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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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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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  • MattSuda
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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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Sorting the playlist

Why cant u just add a sorting function on the mobile version of spotify? Sort by add, artist, songs. I mean, we are living in 2014 it should be really simple for u to fix this:/

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  • Why cant u just add a sorting function on the mobile version of spotify? Sort by add, artist, songs. I mean, we are living in 2014 it should be really simple for u to fix this:/
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Are there Notification limitations?

Hello. I have a collaborative playlist that a friend and I contribute to on a daily basis (add a song you think the other will like once a day). During the early stages I would recieve notifications each day about his additions but I now don't reciev...

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  • Hello. I have a collaborative playlist that a friend and I contribute to on a daily basis (add a song you think the other will like once a day). During the early stages I would recieve notifications ...
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Solved!! The spotify account login information is not valid - iPhone app/Sonos program

I recently added Spotify to my Sonos system. I have a premium account and added the service on my iMac, apparently successfully, by using my Spotify Account login (not FB userid) and password. I've done the same in my Sonos app on my iphone. On both ...

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  • I recently added Spotify to my Sonos system.  I have a premium account and added the service on my iMac, apparently successfully, by using my Spotify Account login (not FB userid) and password. ...
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Can't Sync or DL any playlists or Songs to my Ipod 4 8G

So I have been a premium member for a little over a year and a half I do believe. I have never had a problem till about a mounth ago. When it happened It would not let me listen to any of my playlists besides all the songs on my Local Files that were...

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  • So I have been a premium member for a little over a year and a half I do believe. I have never had a problem till about a mounth ago. When it happened It would not let me listen to any of my playlist...
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Solved!! Making music offline doesn't work anymore

Hi all, After I become a Spotify Premium-member, I made some albums offline available. However, after making 15 albums offline available, it doesn't work anymore. I tried to download different albums, but I cannot make them offline anymore. - I switc...

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  • Hi all,   After I become a Spotify Premium-member, I made some albums offline available. However, after making 15 albums offline available, it doesn't work anymore. I tried to download diffe...
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Discover missing on ipad

Hi guys .... Anyones know why and when we can have the discover function also on Ipad? Why they did different configurations of the same sw between different devices? I'll appreciate to have the same chance to use Spotify in the same way on all my de...

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  • Hi guys .... Anyones know why and when we can have the discover function also on Ipad? Why they did different configurations of the same sw between different devices? I'll appreciate to have t...
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Keeps turning my offline playlist off!

I'm a premium customer and only using 2 of my 3 devices offline. This has happened several times where it just turns my list off saying I'm using three devices, which I'm clearly not. So I have to resync everything. My other device doesn't do this ju...

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  • I'm a premium customer and only using 2 of my 3 devices offline. This has happened several times where it just turns my list off saying I'm using three devices, which I'm clearly not. So I have to ...
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iPhone tracks won't play

iPhone5, iOS7. Installed Spotify, searched for track, clicked track, wouldn't play. Uninstalled, cleared Safari history, restarted phone, reinstalled, searched for track, clicked track, wouldn't play. Thank you for any help.

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  • iPhone5, iOS7. Installed Spotify, searched for track, clicked track, wouldn't play. Uninstalled, cleared Safari history, restarted phone, reinstalled, searched for track, clicked track, wouldn't play...
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Solved!! Premium expired, have to resync all tracks?

Hi guys! I have been having some issues with spotify, wich i found 1 thread on, that was similar, but gave no answer. some minor differences in our problems wich might explain why i wasnt helped, anywhays, by using the template, ive written this; Des...

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  • Hi guys! I have been having some issues with spotify, wich i found 1 thread on, that was similar, but gave no answer. some minor differences in our problems wich might explain why i wasnt helped, any...
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"Available offline" playlists no longer downloading songs for offline use on iphone

Ever since I updated my Spotify to the new darker user interface (which was sometime last week), the playlists that I toggle to "available offline" have stopped downloading their contents to my iPhone's (4S) local storage. Suffice, to say, this rende...

