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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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Crashes on iPod Touch

I love this music service, and enjoy it at the office and the gym. However, the latest update is giving me problems. I am using an iPod Touch, and just recently the app updated itself. I thought nothing of it. But lately the application has been cras...

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  • I love this music service, and enjoy it at the office and the gym.   However, the latest update is giving me problems.  I am using an iPod Touch, and just recently the app updated itsel...
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Freeze when changing tracks

I just updated to the new spotify version released for iOs and when I try to skip a song, the app freezes. It skips to the next song with a ~4 second delay and the album cover also skips with the same delay. This is very annoying... I have an iphone ...

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  • I just updated to the new spotify version released for iOs and when I try to skip a song, the app freezes. It skips to the next song with a ~4 second delay and the album cover also skips with the sam...
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Trouble syncing local files after switched to my iphone 5

My iphone 4 broke down so I got a Iphone5s yesterday. When I downloaded spotify none of my old local files would sync to the new Iphone5s, but new local files that were added would sync. How do I get my old local files to sync? I have tried adding an...

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  • My iphone 4 broke down so I got a Iphone5s yesterday. When I downloaded spotify none of my old local files would sync to the new Iphone5s, but new local files that were added would sync. How do I get...
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Title of album in playlist is gone? How to enable?

Spotify used to show the album title in the playlist in the iPhone app. In the new iPad app the album title seems to have disappeared from the playlist. Am I missing an option to enable this, or is it really gone? It's a huge problem for me because S...

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  • Spotify used to show the album title in the playlist in the iPhone app. In the new iPad app the album title seems to have disappeared from the playlist. Am I missing an option to enable this, or is i...
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Order playlist and music

I can't seem to change the order of songs in my playlist and also how do i cahnge the order of the playlist? This seriuosly is driving me crazy...

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  • I can't seem to change the order of songs in my playlist and also how do i cahnge the order of the playlist? This seriuosly is driving me crazy...
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SHUFFLE from main artist page problem

Can I get confirmation from someone at Spotify that the Shuffle feature is being addressed? Playing the top 10 songs of an artist in random order and then stopping is NOT a shuffle feature by any stretch of the imagination. Playing ALL the songs that...

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  • Can I get confirmation from someone at Spotify that the Shuffle feature is being addressed?   Playing the top 10 songs of an artist in random order and then stopping is NOT a shuff...
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Solved!! "Your Music"

I just turned off my Iphone and turned it back on, restarted Spotify, and voila, I have the "Your Music" feature. I have to say that I am baffled, to say the least. First, there is no way to save an entire artist to "Your Music:" - you have to do eac...

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  • I just turned off my Iphone and turned it back on, restarted Spotify, and voila, I have the "Your Music" feature.   I have to say that I am baffled, to say the least.   First, there...
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Disable Cover Art or Spotify-Lite

Can we get a feature to disable the album art in iOS? Maybe get a Spotify-Lite setting? I know personally I could care less when I'm flinging through playlist, what the album cover looked like, or any of the other extrenous content. Especially when i...

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  • Can we get a feature to disable the album art in iOS?  Maybe get a Spotify-Lite setting?  I know personally I could care less when I'm flinging through playlist, what the album cover looked...
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Spotify plays queued track twice

Hi, When I'm using queue on spotify it plays the last of the queued songs always twice (Ipad).

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  • Hi,   When I'm using queue on spotify it plays the last of the queued songs always twice (Ipad).
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Solved!! Local Files not showing track info

Hey guys, Not sure if anyone else has had this issue, but since the recent update (love the new design btw) it seems that when I play my local files that I've synced from my mac when they are played on my iPhone they dont show up in on the lock scree...

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  • Hey guys,   Not sure if anyone else has had this issue, but since the recent update (love the new design btw) it seems that when I play my local files that I've synced from my mac when they ...
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Your music confusion

What is the purpose of this section? I have been using the starred playlist for almost 3 years, if you want to replace the starred section, please make "Your music" searchable, rearrangeable and most importantly, sync-able! At the moment Your music i...

