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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
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Superuser Contribution Local Files/"No devices available" BUT device seen in Connect to device playback

Plan: PremiumDevice: iPhone XSmax / MBA M1Operating System: iOS 15.0.1 / macOS 11.6 M1 My Question or Issue:Spotify app on iOS is not seeing local devices from within Settings/Local Files. However, local devices ARE seen when choosing the playback de...

  • Music Fan
  • ...ownload all songs in the playlist) BUT the local files listed in the playlist do NOT sync to the iOS app.   All VPN’s and Firewalls are disabled. Local network is enabled on the iOS for Spotify. B...
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Superuser Contribution Issues with iPhone and Ford Sync

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 12 mini, Ford Sync 4” screen)Operating System(iOS 14.4.1)When my iPhone connects to my car through Ford Sync, Spotify always activates Repeat All by itself. I’ve verified in my car’s settings that Repeat i...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device (iPhone 12 mini, Ford Sync 4” screen) Operating System (iOS 14.4.1) When my iPhone connects to my car through Ford Sync, Spotify always activates R...
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Superuser Contribution Recently played and LIked songs not syncing across devices

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 12 Pro Max, iPad Pro 11, MacBook Pro 15”Operating SystemiOS 14, iPadOS 14, Mac OS Catalina My Question or IssueThis is not a new problem, but has increasingly become annoying. Recently played songs on one device does...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPad Pro 11, MacBook Pro 15” Operating System iOS 14, iPadOS 14, Mac OS Catalina   My Question or Issue This is not a new problem, bu...
  • Eni
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Superuser Contribution Local file not showing up on mobile app when it's downloaded on desktop app

I followed all the steps in this article to get a song from my desktop onto the local files on my desktop Spotify app, but when I try to get the playlist with the songs on it to my iPhone mobile Spotify app, nothing shows up and it says that the song...

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  • I followed all the steps in this article to get a song from my desktop onto the local files on my desktop Spotify app, but when I try to get the playlist with the songs on it to my iPhone mobile...
  • Alex
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Follow/Following Artist Option/Status Isn't Synchronized Between Devices

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice 1Macbook ProOperating SystemOS X El Capitan 10.11.6Device 2iPhone 6SOperating SystemiOS 12.3.1 My Question or IssueWhen I go to an artist on my phone for which I've already clicked 'Follow' within the desktop cli...

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  • ...oesn't sync between these two devices (Macbook Pro desktop client and iPhone app).
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Get local files to show up in iOS app

I have read almost all the posts in here and have tried everything from reinstalling the apps to import local files again.The playlist shows up on my phone, but with no content. The only time I received a response was when I created a local network f...

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  • ...eceived a response was when I created a local network from my phone. Then I got a message saying: "Sync song to this phone". Step 3 says: "Mark the playlist containing this song for Offline Sync on y...
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Local Files

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceiPhone XOperating System(iOS 11) My Question or Issue I can't sync my local files from my laptop to my iPhone. I know there are a million things on this about the local files already but none of them help. I have disabled ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  USA Device iPhone X Operating System (iOS 11)     My Question or Issue  I can't sync my local files from my laptop to my iPhone. I know t...
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Some local files won't download to iPhone

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceiPhone 8, 256GBOperating SystemiOS 12.1 My Question or Issue I upgraded from my old iPhone 6 to an iPhone 8 yesterday and had no problems re-downloading all my playlists etc. again, however local files are proving to be...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device iPhone 8, 256GB Operating System iOS 12.1  My Question or Issue  I upgraded from my old iPhone 6 to an iPhone 8 yesterday and had no proble...
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Music on iPhone

So here is the deal, I currently have a iPhone 7 with 256GB. It almost has over 70GB of music on it. I may be upgrading to an iPhone X and for the price I might get the 64GB variant. The issue is my music. I already have cut lots of it down to make m...

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  • ...Wich won't work how I want it to. I googled some and found out this may come because you have to WiFi sync? Sadly my desktop only has the ability to be connect via cable. Anything I can do to make t...
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Iphone X slow download speed in offline sync

Switched over to iphone X and the offline sync download speed is ridiculously slow. Already set wifi proxy to auto, no improvement. What should i try next? My wifi speedtest is 300mb download speed.

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  • Switched over to iphone X and the offline sync download speed is ridiculously slow. Already set wifi proxy to auto, no improvement. What should i try next? My wifi speedtest is 300mb download speed.
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Do I have to have my iTunes library saved on my phone to have the songs and playlists listed?

Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask this, I really need an answer.I recently upgraded from "iPhone 6S 64gb" to "iPhone 7S plus 32gb" and I'm struggling with the lack of space!Do I have to have all my songs synced to my phone with iTunes in orde...

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  • ...ave all my songs synced to my phone with iTunes in order for them to appear in Spotify? I have about 15GB of music and I'm struggling to cut down space to migrate to my new phone. I hope I've made t...
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Local Sync doesn't work for songs as in Spotifies Libary ignoring region availability.

Spotify was syncing about 90% of my songs from my Local Files to my phone. When I looked at the problem the songs that weren't syncing behaved like a normal file rather than a Local File. They had no local file symbol in playlists, the context menu d...

  • Music Fan
  • Spotify was syncing about 90% of my songs from my Local Files to my phone. When I looked at the problem the songs that weren't syncing behaved like a normal file rather than a Local File. They had n...
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Sync Over Cellular was disabled - Spotify iOS still synced over cellular - now charged 600 Euro

Hi, the title says it all really. I renewed my Spotify Premium subscription at a party, and the next day I discovered that it had synced 2GB+ via 4G. I immediately checked my settings, and Music Quality > Sync Over Cellular was indeed disabled (i hav...

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  • Hi, the title says it all really.   I renewed my Spotify Premium subscription at a party, and the next day I discovered that it had synced 2GB+ via 4G. I immediately checked my settings, and M...
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Local Files Not Syncing

Just as the title says, my offline files are not syncing between my devices. The files are on my desktop (running Win10), but will not sync on my Macbook and iPhone. Running newest spotify version on all devices. Please help, thanks.

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  • Just as the title says, my offline files are not syncing between my devices. The files are on my desktop (running Win10), but will not sync on my Macbook and iPhone. Running newest spotify version o...
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Green "available offline" arrow not displaying next to most tracks after sync

The only other thread I found that mentioned this problem was already marked "solved" even though this particular issue hadn't been acknowledged. So, new thread. For now, the songs seem to play offline, even if some of the individual tracks don't ind...

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  • Casual Listener
  • ...ave that specific track already available offline through a different, operating-as-expected offline playlist), but the rest of the tracks remain the same (no grey "waiting to be synced" indicator e...
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Solved!! Download Local Files to iPhone

I have a couple of albums worth of songs on both my Mac iTunes and my phone iTunes. I have successfully added them to a few Spotify playlists on my Mac, but it won't download to my iPhone's Spotify. It shows up in the playlists, but the songs are dar...

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  • I have a couple of albums worth of songs on both my Mac iTunes and my phone iTunes. I have successfully added them to a few Spotify playlists on my Mac, but it won't download to my iPhone's Spot...
  • chrisjob39
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Sync only certain songs in playlist ?

Hi All Just wondering if it possible to partly sync a playlist on IOS ? So when you swipe Available offline in a playlist this will sync all songs in that playlist but i do not want this ? So when you unswipe it spotify deletes the whole playlist ......

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  • Hi All   Just wondering if it possible to partly sync a playlist on IOS ? So when you swipe Available offline in a playlist this will sync all songs in that playlist but i do not want t...
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Playlist sync problem..

Worked fine downloading playlists until a few days ago, the it just stopped.. I know i have space (own the 128GB iPhone 6s) and I'm trying to download over wifi. Help please??

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  • Worked fine downloading playlists until a few days ago, the it just stopped.. I know i have space (own the 128GB iPhone 6s) and I'm trying to download over wifi. Help please??
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Syncing problem

Hello everyone, Firstly, sorry for my bad english, as it is not my native langage. I recently get an iPhone 5S and it doesn't want to sync my laptop's local songs ! I downloaded without problem the rest of my playlists. On my previous iphone 4, there...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everyone,   Firstly, sorry for my bad english, as it is not my native langage.   I recently get an iPhone 5S and it doesn't want to sync my laptop's local songs ! I downloaded w...
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Saved Music/Songs Not Syncing Between Devices

Brief description of the issue: The songs that I'm saving on my iPhone is not showing up on my songs page for my Mac. Basically nothing syncs on my iPhone. I have even added a friend on my Mac, and it shows that I have no friend on my iPhone.Steps to...

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  • Brief description of the issue: The songs that I'm saving on my iPhone is not showing up on my songs page for my Mac. Basically nothing syncs on my iPhone. I have even added a friend on my M...
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