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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. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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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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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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  • ckier
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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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  • sleeksorrow
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Accessibility of Linux Client

Hi,I installed the Spotify client for linux, and noticed that it is using GTK as the toolkit (it was a dependency). I am a blind user, and theoreticly, the spotify client should be accessible to Orca (the Gnome screen reader that I use to read the sc...

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  • Hi, I installed the Spotify client for linux, and noticed that it is using GTK as the toolkit (it was a dependency).  I am a blind user, and theoreticly, the spotify client should be a...
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Unable-to-Add-a-Directory-to-Play-Local-Files-linux -- still not working - Ubuntu 17.10

Trying to add a local folder in the Linux Desktop Spotify App Preferences > Local Files > Add a Source But nothing happens: pretty much as described in https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Unable-to-Add-a-Directory-to-Play-Local-Files-linux...

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  • ...t all.   Starting Spotify from the command line, I can see that when I click on the button "Add a File" there is an error displayed in the console. Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a t...
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