Solved!! How can I remove the “playing recommended songs for you” feature
I don’t want to listen to music that’s not in my playlist
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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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how do you change your ipad to premium...there is no provided way to do that. I even deleted the app and downloaded again...nothing
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceiPhone 14 ProOperating SystemiOS 16.3.1 My Question or IssueWhenever i start the app some random song starts playing. It is VERY annoying. How do I turn it off?
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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device iPhone 14 Pro Operating System iOS 16.3.1 My Question or Issue Whenever i start the app some random song starts playing. It is VERY annoying. How d...
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Plan Premium Country United States Device (iPhone 13 Pro) Operating System (iOS 16.1.1) My Question or Issue I have had issues playing Spotify podcasts at speeds greater than 1x for ...
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I was at work and it kept connecting to someone else’s computer and once I got home it was still connecting to another persons account
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I was at work and it kept connecting to someone else’s computer and once I got home it was still connecting to another persons account
Alex
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I use a white noise podcast to fall asleep every night and have always turned the “end of episode” sleep timer on so the episode doesn’t end and wake me with the intro into the next episode, but recently it has been cycling right back to the beginnin...
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I use a white noise podcast to fall asleep every night and have always turned the “end of episode” sleep timer on so the episode doesn’t end and wake me with the intro into the next episode, but rece...
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PlanPremiumDevice iPad ProOperating SystemiPad OS(Latest) My Question or Issue I’m aware that Spotify doesn’t give a cr.p about Apple devices other than the iPhone (no Homepod support, Watch is unusable), but please make use of the screen iPad provid...
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Plan Premium Device iPad Pro Operating System iPad OS (Latest) My Question or Issue I’m aware that Spotify doesn’t give a cr.p about Apple devices other than the iPhon...
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When I use AI DJ and Airplay it to my Apple TV, the volume dips randomly for a bit and then comes back during song playback.Steps to reproduce:Have 2x HomePod Gen 1 paired to an Apple TV as a sound barUse an iPhone 12 running iOS 16.3.1 and Spotify 8...
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DeviceiPhone 13Operating SystemiOS 16.4 My Question or IssueI can‘t sort my playlist. Is that because I shared it with someone?I mean, someone else can add songs. I added a contributor. I hope, that‘s the correct translation for this.
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ive followed all the instructions on how to get my local files to work on my phone, yet i cant seem to get it working. I've got my files on my phone and on my laptop, and i can play them on my laptop. But on my phone, the exact same files downloaded ...
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ive followed all the instructions on how to get my local files to work on my phone, yet i cant seem to get it working. I've got my files on my phone and on my laptop, and i can play them on my laptop...
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When I downloaded e.g. 3 podcast episodes and select "Downloaded" in "Your Library", the count of downloaded episodes is 4.Same for 2->3, 0->1, etc.There is no episode to be deleted, the "Your episodes" folder is actually empty.
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