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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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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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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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Superuser Contribution Lost all downloaded songs

I have gone on holiday to a remote location for 8 days of relaxing. Cell reception is non-existent other than 1, maybe 2 bars right at the end of the jetty. I’m on day 2 and have been listening to my large library of downloaded songs across a few dif...

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  • I have gone on holiday to a remote location for 8 days of relaxing. Cell reception is non-existent other than 1, maybe 2 bars right at the end of the jetty. I’m on day 2 and have been listening to my...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect only sees devices that have the app open

PlanPremiumCountryBEDeviceIphone, Desktop, Laptop, Denon HEOSOperating SystemiOS, Windows 11 My Question or IssueSpotify Connect can now apparently only see devices that have the app open. I've tried it on my phone, desktop and laptop. They can all s...

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  • Plan Premium Country BE Device Iphone, Desktop, Laptop, Denon HEOS Operating System iOS, Windows 11   My Question or Issue Spotify Connect can now apparently only see devices that have...
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Superuser Contribution Can't turn off random option

PlanPremiumDevice(iPhone SE and same with previous iPhone 7)Operating System(iOS 13 and 14) My Question or IssueI can't turn off the random option when listening to album. I gos to the Now Playing view and hit the crossed arrows icon and it become gr...

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  • Plan Premium Device (iPhone SE and same with previous iPhone 7) Operating System (iOS 13 and 14)   My Question or Issue I can't turn off the random option when listening to album. I gos ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local Files won't play on Iphone

My Question or IssueI have my local files working perfectly on my laptop and in the past, I have had these local files songs easily transfer from my laptop to iPhone, at the most, it would take half an hour to get to my phone but always worked in the...

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  • My Question or Issue I have my local files working perfectly on my laptop and in the past, I have had these local files songs easily transfer from my laptop to iPhone, at the most, it would take hal...
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Superuser Contribution "Spotify Radio" always starts automatically from the car radio.

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceiPhone XS MaxOperating SystemiOS 15.3.1 My Question or IssueHello everybody.I have a problem that I encounter only in the car: when I turn on the car and the car radio starts (Pioneer AVH-Z5100DAB, connected via Bluetooth...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device iPhone XS Max Operating System iOS 15.3.1   My Question or Issue Hello everybody. I have a problem that I encounter only in the car: when I turn on t...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify logo on the apple watch is behind the clock

PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDeviceApple watch series 7Operating SystemIOS 15 My Question or IssueAs the title says, for some reason (for over two months) the spotify logo went behind the clock and it's a bit annoying. I thought it would be fixed by now b...

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  • Plan Premium Country Israel Device Apple watch series 7 Operating System IOS 15   My Question or Issue As the title says, for some reason (for over two months) the spotify logo went be...
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Superuser Contribution Podcasts on CarPlay

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia Device(iPhone 11)Operating System(15.3.1) My Question or Issue Is there a way to remove or just move podcasts from my CarPlay view ? the screen in my car is quite small, and the touchscreen isn't the best, i constantly hav...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia   Device (iPhone 11) Operating System (15.3.1)   My Question or Issue   Is there a way to remove or just move podcasts from my CarPlay view ?...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Radio Error

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Device(iPhone 12 Plus) My Question or Issue: Every time I click “go to radio” no matter the artist I get the same error message: ”This playlist isn’t available. The owner of this playlist has made it private or removed...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States   Device (iPhone 12 Plus)   My Question or Issue:   Every time I click “go to radio” no matter the artist I get the same error mess...
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Superuser Contribution Poor audio quality when using bluetooth

I experience poor audio quality when using Bluetooth to stream Spotify audio. I’ve been able to replicate this issue by using Spotify’s microphone talk-to-search feature. The issue can be temporarily resolved by closing the app or restarting the devi...

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  • I experience poor audio quality when using Bluetooth to stream Spotify audio. I’ve been able to replicate this issue by using Spotify’s microphone talk-to-search feature. The issue can be temporarily...
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Superuser Contribution Song order sorting window stretched all across the screen

PremiumCountryHungaryDeviceiPad 9th gen. 10.2Operating SystemLatest firmware My Question or IssueHey, when the user holds the iPad horizontally and want to sort the songs order the pop up window is stretched across the screen. It is not a big deal, t...

