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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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  • Camila73
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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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  • n0hero
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Songs In Spotify's Catalog Not Syncing Across Devices

Hi everyone--apologies in advance if this question has been answered already. I did a search and couldn't find anything.The problem I'm having is, I added several songs to an existing playlist I have yesterday through the Spotify desktop app. To be c...

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  • Hi everyone--apologies in advance if this question has been answered already. I did a search and couldn't find anything. The problem I'm having is, I added several songs to an existing playlist I...
  • Taylor
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Solved!! Major issue in iOS 7 beta 3...

Anytime volume is adjusted in beta 3, the app crashes immediately. Works fine up until then. Added note by MattSuda: Also -- the ability to re-arrange tracks (added in version 0.7.1) is not working in IOS 7 beta 3. When in "edit mode" the playlist vi...

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  • Anytime volume is adjusted in beta 3, the app crashes immediately. Works fine up until then.   Added note by MattSuda:  Also -- the ability to re-arrange tracks (added in version 0.7....
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Minor touch gesture problem with Spotify on the iPad

Spotify has the following slight but irritating problem when playing radio stations on the iPad. When the "now playing" screen is up and you quickly make the four-finger swipe up gesture to show the running applications, Spotify skips to the next tra...

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  • Spotify has the following slight but irritating problem when playing radio stations on the iPad.   When the "now playing" screen is up and you quickly make the four-finger swipe up gesture t...
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Spotify and iPod Touch

Ive got some problems with my wifi-connection (thunderstorm) so I havent been able to sync my offline playlists to my iPod Touch the last few days but then I realised that I can also sync my lists through the usb-connection but no. After a lot of tim...

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  • Ive got some problems with my wifi-connection (thunderstorm) so I havent been able to sync my offline playlists to my iPod Touch the last few days but then I realised that I can also sync my lists th...
  • Joe
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Local files will not sync to iphone 4s

I have tons of playlist and aa couple weeks ago it refused to sync them anymore. Now I have no playable offline music on my iPhone. Whenever I try to press the sync check box it just unchecks it immediately. Please help, I was about to go buy the Pre...

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  • I have tons of playlist and aa couple weeks ago it refused to sync them anymore. Now I have no playable offline music on my iPhone. Whenever I try to press the sync check box it just unchecks it imme...
  • Joe
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Syncing Local Files

Hey! For some reason I can't synch my local files to my iPhone. It worked fine a while ago but then everything stopped working now when I'm trying to synch it just stays on Pending without anything happening. Does anyone now why this is happening?

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  • Hey! For some reason I can't synch my local files to my iPhone. It worked fine a while ago but then everything stopped working now when I'm trying to synch it just stays on Pending without anything h...
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Ipod wont connect to spotify

When I plugged my ipod into spotify it doesnt appear under the devices in the window. Meaning I can't sync any of my songs onto my ipod. How do I fix this?

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  • When I plugged my ipod into spotify it doesnt appear under the devices in the window. Meaning I can't sync any of my songs onto my ipod. How do I fix this?
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Software not working

I keep getting a missing dependencies error message any advice?

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  • I keep getting a missing dependencies error message any advice?
  • Joe
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spotify downloading songs very slow on wifi

I have a weird problem that the songs on my phone downloading very slow on WIFI, and when I'm switching to 3G it downloading fast. It doesn't make any sense.

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  • I have a weird problem that the songs on my phone downloading very slow on WIFI, and when I'm switching to 3G it downloading fast. It doesn't make any sense.
  • Joe
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Syncing local files to my iPhone 5

Dear Spotify, I've been trying to sync my local files to my phone. When I add them to a playlist, they even appear on my phone. But when I try to play them, It's doesn't do anything. It seems like it won't 'load' the song (even though I put the offli...

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  • Dear Spotify,   I've been trying to sync my local files to my phone. When I add them to a playlist, they even appear on my phone. But when I try to play them, It's doesn't do anything. It se...
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IOS premium account not playing

I recently encountered a problem where when I searched for songs on spotify on my phone they would be greyed out and when I click to play a song i get the message 'Premium Required' however I already have a ongoing premium subscription. I have checke...

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  • I recently encountered a problem where when I searched for songs on spotify on my phone they would be greyed out and when I click to play a song i get the message 'Premium Required' however I already...
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iOS 7 Beta 4 FIXED

Because Spotify is so great, they got us an update that now fixes the crashing while changing volume on beta 4. Thank y'all, stay awesome!

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  • Because Spotify is so great, they got us an update that now fixes the crashing while changing volume on beta 4. Thank y'all, stay awesome!
  • Adam
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Iphone

Warum habe ich auf meinem Iphone 2 GB Daten, wie kann ich diese reduzieren ???

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  • Warum habe ich auf meinem Iphone 2 GB Daten, wie kann ich diese reduzieren ???
  • Taylor
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Premium for Iphone 5/iMac not taking effect

Hey guys so i've just recently purchased premium for spotify! UNfortunately its coming up on both my iphone and imac application that i need to upgrade to premium? Any solutions to this would be great! And yes i have double checked my accounts and re...

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  • Hey guys so i've just recently purchased premium for spotify! UNfortunately its coming up on both my iphone and imac application that i need to upgrade to premium? Any solutions to this would be ...
  • Adam
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Cannot sync local files from Spotify onto IPod

Hello. I am having serious trouble trying to sync my files onto my iPod. I have noted that only local files will sync because I have done the process before successfully, however I just got the 30-day free trial version of Spotify Premium which led m...

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  • Hello.  I am having serious trouble trying to sync my files onto my iPod.  I have noted that only local&...
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Simple change to improve Radio UI

Make the thumbs-down red, and 5 mm lower. Make the thumbs-up green, and 5 mm higher.

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  • Make the thumbs-down red, and 5 mm lower. Make the thumbs-up green, and 5 mm higher.
  • Taylor
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A different type of sync issue

So both my daughter and I are seeing this issue. Some songs from some playlists just go greyed out. Not an entire list, just some songs. I figured Spotify lost the rights to the song. However, on my imac I can stream them wifi, they are still availab...

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  • So both my daughter and I are seeing this issue.  Some songs from some playlists just go greyed out.  Not an entire list, just some songs.  I figured Spotify lost the rights to the son...
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Problem with iPad app

I have two iPads (one private and one for work), and a Spotify Premium account. On one of the iPads, the Spotify app will not launch the music after hitting the play-button. I can see my playlists, and everything seems allright until I press "PLAY". ...

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  • I have two iPads (one private and one for work), and a Spotify Premium account. On one of the iPads, the Spotify app will not launch the music after hitting the play-button. I can see my playlists, a...
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Solved!! Sync only local files from starred to iPhone

Hi Is there a way only to syncs the local files form my starred list to my iPhone?

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  • Hi   Is there a way only to syncs the local files form my starred list to my iPhone?
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I can't download my playlist(s).

I've tried so many alternatives, deleted spotify and so on. When I first open it, it begins the download (over wi-fi), but then it stops... Please help! I'm a premium user!!

  • Casual Listener
  • I've tried so many alternatives, deleted spotify and so on. When I first open it, it begins the download (over wi-fi), but then it stops... Please help! I'm a premium user!!
  • Joe
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