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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...

MattSuda
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2024-03-14 3:38:28 PM
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Rim4
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 8:42:18 AM
Friday
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:08:45 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:16 PM
MattSuda
Spotify Star
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2013-09-17 11:47:47 AM
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The new UI is a complete load of toss

While scaling the UI bits go off the side of the screen, you zoom in one step and a random glitched out scrollbar appears, however you zoom in further and it disappears. The new UI is toss Spotify, sort it out. Spend some of my money on paying for be...

JoeStedman
Casual Listener
While scaling the UI bits go off the side of the screen, you zoom in one step and a random glitched out scrollbar appears, however you zoom in further and it disappears. The new UI is toss Spotify, s...
2016-11-16 5:46:25 AM
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Spotify crashing frequently!

Hi!I'm using HP 430 with Intel Core i3 and Windows 8.My spotify keep crashing! I don't know whyBut when I play the music from preferences, it doesn't crash!Any help?

kevinc45
Casual Listener
Hi! I'm using HP 430 with Intel Core i3 and Windows 8. My spotify keep crashing! I don't know why But when I play the music from preferences, it doesn't crash! Any help?
2016-11-15 11:07:34 PM
2016-11-15 12:15:43 AM
henriquebrun
Newbie
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Disney's Moana chance to win premium

Yesterday I saw a add on the jome page saying I could have a chance to win premium, when i clicked it It roled and I lost but i said come back tomorrow now I cannot find it. I connected with my account.

DGamer35
Newbie
Yesterday I saw a add on the jome page saying I could have a chance to win premium, when i clicked it It roled and I lost but i said come back tomorrow now I cannot find it. I connected with my ...
2016-11-14 11:28:32 PM
2016-11-15 10:17:50 PM
luv2dance97
Newbie
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Automatically Updating while Listening

I am on Windows 7, desktop version. I have had the "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it" issue for about half a year now. I was using the bandaid fix of downloading an older client every day, as it Spot...

Hankj
Newbie
I am on Windows 7, desktop version. I have had the "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it" issue for about half a year now. I was using the bandaid fix o...
2016-11-15 7:55:53 PM
2016-11-15 8:52:20 PM
pietrofxq1
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how do i get flash on my hp laptop-windows 7

i dont know how to get flash on my hp laptop-windows 7! can anyone help me?

sidrazx
Casual Listener
i dont know how to get flash on my hp laptop-windows 7! can anyone help me? 😕
2016-11-15 8:45:51 PM
2016-11-15 8:51:07 PM
sidrazx
Casual Listener
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Two different UI after latest update.

After the recent update to version 10.42.151.g19de0aa6 I get two different versions of the start side when I logged in. One is when the play knob is on the left under the album being played. If I log out and then log in again they are in the middle o...

jonny99
Songwriter
After the recent update to version 10.42.151.g19de0aa6 I get two different versions of the start side when I logged in. One is when the play knob is on the left under the album being played. If I log...
2016-11-15 7:27:20 PM
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Spotify doesen't connect

Spotify says that I'm offline even though my wifi icon shows wifi and chrome works, I tried restarting both Spotify and my computer but it doesn't help. It just seems that Spotify does not want to connect.

cerns
Casual Listener
Spotify says that I'm offline even though my wifi icon shows wifi and chrome works, I tried restarting both Spotify and my computer but it doesn't help. It just seems that Spotify does not wan...
2016-11-15 4:21:00 PM
2016-11-15 6:34:41 PM
MiSenn
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Whys does Shuffle turns on by itself with next song button ?

When I play a album and hit the next song button. The freaking Shuffle turns itself on and the next song will be from a totaly different album. Why? This is freaking anoying!If want to shuffle songs i will hit the shuffle button myself. Every time a ...

piewwie
Newbie
When I play a album and hit the next song button. The freaking Shuffle turns itself on and the next song will be from a totaly different album. Why? This is freaking anoying! If want to shuffle song...
2016-11-15 5:06:33 PM
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Where are the Playlists?

I have the version 1.0.42.151.g19de0aa6 and Windows 7 Prof.It is only my own playlists, when I search for a play list I get only albums and songs displayed.

sc1471
Casual Listener
I have the version 1.0.42.151.g19de0aa6 and Windows 7 Prof. It is only my own playlists, when I search for a play list I get only albums and songs displayed.
2016-11-15 1:09:16 PM
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Playback

Spotify will not play an entire track! The sound cuts out, sometimes after 10 seconds sometimes after 2 minutes but it always cuts out. The song continues playing but then "cannot play current track" appears in a blue bar at the top of the screen. I ...

kai47
Casual Listener
Spotify will not play an entire track! The sound cuts out, sometimes after 10 seconds sometimes after 2 minutes but it always cuts out. The song continues playing but then "cannot play current track"...
2016-11-12 10:02:52 PM
2016-11-15 12:56:42 PM
crematedman
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Concerts without the city of the locations!

