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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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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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Spotify will not download songs

When i try to download songs to make them available offline nothing hapens at all? HELP

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  • When i try to download songs to make them available offline nothing hapens at all? HELP
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After playing a song spotify close

When I'm using spotify a song is playing and the the app closed and when i open again the app the song i was listening starts to play again form the Begining . This problem started when i downloaded the new iOS. I cant listen my music and i am also p...

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  • When I'm using spotify a song is playing and the the app closed and when i open again the app the song i was listening starts to play again form the Begining . This problem started when i downloaded ...
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Solved!! Being charged for premium

So I have had spotify free for a while now and then while hearing music I get a message from spotify saying get premium for free I press it and it takes me to the account section of spotify where it tells you to buy premium and it says free instead o...

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  • So I have had spotify free for a while now and then while hearing music I get a message from spotify saying get premium for free I press it and it takes me to the account section of spotify where it ...
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tx for running up my data usage spotify..wtf?

All my songs have been downloaded via WiFi and for some reason all my songs were greyed out and unplayable and somehow ran up my data usage 2 gigs in one flipping week! What the hells goin on and who's gonna pay for my data over charge? So pissed off...

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  • All my songs have been downloaded via WiFi and for some reason all my songs were greyed out and unplayable and somehow ran up my data usage 2 gigs in one flipping week! What the hells goin on and who...
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Strange sound when I play a song

I'm using my iPad mini with Bluetooth speakers. When a song ends, and I decide to play onther one, it makes a loud noise that lasts less than one second just before the song I tapped on is about to play. Could you help please?

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  • I'm using my iPad mini with Bluetooth speakers. When a song ends, and I decide to play onther one, it makes a loud noise that lasts less than one second just before the song I tapped on is about to p...
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iOS Spotify gets killed by iOS for low memory

I have quite an old iPhone 4 (no S) with iOS 7 and I've noticed a recurring issue: when Spotify is downloading tracks it frequently gets killed by iOS. I've checked the device logs and the Spotify is getting a low memory warning from the device, not ...

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  • I have quite an old iPhone 4 (no S) with iOS 7 and I've noticed a recurring issue: when Spotify is downloading tracks it frequently gets killed by iOS. I've checked the device logs and the Spotify is...
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My offline mode won't sync the songs

Hi everyone so I have had spotify premium for nearly a year now. On one of my playlists I accidently slid back the bar at the top so it was not available offline. Thinking this was easy to solve I switched it back to available offline mode thinking t...

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  • Hi everyone so I have had spotify premium for nearly a year now. On one of my playlists I accidently slid back the bar at the top so it was not available offline. Thinking this was easy to solve I sw...
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Premium not activating after adding payment info

I have deleted and reinstalled the app on my iPhone 5s and it's still not working

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  • I have deleted and reinstalled the app on my iPhone 5s and it's still not working
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family invite

For some reason i cant find where to invite them. Help!!!!!!!

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  • For some reason i cant find where to invite them. Help!!!!!!!
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Local Files don't have gapless playback

My local files dont have gapless playback and they won't cross fade on my iOS device. It works fine with my desktop but it won't work on my iOS. Please fix this, thanks.

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  • My local files dont have gapless playback and they won't cross fade on my iOS device. It works fine with my desktop but it won't work on my iOS. Please fix this, thanks.
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certain local files marked as available offline on playlists don't get downloaded

http://i.imgur.com/2USz5C2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QoxBUID.jpg some local tracks don't get sync'd up to my iPad. I got the tracks available for download in playlist on both my computer and my iPad, bitrate doesn't seem to be the cause (I checked the b...

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  • http://i.imgur.com/2USz5C2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QoxBUID.jpg some local tracks don't get sync'd up to my iPad. I got the tracks available for download in playlist on both my computer and my iPad...
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Spotify family- when does invited family get the premium version?

Hi, I have upgraded my account to Spotify family and invited my son and husband. Is there a delay of a couple of hours or a month until they can use the premium version? My son have registered the token he got on the computer and it is still the free...

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  • Hi, I have upgraded my account to Spotify family and invited my son and husband. Is there a delay of a couple of hours or a month until they can use the premium version? My son have registered the to...
  • MattSuda
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Not syncing

HiMy music which has synced perfectly for 2 years hd now decided to stop working. Please help as I pay premium.

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  • Hi My music which has synced perfectly for 2 years hd now decided to stop working. Please help as I pay premium.
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Solved!! Spotify on iPhone Bluetooth Issues

Why won't track information display on my car stereo when in Bluetooth mode? Also, don't have control to change tracks via steering wheel controls.All of this functionality worked when I had a Galaxy S5

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  • Why won't track information display on my car stereo when in Bluetooth mode? Also, don't have control to change tracks via steering wheel controls. All of this functionality worked when I had a Ga...
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Synchro Fail

I upgraded my spotify account to premium and downloaded the app on my phone. Even after I paid the money and logged out and on several times, the app still says I have a free account and I can't listen to music offline. Did anyone else have a similar...

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  • I upgraded my spotify account to premium and downloaded the app on my phone. Even after I paid the money and logged out and on several times, the app still says I have a free account and I can't list...
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Album appears as offline even if just one song is offline

Sometimes I put a song from an album in a playlist that I have made available for offline listening.When I go over to Albums and only want to view albums that are offline, the albums that contain a single offline song also show up. Even if the rest o...

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  • Sometimes I put a song from an album in a playlist that I have made available for offline listening. When I go over to Albums and only want to view albums that are offline, the albums that contain a...
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Spotify sync local files to iphone - driving me crazy!

I just purchased the Taylor Swift album - the actual CD - and I have the mp3 files on my computer. I drag them into Spotify just fine, but it won't let me sync the files - just these files - to my phone! Other local files sync just fine, so I assume ...

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  • I just purchased the Taylor Swift album - the actual CD - and I have the mp3 files on my computer. I drag them into Spotify just fine, but it won't let me sync the files - just these files - to my ph...
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iOS Users: Do not update if you have local files on your mobile device

A new update for iOS has been released. I strongly recommend not update it if you have local files because they will vanish! This is a bug already reported but not solved yet.

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  • A new update for iOS has been released. I strongly recommend not update it if you have local files because they will vanish! This is a bug already reported but not solved yet.    
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Solved!! Landscape Mode for iPhone?

When will landscape mode be available for the IPhone? I found threads on the topic, but they stop in 2013?

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  • When will landscape mode be available for the IPhone? I found threads on the topic, but they stop in 2013?
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