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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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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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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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[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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[Desktop] No Album Pictures

PlanFreeCountry- USA Device- Windows 8.1 LaptopOperating System My Question or Issue I updated to 1.0.93 and I notice in the very bottom left hand corner where the song information is, I no longer have a picture of the album the song appears on. I am...

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  • Plan Free Country- USA   Device- Windows 8.1 Laptop Operating System   My Question or Issue  I updated to 1.0.93 and I notice in the very bottom left hand corner where the song...
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Shazzam and Spofify no longer partners??

I recently matched a song with my Shazzam app. A note then popped up stating that Shazzam was moving to apple, and provided an option to move or delete my Shazzam account. Does this mean that soon, I will not be able to synch my shazzam tracks to Spo...

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  • I recently matched a song with my Shazzam app. A note then popped up stating that Shazzam was moving to apple, and provided an option to move or delete my Shazzam account.   Does this mean tha...
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Android Local Files greyed out

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung S8+Operating SystemNougatMy Question or Issue I've put songs from my PC onto my playlist and I've done everything i can to get them to sync to my android but nothing works. they are just greyed out on my phone, they w...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung S8+ Operating System Nougat My Question or Issue  I've put songs from my PC onto my playlist and I've done everything i can to get them to syn...
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Solved!! Importing iTunes playlists?

I use iTunes to manage my music library, but I import my playlists into Spotify to listen from there. I've been doing this fine for quite a while. This week however, when I added new music to iTunes and tried to import the new playlists, the option w...

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  • I use iTunes to manage my music library, but I import my playlists into Spotify to listen from there. I've been doing this fine for quite a while. This week however, when I added new music to iTunes ...
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[Playlists] Sorting Options for List of Playlists

PlanFamilyCountry ArgentinaDevicePC, Cellphone, ChromecastOperating System Windows 7, Android My Question or IssueTengo una playlist, la ordeno alfabeticamente por título en la pc (en Android no puedo hacerlo o no encuentro el modo), le doy play desd...

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  • Plan Family Country  Argentina Device PC, Cellphone, Chromecast Operating System  Windows 7, Android   My Question or Issue Tengo una playlist, la ordeno alfabeticamente...
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Solved!! Why is it no longer possible to sort by clicking a headline after a search?

PlanPremium(Family)Country SwedenDeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueBefore the most recent update it was possible to sort search results by clicking the headlines. What i really want is to be able to search for the m...

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  • Plan Premium(Family) Country  Sweden Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Before the most recent update it was possible to sort search result...
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Issue with following artists

- PlanPremium- CountryBrazil- DeviceSony Xperia XA - Android 7.0- Operating SystemDell - Windows 10 - IssueWhen I follow or unfollow an artist using the computer, the change is only applied afer closing the app to open again. When I unfollow, on the ...

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  • - Plan Premium - Country Brazil - Device Sony Xperia XA - Android 7.0 - Operating System Dell - Windows 10   - Issue When I follow or unfollow an artist using the computer, the change ...
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Saying I'm Offline Constantly

I use a free plan, mainly because I listen to Spotify casually. I used to use it a while ago on my Samsung tablet, and I never had trouble with it. I downloaded it on my Windows 10 computer a couple of weeks ago. It was working fine for a while. Then...

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  • I use a free plan, mainly because I listen to Spotify casually. I used to use it a while ago on my Samsung tablet, and I never had trouble with it.   I downloaded it on my Windows 10 computer ...
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Superuser Contribution Friend Feed not updating correctly

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issue Not really a serious bug, but if you're listening to artist A (let's say beethoven) and then queue up a song (let's say i'm blue (da ba dee)) by artist B (eiffel65), it'll show up in your friend...

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue  Not really a serious bug, but if you're listening to artist A (let's say beethoven) and then queue up a song (let's say i...
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Superuser Contribution PSY - Gentleman

win7 psy gentleman dont opening but another all musics opening

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[Windows] Universal App for Windows 10 (UWP)

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question When I click the icon to open Spotify, it immediately begins an update, but it gets hung up and never finishes. Rebooting doesn’t help.