Hey,since the new update is on the bandpage of any band with concerts the city where the concert is gone.Can anybody fix it?

RockinCT
Newbie
Hey, since the new update is on the bandpage of any band with concerts the city where the concert is gone. Can anybody fix it?
2016-11-15 9:05:11 AM
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Desktop overlay

Hi, I would suggest making the desktop overlay optional.It's really intrusive, especially when I play games. As it is fairly new, I sometimes forget it will pop up when I change songs with my keys, which has killed me several times while playing vide...

darrylall
Newbie
Hi, I would suggest making the desktop overlay optional. It's really intrusive, especially when I play games. As it is fairly new, I sometimes forget it will pop up when I change songs with ...
2016-11-15 5:18:15 AM
2016-11-15 8:22:15 AM
Catee
Community Legend
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Strange shuffle issues

This problem occurs when I am playing music off of my Android phone and controlling it from my Windows laptop, or vice versa. If I hit shuffle play on one device, while the other is playing, Spotify only shuffles the nearest 40 or so songs, and only ...

nixoney
Newbie
This problem occurs when I am playing music off of my Android phone and controlling it from my Windows laptop, or vice versa. If I hit shuffle play on one device, while the other is pl...
2016-11-15 4:31:56 AM
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Extreme data consumption of data in Windows 10 ?

I had an extreme data consumption in the beginning of August. In only 24 hours my computer downstreamed 120 GB of data. I didn't do any downloads of my own, and neither my data provider nor Microsoft can say what happened exept that a program must ha...

peterersin
Newbie
I had an extreme data consumption in the beginning of August. In only 24 hours my computer downstreamed 120 GB of data. I didn't do any downloads of my own, and neither my data provider nor Microsoft...
2016-11-14 9:36:59 PM
2016-11-14 12:03:34 AM
TheoH
Casual Listener
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Problema com foto na busca

a foto que aparece na playlist da descoberta da semana que não sigo é do meu perfil antigo do facebook, com meu ex, preciso trocar essa foto e nao consigo como fazer?

ludmillaayres8
Newbie
a foto que aparece na playlist da descoberta da semana que não sigo é do meu perfil antigo do facebook, com meu ex, preciso trocar essa foto e nao consigo como fazer?
2016-11-14 11:52:56 PM
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Solved!! Widget?! :D

Hello! Since idk, the last update? I'm not that observant of these things, I have seen a widget appearing in the top left corner of my computer as soon as I change song on my keyboard shortcuts.Is there a way to disable it or even make it always visi...

tommiesvedlund
Regular
Hello! Since idk, the last update? I'm not that observant of these things, I have seen a widget appearing in the top left corner of my computer as soon as I change song on my keyboard shortc...
2016-11-14 3:06:16 PM
2016-11-14 9:48:37 PM
tommiesvedlund
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Nothing to look at

Is there anything equivalent to the "humming is fun" animation? I mean, yeah, the lyrics are gone, but you guys already had the visual stuff going on. I'd love to see some kind of animation, even if it's not synced with the music. Remember tuning int...

Neenskis
Newbie
Is there anything equivalent to the "humming is fun" animation? I mean, yeah, the lyrics are gone, but you guys already had the visual stuff going on. I'd love to see some kind of animation, even if ...
2016-11-14 3:02:58 PM
2016-11-14 8:34:48 PM
buh_hu
Newbie
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How to Reduce spotify CPU consumption

I have seen a few different ways people suggest like disconnecting facebook or unfollowing friends, but neither of those methods worked for me so I went around the app trying to figure out why it would be cause such a drain on my cpu. I found that an...

Yanomry
Casual Listener
I have seen a few different ways people suggest like disconnecting facebook or unfollowing friends, but neither of those methods worked for me so I went around the app trying to figure out why it wou...
2016-11-14 6:03:36 PM
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Playlist Folder Icons / Arrows on Right

Hi, believe I am supposed to report bugs here, and they will get raised by a superuser? I have recently arranged all my playlists in folders, and up until this weekend, the arrows which represent the state of the folder (collapsed / expanded) have be...

russman2010
Newbie
Hi, believe I am supposed to report bugs here, and they will get raised by a superuser? I have recently arranged all my playlists in folders, and up until this weekend, the arrows whic...
2016-11-14 1:47:14 PM
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Spotify stops responding when I open it

Every time I open spotify (dekstop app) it stops responding, so I close it, re open it and it still isn't responding, this happens for a bit until it works, is there a fix for this?

Caden_Maxwell
Casual Listener
Every time I open spotify (dekstop app) it stops responding, so I close it, re open it and it still isn't responding, this happens for a bit until it works, is there a fix for this?
2016-11-14 6:17:49 AM
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