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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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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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problems with pause, play, rewind, ff since upgrade Iphone 4s

So since the latest upgrade, when I go to stop, pause, skip back or forward within my playlist, it often gets 'stuck' and either won't do it at all or will take a while to do so. Sometimes it also plays back like it's on fast forward as well! Don't k...

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  • So since the latest upgrade, when I go to stop, pause, skip back or forward within my playlist, it often gets 'stuck' and either won't do it at all or will take a while to do so.  Sometimes it a...
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Playlists stop syncing on a random song

My Spotify on iphone 5 (ios 7.1) won't sync properly. When I set a playlist to offline it starts syncing and then always stops at a random song and won't sync any more, so I only get a few songs on any new playlist and there is no way of just telling...

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  • My Spotify on iphone 5 (ios 7.1) won't sync properly.  When I set a playlist to offline it starts syncing and then always stops at a random song and won't sync any more, so I only get a few song...
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New songs list under my music doesn't play offline

So I can choose to make a playlist or album available offline, but not the list of songs? The new checkmark instead of the star is fine, but I personally don't see a point if I now have to send each song to a playlist before I can play it offline.

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  • So I can choose to make a playlist or album available offline, but not the list of songs? The new checkmark instead of the star is fine, but I personally don't see a point if I now have to send each ...
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Playlist won't repeat

I know the repeat function is supposed to repeat a whole playlist, not a song, but it doesn't work consistently.Often I will only hear 3 or 4 songs before playback stops and I'm forced to hit next or select another song.Anyone else having this issue?

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  • I know the repeat function is supposed to repeat a whole playlist, not a song, but it doesn't work consistently. Often I will only hear 3 or 4 songs before playback stops and I'm forced to hit next ...
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Ipad app freezes even when I delete it and download again

I'm a newbie to spotify ...signed up online and then downloaded the ipad app.....when I press the spotify tab it just freezes ....I have re installed numerous times but it keeps doing it....help

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  • I'm a newbie to spotify ...signed up online and then downloaded the ipad app.....when I press the spotify tab it just freezes ....I have re installed numerous times but it keeps doing it....help
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[BUG] "All Tracks" and no playlists underneath..

I use Playlist folders and have multiple levels of playlists for different moods, etc. etc. Whenever I am deeply nested in these playlists and quit the app, when I re-open the app I see: Then I have to back out using the arrow a few time to get back ...

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  • I use Playlist folders and have multiple levels of playlists for different moods, etc. etc.   Whenever I am deeply nested in these playlists and quit the app, when I re-open the app I see: ...
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Tracks added to Your Music on desktop don't show in iOS app

I was given the Your Music feature today, so I enthusiastically selected all 7000+ tracks in my Starred playlist and saved them to the Your Music section. This worked great in the desktop app (which I think is still version 0.9.7 because I don't have...

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  • I was given the Your Music feature today, so I enthusiastically selected all 7000+ tracks in my Starred playlist and saved them to the Your Music section. This worked great in the desktop app (which ...
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Solved!! RFLKT (+)

Hi there, I'm a cyclist, and I use the Wahoo Fitness RFLKT+ device which controls my iPhone 5. It also controls the Apple music player from the iPhone. I would like it to use Spotify instead. Is this something Spotify can request Wahoo, or should it ...

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  • Hi there,   I'm a cyclist, and I use the Wahoo Fitness RFLKT+ device which controls my iPhone 5.  It also controls the Apple music player from the iPhone. I would like it to use Spoti...
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New App Opens In Portrait and does not default to Landscape

After the new update it loads in portrait and then quickly reverts to landscape (my preferred view). Prior to update it used to just load in landscape. Please fix so it defaults to the iPad view that is being used at the time and not portrait first, ...

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  • After the new update it loads in portrait and then quickly reverts to landscape (my preferred view). Prior to update it used to just load in landscape. Please fix so it defaults to the iPad view th...
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Solved!! not understanding "available offline" feature

Maybe I'm confusing myself with technicalities here...but I can't seem to find a definite answer to this seemingly easy question... Let's say I find an album that I like - I'm on my laptop and I save the album as a playlist. Now, I have to leave for ...