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  • Ever since I updated my Spotify to the new darker user interface (which was sometime last week), the playlists that I toggle to "available offline" have stopped downloading their contents to my iPhon...
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Cant hear some songs in iPod

Hello just today i dowloaded spotify in my ipod touch. I sync some of the playlist to have it in offline mode. But some of the songs doasnt appear and it says to me is not possible te hear it (offline and online, just dont let me hear it). Sorry for ...

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  • Hello just today i dowloaded spotify in my ipod touch. I sync some of the playlist to have it in offline mode. But some of the songs doasnt appear and it says to me is not possible te hear it (offlin...
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Djay 2 integration - account being used somewhere else

Hi there, I recently installed Djay 2 in both my iPhone and my iPad and the integration with Spotify has been great so far. The only problem I'm having is that whenever the app is in the background it will intermitently stop Spotify in any other clie...

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  • Hi there,   I recently installed Djay 2 in both my iPhone and my iPad and the integration with Spotify has been great so far. The only problem I'm having is that whenever the app is in the b...
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Solved!! IOS storage

I found that I was low on memory and that my spotify was taking up 4GB on my iPhone 4 and so I took my playlists off offline mode and yet they remain taking up memory, I have already looked up this issue and although spotify say that when you try to ...

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  • I found that I was low on memory and that my spotify was taking up 4GB on my iPhone 4 and so I took my playlists off offline mode and yet they remain taking up memory, I have already looked up this...
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Solved!! cannot listen my playlist off line even if I tag it "available off connection"

Hello everybody I I subscribe to Spotify premium recently. I've done a playlist and I can listen to it normally on my mobile when I have a wifi or 3g connection but I cannot listen my playlist off connection despite the fact that I did active the but...

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  • Hello everybody I I subscribe to Spotify premium recently. I've done a playlist and I can listen to it normally on my mobile when I have a wifi or 3g connection but I cannot listen my playlist ...
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Playlists not downloading offline on iPad BUT fine on iPhone!

I have just upgraded to premium having used spotify before and I can't download any of my playlists offline! I have plenty of data available so can't understand what the issue is and I also reinstalled the app TWICE! The bizarre thing is that the pla...

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  • I have just upgraded to premium having used spotify before and I can't download any of my playlists offline! I have plenty of data available so can't understand what the issue is and I also reinstall...
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not sync the songs in offline mode with iPhone 5

I've followed the steps to do that by your guides, but there's not response from Spotify. I've marked the "online mode on", also has edited the list and activated the "download arrow" but still not working. It's just working with MAC, but not with Ip...

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  • I've followed the steps to do that by your guides, but there's not response from Spotify. I've marked the "online mode on", also has edited the list and activated the "download arrow" but still not...
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Solved!! Playlists Won't Sync

When I try to sync my playlists for offline listening, the progress wheel at the side of the track goes away after a few seconds. It doesn't work even after restarting the app. What is going on?

  • Casual Listener
  • When I try to sync my playlists for offline listening, the progress wheel at the side of the track goes away after a few seconds. It doesn't work even after restarting the app. What is going on?
  • Peter__
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Spotify Offline Mode - Not able to get it working.

Trying to use Spoitfy in offline mode. Have made playlists 'available offline' but if I go offline none will play. Any ideas?!

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  • Trying to use Spoitfy in offline mode. Have made playlists 'available offline' but if I go offline none will play.  Any ideas?! 
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New tab of "Downloaded music on device" on my music section...

I have lot of albums saved on my music. And some of them are downloaded to be played offline. It is a pain to scroll up and down to search a downloaded album, so a new tab such as "Downloaded music on device" to see just downloaded music would be ver...

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  • I have lot of albums saved on my music. And some of them are downloaded to be played offline. It is a pain to scroll up and down to search a downloaded album, so a new tab such as "Downloaded music o...
  • Peter__
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Solved!! new iPad look?

When will ipad app be updated to the new design?

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  • When will ipad app be updated to the new design?
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