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Solved!! Spotify randomly stops music

Hi! So I just recently started having this problem. I use an iOS device with a free plan and I was listening to music when after a few songs, the music would stop and I would need to go back in to Spotify and restart my playlist. I tried deleting the...

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Solved!! Audio Glitching / Stuttering / Popping

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 13 Pro Max)Operating System(iOS 18.1.1) My Question or IssueI have a strange issue with my Spotify where it skips when connected via Bluetooth and my iPhone. The audio will glitch and stutter. It becomes e...

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Ivelina

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iOS Troubleshooting Guide

We've gathered general troubleshooting steps for iOS devices in this guide. These are known to solve a variety of issues. Common issues: Spotify not playing Can’t hear any sound Spotify is offline Basic troubleshooting: Restart both the Spotify app a...

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Solved!! How to play the "Eat this playlist"

Do i have to get premium to do it?And i have the latest version which is 8.8.44.527 but i still cant see the option

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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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Spotify won't play any music

My Spotify won't play any music. Sometimes when I click the "play" botton it plays 2 seconds and then stop, most of the time it just doesn't work at all. I have tried updated my iOS and deleted the app and then reinstall but still it doesn't work. Is...

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My Spotify won't play any music. Sometimes when I click the "play" botton it plays 2 seconds and then stop, most of the time it just doesn't work at all. I have tried updated my iOS and deleted the a...

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Spotify Carplay questions

Hey Guys/gals, Trying out Carplay in my new car and was wondering the following. Is there a way to see what Playlists are downloaded in Carplay? If not, when i play a downloaded Playlist, is it using data? If its not playing music, is the quickest wa...

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Hey Guys/gals,   Trying out Carplay in my new car and was wondering the following.   Is there a way to see what Playlists are downloaded in Carplay?    If not, when i play a...

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Spotify won't open in puffin browser

I have a browser app called Puffin. Previously Spotify worked fine with it, but yesterday I found that whenever I entered the puffin app,Spotify almost immediately stopped working and the song would not play until I exited puffin and pressed play on ...

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I have a browser app called Puffin. Previously Spotify worked fine with it, but yesterday I found that whenever I entered the puffin app, Spotify almost immediately stopped working and the song woul...

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I can share songs to Facebook and Twitter, but NOT to Spotify.

I can post songs to Facebook and Twitter, but when I try to share with just my Spotify followers, I get the error message: "There was an error posting to Spotify. Please try again." Screenshot:https://i.imgur.com/CmjXM3F.png I am also unable to do th...

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I can post songs to Facebook and Twitter, but when I try to share with just my Spotify followers, I get the error message: "There was an error posting to Spotify. Please try again." Screenshot: ...

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Spotify keeps changing from the playlist I'm on to random music?!

Why is this happening? It's like a version of torture. It'll go from playing one of my playlist or a Spotify playlist to playing Wiz Khalifia. What would be causing this?

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Why is this happening? It's like a version of torture. It'll go from playing one of my playlist or a Spotify playlist to playing Wiz Khalifia. What would be causing this?

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Music Not working

Most of my music will not play when I am away from wifi and when I have my data off. This has been happening for a month now. I have no idea what's wrong. They all will work with wifi. But with out only a few will.

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Most of my music will not play when I am away from wifi and when I have my data off. This has been happening for a month now. I have no idea what's wrong. They all will work with wifi. But with out o...

anjieeeeeeeeee

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Views wont play!!!!!!!

Im trying to listen to Views but when i click on a song it wont play and if i try to make it available ofline the app crashes but everything else on the app works.

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Im trying to listen to Views but when i click on a song it wont play and if i try to make it available ofline the app crashes but everything else on the app works.

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Spotify to bypass IOS sleep timer in near future? Slow sync fixes?

Firstly, i've done the rounds of different music streaming services and by far, Spotify has come out as the best for it's ease of use, suggested music, and app performance, just to name a few. Love it! I recently moved to iPhone from Android expectin...

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Firstly, i've done the rounds of different music streaming services and by far, Spotify has come out as the best for it's ease of use, suggested music, and app performance, just to name a few. Love i...

