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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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  • zoabknew
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Superuser Contribution Spotify switches from Car Bluetooth to Sonos at home

PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDeviceiPhone 12Operating SystemiOS 16.3.1 My Question or IssueHello,Since some weeks I have (not always but more often) following strange behavior:I start my carMy iPhone connect to my bluetooth dongleI open Spotify and start...

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  • Plan Premium Country Austria Device iPhone 12 Operating System iOS 16.3.1   My Question or Issue Hello, Since some weeks I have (not always but more often) following strange behavior:...
  • pcourt
  • Casual Listener
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  • blueooth
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Superuser Contribution the dreaded OOPS!

Plan:PremiumCountry USA DeviceiPhone SEOperating SystemiOS 15.8.1 My Question or Issue I deleted an old account. I then used a different email address to create a different account and everything went swimmingly until I tried to use Spotify on my iPh...

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  • Plan:Premium Country USA   Device iPhone SE Operating System iOS 15.8.1   My Question or Issue   I deleted an old account. I then used a different email address to create a d...
  • Yordan
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Shuffle resets on liked songs every time I close the app

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceiPhone 12Operating SystemiOS 17.3 My Question or IssueIt appears that every time I reopen the app on my iPhone, songs added to my liked songs will not shuffle. As I had previously been able to listen to my favorite s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia  Device iPhone 12 Operating System iOS 17.3   My Question or Issue It appears that every time I reopen the app on my iPhone, songs added to my liked...
  • TryingMonkey
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Superuser Contribution Redirected logins on updated iPhone app

Plan:Premium CountryUSADevice(iPhone 12 My Question or Issue I had to install the apo again recently and now there is a redirect upon trying to sign in on the iOS app which sends me to another page. Spotify says it’s their regular login page but it’s...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Premium  Country USA Device (iPhone 12   My Question or Issue   I had to install the apo again recently and now there is a redirect upon trying to sign in on the iOS app...
  • Eni
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify through Sonos (keeps cutting off)

PlanPremiumCountrySaint Vincent and the GrenadinesDeviceiPhone 11 and Macbook Pro 2015Operating SystemLatest for both My Question or IssueThe music keeps cutting off, sometimes it takes longer sometimes quicker, as though someone else is using the ac...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Device iPhone 11 and Macbook Pro 2015 Operating System Latest for both   My Question or Issue The music keeps cutting off, sometim...
  • qschaedle
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do I add an entire album or playlist to *the end of* the queue? (modified re. end)

My way of listening to music is usually one album at a time. I am listening to one album right now and I know which one I would like to listen to next. What do I do to have the next album play automatically after the current one finishes?

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  • My way of listening to music is usually one album at a time. I am listening to one album right now and I know which one I would like to listen to next. What do I do to have the next album play automa...
  • Nnelg
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Superuser Contribution Fast Forward Issue with Spotify Video: How to Skip or Disable?

Hello, I'm facing an issue with Spotify's video content, where I can only fast forward; is there a way to skip tracks or disable video playback?

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  • Hello, I'm facing an issue with Spotify's video content, where I can only fast forward; is there a way to skip tracks or disable video playback?
  • Ivelina
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Superuser Contribution [Mobile][Other] Offline Airplane Mode Prompt On Mobile While Listening to Downloaded Playlist

Hi there, I took a flight yesterday and was using Airplane Mode, I noticed each time I opened the app would prompt me to switch off Airplane Mode for a better experience. However, I feel like this is a useless prompt if listening to a playlist that i...

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  • Hi there, I took a flight yesterday and was using Airplane Mode, I noticed each time I opened the app would prompt me to switch off Airplane Mode for a better experience. However, I feel like this is...
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The new watchOS 10 app is very, very, very bad

We got an "update" (which honestly feels more like a downgrade) on the watchOS app and it's so bad I want to believe that was meant to be a beta version. The first and third screens in the starting portion of the app do the same thing, and now swipe ...

  • Newbie
  • We got an "update" (which honestly feels more like a downgrade) on the watchOS app and it's so bad I want to believe that was meant to be a beta version. The first and third screens in the starting p...
  • african_warrior
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Superuser Contribution Why does my app not resume playing the last song after I close it?

After the newest update (version 8.7.90) on iOS 15.6.1, I noticed immediately that after I leave the app, if I try to press “play” on the last song I was listening to then the playlist just finishes and I see the Home Screen on the app. And if I try ...

