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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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Michaelman11

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Volume buttons on device don't work when casting

As of Spotify 8.9.xx and newer I can't control the volume on my iPhone when casting to a Chromecast device. I need to go into the slider inside the Spotify app to change the volume. This is not an iOS or apple issue:My non working version of Spotify ...

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makeabetterapp

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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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Superuser Contribution Top of Chinese Song Titles Cut Off

Plan: PremiumCountry: Hong Kong Device(iPhone 13 Pro, iPad Pro)Operating System(iOS 15.1.1) My Question or IssueWhen playing songs with Chinese song names and entering the full screen player, the title in the player cuts off a little of the top of th...

Casual Listener

Plan: Premium Country: Hong Kong   Device (iPhone 13 Pro, iPad Pro) Operating System (iOS 15.1.1)   My Question or Issue When playing songs with Chinese song names and enterin...

sakana_leo

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Superuser Contribution Playlists not playing

Plan PremiumDevice iphone11 My Question or IssueOut of the blue, after playing one song on any playlist, Spotify switches to songs in a similar genre not on the playlist. Same if I hit forward - it switches from the selected playlist. Recent update t...

Newbie

  Plan Premium Device iphone11   My Question or Issue Out of the blue, after playing one song on any playlist, Spotify switches to songs in a similar genre not on the playlist. Sa...

Ver

Spotify Legend

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Search function on iOS mobile application

Hello. A bug has just drawn my attention: when searching in my saved music for a certain group, for instance, I get a list of all albums, all playlists and the artist himself/herself NO MATTER if I search in playlists, albums, artists or podcasts. Th...

Music Fan

Hello. A bug has just drawn my attention: when searching in my saved music for a certain group, for instance, I get a list of all albums, all playlists and the artist himself/herself NO MATTER if I...

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Superuser Contribution Dots under featuring artist playlist?

  I noticed this only in certain artists occasionally, some has normal descriptions and some, well… dotsPlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 15.1Spotify Version8.6.80.1180

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    I noticed this only in certain artists occasionally, some has normal descriptions and some, well… dots Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 15.1 Spotify ...

Mihail

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution iOS issue - Spotify connect overriding volume on iPhone

Plan - PremiumCountry - NZ Device - iPhone 12Operating System - iOS 15.0.2 Hi there,I use Spotify connect to connect my personal laptop (PC A) to a computer that has speakers (PC B) that plays the music, it works pretty well. I also have Spotify on m...

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Plan - Premium Country - NZ   Device - iPhone 12 Operating System - iOS 15.0.2   Hi there, I use Spotify connect to connect my personal laptop (PC A) to a computer that has speakers ...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Spotify randomly starts in background when the app is closed

Hello everybody,when I updated my iPhone 11 to iOS 15 I started noticing that Spotify randomly opens in background when the app is no longer running (thus can't be seen in the multitasking menu); if it happens that I have Spotify running on my Mac (f...

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Hello everybody, when I updated my iPhone 11 to iOS 15 I started noticing that Spotify randomly opens in background when the app is no longer running (thus can't be seen in the multitasking menu); i...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Cannot connect Iphone 5 and apps spotify 8.6.80

I have an iphone 5 and cannot identify myself with version 8.6.80 of spotify. I have the message "An error has occurred. Please try again later".I have tried with several accounts and always the same.Do you have a solution ?

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I have an iphone 5 and cannot identify myself with version 8.6.80 of spotify. I have the message "An error has occurred. Please try again later". I have tried with several accounts and always the sa...

Jeremy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Broken header on iPhone13 mini

Broken header on iPhone13 miniPlanPremium Countrycanada DeviceiPhone 13 mini Operating SystemiOS 15.1.1

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    Broken header on iPhone13 mini Plan Premium   Country canada   Device iPhone 13 mini   Operating System iOS 15.1.1  

MafeG

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Superuser Contribution Reconnection won’t resume playback

Hello, I use Spotify during my commutes which means there are a few areas where I won’t have coverage. Normally this isn’t an issue, but I’ve found that with recent updates that whenever I get reconnected to the internet streamed content won’t play b...

Newbie

Hello,    I use Spotify during my commutes which means there are a few areas where I won’t have coverage. Normally this isn’t an issue, but I’ve found that with recent updates that whenev...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution Incorrect song currently playing

I use Spotify Connect to play tracks on my Onkyo receiver. What my iPhone 12 Pro says is currently playing often isn’t what is actually playing even though I am using the iOS app to control the music and haven’t even minimized it. See attached screen...