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  • What is the purpose of this section? I have been using the starred playlist for almost 3 years, if you want to replace the starred section, please make "Your music" searchable, rearrangeable and most...
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Spotify won't launch on osx 10.9.2

Hey my spotify app won't suddenly launch, I can't remember to have changed anything significant? It works perfect in the webplayer. have tried to remove it and install it again a couple of times but doesnt help. When trying to launch, the small windo...

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  • Hey   my spotify app won't suddenly launch, I can't remember to have changed anything significant? It works perfect in the webplayer. have tried to remove it and install it again a couple of...
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Music skip 2 sec. on every number iPod Touch 4G

Hi all, Iv'e have a iPod Touch 4Gen with newest iOS installed. But when i Use Spotify on my unit it skip 2 sec. of the music playing?? Iv'e tried to install spotify again after deleted it, and reset the whole unit, downgrade iOS but nothing happent, ...

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  • Hi all,   Iv'e have a iPod Touch 4Gen with newest iOS installed. But when i Use Spotify on my unit it skip 2 sec. of the music playing?? Iv'e tried to install spotify again after deleted it,...
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Can't sync local files to iPhone?

I'm trying to sync my local files to my iPhone 4 using my Mac using OSX 10.7.5. My Mac picks up my iPhone when I sync it over WiFi, however whenever I try and sync my local files it says 'pending'. Pending what? Can someone please tell me? Thank you!

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  • I'm trying to sync my local files to my iPhone 4 using my Mac using OSX 10.7.5. My Mac picks up my iPhone when I sync it over WiFi, however whenever I try and sync my local files it says 'pending'. P...
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Lots of Bugs with the New Spotify update on iOS 7

There are plenty of bugs with the new update. Specifically when it comes to moving forward or backwards on a playlist. There is always a lag when you try to skip a song, and sometimes it doesn't work at all. Pausing is also an issue, especially when ...

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  • There are plenty of bugs with the new update. Specifically when it comes to moving forward or backwards on a playlist. There is always a lag when you try to skip a song, and sometimes it doesn't work...
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Solved!! No Album Info on iPad client in Playlists

On my iPad, there is no album name of the track in my playlists. On the iPhone and the PC client there is. Annoying when I want to start a specific album in a playlist with just one artist. NP

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  • On my iPad, there is no album name of the track in my playlists. On the iPhone and the PC client there is.   Annoying when I want to start a specific album in a playlist with just one artist...
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Solved!! Good update. Now fix local track display.

Command center has a blank track display when playing music synced from iTunes. Album art is also blank.

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  • Command center has a blank track display when playing music synced from iTunes. Album art is also blank.
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Solved!! Local Files - Album Art (Version 1.1)

Album art cover is not appearing in local files. Even in version 1.1 of spotify for iOS. I didn't have this issue before updating to 1.0. Does anybody else have this problem?

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  • Album art cover is not appearing in local files. Even in version 1.1 of spotify for iOS. I didn't have this issue before updating to 1.0. Does anybody else have this problem?
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Serious lag on iPad 2 with iOS 7.1 and issues with Spotify saying I'm offline.

I have an iPad 2 with iOS 7.1 and recently I'm experiencing a lot of lag on the app. When I press play or pause it takes 5-10 seconds for the app to respond. Long enough that I think it didn't register so I click it again then it will pause the music...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have an iPad 2  with iOS 7.1 and recently I'm experiencing a lot of lag on the app.   When I press play or pause it takes 5-10 seconds for the app to respond. Long enough that I think...
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Where are "your music" on ipad

It is hard to setup a structure of albums and artists using "your music" on a desktop or iphone device as long as the same structure is missing on ipad. What is happening, Spotify?

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  • It is hard to setup a structure of albums and artists using "your music" on a desktop or iphone device as long as the same structure is missing on ipad. What is happening, Spotify?
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