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  • Premium Country Hungary Device iPad 9th gen. 10.2 Operating System Latest firmware   My Question or Issue Hey, when the user holds the iPad horizontally and want to sort the songs order...
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Superuser Contribution Phone volume keeps changing to Desktop App volume even with app closed

I have an iPhone XS Max and Window 10 computer using spotify, and this used to work properly, but for maybe the past couple weeks, regardless of if the app is open on the phone or not, the phone volume will randomly increase to 100% to match the spot...

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  • I have an iPhone XS Max and Window 10 computer using spotify, and this used to work properly, but for maybe the past couple weeks, regardless of if the app is open on the phone or not, the phone volu...
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Superuser Contribution Downloading an entire album from Computer to Iphone: Local Files

I have selected download for a local album to my iPhone. The picture of the album appears, but there don't seem to be any songs in it. I selected the album and the download button, but the files done seem to be there. Do you have to add these songs o...

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  • I have selected download for a local album to my iPhone.  The picture of the album appears, but there don't seem to be any songs in it.  I selected the album and the download button, but th...
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Superuser Contribution [iOS] Spotify Connect and grouping of speakers not working with newest hardware versions

Hey,I'm playing music on my SONOS speakers using Spotify Connect and I found an issue with newer hardware versions of SONOS One SL speakers.My system has 8 SONOS One SL speakers,5 are running hardware version 10.28.1.6-2.13 are running hardware versi...

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  • Hey, I'm playing music on my SONOS speakers using Spotify Connect and I found an issue with newer hardware versions of SONOS One SL speakers. My system has 8 SONOS One SL speakers, 5 are running h...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify and Sonos Group

IOS - Iphone, latest version of all. Within the Sonos S2 app, I have created groups of speakers.I can select Spotify as a source within the S2 app, and I can play to a group directly. If I start from Spotify, I can only see individual devices, NOT th...

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  • IOS -  Iphone, latest version of all.   Within the Sonos S2 app, I have created groups of speakers. I can select Spotify as a source within the S2 app, and I can play to a group directly...
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Superuser Contribution [Mobile][Search] Playlist Search

I absolutely hate having to scroll through some of my playlists that are hundreds of songs and hours long to see if I've already added a certain song that I want to add to my playlist. On P.C. it asks: "Pst! You've already added this song to this pla...

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  • I absolutely hate having to scroll through some of my playlists that are hundreds of songs and hours long to see if I've already added a certain song that I want to add to my playlist. On P.C. it ask...
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Superuser Contribution Radio keeps crashing

I've had this problem for close to a month and I have no idea what's causing it. Whenever I click on any of the listed radio stations for example rock my app instantly crashes. Once again I have no idea what's causing this and it's so frustrating whe...

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  • I've had this problem for close to a month and I have no idea what's causing it. Whenever I click on any of the listed radio stations for example rock my app instantly crashes. Once again I have no i...
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Superuser Contribution Playback stops when song added to playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 15.3.1 My Question or IssueWhen I am playing a song on the Spotify app and I add a song to a different playlist (by navigating to that playlist, selecting the 3 dots, and selecting “Ad...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 15.3.1   My Question or Issue When I am playing a song on the Spotify app and I add a song to a different playl...
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Superuser Contribution Re: Troubleshoot with Apple watch, downloading loading forever

Hi there - I have recently acquired an Apple Watch Series 7 (I had a very old Series 2 until recently) and am exhibiting this exact problem that doesn't seem to be able to be resolved with any of the suggestions provided in this forum. I have uninsta...

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  • Hi there - I have recently acquired an Apple Watch Series 7 (I had a very old Series 2 until recently) and am exhibiting this exact problem that doesn't seem to be able to be resolved with any of the...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify version 8.7.16 not allowing to login

Hi there, need your help as im unable to login in my iphone 5c. Latest compatible version was 8.7.16 but when i enter user and pass gives the following error "An error ocurred. try again later" and when i choose start whitout password option it said ...

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  • Hi there, need your help as im unable to login in my iphone 5c.  Latest compatible version was 8.7.16 but when i enter user and pass gives the following error "An error ocurred. try again later...
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Superuser Contribution iPhone showing music playback when Spotify app is closed/casting to streaming devices

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI've been doing a lot of digging and can't find any information on this, so I figured I would...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I've be...
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