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I use Spotify Connect to play tracks on my Onkyo receiver. What my iPhone 12 Pro says is currently playing often isn’t what is actually playing even though I am using the iOS app to control the music...

CarlosE

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Superuser Contribution Is there a workaround for the CarPlay Folder navigation bug? (For album organization)

What I was hoping to do way to create a structure like this to organize albums: Genre 1 -> Artist 1 -> Album 1 as playlist -> Album 2 as playlist What happens is when you click on the the playlist folder Genre 1 and then playlist folder "Artist 1", S...

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  What I was hoping to do way to create a structure like this to organize albums:   Genre 1 -> Artist 1 -> Album 1 as playlist              ...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution How do I turn off video "canvases" option is gone

The option to turn off music video canvases used to be under the app ios - playback - canvas. That is no longer there. Did this move or is it completely gone? I'm often trying to concentrate with Spotify on and this is distracting. Sometimes I like t...

Music Fan

The option to turn off music video canvases used to be under the app ios - playback - canvas. That is no longer there. Did this move or is it completely gone? I'm often trying to concentrate with Spo...

fraktalisman

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Superuser Contribution [iOS][Friend Feed] Please let us remove followers

I have some followers that Im not in contact with anymore and that i want to forget. They are still following me on spotify, and i get so uncomfortable every time i see their name. please let me put an end to this, i just want to listen to music.

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I have some followers that Im not in contact with anymore and that i want to forget. They are still following me on spotify, and i get so uncomfortable every time i see their name. please let me put ...

Novy

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Shuffle iOS default

Big big win for music today.. It seems like after many people told spotify that having random as the default album playing mode was disgusting, it took Adèle telling them to make them change this awful "feature". https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/21/en...

Music Fan

Big big win for music today..   It seems like after many people told spotify that having random as the default album playing mode was disgusting, it took Adèle telling them to make them change...

Sonastra

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Superuser Contribution Massive battery drain even after update

Using Spotify Premium in the US on an iPhone 12 with a healthy battery running the latest iOS 15.1.1 update, even after the recent bug update for Spotify, I’m noticed massive battery drain still. Over night, Spotify ran for 5 hours in the background....

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Using Spotify Premium in the US on an iPhone 12 with a healthy battery running the latest iOS 15.1.1 update, even after the recent bug update for Spotify, I’m noticed massive battery drain still. Ove...

MafeG

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution Block "New Music for You" popup ads

To my steady advisors, please: How do I block "New Music for You" popup ads on iPhone using a Premium family plan subscription? I am looking for a User programming fix that anyone knows that works. Thanks . . . . Your suggestions at least got Safari ...

Roadie

  To my steady advisors, please:  How do I block "New Music for You" popup ads on iPhone using a Premium family plan subscription?   I am looking for a User programming fix that any...

Eni

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Lyrics not available

I have updated, reinstalled, and restarted my iPhone numerous times in hopes of the lyrics to show up, but I still have not gotten a solution to my problem. On my computer, the lyrics show up perfectly fine though! I have a premium account too, pleas...

Newbie

I have updated, reinstalled, and restarted my iPhone numerous times in hopes of the lyrics to show up, but I still have not gotten a solution to my problem. On my computer, the lyrics show up perfect...

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Superuser Contribution Can’t play saved music on iPhone unless I reset / quit the app

Premium United Kingdomiphone ios latest software update My Question or IssueSpotify on iPhone won’t play saved music unless I quit the app. Then it only plays one track before crashing again or sometimes I have to skip one or two tracks to get it pla...

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Premium  United Kingdom iphone ios latest software update    My Question or Issue Spotify on iPhone won’t play saved music unless I quit the app. Then it only plays one track befo...

MafeG

Spotify Legend

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Superuser Contribution [iOS][Developer] Romanized lyrics

When I listen to songs with English lyrics, it’s easy to sing along to. However, when it’s an Asian song or any other language that doesn’t use the English alphabet then I cannot sing along. That sort of annoys me. I love these song and I want to sin...

Newbie

When I listen to songs with English lyrics, it’s easy to sing along to. However, when it’s an Asian song or any other language that doesn’t use the English alphabet then I cannot sing along. That sor...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution Spotify app meddles with other app sounds

I believe the issue is due to the fact that we can use the iOS app to control what is playing on the desktop app: the volume control of the iPhone now is set to change the volume of what is playing on Spotify. But then, if as I switch to another app ...

Regular

I believe the issue is due to the fact that we can use the iOS app to control what is playing on the desktop app: the volume control of the iPhone now is set to change the volume of what is playing o...

Konigi

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