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  • Maybe I'm confusing myself with technicalities here...but I can't seem to find a definite answer to this seemingly easy question...   Let's say I find an album that I like - I'm on my laptop...
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Spotify constant crashes on iPhone 5S

Now I just thought before I start ranting I would point out that I do like the new style spotify has adapted and its new features. However, pretty much everytime I start the spotify app it immediatly crashes. I can no longer rely on my spotify, now I...

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  • Now I just thought before I start ranting I would point out that I do like the new style spotify has adapted and its new features.   However, pretty much everytime I start the spotify app it...
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No stream on iPad 2

Hi,I just started using spotify. Everything works great on my iPhone but nothing is streaming over my iPad 2 iOS 7.1If I click over a radio station sometimes I got the 3 point loading an sometimes the button just turn to the pause but nothing is play...

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  • Hi, I just started using spotify. Everything works great on my iPhone but nothing is streaming over my iPad 2 iOS 7.1 If I click over a radio station sometimes I got the 3 point loading an some...
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Spotify premium

Is there any way instead of paying monthly can I just buy the app for one price?

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  • Is there any way instead of paying monthly can I just buy the app for one price?
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Why does my spotify confine to pause after 10 - 15 secs

My spotify will pause all songs streams and Downloads after 10 - 15 seconds. I have restarted, full shutdown and reinstalled. It has happened over the past three days. Is this the new update. Unusable over the past three days!

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  • My spotify will pause all songs streams and Downloads after 10 - 15 seconds. I have restarted, full shutdown and reinstalled. It has happened over the past three days. Is this the new update. Unusabl...
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"Your music" section on iPhone and desktop not on iPad?

I don't have the "your music" section on my iPad , i am using it on my iPhone and desktop app for while now so my songs placed in there don't show up on my iPadWhat is wrong here?

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  • I don't have the "your music" section on my iPad , i am using it on my iPhone and desktop app for while now so my songs placed in there don't show up on my iPad What is wrong here?
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How to play music on Spotify using fifth generation iPod Touch

Hello. I have a fifth generation iPod Touch that I have Spotify installed on. I tap the name of a song to play it, but it won't play. I also have Spotify installed on my iPad Air. When I tap that same song, the song begins to play. Why will it not pl...

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  • Hello.  I have a fifth generation iPod Touch that I have Spotify installed on.  I tap the name of a song to play it, but it won't play.  I also have Spotify installed on my iPad Air. &...
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How to export playlist text from Spotify to itunes ?

hi can anyone help i have paid for the premium spotify i can get the title of the song into itunes but no song appears and of course it wont play any suggestions thanks phil

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  • hi can anyone help i have paid for the premium spotify i can get the title of the song into itunes but no song appears and of course it wont play any suggestions  thanks  phil
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iPad Air 128GB not all Playlists offline available

Hello. i have 5 playlists: Metall: 3700 songs Trance: 840 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Trance 2: 340 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Dance: 430 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Blues: 380 songs - not ...

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  • Hello. i have 5 playlists:   Metall: 3700 songs Trance: 840 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Trance 2: 340 songs - offline available, all songs downloaded Dance: 43...
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Where are the stars?

I used to use stars to mark songs that I wanted to delete from a playlist when listening from my iPod. Now i can't find stars anymore. Basically i was starring albums and adding them to playlists, then while listening on my iPod if i didn't like a so...

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  • I used to use stars to mark songs that I wanted to delete from a playlist when listening from my iPod. Now i can't find stars anymore. Basically i was starring albums and adding them to playlists, ...
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New Spotify Black Shuffle Playlist Button

Now when I go into my playlists the 'huge' shuffle play button I find is quite annoying. I've had spotify premium for over a year now and I've never used shuffle play and would rather go without it. I know that shuffle play is essential for free spot...

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  • Now when I go into my playlists the 'huge' shuffle play button I find is quite annoying. I've had spotify premium for over a year now and I've never used shuffle play and would rather go without it. ...
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