  • Casual Listener
  • After the newest update (version 8.7.90) on iOS 15.6.1, I noticed immediately that after I leave the app, if I try to press “play” on the last song I was listening to then the playlist just finishes ...
  • Eni
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Volume resets to max when scrolling through instagram stories

Hi everyone, for quite some time I'm experiencing an issue with volume, which kind of freaks me out so much, that I'm starting this thread here. Every time I'm scrolling through Instagram Stories on my iPhone XR, running iOS 12.3.1, while listening t...

  • Newbie
  • Hi everyone,   for quite some time I'm experiencing an issue with volume, which kind of freaks me out so much, that I'm starting this thread here.   Every time I'm scrolling through Ins...
  • RobP2
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local files with special characters in title are unplayable (iPhone)

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone XROperating SystemiOS 15.5 Most of the local files on my phone, when downloaded from my laptop, appear grayed out and are unplayable upon closing the app and reopening it. This appears to be a common problem here wit...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 15.5   Most of the local files on my phone, when downloaded from my laptop, appear grayed out and are unplayable upon clos...
  • Susan_GP
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Superuser Contribution Podcast filter by unplayed

iPhone the filter in podcasts for showing only unplayed podcasts has gone missing. Where is this filter? and for the love of all that is good and holy please make it a persistent filter. I never want to see podcasts I’ve already listed to. When I tur...

  • Visitor
  • iPhone  the filter in podcasts for showing only unplayed podcasts has gone missing. Where is this filter?  and for the love of all that is good and holy please make it a persistent fi...
  • BillyD00
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Superuser Contribution Songs keep repeating in any type of playlist I put on

Regardless of what type of playlist I am listening to (self curated, Spotify playlist, artist Radio, etc.) the same songs will play repeatedly throughout the listening experience. This is occurring when 95-99% of the playlist hasn’t been played yet (...

  • Casual Listener
  • Regardless of what type of playlist I am listening to (self curated, Spotify playlist, artist Radio, etc.) the same songs will play repeatedly throughout the listening experience. This is occurring w...
  • anna_cawrey
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Superuser Contribution group session - song keeps starting over

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 6s)Operating SystemiOS 13.5.1 My Question or IssueI have started a group session and have a queue going. During the middle of songs, the song automatically starts over, multiple times within the same song and with m...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 6s) Operating System iOS 13.5.1   My Question or Issue I have started a group session and have a queue going.  During the middle of songs, ...
  • Alex----
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Superuser Contribution My music does not resume after watching a short video on other apps

Previously when I’m listening to music on my Spotify app I can scroll through Twitter or Facebook apps watch a short video when I’m done the music resumes playing on Spotify but now the moment I watch a video on any other app it refuse to resume and ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Previously when I’m listening to music on my Spotify app I can scroll through Twitter or Facebook apps watch a short video when I’m done the music resumes playing on Spotify but now the moment I wat...
  • Elena
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Solved!! Spotify needs to be opened to download music?

I have bought an iphone 8 and wanted to download all my songs. But it only downloads when the app is open and im not idle. This takes a lot of time because im about to download like 2k songs. I never had that problem with other devices. Any ideas?

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  • I have bought an iphone 8 and wanted to download all my songs. But it only downloads when the app is open and im not idle.    This takes a lot of time because im about to download like 2k...
  • gva_114-6lyxc
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Solved!! IOS Spotify Widget background black

PlanPremiumDeviceIphone 12 proOperating SystemiOS 17 On my home screen, I have a long Spotify widget. Recently, the background of that widget has been black as opposed to the colour of my playlist. I'm not sure why this is and how to get it back to c...

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  • Plan Premium Device Iphone 12 pro Operating System iOS 17   On my home screen, I have a long Spotify widget. Recently, the background of that widget has been black as opposed to the colou...
  • corniasf
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Superuser Contribution Spotify controls no longer showing on lock screen, I'm in Iphone IOS 16.

I updated my phone and I saw the controls for a few days but now nothing appears on the lock screen and I don't understand why. I've logged out and back in, deleted the app and redownloaded it, and played with the settings but nothing has helped.

  • Casual Listener
  • I updated my phone and I saw the controls for a few days but now nothing appears on the lock screen and I don't understand why. I've logged out and back in, deleted the app and redownloaded it, and p...
  • D4CLoveTrain
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Superuser Contribution Add whole playlists to “Liked Songs” at once

Example: Spotify makes a playlist full of songs that I enjoy, but I don’t have them in my Liked Songs. Instead of having to like every single song individually (which bugs my app out sometimes), I should be able to add an entire playlist to my Liked ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Example: Spotify makes a playlist full of songs that I enjoy, but I don’t have them in my Liked Songs. Instead of having to like every single song individually (which bugs my app out sometimes), I sh...
  • Maria
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