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Solved!! 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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Superuser Contribution Many, Many Bugs (White boxes on hover, wont play songs, doesn't detect devices)

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceHome-built Windows Desktop PC (MSI Motherboard, Ryzen 5 CPU/GPU), but the issues also show up on my HP laptop (I don't use it enough to test all of them). Mobile (iOS) apps work great.Operating SystemWindows 11My IssueEv...

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  • ...epeat become greyed out, and sometimes it crashes. It also sometimes doesn't detect my headphones even when the OS says that they are connected, and then the above errors happen. All of these appear n...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify playing random songs

PlanPremiumCountryPortugalOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueToday Spotify started playing random songs on the desktop app, I thought the account had been compromised so I changed the password and forced log out on all devices.Once I logg...

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  • Plan Premium Country Portugal Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Today Spotify started playing random songs on the desktop app, I thought the account had been compromised...
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