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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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PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceiPhone 8 PlusOperating System(Windows 10)My Question or IssueWhen I add albums to my playlist, I'm noticing an inconsistency in the formatting of the listings. Some are Artist-Album while others are Album-Artist. Obviously,...
Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone 8 Plus Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue When I add albums to my playlist, I'm noticing an inconsistency in the formatting of the...
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So for some reason the volume and song seek slider, progress bar, I never know what to call them, they don't work. Everything else in the Spotify interface works but the volume and song seek slider. I've tried everything from restarting the app, rest...
So for some reason the volume and song seek slider, progress bar, I never know what to call them, they don't work. Everything else in the Spotify interface works but the volume and song seek slider. ...
Roadie
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PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueRecently the friend activity and Go to...Radio have stopped working (find attached screenshot). I was using the installable version of Spotify and thought that might ...
Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Recently the friend activity and Go to...Radio have stopped working (find attached sc...
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PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Flex 2-15Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue For some reason Spotify started acting weird. The Mixtapes button on the left side dissapeared, the Radio page won't load anymore and the Friend Feed won't lo...
Plan Free Country Germany Device Lenovo Flex 2-15 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For some reason Spotify started acting weird. The Mixtapes button on the left...
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PlanFreeCountryPolandDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello. I've recently noticed "Concerts" options. Unfortunately, no data is displayed neither from "Browse" section nor specific Artist. I tried resets/reinstalling, yet witho...
Plan Free Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello. I've recently noticed "Concerts" options. Unfortunately, no data is displayed neither from ...
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Alright, so... It seems that this is something that's been going on for a while now. But I just noticed this. I've been trying to find the spotify.exe location. It use to be \AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe. But now its hidden since it is now a w...
Alright, so... It seems that this is something that's been going on for a while now. But I just noticed this. I've been trying to find the spotify.exe location. It use to be \AppData\Roaming\Spo...
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PlanPremiumCountry UK/FranceDeviceCompaq laptop/IpadOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I created a playlist of 200 songs on my laptop 2 days ago. Yesterday I added another 200 to the same playlist via my ipad. Now I am playing the playli...
Plan Premium Country UK/France Device Compaq laptop/Ipad Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I created a playlist of 200 songs on my laptop 2 days ago. Yeste...
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Now my search results only show the top 4 songs, artists, albums and playlists each with cover art, making it harder to tell if it's correct song I'm looking for unless I click on each individually. Does anybody know how to get back the view where yo...
Now my search results only show the top 4 songs, artists, albums and playlists each with cover art, making it harder to tell if it's correct song I'm looking for unless I click on each individually. ...
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PlanPremiumCountry New Zealand Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue As of a few days ago, there used to be a feature where within a playlist Spotify would recommend you songs at the bottom based on the current songs in that playlist. But t...
Plan Premium Country New Zealand Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As of a few days ago, there used to be a feature where within a playlist S...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDell Precision 5510Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssuePart of what i'd like to do here is ask for something to help with duplicate songs saving to my library - i often come across a song and think "why...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Dell Precision 5510 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Part of what i'd like to do here is ask for something to help with dupl...
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PlanPremium/Family PlanCountry CanadaDeviceSurface Pro 3 (Windows Laptop)Operating SystemWindows 8.1 My Question or Issue Whenever I try to play an explicit song I get a message in a blue banner at the top that says "This song is not available. If yo...
Plan Premium/Family Plan Country Canada Device Surface Pro 3 (Windows Laptop) Operating System Windows 8.1 My Question or Issue Whenever I try to play an explicit song ...
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PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueHello,since the last update my Spotify Application on Windows 10 does not work as it used to do before.It is about the bluetooth connection between my laptop and my b...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, since the last update my Spotify Application on Windows 10 does not work as it used ...
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Spotify isn't showing the album artwork of certain albums (see attached screenshot for an example) and it's driving me nuts. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, but nothing changed. I'm running the Windows Store version.
Spotify isn't showing the album artwork of certain albums (see attached screenshot for an example) and it's driving me nuts. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, but nothing changed. ...
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I keep having to switch on the High Quality Streaming setting, which is of course annoying! I suspect the setting is being reverted whenever the Spotify client is updated. I should not have to keep checking the setting and switching it back on. I can...
I keep having to switch on the High Quality Streaming setting, which is of course annoying! I suspect the setting is being reverted whenever the Spotify client is updated. I...
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PlanPremium CountryGermany Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify displays all local itunes songs under "Local Files", even though I deselected everything in the settings (there is no option for "itunes" as seen in several screenshots...
Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify displays all local itunes songs under "Local Files", even though I deselected ever...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSpotify really needs to get there stuff together, it seems like something breaks with every update they put out. First it was Spotify automatically starting wit...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Spotify really needs to get there stuff together, it seems like something bre...
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PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueFor some reason, when I add some songs via local file to spotify, it will be unavailable on desktop, but it will play and download on the android app. The message I get is "This song is...
Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For some reason, when I add some songs via local file to spotify, it will be unavailable on desktop, but it will play an...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceDesktop / NotebookOperating SystemWindows / Mac My Question or Issue The system Volume is controlable by the keyboard Hot Key. How can you change the volume for Spotify app, if it is connected to WLAN Speaker using the s...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device Desktop / Notebook Operating System Windows / Mac My Question or Issue The system Volume is controlable by the keyboard Hot Key. How can...
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