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Solved!! How to play the "Eat this playlist"

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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Volume buttons on device don't work when casting

As of Spotify 8.9.xx and newer I can't control the volume on my iPhone when casting to a Chromecast device. I need to go into the slider inside the Spotify app to change the volume. This is not an iOS or apple issue:My non working version of Spotify ...

Roadie

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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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Rastereyes

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Playlist from SoundHound

Hi. I connected my SoundHound app (iPhone 5s) with my Spotify account. Every time I discover a new song with SoundHound, I press the button to add it to the Spotify playlist. The app shows a "Song added to playlist" message, but the playlist never sh...

Newbie

Hi.    I connected my SoundHound app (iPhone 5s) with my Spotify account. Every time I discover a new song with SoundHound, I press the button to add it to the Spotify playlist. The app...

seigea

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Your music: albums all jumbled up!

I have saved a number of albums so that I can browse them via the new Your Music section. However I now notice lots of these saved albums are all jumbled up - so gas arranged alphabetically I think, therefore rendering the Your Music section complete...

Music Fan

I have saved a number of albums so that I can browse them via the new Your Music section. However I now notice lots of these saved albums are all jumbled up - so gas arranged alphabetically I think, ...

CheapTrick1977

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New IOs Changes - Not a fan

Hi Spotify, I recently upgraded my iOs Spotify app and I have to say I'm not a fan of the new menu choices. Before the update, with one tap of a finger I could select more from that artist, listen to the album, hit random, and (my favorite) Star a so...

Newbie

Hi Spotify,   I recently upgraded my iOs Spotify app and I have to say I'm not a fan of the new menu choices.  Before the update, with one tap of a finger I could select more from that ...

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iPhone App Crashes Accessing "Your Music"

Description When I open the Spotify app on my iPhone, I view the menu and select "Your Music" and Spotify crashes (as near as I can tell), and I have to select it again from the home screen. Even after clearing Safari cache/cookies, uninstalling, res...

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Description When I open the Spotify app on my iPhone, I view the menu and select "Your Music" and Spotify crashes (as near as I can tell), and I have to select it again from the home screen.  ...

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No Available Offline!

Hi there, I`got Premium. Now starts my 30days trial period. I`ve tried to made an album available offline, but automaticly indicate me to make subscribe to Premium... What can i do?

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Hi there, I`got Premium. Now starts my 30days trial period. I`ve tried to made an album available offline, but automaticly indicate me to make subscribe to Premium...  What can i do?

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Filter or search functionality in "Your Music" on iOS 7?

Hello everybody, I'm just trying to find out how to use the "Your Music" collection so it works best for me. With the old Spotify I just put all great songs I stumbled upon in my star list. Now I'd just "save" the songs within my "Your Music" collect...

Newbie

Hello everybody,   I'm just trying to find out how to use the "Your Music" collection so it works best for me. With the old Spotify I just put all great songs I stumbled upon in my star list...

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Solved!! Intense App-lag by switching Tracks

Hello Spotify Team,on iPhone 5s 64GB iOS 7.1 (11D167) i got an very long lag of 4-6 seconds if i switch an track manually.Greetings mokworld

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Hello Spotify Team, on iPhone 5s 64GB iOS 7.1 (11D167) i got an very long lag of 4-6 seconds if i switch an track manually. Greetings mokworld

sianbrace

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Queuing issues in the new design

Anyone else experiencing issues with queuing songs in the new iPhone app? For me it's like a 50/50 chance at the moment that the track i queue plays, and if it doesn't, sometimes it just pops up like 3 tracks later? It's getting very annoying.

Newbie

Anyone else experiencing issues with queuing songs in the new iPhone app? For me it's like a 50/50 chance at the moment that the track i queue plays, and if it doesn't, sometimes it just pops up like...

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Solved!! Album Artwork Fiasco

I am using Spotify Premium and save abums for offline listening. Unto now, I had no problems but now when I swithch to offline mode on my iPhone, I can no longer see album artworks. How to do I continue to view artworks on iPhone in offline mode.

Newbie

I am using Spotify Premium and save abums for offline listening. Unto now, I had no problems but now when I swithch to offline mode on my iPhone, I can no longer see album artworks.   How to...

Ebel

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Solved!! Airplane Mode - Playlist not usable

Hi, I'm using (premium) spotify (1.0.0.3251) on my iphone 5 (ios 7.1) and to prevent high data volume due to streaming, I have tagged most of my playlist as "available offline". Everything works fine so far, but if I switch my iPhone to airplane mode...

