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Desktop: 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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Introducing Smart Shuffle!

Introducing Smart Shuffle! We know that our users love creating their own playlists to capture key moments in time – in fact, playlists created by users often become their most-streamed playlist for the first several months but listening to these pla...

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The Heart button is being replaced with a (+) Plus button

Starting in March 2023, the ♡ Heart button will start being replaced with a (+) Plus button for saving things to Your Library. Things that have been saved to Your Library will now show a green ✔ Check icon instead of a green Heart icon. This change w...

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Superuser Contribution Shazam is not syncing

PlanPremiumCountry: australia DeviceIphone 11 pro maxOperating SystemLatest update My Question or Issue How useless is spotify and shazam! shazam is not syncing songs to my playlist at all! I have deleted shazam and spotify revoked access to shazam a...

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  • Plan Premium Country: australia   Device Iphone 11 pro max Operating System Latest update   My Question or Issue  How useless is spotify and shazam! shazam is not syncing s...
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Superuser Contribution Premium account not syncing playlist hidden/disliked songs

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceSony Xperia XZ PremiumOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI've got recently a Premium subscription however i couldn't synchronized my release radar playlist between my desktop app and my cellphones. I always...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Sony Xperia XZ Premium Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I've got recently a Premium subscription however i couldn't sync...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify iOS not synced to PC

My Question or IssueHi all, I believe I have encountered an error within Spotify - it only started to occur on the 9th of April (2021). This being on my PC (Windows 10) I have an organised playlist to my tastes, but then on my phone (iPhone SE, 2020)...

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  • My Question or Issue Hi all, I believe I have encountered an error within Spotify - it only started to occur on the 9th of April (2021). This being on my PC (Windows 10) I have an organised playlist...
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Superuser Contribution iPhone: offline sync spins forever (single track test)

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DeviceiPhone 12Operating SystemiOS latest My Question or IssueI want to sync some local files to my iPhone, which never works, despite following all of Spotify's instructions perfectly.As a test, I added one mp3 file (3mb 256kb)...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S. Device iPhone 12 Operating System iOS latest   My Question or Issue I want to sync some local files to my iPhone, which never works, despite following all o...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution sync issues

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDevicetablet : samsung and SmartphongOperating SystemAndroid (latest version) My Question or IssueI have installed Spotify on my tablet and smartphone (using same premium account)But they do not sync on last played song. If I...

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  • ...martphone (using same premium account) But they do not sync on last played song.  If I play in car a song and come back home I would like to start the song which I left. But most of time it d...
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Superuser Contribution Can't sync local files from Macbook Air to Android

Plan: PremiumCountry: USDevice: Samsung Galaxy S9+/Macbook Air 2020Operating System: Android 10/Mac OS Catalina 10.15.6 So I've been syncing local music from my Windows PC to my phone for a couple of years and it worked fine. However, I recently swit...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: US Device: Samsung Galaxy S9+/Macbook Air 2020 Operating System: Android 10/Mac OS Catalina 10.15.6   So I've been syncing local music from my W...
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Superuser Contribution Help syncing local files from macbook to iPhone

PlanPremium Family CountryEnglandDeviceiPhone 11 Pro Max, MacBook Air mid 2013Operating SystemiOS 13.7, MacOS Catalina 10.15.6 My Question or IssueI have looked through the forums and have trued everything. I turned off firewall, am on the same netwo...

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  •   Plan Premium Family  Country England Device iPhone 11 Pro Max, MacBook Air mid 2013 Operating System iOS 13.7, MacOS Catalina 10.15.6   My Question or Issue I have looked ...
  • Elena
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PLEASE HELP ME, I AM ON MY HAND AND KNEES BEGGING/PLEADING TO YOU.

DEAR SPOTIFY, IF YOU WOULD LISTEN TO ME YOU WOULD BE MY FAVORITE MUSIC PROVIDER.1) LET ME BLOCK SCARY FOLLOWERS. I AM BEING STALKED, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND HARASSED. I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN. I AM BEING HACKED. YET ...

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  • DEAR SPOTIFY,     IF YOU WOULD LISTEN TO ME YOU WOULD BE MY FAVORITE MUSIC PROVIDER. 1) LET ME BLOCK SCARY FOLLOWERS. I AM BEING STALKED, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND HARASSED. I AM WORRIED ...
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Superuser Contribution None of my libraries match

PlanPremium - FamilyCountryUSDevice2 desktop PCs, 1 android phone (Pixel 4)Operating SystemWin 7, Win 10, Android My Question or IssueOn all of my devices, my "Liked Songs" list is different. The list on my home desktop doesn't have any songs added a...

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  • Plan Premium - Family Country US Device 2 desktop PCs, 1 android phone (Pixel 4) Operating System Win 7, Win 10, Android   My Question or Issue On all of my devices, my "Liked Songs" l...
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Cant Change Local Files Artwork

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceWindows 10 Laptop, iPhone XOperating SystemWin 10 iOS 13 My Question or IssueI have recently been trying to move my music over from my music app on my ios device to spotify (music that is not on spotify) and i wa...

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  • ...ave seen here and on spotify reddit and elsewhere but i would be grateful for anyones insight. As you can see the version of this specific song syncs over fine however it does not show the artwork b...
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Solved!! Can't get songs synchronized to desktop from my Android phone

PlanPremiumCountryDEDeviceXperia Z5, VAIO laptopOperating SystemAndroid 7.1.1, Windows 10 My Question or IssueHi, I have local music files in both my phone and laptop, my songs on the laptop could be synced to phone but not vice versa. I have set up ...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...aptop, my songs on the laptop could be synced to phone but not vice versa. I have set up the playlist and turned on 'download,' my two devices connect to the same wifi, I got songs from desktop but the s...
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Superuser Contribution If I download an album on my iPhone, will that album automatically download on my other two devices?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 11 Pro, iPad Pro, Mac book pro My Question or IssueIf I download an album on my iPhone, will that album automatically download on my other two devices? Can you turn this feature on and off? Does it work the same with...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 11 Pro, iPad Pro, Mac book pro   My Question or Issue If I download an album on my iPhone, will that album automatically download on my oth...
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