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New iPhone Feature: Spotify Lock Screen widget

Now you can open Spotify on your iPhone even faster with the new Lock Screen widget! After you add the new Spotify widget to your Lock Screen, tapping on it will quickly open the Spotify app. So whether you're busy on the go, in the car, or at home, ...

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  • MattSuda
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Downloading music on Apple Watch

Hey folks!Here's a few tips & tricks to share about downloading music from Spotify on your Apple Watch! - If you're looking to get started, check this out! Not seeing the 'Download to Apple Watch'-button yet? Make sure your Spotify app is up-to-date ...

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  • Camila73
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Solved!! I have a different interface compared to my friends

Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device iPhone XS Operating System iOS 13.1.3 My Question or Issue I have just start using Spotify and I realise my interface in artists is different from those of my friends. My friends have the number of liked songs un...

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  • n0hero
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Increasing Ads

I have had spotify for years, and use the free version because I currently can't afford premium. I have accepted the use of ads, and understand their presence. I also find it reasonable that there has been an increase in ads since I started using thi...

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  • I have had spotify for years, and use the free version because I currently can't afford premium. I have accepted the use of ads, and understand their presence. I also find it reasonable that there h...
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Can't skip ads in podcasts using my car controls, but able to skip regular podcast audio

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 13.3 My Question or IssueI am able to press the skip button in my car steering to skip regular audio, but the moment an ad comes on, I am unable to skip past the ad. I have to listen through the...

  • Visitor
  • ...he moment an ad comes on, I am unable to skip past the ad. I have to listen through the entire ad before skipping becomes an option again.   I understand that if the ads are embedded Spotify p...
  • Pineapple30
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    Skip ads
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Ad glitches interrupting playlists

So I don't know if this is all devices, or just iOS. But the ads are troublesome. I wonder why it is that Spotify ads always disrupt the pleasure of listening to music, but they do for me on every device. Recently, ads on my iOS device experience a n...

  • Casual Listener
  • So I don't know if this is all devices, or just iOS. But the ads are troublesome. I wonder why it is that Spotify ads always disrupt the pleasure of listening to music, but they do for me on every d...
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    ads interrupt playlists
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    Playlists
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Spotify freezes and stops music playback after ads. Still. In late 2017.

See screenshot at: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-Free-Freeze-on-Ads/m-p/1836010#M87634 This bug has been posted by many people for several years now. Could we get this prioritized with devs? It forces your customers to quit the app...

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  • See screenshot at:  https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-Free-Freeze-on-Ads/m-p/1836010#M87634   This bug has been posted by many people for several years now.   C...
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    angry
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    freeze
    iOS
    UX
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30 minutes of Ad Free Music link not working.

Whenever the “Get 30min of Ad Free Music” ad comes on, it won’t let me press the “Learn More” link. It says Spotify can’t open this kind of link of this device. It was working correctly previously.PlanFreeCountryUnited States DeviceIPhone 7Operating ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Whenever the “Get 30min of Ad Free Music” ad comes on, it won’t let me press the “Learn More” link. It says Spotify can’t open this kind of link of this device. It was working correctly previously. ...
  • mxbelpines
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Solved!! A Way to Automatically Watch 30 Minute Video Ads?

Is there a way to always choose to watch the short video ad instead of being asked? If I'm driving the process of unlocking my phone, switching from my GPS app to the spotify app, and then click on the very small watch video link, can be incredibly d...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...o it at all), and just sit through the ad asking if I watch to watch the ad, and then the frequent ads. I much prefer the 30 minutes of uninteruppted music and would like to stop having to click that b...
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"30-Minutes Free" Ads Hang iOS App

iOS 9.3.2 - 16 GB iPad Model MC705LL/A - high-speed wireless Many of the "30-minutes free" ads hang the Spotify app on iOS. The ad will begin to play, but after 3 - 5 seconds the ad will freeze, then the video "progress bar" at the bottom will procee...

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  • iOS 9.3.2 - 16 GB iPad Model MC705LL/A - high-speed wireless   Many of the "30-minutes free" ads hang the Spotify app on iOS. The ad will begin to play, but after 3 - 5 seconds the ad will f...
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No ad-free period

On multiple occassions a day Spotify will play an ad, explaining that by watching the ad you will be given 30 mins of ad free listening. Every time I watch these ads I find myself listening to yet another ad 10 mins later. Could this issue please be ...

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  • On multiple occassions a day Spotify will play an ad, explaining that by watching the ad you will be given 30 mins of ad free listening. Every time I watch these ads I find myself listening to yet a...
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    free listening
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Ads pausing when screen locked

I have an Ipad Air and am running iOS 9.2 and spotify 4.6.0.1466I listen a lot with headphones and my ipad screen locked. There are certain ads for spotify that will pause as soon as they start (usually 15 second ads). all I have to do for them to pl...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have an Ipad Air and am running iOS 9.2 and spotify 4.6.0.1466 I listen a lot with headphones and my ipad screen locked. There are certain ads for spotify that will pause as soon as they start (u...
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    iOS 9.2
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