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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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Solved!! Why doesn't spotifuggle download all selected music?

after a certain ammount of downloaded songs, spotify doesnt downloaden all selected songs anymore. Where there should be a green icon (donwloaded) or a grey icon (to be downloaded) it gives me a orange icon (sth like not able to download). he normall...

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after a certain ammount of downloaded songs, spotify doesnt downloaden all selected songs anymore. Where there should be a green icon (donwloaded) or a grey icon (to be downloaded) it gives me a oran...

Peter__

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Playlist current selection lost after playing new songs from Discover/Search

Hi pardon my english but, While listening to a song in my playlist, I navigated to the Discover/Search/Browse functionality of the mobile app and played a random track/album from the list. The random track starts playing immediately but when I return...

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Hi pardon my english but,   While listening to a song in my playlist, I navigated to the Discover/Search/Browse functionality of the mobile app and played a random track/album from the list....

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Able to play local files on Macbook but not on iPhone.

I recently got a new iPhone 5S and have got it set up and everything is working fine. However, I cannot play local files on the phone but they do play on my macbook. The songs played on my 4S fine, but since getting the new phone when trying to play ...

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I recently got a new iPhone 5S and have got it set up and everything is working fine. However, I cannot play local files on the phone but they do play on my macbook. The songs played on my 4S fine, b...

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No browse on iphone app

I've been waiting for over a month for browse to appear on my iphone 5 spotify app. I have updated the app completely. Uninstalled and reinstalled several times. And it is gone as well as what's new. I've been a subscriber for quite some time and thi...

Newbie

I've been waiting for over a month for browse to appear on my iphone 5 spotify app. I have updated the app completely. Uninstalled and reinstalled several times. And it is gone as well as what's new....

Peter__

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Shuffle Play on ipone

I can't seem to turn the shuffle play mode off on my iphone 4s. Any help?

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I can't seem to turn the shuffle play mode off on my iphone 4s.   Any help?

Peter__

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Features disappearing

Hi,I created a thread a little while ago about the fact that my collections option had disappeared suddenly which was responded to positively very quickly. Unfortunately however it still hasn't come back as promised despite a week of logging in and o...

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Hi, I created a thread a little while ago about the fact that my collections option had disappeared suddenly which was responded to positively very quickly. Unfortunately however it still hasn't com...

Peter__

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IPhone 5s + spotify premium

The app freezes and requires phone reboot to work. needs to be fixed, extremely frustrating and did not happen on my IPhone 4s...

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The app freezes and requires phone reboot to work. needs to be fixed, extremely frustrating and did not happen on my IPhone 4s...

Peter__

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Frozen/offline on startup iPhone5

When I launch my spotify app on my iPhone it stays on the display screen frozen or either says BROWSER NOT AVAILABLE WHILE IN OFFLINE MODE When it's not offline and won't let me click on anything , doesn't respond at all , already tried multiple time...

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When I launch my spotify app on my iPhone it stays on the display screen frozen or either says BROWSER NOT AVAILABLE WHILE IN OFFLINE MODE When it's not offline and won't let me click on anything , d...

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Can't listening music on mobile.

"Spotify is now free on mobile, tablet and computer." But I still can't listening music on mobile. I'm a free member. I sign up with email, and my mobile is IOS 7. Spotify said it needs Premium. Does anyone can help me? Thank you~

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"Spotify is now free on mobile, tablet and computer."   But I still can't listening music on mobile. I'm a free member. I sign up with email, and my mobile is IOS 7. ...

wwwchi

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Suffle play for Artists

I read that Shuffle Play for any particular artist is available for free users. How do premium users access the shuffle play button for artists?

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I read that Shuffle Play for any particular artist is available for free users.  How do premium users access the shuffle play button for artists?

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syncing playlists to my new ipad

I have just bought a new ipad and downloaded the spotofy app which i already have on my iphone and laptop. I currently use spotify premium. The app on my ipad allows me to log into my spotify account however it doesnt show any of my playlists and whe...

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I have just bought a new ipad and downloaded the spotofy app which i already have on my iphone and laptop. I currently use spotify premium.  The app on my ipad allows me to log into my spotify...

Kryzhal

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Solved!! Is a 4th gen iPod touch classified as a tablet or phone for the new Spotify free plan?

Hey, I was wondering if an iPod Touch 4th gen was classfied as a tablet or phone for the new Spotify free expereince announced yesterday. I'm hoping it's a tablet, because it would be pretty awesome to get Spotify's entire catalog streaming free! Tha...

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Hey,   I was wondering if an iPod Touch 4th gen was classfied as a tablet or phone for the new Spotify free expereince announced yesterday. I'm hoping it's a tablet, because it would be pret...

Peter__

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Sign in

Hi having trouble signing in, have reset password etc help!

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Hi having trouble signing in, have reset password etc help!

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iPod Touch 4th Gen Lag

Hi, Latest version of Spotify is very slow on iPod Touch 4th gen, and it's lagging when I swipe thru songs. What's going on? P.S. I did a clean reinstall of Spotify App.

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Hi, Latest version of Spotify is very slow on iPod Touch 4th gen, and it's lagging when I swipe thru songs. What's going on?   P.S. I did a clean reinstall of Spotify App.

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spotify on iphone

Hey, I downloaded Spotify on my iPhone yesterday because the description in the app store said, it was for free, and also i heard that in the german news. But the Spotify app said it was the 48 hour premium test version, an on my computer it also sai...

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Hey, I downloaded Spotify on my iPhone yesterday because the description in the app store said, it was for free, and also i heard that in the german news. But the Spotify app said...

Christoffer

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Solved!! Spotify for IPAD

I have put Spotify om my iPad and now need to get the app to link with Sonos. However, when I go to the app store, a spotify page is stuck over the App store page so I cannot interact with the app store page

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I have put Spotify om my iPad and now need to get the app to link with Sonos. However, when I go to the app store, a spotify page is stuck over the App store page so I cannot interact with the a...

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iphone doesnt sync songs to offline mode

Hi at everybody, my problem is that the spotify app do not sync the titles in my playlist to the offline mode. my wifi is good over 100mb/s and i turned my phone off and on, reinstalled the app but nothing works. so please help me its the first day o...

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Hi at everybody, my problem is that the spotify app do not sync the titles in my playlist to the offline mode. my wifi is good over 100mb/s and i turned my phone off and on, reinstalled the app b...

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How do I search public playlists.

I've got a premium account and want to search public playlists on Spotify on my iphone. Is this possible?

Newbie

I've got a premium account and want to search public playlists on Spotify on my iphone. Is this possible?

Peter__

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Spotify keeps needing to reload itself when you go back to using it on iPhone

I've noticed that if you been using Spotify and then stop using it for a while (because you using some other app) it almost always needs to reload itself. It never used to do this. You used to be able to go back to Spotify when it was open in the bac...

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I've noticed that if you been using Spotify and then stop using it for a while (because you using some other app) it almost always needs to reload itself. It never used to do this. You used to be abl...

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Urgent: Play wireless to several devices at the same time/ DLNA/ SpotifyConnect

For our company´s christmas party TONIGHT we got 2 x Pioneer SMA3 and 2 x Pioneer SMA4 wireless systems. We wish to hear the same Spotify stream on all 4 speakers at the same time, but there seems to be no option to do this in Spotify Connect (Premiu...

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For our company´s christmas party TONIGHT  we got 2 x Pioneer SMA3 and 2 x Pioneer SMA4 wireless systems. We wish to hear the same Spotify stream on all 4 speakers at the same time, but there se...

gubimann

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