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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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Saved albums disappear at restart

Hello,I use an iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1 and Spotify 1.9.0.2744When I save an album to My Music and start Spotify for the next time, the album isn't anymore in My Music. I also synced the album to offline mode, but it's still the same problem. Reinstalli...

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  • Hello, I use an iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1 and Spotify 1.9.0.2744 When I save an album to My Music and start Spotify for the next time, the album isn't anymore in My Music. I also synced the album ...
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Solved!! Offline problem

Hi, I have a problem with the spotify app for ipod touch 4, ios 6.1.6. Since a few weeks (can't remeber in what update of the app), only can reproduce downloaded songs from two menues: Songs and playlist. When I want to select only an album, the app ...

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  • Hi, I have a problem with the spotify app for ipod touch 4, ios 6.1.6. Since a few weeks (can't remeber in what update of the app), only can reproduce downloaded songs from two menues: Songs and pl...
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Can't play one single song!!

Please help me! I can add songs to one of my playlists, but when I want to play the song: Nothing happens. This also happens when I brows for a song, find the song and try's to play it. Nothing happens. It's like every single sons is unavailable

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  • Please help me! I can add songs to one of my playlists, but when I want to play the song: Nothing happens.  This also happens when I brows for a song, find the song and try's to play it. Nothin...
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New Phone - spotify did not switch over

I purchased Spotify premium and recently got a new phone and switched everything over. When I signed into my Spotify - all of my music is gone and it's as if I am a new member. How can I fix this ?

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  • I purchased Spotify premium and recently got a new phone and switched everything over. When I signed into my Spotify - all of my music is gone and it's as if I am a new member. How can I fix this ?
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The songs stop and don't continue the playlist/album

Sometimes it plays for example 6 songs from an album or playlist and then the sound stops but it looks like the song is still playing (counting seconds).

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  • Sometimes it plays for example 6 songs from an album or playlist and then the sound stops but it looks like the song is still playing (counting seconds).
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When adding a song to a Playlists, their view mode go back to Order-added and not Title-order

There is maybe a bu g or an element that wasn't thought out very well, if you have your Playlists and Artists set up as Alphabetical-order view mode. Every time you search a song and go to add to a playlist, the view mode the playlists go to is Date-...

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  • There is maybe a bu g or an element that wasn't thought out very well, if you have your Playlists and Artists set up as Alphabetical-order view mode. Every time you search a song and go to add to ...
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Solved!! Offline Album Artwork

I have noticed over the past couple days that my offline saved albums artwork is not showing up. I can see it in the preview box at the bottom but once I enlarge the preview all it has is a music note in grayscale

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  • I have noticed over the past couple days that my offline saved albums artwork is not showing up. I can see it in the preview box at the bottom but once I enlarge the preview all it has is a music not...
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Track link opens the album instead

Hi all! For some time now, whenever I link to a spotify track and somebody opens it from a mobile device, in most cases an iphone, the webpage shows the album instead of the track. And yes I'm sure I'm copying the right one. This is becoming really i...

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  • Hi all!    For some time now, whenever I link to a spotify track and somebody opens it from a mobile device, in most cases an iphone, the webpage shows the album instead of the track. ...
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Offline Artwork Issues

So I have just checked the "available offline" option on for all of my songs. Nearly all of them have synced to my phone, but around 300 still won't download. Also, whenver I play any song, no artwork shows whatsoever. If I uncheck "available offline...

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  • So I have just checked the "available offline" option on for all of my songs. Nearly all of them have synced to my phone, but around 300 still won't download. Also, whenver I play any song, no artwor...
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Songs don't play, WHY?

Hello! Why are a lot of songs not playing?? I have the latest version on my iphone. Premium user. I get a messege in Swedish: " det går inte att spela upp spåret" Wich means: "Unable to play the track" and then just crashes! Or it just doesn't sound,...

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  • Hello!   Why are a lot of songs not playing?? I have the latest version on my iphone. Premium user.   I get a messege in Swedish: " det går inte att spela upp spåret" Wich ...
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Sent songs on iPhone

Is there a way to look at the songs you have shared with individual users on your iPhone? I can see the songs sent to me in the Messages, but can't see what I have sent to other users.

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  • Is there a way to look at the songs you have shared with individual users on your iPhone? I can see the songs sent to me in the Messages, but can't see what I have sent to other users. 
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Syncing broken between iPhone 4s and Spotify

Syncing barely works, if at all. It's hard to say what the issue is. It could just be the awful iOS8.1 update with iPhone 4s. Using latest Spotify iPhone app v1.9.0.2744 and Desktop client v.9.14.13. New added playlists don't show up on the iPhone or...

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  • Syncing barely works, if at all. It's hard to say what the issue is. It could just be the awful iOS8.1 update with iPhone 4s. Using latest Spotify iPhone app v1.9.0.2744 and Desktop cl...
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music stops

i've been using spotify premium for a few months, everything was OK. but today app started freezing, and no sound was coming to my earplugs. and now when i try to listen from earplugs, i can hear music, but it stops when i lock my screen or return to...

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  • i've been using spotify premium for a few months, everything was OK. but today app started freezing, and no sound was coming to my earplugs. and now when i try to listen from earplugs, i can hear mus...
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Solved!! Premium Account on 2 IOS and one WIndows Phone device, worked only on one

Hi. When my wife uses spotify on the windows phone, I cannot play songs on my IOs Device, even I have downloaded the playlist... This should not be, or did I wrong understand the premium account?

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  • Hi. When my wife uses spotify on the windows phone, I cannot play songs on my IOs Device, even I have downloaded the playlist... This should not be, or did I wrong understand the premium account?
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Solved!! Music won't sync for offline unless in a playlist

Hey All, I have recently purchased Spotify Premium so that I can listen to my music offline. However it does'nt sync for offline unless I first put the songs in a playlist and then save the playlist for offline. Basically all music I want for offline...

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  • Hey All,   I have recently purchased Spotify Premium so that I can listen to my music offline. However it does'nt sync for offline unless I first put the songs in a playlist and then save th...
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An error has occured

I have been receiving "an error has occured" every time I've tried to listen on my iPad and iPhone 5; I am not able to search or listen to any music that has not been synced prior on my devices. This has been occurring off and on the past few weeks b...

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  • I have been receiving "an error has occured" every time I've tried to listen on my iPad and iPhone 5; I am not able to search or listen to any music that has not been synced prior on my devices. This...
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Iphone 6 plus IOS 8.1 when clicking on app all I get is a picture of the Spotify Logo

Iphone 6 plus IOS 8.1 when clicking on app all I get is a picture of the Spotify Logo. Went online signed completely out. Have removed app and downloaded again. Nothing works. Can someone help me?

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  • Iphone 6 plus IOS 8.1 when clicking on app all I get is a picture of the Spotify Logo. Went online signed completely out. Have removed app and downloaded again. Nothing works. Can someone help me?
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Bluetooth: Spotify drops and switched to iPod

Whenever I play spotify in my car via bluetooth, it only plays for a couple of songs until it hits an advertisement. After the adverisement, spotify shuts off and plays my ipod music instead, and I'm unable to get back to spotify. The only way I coul...

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  • Whenever I play spotify in my car via bluetooth, it only plays for a couple of songs until it hits an advertisement. After the adverisement, spotify shuts off and plays my ipod music instead, and I'm...
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