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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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IOS Newest Version - Annoying Changes to Playback in Newest Version 1.0.0.3251

I love the new look and feel, however, there are a few changes I think Spotify should bring BACK in the newest iOS version: 1. When you maximize the current song being played to full screen -- They have made it more difficult to perform actions while...

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I love the new look and feel, however, there are a few changes I think Spotify should bring BACK in the newest iOS version:   1.  When you maximize the current song being played to full...

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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...

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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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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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Local Files can't sync, pending

my local files on my mac does not sync to my iphone 5 ios 7.1 running the "spotify music" app v 1.0.0 it's just say "pending" and nothing happens! can someone please help!? (they worked fine before i updated to "spotify music" and they are all .mp3 f...

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my local files on my mac does not sync to my iphone 5 ios 7.1 running the "spotify music" app v 1.0.0 it's just say "pending" and nothing happens! can someone please help!?   (they worke...

Rafael

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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.

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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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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...

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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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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...

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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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Spotify is unsyncing my local files on its own

I am using in Iphone with the latest version of IOS and Spotify: I have my playlist set to available offline and my local files were just synced last night. Today, I connected my phone to my computer through wi-fi and my local files were no longer sy...

Roadie

I am using in Iphone with the latest version of IOS and Spotify:     I have my playlist set to available offline and my local files were just synced last night. Today, I connected my ...

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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!

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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!

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new update 4/2/14... everything is slow

I just updated spotify on my iphone and it is really slow. The date is 4/2/14. When i slide to skip the song, it takes a couple seconds to load before i can skip the next song. So annoying. All my songs are downloaded. Not an internet problem. Never ...

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I just updated spotify on my iphone and it is really slow. The date is 4/2/14. When i slide to skip the song, it takes a couple seconds to load before i can skip the next song. So annoying. All my so...

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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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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...

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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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Why no star?!?

The star function used to be so easy. Now it's been replaced with the save to your music button. This would be okay but if you happen to like an album in the your albums part, all the tracks then get added to the your music part. This fills it with 1...

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The star function used to be so easy. Now it's been replaced with the save to your music button. This would be okay but if you happen to like an album in the your albums part, all the tracks then get...

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double tracklisting bug (iphone)

Hello. I am very pleased with the new way to save albums and artists to "your music". However, there seems to be a small bug when saving albums consisting of more than one disk. There is no problem in the Spotify player for my mac, but on iphone the ...

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Hello. I am very pleased with the new way to save albums and artists to "your music". However, there seems to be a small bug when saving albums consisting of more than one disk. There is no problem...

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iOS app switching between songs lags / crashing of app since last app update

Hi, I'm using the Spotify app on two devices, one personal (iPhone 5, iOS 7.1) and one corporate (iPhone 4s, iOS 7.1). Since the last update of the app got indescribably slow and crashes frequently. Switching between songs is almost no possible. In t...

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Hi,   I'm using the Spotify app on two devices, one personal (iPhone 5, iOS 7.1) and one corporate (iPhone 4s, iOS 7.1). Since the last update of the app got indescribably slow and cr...

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The new App is almost perfect!

The new Spotify App looks great and with the new function Your Music the App is almost perfect. Only there are a few thing missing in the app. 1. HOLD a song to pop-up the menu for adding a song to que. Now you have to touch the icon one the right of...

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The new Spotify App looks great and with the new function Your Music the App is almost perfect.  Only there are a few thing missing in the app.   1. HOLD a song to pop-up the menu ...

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Tracks disappearing after update - iphone 4S

Hi there I've been using Spotify with no probloem for several months until this latest update. I did have a problem where the album names in my Playlists didn't shoe, just the number of tracks. This now seems to be OK after several reinstalls. Howeve...

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Hi there   I've been using Spotify with no probloem for several months until this latest update.   I did have a problem where the album names in my Playlists didn't shoe, just the n...

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Navigating from current song to current Playlist not possible (iphone, ios7)

In the new iPhone version there is usability issue with navigating from current song to the current playlist in which it is included. When the playlist is not saved yet. How to reproduce: Search for some playlist that is not saved yet ... Start Playi...

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In the new iPhone version there is usability issue with navigating from current song to the current playlist in which it is included.  When the playlist is not saved yet.   How t...

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Payment problems...

So I downloaded Spotify almost five days ago and everything was going great during the free trial until I decided to Restore my iPhone. When I reinstalled Spotify it appeared as if my free trial had already ended (25 days earlier) and now I can't sub...

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So I downloaded Spotify almost five days ago and everything was going great during the free trial until I decided to Restore my iPhone. When I reinstalled Spotify it appeared as if my free trial had ...

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