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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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Can't sync local files on Iphone with free version of Spotify

I am trying to sync my local files on to my Iphone with IOS 7 using the free version of Spotify and it is not allowing me to. I used to be able to listen to local files with the free version. What happened?

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  • I am trying to sync my local files on to my Iphone with IOS 7 using the free version of Spotify and it is not allowing me to. I used to be able to listen to local files with the free version. What ha...
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Solved!! Can't sync local files to iPhone

I've been having trouble syncing local files to Spotify Premium on my iPhone. Until very recently this worked perfectly. I could open spotify on my PC and add local files to offline playlists and they would sync across immediately. However, I recentl...

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  • I've been having trouble syncing local files to Spotify Premium on my iPhone.  Until very recently this worked perfectly. I could open spotify on my PC and add local files to offline playlists a...
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Playlist Search Problem (0.9.0)

Still having the same problem I had before this latest update. When searching for a particular artist in my playlist, when entering artist name into search bar at the top it lists the artist and songs no problem, but I can't cancel the search and go ...

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  • Still having the same problem I had before this latest update. When searching for a particular artist in my playlist, when entering artist name into search bar at the top it lists the artist and song...
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not sync the songs in offline mode with iPhone 5

Hi Everyone I wonder if anyone can help. My laptop says I have 920 songs in my playlist but when trying to sync to my I phone only 898 come up. I've also found that its not syncing very well anymore? is any one else having problems? Also on the iphon...

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  • Hi Everyone I wonder if anyone can help. My laptop says I have 920 songs in my playlist but when trying to sync to my I phone only 898 come up. I've also found that its not syncing very well anymore...
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Some songs won't stream. Play bar grayed out.

Some of the songs I find on Spotify for iPad will not stream. I tap the song and the playback bar remains grayed out and the song won't play. I tried clearing my cookies and data, my browsing history, doing a clean reinstallation of Spotify, and sett...

  • Roadie
  • Some of the songs I find on Spotify for iPad will not stream. I tap the song and the playback bar remains grayed out and the song won't play. I tried clearing my cookies and data, my browsing history...
  • mbug90
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I want the old spotify layout.

Just updated to lates ios on my fathers ipad and with it a newer spotify version. And the layout bugs my father like hell (don't ask me why) but he can't add songs to playlists or search or anything he says. So i'm looking for an app or an solution t...

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  • Just updated to lates ios on my fathers ipad and with it a newer spotify version. And the layout bugs my father like hell (don't ask me why) but he can't add songs to playlists or search or anything ...
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Promises about Play Queue & Playlist Search on iOS

Still patiently waiting for Play Queue to roll out after months... Android already have it for quite some time. Can also someone enlighten me about the related artist at the play bar below? I don't seem to have it on mine too.. The deployments is tak...

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  • Still patiently waiting for Play Queue to roll out after months... Android already have it for quite some time.   Can also someone enlighten me about the related artist at the play bar below...
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iOS Bug with search.

Noticed that on my iPad 4, a lot of times when searching a song the app will just crash randomly during typing. Tried recreating the error but it seems to just be random.

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  • Noticed that on my iPad 4, a lot of times when searching a song the app will just crash randomly during typing. Tried recreating the error but it seems to just be random.
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iPad App will not launch from facebook Spotify link on my iPad 3

On my iPad 3, when I select a Spotify link in facebook, via Safari, that was posted by a user listening to a Spotify song, the following happens: 1. facebook asks if I would like to open Spotify to play the track2. I select Open Spotify3. The iPad Sp...

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  • On my iPad 3, when I select a Spotify link in facebook, via Safari, that was posted by a user listening to a Spotify song, the following happens:   1. facebook asks if I would like to open Spo...
  • Peter__
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Lost all synced playlists, really annoying, HELP!!!!

Hi I was using spotify last night absolutely fine, listening to my synced playlists offline, I come to use it today and the app is logged out of my account, so I log back in and it says none of my music is synced, yet it is still showing in my 'usage...