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question  When I click the icon to open Spotify, it immediately begins an update, but it gets hun...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Where is Autoplay?

Hi, i recently noticed that my playlists keep repeating themselves once they have reached their last songs. Usually Spotify just continued playing similar music which I really liked. I am using the desktop App on my PC and the "AutoPlay" feature in t...

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  •   Hi,   i recently noticed that my playlists keep repeating themselves once they have reached their last songs.  Usually Spotify just continued playing similar music which I really ...
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Spotify kills my audio device

I'm on Win 10 and my audio device is an M-Audio ProjectMix. I have Spotify premium. My problem is that every time I use Spotify I get to play about one playlist then when I try to play another playlist my audio device has died. The only way to revive...

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  •   I'm on Win 10 and my audio device is an M-Audio ProjectMix. I have Spotify premium. My problem is that every time I use Spotify I get to play about one playlist then when I try to play a...
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Found bad sound in the song

PlanPremiumCountry ThailandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI found this song sound so much terrible spotify:track:5p5QD9FFUGe2cGWH6tVssdEven youtube is betterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5-FfIEXfSY Can I report to spotify f...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Thailand Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I found this song sound so much terrible  spotify:track:5p5QD9FFUGe2cGWH6tVssd E...
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Spotify web não abre

Olá. Eu tento acessar o spotify web mas ele simplesmente não abre. Já abri ele pelo notebook para ver se acontecia a mesma coisa mas lá ele carregou normalmente. Aqui no chrome eu não consigo abrir, fica uma tela preta e não carrega nada. Já reloguei...

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  •   Olá. Eu tento acessar o spotify web mas ele simplesmente não abre. Já abri ele pelo notebook para ver se acontecia a mesma coisa mas lá ele carregou normalmente. Aqui no chrome eu não consigo...
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Daily mix mising from android app.

PlanFree/Premium My Question or Issue Hello.Yesterday my app was working just fine but today when I try to play some musix all my daily mix were gonne and i have nothing but black screen under 'home' button. I'll attach a screenshot as well. I have t...

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  • Plan Free/Premium   My Question or Issue  Hello. Yesterday my app was working just fine but today when I try to play some musix all my daily mix were gonne and i have nothing but black...
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Phantom devices interrupting playback or playing without authorisation

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceLaptop, PC, Android phone (HTC One M9 PCE)Operating SystemWindows 7, Windows 8.1, Android My Question or IssueFor the last couple weeks I have been having this problem: some random playlists including dance music (that I...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device Laptop, PC, Android phone (HTC One M9 PCE) Operating System Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Android   My Question or Issue For the last couple weeks I have b...
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Rush 10+ minutes greyed out on PC, but still playable on Android

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 7 My Question or Issue I've notice that Rush songs with more than 10 minutes are not playing on my computer. The other musics are still playable. This only happens on this device. If I try to pl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 7   My Question or Issue  I've notice that Rush songs with more than 10 minutes are not playing on my computer. The ...
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Superuser Contribution Shutting down Windows without closing Spotify first resets current song

PlanPremiumDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 x64 My Question or Issue Whenever I listen to songs and reboot or shutdown my PC without closing Spotify first, the current song is forgotten and reset and I may end up in a completely different p...

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  • Plan Premium Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 x64   My Question or Issue  Whenever I listen to songs and reboot or shutdown my PC without closing Spotify first, the cur...
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Recommended songs at the bottom of playlist doesn't change

PlanPremiumCountry - U.S DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there a reason that my recommended songs at the bottom of my playlist have never changed for almost a year? I have increased my playlist by about 30% in that time and ...

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  • Plan Premium Country - U.S   Device PC Operating System Windows 10  My Question or Issue Is there a reason that my recommended songs at the bottom of my playlist have never changed...
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