Regular

Hi,   I'm using (premium) spotify (1.0.0.3251) on my iphone 5 (ios 7.1) and to prevent high data volume due to streaming, I have tagged most of my playlist as "available offline". Everything...

tommac73

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iPhone 4 offline playlists de-synching

Hi, Spotify on my iPhone 4 sometimes 'de-synchs' the songs that I have downloaded for use offline. It used to be an occasional annoyance (maybe once a month or less) and I could just about put up with it. However, since the latest app update it has h...

Newbie

Hi,    Spotify on my iPhone 4 sometimes 'de-synchs' the songs that I have downloaded for use offline. It used to be an occasional annoyance (maybe once a month or less) and I could...

Peter__

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Very annoying (and possibly major) bugs

Using the latest version of Spotify (Free) on an iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1. There are a couple of annoying bugs that I can reproduce without fail everytime. The first bug has to do with shuffling. Every couple of songs or so, if I hear a song I don't lik...

Roadie

Using the latest version of Spotify (Free) on an iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1. There are a couple of annoying bugs that I can reproduce without fail everytime.    The first bug has to do with ...

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Loss of playlists and albums after 1.0.0.3251

After the latest black and white update from April the 2nd I have lost lots of playlists. ( & yes I I know they are now located under Your Music ) Most upsettingly a lot of Underworld albums have gone missing and are no longer in Spotify. I have Spot...

Newbie

After the latest black and white update from April the 2nd I have lost lots of playlists. ( & yes I I know they are now located under Your Music )    Most upsettingly a lot of Unde...

Peter__

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Too buggy to use

I have been using Spotify on my Iphone 4 for a couple of years. It worked fine until the latest update. Here are some of the problems: - Changing songs takes 5-10 seconds. Meanwhile, everything freezes in the app. - Queing songs takes 5-10 seconds. M...

Newbie

I have been using Spotify on my Iphone 4 for a couple of years. It worked fine until the latest update. Here are some of the problems:   - Changing songs takes 5-10 seconds. Meanwhile, every...

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Where does IOS Store Offline Music? (NOT for the reason everyone asks to steal music)

I know this question has been asked before, but I'm not asking for the reaons of trying to copy it or what ever. Let me explain where this question came from. So a few months ago my device would ping me when I got home and say "Hey, your icloud is fu...

Newbie

I know this question has been asked before, but I'm not asking for the reaons of trying to copy it or what ever. Let me explain where this question came from.    So a few months ago my ...

Peter__

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My Music > Songs > "NO" Available Offline

I've bought into Spotifys new saved system and dragged all my music from the old playlists which they sat in to the songs section via the desktop app. I deleted most my playlists because they were just full albums which I no longer need since they ar...

Visitor

I've bought into Spotifys new saved system and dragged all my music from the old playlists which they sat in to the songs section via the desktop app. I deleted most my playlists because they were ju...

martenjacobs

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1.0 update uses cell data instead of playing offline playlists

So I notice that when using the app in offline mode it seems much better. I believe that when playing back tracks from your offline playlist and when you are on cell data the app is retrieving tracks and artwork from the cloud as opposed to using the...

Regular

So I notice that when using the app in offline mode it seems much better. I believe that when playing back tracks from your offline playlist and when you are on cell data the app is retrieving tracks...

stevengupta

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Spotify is syncing downloads to local files

Since the update I've had a few instances where I've synced Spotify music to my iPhone, and rather than displaying the tracks as downloaded in Your Music (with the green arrow next to them) they are downloaded to Local Files instead. They still appea...

Gig Goer

Since the update I've had a few instances where I've synced Spotify music to my iPhone, and rather than displaying the tracks as downloaded in Your Music (with the green arrow next to them)...

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Gig Goer

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Latest iOS update is completely broken!

First it tells me I'm offline when on wifi. When I can get it to connect it freezes on the Browse screen. Seriously, Spotify, what is going on?! Now I can't use this at all!

Music Fan

First it tells me I'm offline when on wifi.   When I can get it to connect it freezes on the Browse screen.   Seriously, Spotify, what is going on?! Now I can't use this at all!

cyclinghfpilot

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Making facebook invisible to all friends so that i can still share with friends via spotify mobile

I tried the facebook forums to no avail, so am not coming here instead. Does anyone know an efficient way to add ALL my friends to my restricted profile. I created a spotify account independent of facebook last week so that i could deactive FB, but t...

Gig Goer

I tried the facebook forums to no avail, so am not coming here instead. Does anyone know an efficient way to add ALL my friends to my restricted profile. I created a spotify account independent of fa...

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