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  • Hi I was using spotify last night absolutely fine, listening to my synced playlists offline, I come to use it today and the app is logged out of my account, so I log back in and it says none of my mu...
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Playlist tracks not playing or syncing

Random tracks will not play or syncing in My playlist and syncing stops on those tracks and not continues. It.is really a pain in the ASS! Using ios7.0.3

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  • Random tracks will not play or syncing in My playlist and syncing stops on those tracks and not continues. It.is really a pain in the ASS! Using ios7.0.3
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Solved!! Playlist Suddenly Stopped Syncing on iPhone

Hi, I have a few playlists on my desktop, not nearly 3,333 songs, and I am trying to synch them to my iPhone 4S to be available for offline play. I can synch up to 2 playlists, then suddenly syncing will halt at around 200-300 songs no matter what pl...

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  • Hi,   I have a few playlists on my desktop, not nearly 3,333 songs, and I am trying to synch them to my iPhone 4S to be available for offline play.   I can synch up to 2 playlists, ...
  • Peter__
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Solved!! Certain songs not playing iPhone 5s

I have been having problems playing a song, here or there, in different albums on my mobile Spotify. The albums are local files stored in iTunes. I have the albums and my local files synced and available offline. The songs play great on the desktop s...

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  • I have been having problems playing a song, here or there, in different albums on my mobile Spotify.    The albums are local files stored in iTunes.    I have the albums a...
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Updated the app now

When opening the app on my iphone. It booted me out. I signed back in with my Facebook details. Now it tells me I'm on a 40 day trial and all my starred songs and playlists are gone. Have tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling. Relogging in. Not...

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  • When opening the app on my iphone. It booted me out. I signed back in with my Facebook details. Now it tells me I'm on a 40 day trial and all my starred songs and playlists are gone. Have tried unin...
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Solved!! iOS 7.0.2 music controls

Since updating to 7.0.2 I have noticed that the Control Center music controls do not always work with the spotify app. This also seems to affect Bluetooth controls. The song and time update correctly, but I am unable to switch tracks and pause or res...

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  • Since updating to 7.0.2 I have noticed that the Control Center music controls do not always work with the spotify app. This also seems to affect Bluetooth controls. The song and time update correctly...
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Solved!! Sync kocal files FROM iPhone TO PC?

I have (or had) a bunch of local files on my PC, which I then synced to my iPhone. So far, so good. But then my hard drive crashed. The songs are still on the iPhone, and play fine. Is there any way to sync them back to my PC, or otherwise recover th...

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  • I have (or had) a bunch of local files on my PC, which I then synced to my iPhone. So far, so good.   But then my hard drive crashed.   The songs are still on the iPhone, and play f...
  • Taylor
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Related songs gone from app on iPhone4S

Hello everyone!I need your help once more: does anyone know when the feature 'Related songs' is going to reappear in the iPhone app??? It's the best reason to use Spotify for me so I'd really like having it back.Thanks for your help!

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  • Hello everyone! I need your help once more: does anyone know when the feature 'Related songs' is going to reappear in the iPhone app??? It's the best reason to use Spotify for me so I'd really like ...
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iOS 7 update! (Things users want)

So iOS 7 has been rolled out world wide for a few weeks now and we're yet to see a Spotify update for the products running this latest update, which is unfortunate. Spotify is active at least 2 hours everyday on my iPhone 5 either for listening, brow...

  • Casual Listener
  • So iOS 7 has been rolled out world wide for a few weeks now and we're yet to see a Spotify update for the products running this latest update, which is unfortunate. Spotify is active at least 2 hours...
  • jollygood666
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Solved!! spotify will sync some songs and then get stuck

So i just got spotift premium and i'm trying to make my starred playlist available offline. It will work fine for a while but then it will stop and just get stuck on a song and it doesn't matter what song it is as i've tried unstarring a few and it s...

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  • So i just got spotift premium and i'm trying to make my starred playlist available offline. It will work fine for a while but then it will stop and just get stuck on a song and it doesn't matter what...
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Help - Spotify no longer streams in car

I am a premium Spotify member for awhile now and I used spotify mostly in my car. Ever since I updated my iPhone to the new iOS spotify will play 30 seconds of a song and then quit on me - only in the car where I never had any issues prior. Has anyon...

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  • I am a premium Spotify member for awhile now and I used spotify mostly in my car. Ever since I updated my iPhone to the new iOS spotify will play 30 seconds of a song and then quit on me - only in th...
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