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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...
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...
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...
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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So this problem occured today when i was were to listen to some music, so i clicked my playlist and it took maybe 1-2 minutes for the playlist to load so i could choose a song that was kind of annoying and a little bit after that i searched a song an...
So this problem occured today when i was were to listen to some music, so i clicked my playlist and it took maybe 1-2 minutes for the playlist to load so i could choose a song that was kind of annoyi...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen scrolling through a long list of podcasts, whenever I alt+tab the list seems to refresh and randomly jump to a previous point. This issue has been encountered in "Sci...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When scrolling through a long list of podcasts, whenever I alt+tab the list seems to refresh an...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremium CountrySpain DeviceAcer Aspire F 15 Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I am aware that spotify gives problems with VPN connections (which I think is stupid and that I do not understand) I use Cyberghost and connect to S...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Acer Aspire F 15 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I am aware that spotify gives problems with VPN con...
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First seen at spotify web , I can add same song without caution. After I check spotify pc app , it also seems same issue is on there too. However interestingly app and web can't recognize old song so you can add duplicated song without caution but wh...
First seen at spotify web , I can add same song without caution. After I check spotify pc app , it also seems same issue is on there too. However interestingly app and web can't recognize old song so...
Gig Goer
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceHP Pavilion LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter listening to music yesterday, I was confused when my laptop randomly stopped playing, and whenever I tried to unpause it, it would play just f...
Plan Premium Country United States Device HP Pavilion Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After listening to music yesterday, I was confused when my laptop random...
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PlanPremium DeviceLenovo 20TH004JMXOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIf I go to any album at all, this one for example:https://open.spotify.com/album/3VWrUk4vBznMYXGMPc7dRB?si=UlXlgKMnSqut-2eNCRIMjg And press the play button, nothing hap...
Plan Premium Device Lenovo 20TH004JMX Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue If I go to any album at all, this one for example: https://open.spotify.com/album/3VWrUk...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMAINGEAR LaptopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have been using the Spotify desktop app for a while. Since sometime last year, I've been having a repeated issue where sometimes if I hit play on a song from a...
Plan Premium Country USA Device MAINGEAR Laptop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I have been using the Spotify desktop app for a while. Since sometime last year, I've...
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Is there a "minimal" version for desktop? iOS/Android/Windows is the same. I remember WINAMP had one; so I can enjoy music without sacrificing much space on my screen.
Is there a "minimal" version for desktop? iOS/Android/Windows is the same. I remember WINAMP had one; so I can enjoy music without sacrificing much space on my screen.
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI was using Spotify yesterday 07/24/2022 and it was working perfectly fine and now today 07/25/2022 any time I have tried to use the desktop app to play any song, lik...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I was using Spotify yesterday 07/24/2022 and it was working perfectly fine and now...
Spotify Legend
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Hey, I have a new idea and I wanna share it with you all, this Idea will allow us to listen to the same song with our friends at the same time, it looks like you are watching a live program together at the same time. Developers can also add other fea...
Hey, I have a new idea and I wanna share it with you all, this Idea will allow us to listen to the same song with our friends at the same time, it looks like you are watching a live program together ...
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PlanPremiumCountryMexicoDeviceHP Laptop 14Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueRecently my desktop spotify won't let me download my playlists, at first it shows it is "starting" to download them but never actually downloads them. I've tried...
Plan Premium Country Mexico Device HP Laptop 14 Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Recently my desktop spotify won't let me download my playlists, at first it shows it ...
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PlanFreeCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI have problem. I want to connect ma PC to PS5, so i click Spotify Connect button on PC, but i can't connect, from mobile phone i can connect to PS5.
Plan Free Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have problem. I want to connect ma PC to PS5, so i click Spotify Connect button on PC, but i can...
Newbie
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Desktop and mobile apps have no options to hide or mark content as "not-interested" on the homepage. I've had this podcast that I accidentally somehow played part of an episode on months ago that has been popping up with new episodes on my home page ...
Desktop and mobile apps have no options to hide or mark content as "not-interested" on the homepage. I've had this podcast that I accidentally somehow played part of an episode on months ago that has...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountryMalaysiaDeviceHuawei D14 Macbook, 16 GB (15.8 usable), Intel i5 processorOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify app keeps crashing. When I open it, it may1) crash after a few seconds2) crash once I press any button (...
Plan Free Country Malaysia Device Huawei D14 Macbook, 16 GB (15.8 usable), Intel i5 processor Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Spotify app keeps crashing. When I o...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUKDeviceAndroid Operating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueMy phone isn't connecting to my desktop app. The app doesn't even show my phone as an option. I've done a fresh install and everything. However, it connects to my br...
Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device Android Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue My phone isn't connecting to my desktop app. The app doesn't even show my phone as ...
Spotify Legend
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I (used to) frequently use Spotify Listening Party in Discord so I can listen to the same music as my friend. However, as of late, whenever a song ends there is a 30-60 second delay of silence where nothing plays. After the period of silence has pass...
I (used to) frequently use Spotify Listening Party in Discord so I can listen to the same music as my friend. However, as of late, whenever a song ends there is a 30-60 second delay of silen...
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PlanPremium Family - using Desktop AppCountryUKDeviceHP ZBook Create G7 NotebookOperating SystemWindows 11 - Version 21H2 My Question or IssueI upgraded to windows 11 last week and since then the playback on Spotify, via bluetooth into a speaker (UE ...
Plan Premium Family - using Desktop App Country UK Device HP ZBook Create G7 Notebook Operating System Windows 11 - Version 21H2 My Question or Issue I upgraded to windows 11 l...
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PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueShouldn't there be a hide this son option, like on Android? Can't seem to find it. Not a problem on my own playlists, but rather playlists made by Spotify. Else I have to creat...
Plan Premium Country Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Shouldn't there be a hide this son option, like on Android? Can't seem to find it. Not a proble...
Spotify Legend
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It's nothing new that the implementation of the spotify clients is absolutely horrible on every single platform there is. But this bug in the windows client just completely beats everything i've seen so far. When adding a song to a playlist, not only...
It's nothing new that the implementation of the spotify clients is absolutely horrible on every single platform there is. But this bug in the windows client just completely beats everything i've seen...
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Several weeks now. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail.
Several weeks now. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail.
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