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Solved!! Spotify randomly stops music

Hi! So I just recently started having this problem. I use an iOS device with a free plan and I was listening to music when after a few songs, the music would stop and I would need to go back in to Spotify and restart my playlist. I tried deleting the...

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Solved!! Audio Glitching / Stuttering / Popping

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 13 Pro Max)Operating System(iOS 18.1.1) My Question or IssueI have a strange issue with my Spotify where it skips when connected via Bluetooth and my iPhone. The audio will glitch and stutter. It becomes e...

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iOS Troubleshooting Guide

We've gathered general troubleshooting steps for iOS devices in this guide. These are known to solve a variety of issues. Common issues: Spotify not playing Can’t hear any sound Spotify is offline Basic troubleshooting: Restart both the Spotify app a...

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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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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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After the update, I cannot add songs to playlists while Spotify is offline

Following the app update, I am unable to add songs to playlists whilst offline. Please could someone help? I initially add all my "new" music to my "Starred" playlist (which is available offline). As I listen to that Starred playlist, I sort music th...

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Following the app update, I am unable to add songs to playlists whilst offline.  Please could someone help?   I initially add all my "new" music to my "Starred" playlist (which is avail...

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New version 1.0.0.3251 on IPhone 3 a disaster

I updated from the previous white background Spotify on my IPhone to the new black background one. It is now virtually unusable slow, with the album artwork only appearing when the present track has been playing for 30 seconds or more. User commands ...

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I updated from the previous white background Spotify on my IPhone to the new black background one. It is now virtually unusable slow, with the album artwork only appearing when the present track has...

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Since update (April 22nd 2014), Songs will not sync in offline Mode (iPhone 4)

I have an iPhone 4, and I have been using Spotify as a substitution to prevent downloading music, so I can save space on my phone for other things. I have been a premium member, and really enjoyed the fact that I can create playlists to listen on the...

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I have an iPhone 4, and I have been using Spotify as a substitution to prevent downloading music, so I can save space on my phone for other things. I have been a premium member, and really enjoyed th...

Peter__

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Solved!! spotify 1.1.0 on iPad mini

Hi all i want ask you , after last update i can see on my ipad mini on playlist play shuffle. i have that option on my iphone but i don't know why not on my ipad can you please help me. Thank you

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Hi all    i want ask you ,   after last update i can see on my ipad mini on playlist play shuffle. i have that option on my iphone but i don't know why not on my ipad 😞 &n...

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Spotify ios and vw iphone connection problems

HiI have a vw passat with media-in iphone connection. It will not let me controll the spotify app. Any suggestions?Petter

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Hi I have a vw passat with media-in iphone connection. It will not let me controll the spotify app. Any suggestions? Petter

drjakata

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Spotify crashes whenever I click "Your Music" after the latest upgrade

Description After the upgrade (with the fancy new look), it crashes every time I click on "Your Music". Because of this, I can't go to my music, simple as that. Radio, Browse etc. works fine, just not my music. A more detailed description, using numb...

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Description   After the upgrade (with the fancy new look), it crashes every time I click on "Your Music". Because of this, I can't go to my music, simple as that. Radio, Browse etc. works fi...

ljames

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"Your Music" - Lost all of my music overnight??

Yesterday everything was fine. Wake up today and went to my "Your Music" and all but one Artist, Album and a handful of songs are listed. Everything else is GONE. Still shows my "Starred" playlist with 2,264 track, but everything else is gone. Went o...

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Yesterday everything was fine.  Wake up today and went to my "Your Music" and all but one Artist, Album and a handful of songs are listed.  Everything else is GONE.  Still shows m...

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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...

Morgal

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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...

SpyrosM

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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...

nonstopdigital

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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...

jntokarsky

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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).

Wallu

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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 ...

MattSuda

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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...

Newbie

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...

Peter__

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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,...

AndyDK

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