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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes

PlanPremiumDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 13.5.1 My Question or IssueEvery evening I go into airplane mode and I set a sleep timer for audio books/music. After exactly 1:10 the app crashes. When I start it again and just hit the play button, the t...

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  • Plan Premium Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 13.5.1   My Question or Issue Every evening I go into airplane mode and I set a sleep timer for audio books/music. After exactly 1:10 th...
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Superuser Contribution [Connect] SPOTIFY APP ON GALAXY WATCH ACTIVE 2 IS NOT OPENING AFTER LOGGING IN (IPHONE USER)

I TRIED BOTH METHODS: AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZED THE ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH MY PHONE AND THE PAIRING CODE. BOTH WAYS ENDS WITH A LOADING BLUE AND GREEN CIRCLE SPINNING. SPOTIFY REALLY SHOULD PUT MORE EFFORT ON WEARABLES APPS. I REALLY LOVE SPOTIFY, BU...

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  • I TRIED BOTH METHODS: AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZED THE ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH MY PHONE AND THE PAIRING CODE. BOTH WAYS ENDS WITH A LOADING BLUE AND GREEN CIRCLE SPINNING.   SPOTIFY REALLY SHOULD ...
  • Jeremy
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Solved!! Spotify stops working on AirPods - Apple Music is fine

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS14.3 My Question or IssueRecently, whenever I listen to Spotify through my Apple AirPods and the screen locks, Spotify stops playing after 10seconds. There is no issue at all with Apple...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS14.3   My Question or Issue Recently, whenever I listen to Spotify through my Apple AirPods and the screen locks...
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Superuser Contribution Podcast will only play the latest episode on IPhone XR

Hi, I have Spotify Premium on Iphone XR.I am trying to listed to shagged, married, annoyed and haven't listened for a while so wanted to carry on listening episode 45.It doesn't matter which episode I select, it plays the one from Jan 2021, even thou...

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  • Hi,   I have Spotify Premium on Iphone XR. I am trying to listed to shagged, married, annoyed and haven't listened for a while so wanted to carry on listening episode 45. It doesn't matter w...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Incorrect Number of Songs

DeviceiPhone 12Operating SystemiOS 14 My Question or Issue The number of songs in "Liked Songs" is incorrect. When you have 99 songs and like one more song, the total number will be 101 instead of 100.

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  • Device iPhone 12 Operating System iOS 14   My Question or Issue   The number of songs in "Liked Songs" is incorrect. When you have 99 songs and like one more song, the total number w...
  • Ver
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Superuser Contribution Spotify no funciona con datos

PlanPremium DuoCountryColombiaDeviceiPhone 8 PlusOperating SystemiOS 12.4.1 Spotify en el celular de mi esposaa solo funciona cuando esta conectado a wifi y cuando se pasa a datos aparece “conectando” todo el tiempo; además las páginas de Spotify y l...

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  • Plan Premium Duo Country Colombia Device iPhone 8 Plus Operating System iOS 12.4.1   Spotify en el celular de mi esposaa solo funciona cuando esta conectado a wifi y cuando se pasa a da...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Apple Watch Streaming option disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceApple Watch SE & iPhone 11Operating SystemwatchOS 7.2 My Question or IssueHi,I noticed yesterday that, the option for streaming from the watch disappeared, I had this option previously, the last time I used it was about...

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  • Plan Premium Country Romania Device Apple Watch SE & iPhone 11 Operating System watchOS 7.2   My Question or Issue Hi, I noticed yesterday that, the option for streaming from the ...
  • Ver
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Superuser Contribution Error: 127

I have recently got an iPhone 10 and I have not been able to listen to music at all every time I try load anything on the app it won’t work. I have tried uninstalling the app, resetting my phone, changing my password, logging out of all accounts and ...

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  • I have recently got an iPhone 10 and I have not been able to listen to music at all every time I try load anything on the app it won’t work. I have tried uninstalling the app, resetting my phone, cha...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution spotify keeps crashing

PlanFreeCountryIndonesiaDeviceIphone 6Operating SystemiOS 12.4.9 My Question or IssueApparently Spotify keeps crashing when my phone is locked or when i’m opening other apps, and when i reopened the app the song that was playing went back to the star...

