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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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PlanPremiumCountryusaDeviceDell TowerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhere did all the new music go? The new music section is completely gone. It is literally missing from the new app update. It's Friday I should have an updated list o...
Plan Premium Country usa Device Dell Tower Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Where did all the new music go? The new music section is completely gone. I...
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EDIT: Found the cause, like right after posting... Apparently Spotify hates VPNs, for downloading songs Never been a problem for me till last update though. PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My IssueSince the re...
EDIT: Found the cause, like right after posting... Apparently Spotify hates VPNs, for downloading songs 🙄 Never been a problem for me till last update though. Plan Premium Cou...
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This has only started to happen since the new update and UI but I use my album library in Spotify to make playlists. I will click on an album and chose songs to add to a playlist. I then will press the back button and it brings be all the way up to t...
This has only started to happen since the new update and UI but I use my album library in Spotify to make playlists. I will click on an album and chose songs to add to a playlist. I then will press t...
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I am multi-tasking with Spotify in the background. I like to listen to full albums/discographies so I will often start with the oldest album and move sequentially to newer albums.Once the window is minimized for a short time, or in the background, or...
I am multi-tasking with Spotify in the background. I like to listen to full albums/discographies so I will often start with the oldest album and move sequentially to newer albums. Once the w...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemMicrosoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.928] My Question or IssueSince the latest update the graphics on the new ui become scrambled. I have not noticed what causes it but closing and restart...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Windows Desktop Operating System Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.928] My Question or Issue Since the latest update the graphics on th...
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on pc, you used to be able to see the date a song was added to a playlist. this was my favorite thing about the spotify installation, but now it's gone. PLEASE PUT IT BACK.
on pc, you used to be able to see the date a song was added to a playlist. this was my favorite thing about the spotify installation, but now it's gone. PLEASE PUT IT BACK.
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Acer Aspire E5-575SEWindows 10Spotify Desktop 1.1.58.820Clean reinstall completedHost files clean After this latest update, my Friend Activity is not updating as it should. I can see my friends and what they are listening to if they are active, but i...
Acer Aspire E5-575SE Windows 10 Spotify Desktop 1.1.58.820 Clean reinstall completed Host files clean After this latest update, my Friend Activity is not updating as it should. I c...
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PlanPremiumCountryRussiaOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHi guys, i'm tired from bug which don't give you a chance to create a similiar playlist (try to create similiar playlist)Can someone give me link to older version? Like month-two a...
Plan Premium Country Russia Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi guys, i'm tired from bug which don't give you a chance to create a similiar playlist (try to create similiar pla...
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PlanPremium CountryBrazil Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueJá faz algum tempo que me incomodou as playlists de Daily Mix terem saído da janela "início" e ido para uma outra que não me lembro o nome. O Spotify rastreia meus gostos musica...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Já faz algum tempo que me incomodou as playlists de Daily Mix terem saído da janela "início...
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I love finding new music through playlists but often by the time I get to the playlist to click love it's on the next song. Could you let me love previous songs? Rough guess would be display current position in the playlist instead of previous songs ...
I love finding new music through playlists but often by the time I get to the playlist to click love it's on the next song. Could you let me love previous songs? Rough guess would be display...
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The only positive thing I can find in the new update is that the desktop client is finally working fast again, after about an year of it slowing down after you delete a couple of songs in a big playlist (by big I mean over 100 songs). The bad things:...
The only positive thing I can find in the new update is that the desktop client is finally working fast again, after about an year of it slowing down after you delete a couple of songs in a big playl...
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PlanFreeOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueEver since I came back to using Spotify a few days ago, it's been crashing on desktop constantly to the point of being unusable. It happens randomly while I'm scrolling through something in the a...
Plan Free Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Ever since I came back to using Spotify a few days ago, it's been crashing on desktop constantly to the point of being unusable...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryFinland Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhy do i have different artists at the top when looking at my follows through the profile and at the library artists section.Also there's an issue where i look at a artist ...
Plan Free/Premium Country Finland Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Why do i have different artists at the top when looking at my follows through the pro...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy Recently Played Artists are publicly available on my profile, even when I select to hide that part of my profile (Every slider under the "Social" part...
Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue My Recently Played Artists are publicly available on my profile,...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBefore the redesign update, when you clicked the play button on a playlist cover, the playlist would play the songs in whatever order it was chosen by the user. If the p...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Before the redesign update, when you clicked the play button on a playlist cover, the playlis...
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Hi there, fine folks at Spotify, At first glance, I was rather dismayed to see the new Spotify desktop (PC) interface, but I decided to give it some time to see if it was just a case of not liking change. Well, that time has come and gone, and the an...
Hi there, fine folks at Spotify, At first glance, I was rather dismayed to see the new Spotify desktop (PC) interface, but I decided to give it some time to see if it was just a case of not ...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueCan't expand an artist albums into a long list of song in the new UI.Seriously why was that removed? Why force people to make playlists with all album of an artist when they ...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Can't expand an artist albums into a long list of song in the new UI. Seriously why was...
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayOperating SystemWindows 10 Before the new update, i was able to search for a song within a playlist, click on that song to mark it, and then clear my searchbar. This would scroll me to the songs location in the playlist, but w...
Plan Premium Country Norway Operating System Windows 10 Before the new update, i was able to search for a song within a playlist, click on that song to mark it, and then clear my search...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI recently had to switch to a new account, and when I logged in to the desktop app on this new account, the UI changed. It now looks like the web player UI instead of the tra...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I recently had to switch to a new account, and when I logged in to the desktop app on this new account...
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Recently, the Spotify app updated to a new layout on Windows. But after a day, I was logged out, and haven't been able to log in again. I don't have a dedicated Spotify account, so I cannot log in that way. When I use Facebook, Google or Apple log in...
Recently, the Spotify app updated to a new layout on Windows. But after a day, I was logged out, and haven't been able to log in again. I don't have a dedicated Spotify account, so I cannot ...
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