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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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  • sleeksorrow
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New public key

My Question or IssueIt looks like the key used to sign Debian releases has updated, but there doesn't yet seem to be a way to download the new public key. The old key can be downloaded at https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg, but t...

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  • My Question or Issue It looks like the key used to sign Debian releases has updated, but there doesn't yet seem to be a way to download the new public key.   The old key can be downloaded at ...
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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  
  • ribezaz
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My songs are pausing while i play them

I tried it on both my phone and my browser,It still stops while the song is going on and i have to manually play the song>

  • Visitor
  • I tried it on both my phone and my browser,It still stops while the song is going on and i have to manually play the song>
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Ads won't play on desktop?

Whenever I'm listening on the webpage, and an ad plays, it just pauses, it won't play. Even if I press the play button, it says the length of the ad is zero. And if I double tap a song to play that instead, nothing happens. So everytime I get an ad, ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Whenever I'm listening on the webpage, and an ad plays, it just pauses, it won't play. Even if I press the play button, it says the length of the ad is zero. And if I double tap a song to play that i...
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Spotify cannot play local files Linux Mint Debian Edition

Spotify displays the error: "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I have properly set a local files source within settings. This worked previously until a few days ago (I cannot say specifically...

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  • Spotify displays the error: "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."   I have properly set a local files source within settings. This worke...
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[Linux] System sleeps even in playback.

Device: Laptop Siragon NB300 running Debian Stretch 9.1 x64Account type: PremiumApp info: Spotify version 1.0.49.125.g72ee7853Issue: When I'm not using my laptop but playing music, system inhibit sleep mode.Steps:1. My PC sleep time is 15 min.2. I'm ...

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  • Device: Laptop Siragon NB300 running Debian Stretch 9.1 x64 Account type: Premium App info: Spotify version 1.0.49.125.g72ee7853 Issue: When I'm not using my laptop but playing musi...
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Full listening history

Dear Spotify,, Why can't I access my FULL listening history? I'd say that, for a company that is storing (probably) petabytes of music, a couple of song ids can't matter that much, correct? I can access my complete browsing history in Google Chrome. ...

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  • Dear Spotify,,   Why can't I access my FULL listening history?    I'd say that, for a company that is storing (probably) petabytes of music, a couple of song ids can't matter ...
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I just wanted to say thank you for a Linux version

Thank you to the developers for making this happen! I run cross-platform madness everywhere in my life, but I LOVE Linux! Seriously thank you for this effort!

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  • Thank you to the developers for making this happen! I run cross-platform madness everywhere in my life, but I LOVE Linux! Seriously thank you for this effort!
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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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Debian Linux Spotify won't login

I've installed the latest version of the Spotify client on my Debian laptop using Synaptic manager, but when I try to login nothing happens, and the content just appears a bit obscured, like if it was loading, but it doesn't acutally work, and it rem...

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  • I've installed the latest version of the Spotify client on my Debian laptop using Synaptic manager, but when I try to login nothing happens, and the content just appears a bit obscured, like if it wa...
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Shuffle Playlists on a Tesla

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceTesla Operating SystemFirmware 2024.44.25.2 My Question or IssueSo on previous versions of the Spotify App Shuffle was in the Recents and Favorites panel, but that changed a couple revisions back for the music apps. There is n...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Tesla  Operating System Firmware 2024.44.25.2   My Question or Issue So on previous versions of the Spotify App Shuffle was in the Recents and Favorit...
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Use SNI for better system tray icon support

Plan: PremiumCountry: CHOperating System: Arch Linux The systray icon does not appear in sway with the eww bar. While minimize to tray does work correctly, there is no icon.This is due to spotify using the xembed protocol which has been superseeded b...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: CH Operating System: Arch Linux   The systray icon does not appear in sway with the eww bar. While minimize to tray does work correctly, there is no icon. This is due...
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[arm64] Pinebook pro manjaro arm and spotify

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevicePinebook proOperating SystemManjaro ARM64 My Question or IssueI'm triying to use spotify on my pinebook pro using manjaro arm64.I can't find any binary for arm64, only for amd64. So, I'm trying to use spotify via web.I ca...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Spain Device Pinebook pro Operating System Manjaro ARM64   My Question or Issue I'm triying to use spotify on my pinebook pro using manjaro arm64. I can't...
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PLEASE. Provide Spotify for ARM. (Raspberry Pi)

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAnyDeviceRaspberry Pi 1/2/3/4Operating SystemRaspbianMy Question or IssueI know I'm not the only one requesting an ARM version of Spotify for the Raspberry Pi. Can we please get this to finally happen?

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Any Device Raspberry Pi 1/2/3/4 Operating System Raspbian My Question or Issue I know I'm not the only one requesting an ARM version of Spotify for the Raspberry Pi...
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[request] arm64 Build for Snap Package

PlanPremium FamilyCountryNL DevicePinePhone, Librem5, RaspberryPi, numerous othersOperating SystemLinux My Question or Issue Please release a snap package for arm64 because otherwise many users are unable to use Spotify for on their devices. It would...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country NL   Device PinePhone, Librem5, RaspberryPi, numerous others Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue   Please release a snap package for a...
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a version of spotify for the arm based pine64 pinephone?

PlanPremium Devicepine64 pinephoneOperating Systemmanjaro-arm plasma mobile My Question or Issuethe snap and flatpak builds don't work because they are x86 only but it would be nice to have spotify on the go too and all what would be needed would be ...

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  • Plan Premium     Device pine64 pinephone Operating System manjaro-arm plasma mobile   My Question or Issue the snap and flatpak builds don't work because they are x86 only bu...
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ARM Linux edition for phones (Librem5, Pinephone, VOLLA, etc.)

I think many of us who daily drive a mainline Linux mobile phone would love to continue using Spotify Premium (Including saving music) on our devices much like the Destkop Linux Edition. Desktop Linux edition built for the Arm64 target would work. Th...

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  • I think many of us who daily drive a mainline Linux mobile phone would love to continue using Spotify Premium (Including saving music) on our devices much like the Destkop Linux Edition. Desktop Linu...
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Abnormal CPU load with v1.2.48 to v1.2.50 (at least)

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceAny pcOperating SystemLinux : Ubuntu and ArchLinux My Question or IssueI've noticed a strange CPU consumption from spotify, it's constantly using 20% of my cpu triggering my loud fans even without any music being played....

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Any pc Operating System Linux : Ubuntu and ArchLinux   My Question or Issue I've noticed a strange CPU consumption from spotify, it's constantly usin...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify opens too many connections to PulseAudio (Linux)

After some time Spotify for Linux starts to use too many connections to PulseAudio. This makes it impossible to use any sound on the computer. This shows an output after one day of usage:http://pastebin.com/E5AVQd62 Spotify version 1.0.36.120.g536a86...

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  • After some time Spotify for Linux starts to use too many connections to PulseAudio. This makes it impossible to use any sound on the computer.   This shows an output after one day of usage: h...
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