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  • Plan Free Country Indonesia Device Iphone 6 Operating System iOS 12.4.9   My Question or Issue Apparently Spotify keeps crashing when my phone is locked or when i’m opening other apps,...
  • Ivan
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Superuser Contribution Playlist Fast Scrolling Bug

PlanPremium FamilyCountryItalyDeviceiPhone 12 miniOperating System14.3 My Question or IssueWhen I browse a playlist with many songs and want to quickly scroll to the latest songs, the scrolling lags. (Demo Link 1)I had the same issue with my old ipho...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country Italy Device iPhone 12 mini Operating System 14.3   My Question or Issue When I browse a playlist with many songs and want to quickly scroll to the latest s...
  • Ivan
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Superuser Contribution Transfer iTunes purchased song to Spotify local files

Hi, I have Spotify premium on an iPhone XS and I’m in the UK. I was wondering if there’s any way to put a song I’ve purchased on iTunes on Spotify using the local files option? I know you can put mp3 files etc into local files but what about songs th...

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  • Hi, I have Spotify premium on an iPhone XS and I’m in the UK. I was wondering if there’s any way to put a song I’ve purchased on iTunes on Spotify using the local files option? I know you can put mp3...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution I can't get Local files from my Pc on my iPhone

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone 5sOperating SystemIOS 12 My Question or IssueI am trying to get my local files on Spotify on my iPhone. I tried all the steps already. I added the songs to a new playlist. Connected my Phone to the same network a...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone 5s Operating System IOS 12   My Question or Issue I am trying to get my local files on Spotify on my iPhone. I tried all the steps already. I...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Constantly Crashing

On my iPhone its struggling a bit with storage but Spotify crashes SO much and its so frustrating. It happens offline and online and it would be annoying to have to undownload stuff, which I've done and it hasn't improved the situation in any way.

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  • On my iPhone its struggling a bit with storage but Spotify crashes SO much and its so frustrating. It happens offline and online and it would be annoying to have to undownload stuff, which I've done ...
  • Ivan
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Superuser Contribution Can iOS delete spotify downloads?

I have been using Spotify on an ipad since last year and have recently lost all my downloads, this happened after I cleared history and website data for the safari browser; I checked the storage info and spotifys had gone right done, when I checked i...

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  • I have been using Spotify on an ipad since last year and have recently lost all my downloads, this happened after I cleared history and website data for the safari browser; I checked the storage info...
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Superuser Contribution [iOS][Other] Issues while recording voice messages

Hey everybody, I hope you all are doing well. Lately I've been having an issue while recording voice messages and playing Spotify at the same time. What will happen is that whenever I try to record anything, the music will stop BUT the audio won't re...

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  • Hey everybody, I hope you all are doing well.  Lately I've been having an issue while recording voice messages and playing Spotify at the same time. What will happen is that whenever I try to r...
  • Ivan
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Superuser Contribution [Mobile] Music playing automatically when I open app

I have the Spotify app on iOS, and lately whenever I open the app it will immediately start blaring whatever I was listening to last time, be it music or a podcast or what. I’m tired of it and it honestly makes me use the app less.

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  • I have the Spotify app on iOS, and lately whenever I open the app it will immediately start blaring whatever I was listening to last time, be it music or a podcast or what.   I’m tired of it a...
  • Ivan
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Why do I get suggested songs while I listen an album?

PlanFreeCountryRussia Device(iPhone 11)Operating System(iOS 14.2) My Question or IssueHi! I didn’t find an answer, so..I found definit music album, but while I was listening it, Spotify started to play suggested song, which wasn’t even belong to albu...

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  •   Plan Free Country Russia   Device (iPhone 11) Operating System (iOS 14.2)   My Question or Issue Hi! I didn’t find an answer, so.. I found definit music album, but while...
  • BecauseB
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Superuser Contribution Unable to Delete Spotify App

Plan: FreeUS Device(iPhone 6S Plus)Operating System(iOS 14.2) My Question or IssueHello all, I was recently trying to solve an issue where Spotify would crash whenever I tried playing certain playlists. I decided to reinstall the app, and while this ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Free US   Device (iPhone 6S Plus) Operating System (iOS 14.2)   My Question or Issue Hello all,  I was recently trying to solve an issue where Spotify would crash ...
  • Ivan
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Can't skip ads in podcasts using my car controls, but able to skip regular podcast audio

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 13.3 My Question or IssueI am able to press the skip button in my car steering to skip regular audio, but the moment an ad comes on, I am unable to skip past the ad. I have to listen through the...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 13.3   My Question or Issue I am able to press the skip button in my car steering to skip regular audio, but the ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify constantly closing and will not run in the background

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceiPhone SE 2020Operating SystemiOS 14.3 My Question or Issue So my issue is that Spotify will no longer run continuously on my phone. When the screen turns off Spotify will only continue to play for about 2-15 minutes and then t...

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  • Plan Free Country US Device iPhone SE 2020 Operating System iOS 14.3   My Question or Issue   So my issue is that Spotify will no longer run continuously on my phone. When the sc...
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