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What's up with this new Home screen?

Whats up with the new home screen being random playlist? Its really bad, can I change it back?

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Lyrics not showing

Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 15.0.2 Spotify 8.6.80.1180 My Question or Issue Apparently everyone in the world got the lyrics with the update. Expect me. How do I fix this ? Or rather how will YOU fix this ?! Empti...

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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify stops working with 9 seconds on Iphone

My Spotify keeps stopping after 9 seconds. I have a premium account in the IPhone 11.It started over 3 weeks ago and keeps going. I have to close the app and Open it again to listen to rest of the song. However, when I do this without having an inter...

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  • My Spotify keeps stopping after 9 seconds. I have a premium account in the IPhone 11. It started over 3 weeks ago and keeps going. I have to close the app and Open it again to listen to rest of th...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution No artist and albums pictures

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceiPhone XSOperating SystemiOS 14.7.1 Hi, pictures of artist and albums doesn’t show in my Library View. I reinstalled app on my phone but it doesn’t help. Even today’s update of app doesn’t fixed this.

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device iPhone XS Operating System iOS 14.7.1   Hi, pictures of artist and albums doesn’t show in my Library View. I reinstalled app on my phone but it doesn’...
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Download songs to Apple Watch

Good morning everyone, I wanted to find out if it was possible to download my favorite songs placed on my Spotify account to my Apple Watch as well so I could listen to them offline without having my iPhone all the time. I have seen that it is possib...

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  • Good morning everyone, I wanted to find out if it was possible to download my favorite songs placed on my Spotify account to my Apple Watch as well so I could listen to them offline without having my...
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Superuser Contribution [Mobile][Your Library] Album art not showing up.

My album art is not showing up on my iPhone. When I click on an album, the art finally shows up, but when I just sort by albums, they all have the blank album art template. At first, this didn't bother me so much, but it is starting to frustrate me. ...

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  • My album art is not showing up on my iPhone. When I click on an album, the art finally shows up, but when I just sort by albums, they all have the blank album art template.   At first, this di...
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Superuser Contribution Local Files not downloading on iPhone

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiPhone 12 Pro, Windows 10 laptopOperating SystemiOS 14.4.2, Windows 10 My Question or IssueI have a new iPhone and a new laptop. I have sync'd my local files to my Spotify account on the desktop app and have added them to a ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone 12 Pro, Windows 10 laptop Operating System iOS 14.4.2, Windows 10   My Question or Issue I have a new iPhone and a new laptop. I have sync'd my lo...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [iOS] Now Playing UI no longer changes color for local files.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 12 miniOperating SystemiOS 14.7.1 My Question or IssueWhen playing a song, the UI picks a color from the album art and makes that the background. This still works for normal Spotify songs but has recently stopped wor...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 12 mini Operating System iOS 14.7.1   My Question or Issue When playing a song, the UI picks a color from the album art and makes that the backgr...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify can’t even get through 10 seconds of a song before stopping

PlanPremiumCountryUsaDevice(iPhone 11)Operating System(iOS 14) My Question or IssueSpotify stops after 6-10 seconds of a song. The music and slider bar stop but the button doesn’t change. This app doesn’t work and is completely unusable since last ni...

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  • Plan Premium Country Usa Device (iPhone 11) Operating System (iOS 14)   My Question or Issue Spotify stops after 6-10 seconds of a song. The music and slider bar stop but the button do...
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Superuser Contribution [iOS][Your Library] Downloaded Songs Not Playing Offline

Hello, I was wanting to report an issue on mobile for iPhone. I used to not have any issues, but as of last night, when I try to play certain downloaded albums offline the songs will just stay at 0:00 despite being checked off as downloaded and ready...

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  • Hello, I was wanting to report an issue on mobile for iPhone. I used to not have any issues, but as of last night, when I try to play certain downloaded albums offline the songs will just stay at 0:0...
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Superuser Contribution My spotify apps stop playing in background but there is no option in iOS to fix this.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceipad mini 3 and iphone 10Operating SystemiOS My Question or IssueCannot play music when my phone sleeps anymore. Or when i close the spotify application on my ipad. I do not see the ability to change this in the settings.