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I have Spotify premium on my iPad but not on my Iphone

I have been using Spotify on my iPad for a while now and I decide to have premium so, I have been using premium for a few months now. But, then I got anew iPhone and got Spotify but I cannot use Spotify premium on it but it still works on my iPad. H ...

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I have been using Spotify on my iPad for a while now and I decide to have premium so, I have been using premium for a few months now. But, then I got anew iPhone and got Spotify but I cannot use Spot...

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Spotify in car - USB

Hello, I have a 2011 Nissan Maxima and I was using a USB cable to listen to Spotify on my iPhone. Been with this service for at least 2 years, never had any issues. Suddenly, since last week... I cannot listen in my car anymore... "There is no song" ...

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Hello,   I have a 2011 Nissan Maxima and I was using a USB cable to listen to Spotify on my iPhone. Been with this service for at least 2 years, never had any issues. Suddenly, since last week...

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Solved!! How do I cancel my 7day free premium trial?

I accidentally pressed the free 7 day premium trial on the app, how do I cancel it? It doesn't give me a cancel option of the subscription section on Spotify.

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I accidentally pressed the free 7 day premium trial on the app, how do I cancel it? It doesn't give me a cancel option of the subscription section on Spotify.

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Customer service number or email ? for direct and live help or support ?

I am trying to sync that playlist on my laptop to my iphone 6s but it always gets stuck at download waiting. i have tried the whole delete app re install and sign in and try again many times. i have also uninstalled from desktop too? how do i play th...

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I am trying to sync that playlist on my laptop to my iphone 6s but it always gets stuck at download waiting. i have tried the whole delete app re install and sign in and try again many times. i have ...

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i cant play any song in this playlist

i cant play any of this song but 3months ago i can play all of this song inside this playlist. but how can it is unplayable by today? can someone solve this problem. i tried to find the way to solve the problem everywhere inside this but still cant s...

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i cant play any of this song but 3months ago i can play all of this song inside this playlist. but how can it is unplayable by today? can someone solve this problem. i tried to find the way to solve ...

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playlists are not syncing, and local files stops playing 1:34 min into the song

Hi,I have bought a new iphone, the 6s, and after connecting it to my mac all the playlists vanished from the phone, (they are still on the mac). I have tryed to download the playlists again, but nothing happens. I can still see the songs that I have ...

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Hi, I have bought a new iphone, the 6s, and after connecting it to my mac all the playlists vanished from the phone, (they are still on the mac). I have tryed to download the playlists again, b...

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Spotify will not play songs.

Working off of an iPad, spotify will not play any playlists. It opens and shuffles to a song, but once that's done no music starts and the timeline stays at zero.

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Working off of an iPad, spotify will not play any playlists. It opens and shuffles to a song, but once that's done no music starts and the timeline stays at zero.

Jonny27

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iphone bmw bluetooth metadata problem

Hello, I've tried all the updates but still i can't see metadata on my nbt screen except the first song. Does anyone have the same issue? I don't like to use with usb because it doent have the SEARCH tab. Please let me know if there is any solution.....

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Hello,   I've tried all the updates but still i can't see metadata on my nbt screen except the first song. Does anyone have the same issue? I don't like to use with usb because it doent have t...

antalar

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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 an...

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Streaming problems. Spotify closes itself

My spotify streams 5 songs and closes itself!!! It happens all the time. I delete and reinstall it. I was a very happy user and now I am thinking of leave spotify.

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My spotify streams 5 songs and closes itself!!! It happens all the time. I delete and reinstall it. I was a very happy user and now I am thinking of leave spotify.

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Network stack freezes app when on very slow connections

When using iOS app on a very slow but still continuous internet connection with high roundtrip delay such as VSAT/Iridium/Inmarsat (and also possibly rural GPRS/Edge or CDMA450 and similar) the app will sense that it has network availability but the ...

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When using iOS app on a very slow but still continuous internet connection with high roundtrip delay such as VSAT/Iridium/Inmarsat (and also possibly rural GPRS/Edge or CDMA450 and similar) the app w...

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