPS13Operating SystemUbuntu 16.04 and 18.04My Question or Issue I have 2 Sonos Play 3s and a Sonos Playbar. Both Android controllers show all 3, but my Linux app only shows the 2 Sonos 3s. I recently wiped the computer...
Hello, I'm a Linux user and a big fan of Spotify, but one thing has been bothering me a lot. The option to minimize Spotify to the system tray is missing from the app settings, under "Startup and Window Behaviour". I've browsed old posts back from 20...
PlanPremiumCountryIreland DeviceSamsung Galaxy 6, Asus ROGOperating SystemAndroid Oreo, Ubuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueSince a couple of days Spotify Connect on wifi can't play on my Bose Soundtouch 30. I can see the speakers on the list of availab...
I am Premium user, currently in Israel using Spotify desktop on Ubuntu 18.04. I was reading similar issues.First of all I tried to do the Advanced Settings proxy tweak between auto detect and http. Did not work.Then I tried to delete the cache direct...