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device ipad mini 3 and iphone 10 Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue Cannot play music when my phone sleeps anymore. Or when i close the spotify applic...
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Superuser Contribution Most songs stop at 10 seconds

PlanPremiumCountryCzech republicDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 14.6 My Question or IssueWhile using the spotify app on my phone most songs keep stopping at either 9, 10 or 11 seconds (very rarely stoping before it gets to 9 seconds) and they won’t...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Czech republic Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 14.6   My Question or Issue While using the spotify app on my phone most songs keep stopping at either...
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Solved!! Spotify playback for downloaded songs stops after 0-10 seconds on iPhone (no solution in forms)

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 11Operating System(Latest iOS version and Spotify version) My Question or IssueFor the past week and a half spotify has been unable to play songs on my mobile phone past at the most 10 seconds, it just stops. It d...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 11 Operating System (Latest iOS version and Spotify version)   My Question or Issue For the past week and a half spotify has been unable to pl...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Missing the new “what’s new” feature

PlanPremiumCountryIreland DeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS14 My Question or IssueI had the “what’s new” feature show up on my phone about a month ago for like a week before it disappeared. I had just assumed Spotify had removed it since I had not d...

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  • Plan Premium Country Ireland  Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS14   My Question or Issue I had the “what’s new” feature show up on my phone about a month ago for like a week b...
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Superuser Contribution Can't play local files on iPhone XR?

Hey I have downloaded music onto my Windows laptop and set them up in a folder and put it into Spotify via the Local Files feature. However when I go into the playlist on my iPhone (I downloaded the playlist on my iPhone too) and try and play the mus...

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  • Hey I have downloaded music onto my Windows laptop and set them up in a folder and put it into Spotify via the Local Files feature. However when I go into the playlist on my iPhone (I downloaded the ...
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Superuser Contribution iOS App Freezing, crashing and lagging

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 12.1 My Question or IssueThe past couple of months (4-5) I have been experiencing issues with the mobile app. It is constantly crashing, lagging and freezing. For example, I will press a song an...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 12.1   My Question or Issue The past couple of months (4-5) I have been experiencing issues with the mobile app. It ...
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Superuser Contribution Cant listen music from local files

 I have spotify Premium, version 8.6.52.1200Country: LatviaIphone12As everyone else I cant listen music from my local files. I have reinstalled app on pc and iphone. I have plenty of space on phone. Dont have any cache cleaners. I downloaded music fr...

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  •     I have spotify Premium, version 8.6.52.1200 Country: Latvia Iphone12 As everyone else I cant listen music from my local files. I have reinstalled app on pc and iphone. I have plenty of ...
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Superuser Contribution [iOS] iPhone: Songs won’t start

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: (iPhone Xs)Operating System(iOS 14.6) For several months now I’ve been running into this issue where I’ll select a song or playlist (either downloaded or not) and the song just won’t play. It will open to the song, bu...

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  •   Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: (iPhone Xs) Operating System (iOS 14.6)   For several months now I’ve been running into this issue where I’ll select a song or playlist (ei...
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Now Playing widget not appearing every time on iOS 15

PlanFamilyCountrySpainDeviceiPhone 12 ProOperating SystemiOS 15 Beta 19A5307g My Question or IssueI have noticed that not always I play music on my iPhone with iOS 15 Beta the Now Playing Widget appears, both on Notification Center and Control Center...

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  • Plan Family Country Spain Device iPhone 12 Pro Operating System iOS 15 Beta 19A5307g   My Question or Issue I have noticed that not always I play music on my iPhone with iOS 15 Beta th...
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Superuser Contribution Suddenly no longer can cast Spotify to Google Cast devices.

Plan: PremiumCountry: CanadaDevice: iPhone 12 Pro + Google Hub / Google Home-miniOperating System: iOS 14.6 My Question or Issue:Suddenly I can no longer cast Spotify to any of my Google Devices. I have tried...- Google Home-Mini x2- Google Hub- Cast...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Canada Device: iPhone 12 Pro + Google Hub / Google Home-mini Operating System: iOS 14.6   My Question or Issue: Suddenly I can no longer cast Spotify to any of ...
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Please undo the new update

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 6sOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssueBuckle up friends this is going to be a dissertation but I promise you it's all relevant:The new iOS update is not user-friendly in the slightest. You made the followin...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 6s Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue Buckle up friends this is going to be a dissertation but I promise you it's all relevant: T...
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Superuser Contribution 'Playlist radio' on mobile app

Hi everyone,I use the 'Go to Playlist Radio' option a lot on the desktop app, but I don't see it on the mobile version. I am just missing it? Also, I am using the free version for now just to try it out. Maybe it's on the paid version? PlanFree/Premi...

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  • Hi everyone, I use the 'Go to Playlist Radio' option a lot on the desktop app, but I don't see it on the mobile version.  I am just missing it?  Also, I am using the free version for now j...
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