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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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Volume buttons on device don't work when casting

As of Spotify 8.9.xx and newer I can't control the volume on my iPhone when casting to a Chromecast device. I need to go into the slider inside the Spotify app to change the volume. This is not an iOS or apple issue:My non working version of Spotify ...

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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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Can't play Spotify in Shazam (on iPhone)

Hello fellow Spotify users, Spotify won't connect to Shazam on my iPhone. It works fine on my iPad but every time i try to connect Shazam and Spotify I get the message " Oops! Something went wrong "... (i've attached a photo, it's in Dutch but you ge...

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Hello fellow Spotify users,   Spotify won't connect to Shazam on my iPhone. It works fine on my iPad but every time i try to connect Shazam and Spotify I get the message " Oops! Something we...

verwoerdrv

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Cannot download playlist on iphone

Hello, i have a problem to download playlists on my iphone to listen them offline. When i want to download the playlist, there will come the black arrow, but they never get green. If i change spotify to offline, it is not possible to listen the playl...

Casual Listener

Hello,   i have a problem to download playlists on my iphone to listen them offline.   When i want to download the playlist, there will come the black arrow, but they never get gree...

iBurnin

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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!!!!!!!

MattSuda

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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.

MattSuda

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Radio, playlists, and browse music greyed out in BMW ConnectedDrive

Everything's been working fine since the integration rolled out. At some point in the last few days it got screwed up. I think it was the latest Spotify update. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Everything's been working fine since the integration rolled out. At some point in the last few days it got screwed up. I think it was the latest Spotify update. Has anyone else experienced this?

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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.

Jordi

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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...

Newbie

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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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...

Newbie

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...

Jordi

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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...

MattSuda

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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 ...

Newbie

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...

MattSuda

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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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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?

MattSuda

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Availability of songs for a specific country (My Immortal)

For some reason, my iPad is not able to access the studio version of Evanescence's album Fallen specifically Wake me up and My immortal. I have searched for a few solution but it said that it might not be able to play it in my country, the Philippine...

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For some reason, my iPad is not able to access the studio version of Evanescence's album Fallen specifically Wake me up and My immortal. I have searched for a few solution but it said that it might...

MattSuda

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The music stops in 30 seconds

After the latest update, every song stops after 30 seconds, and then I can't play any song at all for a few ours, then it all repeat.. I have the premium version. I have tested reinstalling it. The issue is rearding my Iphone Spotify, but not my Mac ...

Newbie

After the latest update, every song stops after 30 seconds, and then I can't play any song at all for a few ours, then it all repeat.. I have the premium version. I have tested reinstalling it. The i...

MattSuda

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Solved!! I lose my local files with EVERY SINGLE UPDATE

Hey Spotify get it together man. Everytime you release an udpated version (iTunes) and I download it I lose all my local files on my playlists. Come on man. I thought you were better than this. Every time you drop an update I have to delete the app, ...

Newbie

Hey Spotify get it together man.   Everytime you release an udpated version (iTunes) and I download it I lose all my local files on my playlists.  Come on man.  I thought you were ...

MattSuda

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Songs change randomly

Hey, So recently, since upgrading my phone to the iPhone 6 (iOS 8.1.3) spotify has had a really peculiar bug. When I open spotify and select a song on a playlist it will be play about 3 seconds of it and then jump to the start of the playlist or some...

Newbie

Hey,   So recently, since upgrading my phone to the iPhone 6 (iOS 8.1.3) spotify has had a really peculiar bug. When I open spotify and select a song on a playlist it will be play ...

MattSuda

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Resume Album

As a pre-cursor, I do 99.9% of my Spotify listening on my iPhone while in my car. My issue, which has plagued me for a while now, is that I enjoy listening to full albums, but my commute doesn't allow for a full album listening so I listen to half on...

Casual Listener

As a pre-cursor, I do 99.9% of my Spotify listening on my iPhone while in my car. My issue, which has plagued me for a while now, is that I enjoy listening to full albums, but my commute doesn't allo...

chrisisabull

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Cover Art missing

See the object. Cover art is missing in my lockscreen and is not showing in the app except for the miniplayer (the one at the bottom). Already unistalled and re-installed the app (the cache was getting too large). Iphone 6, latest iOS and Spotify 2.5...

Roadie

See the object. Cover art is missing in my lockscreen and is not showing in the app except for the miniplayer (the one at the bottom). Already unistalled and re-installed the app (the cache was get...

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