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Solved!! Desktop: Jam now available

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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liliabern

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Desktop: 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. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...

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whatintheworldisthis

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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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MattSuda

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[Troubleshooting] Windows

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...

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Black Screen on Web Player When Logged In

Whenever I access Spotify through the web player and do not log in to my account, it works like normal. Whenever I access Spotify through the web player and log into my Premium account, all I get is a black screen.

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Whenever I access Spotify through the web player and do not log in to my account, it works like normal. Whenever I access Spotify through the web player and log into my Premium account, all I get is ...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Phone and pc constantly out of sync

My PC and phone seem to constantly go out of sync. Right now I'm playing music on my phone app and the PC shows a different song as paused. My internet on phone is via wifi and is 100%, my PC is connected by cable (to the same router)-->fiber and wor...

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My PC and phone seem to constantly go out of sync. Right now I'm playing music on my phone app and the PC shows a different song as paused. My internet on phone is via wifi and is 100%, my PC is c...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Windows app showing only "something went wrong", can't see content.

I tried uninstalling and installing the desktop app again, but the same error happens right after logging in. I can't see starting page or anything, only a dialog saying "something went wrong, try reloading the page" and the "reload page" button dism...

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I tried uninstalling and installing the desktop app again, but the same error happens right after logging in. I can't see starting page or anything, only a dialog saying "something went wrong, try re...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Superuser Contribution Fullscreen does not resize well on untypical aspect ratio!

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 The Spotify-Apps fullscreen mode does not resize as it should when confronted with untypical aspect ratios (like my mini monitor 1280x400), as you can see below.But if I use the Chrome extension f...

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Plan Premium Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   The Spotify-Apps fullscreen mode does not resize as it should when confronted with untypical aspect ratios (like my mini monit...

AlejaR

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Superuser Contribution cant download playlist when click the download button

PlanPremiumCountrycanadaDevicedellOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuemy songs got delated for some reason and tried to download the playlist again but it didn't download and it keeps saying downloading but nothing download except if i pla...

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Plan Premium Country canada Device dell Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue my songs got delated for some reason and tried to download the playlist again but it didn't&n...

AlejaR

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Shuffle and Repeat

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceWindows 10 PC and Android mobile and tabletOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI know there have been many posts before, but none helped. The buttons for Shuffle and Repeat are greyed out on both mobile and P...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada   Device Windows 10 PC and Android mobile and tablet Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I know there have been many posts befo...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issueso when im listening a song on any playlist, it just randomly resets/start back from song #1 ...

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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 so when...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Playlist problem occurs when Spotify is turned off and turned on

I live in Korea and use premium in Windows 10. It wasn't like that before.Recently, if I turn off Spotify with my computer and turn it on again,The next songs disappear from the playlist you were listening to.You can't understand just by words, so I'...

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I live in Korea and use premium in Windows 10.   It wasn't like that before. Recently, if I turn off Spotify with my computer and turn it on again, The next songs disappear from the playlist...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Spotify web player broken on firefox

I've cleared all cookies, cache, storage etc for spotify.comdisabled any plugin from running on the websiterebooted the pclogged in firefox (version ~108) with my username and passwordafter being logged in, I'm being redirected to the playeronly the ...

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I've cleared all cookies, cache, storage etc for spotify.com disabled any plugin from running on the website rebooted the pc logged in firefox (version ~108) with my username and password after b...

francesco9001

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Superuser Contribution Spotify volume lowers in my car when I start recording

Whenever I am playing music with AppleCarPlay, and I hear a nice song, I want to record the song with my phone (mostly Snapchat). Everytime I do this, the volume lowers drastically and I can’t raise it anymore. This way you can barely hear the song t...

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Whenever I am playing music with AppleCarPlay, and I hear a nice song, I want to record the song with my phone (mostly Snapchat). Everytime I do this, the volume lowers drastically and I can’t raise ...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution ?si= Parameter in Spotify URL's

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue So recently Spotify added a "?si=" parameter to song when you copy the url. This apparently gives the url a unique stamp in where it was copied and by who. This is seemingly ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Windows 8.1   My Question or Issue   So recently Spotify added a "?si=" parameter to song when you copy the url. This appar...

giannilupindo

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I cant see when songs were added to the playlist

PlanPremiumCountryTurkey DeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 11 A while ago i could see when the songs were added to the playlist through the app but suddenly this feature dissapeared, how can I get it back?

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Plan Premium Country Turkey   Device Laptop Operating System Windows 11   A while ago i could see when the songs were added to the playlist through the app but suddenly this featu...

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Superuser Contribution meu spotify premium no computador está com som ruim e robotizado

o problema não é no fone de ouvido, já que consigo ouvir com qualidade alta vídeos no youtube, o problema é que, quando escuto música no spotify, o som fica ruim e travando, nem no webplayer consigo escutar com qualidade (no aplicativo do celular con...

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o problema não é no fone de ouvido, já que consigo ouvir com qualidade alta vídeos no youtube, o problema é que, quando escuto música no spotify, o som fica ruim e travando, nem no webplayer consigo ...

Lyubka

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Solved!! show what song is being played in playlist

my songs don't glow green while in the playlist how do i fix it as i use enhanced playlist and to add the song i have to scroll a 300+ song playlist to find one song with no visual indication

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my songs don't glow green while in the playlist how do i fix it as i use enhanced playlist and to add the song i have to scroll a 300+ song playlist to find one song with no visual indication

kaworu_bloodpaw

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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps pausing music right after hitting play

On my Desktop when I hit play (Browser and App) it plays for 1 second then pauses. No matter how many times I hit play. I have cleared the cache, re-installed it, used different browsers, signed out, etc. I can listen on other devices but all of a su...

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On my Desktop when I hit play (Browser and App) it plays for 1 second then pauses. No matter how many times I hit play. I have cleared the cache, re-installed it, used different browsers, signed out,...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Playlists abruptly stop playing in Webplayer for Chrome

Jan. 3-4 2023Lenovo ideapad Gaming 3-15IMH05Webplayer - Google ChromeVersion 108.0.5359.125 (Official Build) I have been having this recurring issue, where I will be playing playlists on the webplayer and in the middle of a song, it will just stop ab...

Casual Listener

Jan. 3-4 2023 Lenovo ideapad Gaming 3-15IMH05 Webplayer - Google Chrome Version 108.0.5359.125 (Official Build)   I have been having this recurring issue, where I will be playing playlists ...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify desktop app grayed out not playing after clicking spotify link

So, when I click an external link to play a song in spotify, It will open the webplayer first before sending it to the desktop app, but if the desktop app was already open and playing, it will cause the Song it was playing to stop, and the entire pla...

Casual Listener

So, when I click an external link to play a song in spotify, It will open the webplayer first before sending it to the desktop app, but if the desktop app was already open and playing, it will cause ...

Joan

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