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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 Sharing Playlists from iOS App

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceiPhone 11 Pro MaxOperating System(iOS 13.4.1) I have Spotify Version 8.5.53.996 on my phone and within my public playlists, I do not have the 'menu' option that would allow me to share/edit/add to queue/etc. the playlists....

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA   Device iPhone 11 Pro Max Operating System (iOS 13.4.1)   I have Spotify Version 8.5.53.996 on my phone and within my public playlists, I do n...
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Offline albums STILL not queueing despite spotify saying they fixed it

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceIphone 8Operating SystemiOS 13.4.1 My Question or IssueI am livid. After going through multiple troubleshooting steps leading to deleting and reinstalling the app, redownloading all of my offline music three times, some albu...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device Iphone 8 Operating System iOS 13.4.1   My Question or Issue I am livid.  After going through multiple troubleshooting steps leading to del...
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No "add Liked songs" into a specific playlist

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 6SOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssueHi,I was trying to organize my songs into different playlists based on different languages. When I created the playlist by adding songs from liked songs, the liked song...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 6S Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue Hi, I was trying to organize my songs into different playlists based on different languages...
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Music stops after 2 songs if out of house using data

PlanFreeCountryUkDeviceiPhone 5sOperating SystemiOS 12(I’m guessing, not certain. I do know it won’t update further though) My Question or Issuemy Spotify will only play 2 songs if I’m playing it using data. If I touch or try and skip any songs it wo...

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  • Plan Free Country Uk Device iPhone 5s Operating System iOS 12(I’m guessing, not certain. I do know it won’t update further though)   My Question or Issue my Spotify will only play 2 so...
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Apple CarPlay - Playlist Played In Wrong Order

Hello Spotify, I an facing issue with playing my playlists in wrong order in Apple CarPlay. I think it is because of recent iOS 13.3.1 update. From nature of Apple CarPlay are all playlist songs are sorted from most recent to oldest, at least my play...

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  • Hello Spotify, I an facing issue with playing my playlists in wrong order in Apple CarPlay. I think it is because of recent iOS 13.3.1 update. From nature of Apple CarPlay are all playlist songs are ...
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Superuser Contribution The monthly time limit thing

PlanFreeCountryJapanDeviceiPad 7th GenOperating SystemiOS 13 My Question or IssueI recently started using Spotify on my iPad(about a week maybe) and today I got a “monthly time limit reached” message and can’t play/view my playlists. I tried looking ...

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  • Plan Free Country Japan Device iPad 7th Gen Operating System iOS 13   My Question or Issue I recently started using Spotify on my iPad(about a week maybe) and today I got a “monthly t...
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I can't see my Next In Queue and Now Playing

Good Day Spotify Community I have a problem with my Spotify App in my iPhone 6, it does not show the Next In Queue whenever I queue my music and also the Now Playing. I already deleted and downloaded the app again to see if it's fixed but still the i...

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  • Good Day Spotify Community   I have a problem with my Spotify App in my iPhone 6, it does not show the Next In Queue whenever I queue my music and also the Now Playing. I already deleted and d...
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Syncing between devices

PlanPremiumDeviceIPhone XOperating SystemiOS 13.3.1 My Question or IssueHello, I am trying to sync a mp3 audio file (that does not exist on spotify) through the local files feature. I have already looked through the tutorials and followed the steps. ...

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  • Plan Premium Device IPhone X Operating System iOS 13.3.1   My Question or Issue Hello,   I am trying to sync a mp3 audio file (that does not exist on spotify) through the local fi...
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Superuser Contribution Whole album is being saved instead of just the songs I saved

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhonse 6sOperating SystemIOS 12.1.4 My Question or IssueI use the album section of spotify for 95% of when im listening to music. There are few albums I have the entirety of saved. I prefer to save only a handful of songs ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhonse 6s Operating System IOS 12.1.4   My Question or Issue I use the album section of spotify for 95% of when im listening to music. There ar...
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How to sync local files from my PC to my phone

My Question or Issue I have songs from my local files in my playlist on my PC. However, I can't play them on my mobile phone. The link is a link to a image that is what that song looks like in my playlist on my phone. It's grayed out and it won't let...

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  • My Question or Issue   I have songs from my local files in my playlist on my PC. However, I can't play them on my mobile phone. The link is a link to a image that is what that song looks like ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist's Description

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDeviceiPhone 5sOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI can't see my playlists's description on mobile. i wanna be able to see peoples's description and them to see mines

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  • Plan Premium Country Brasil Device iPhone 5s Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I can't see my playlists's description on mobile. i wanna be able to see peoples's descr...
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UI in slideover mode

PlanPremiumCountryVietnamDeviceiPad 6th Generation 2018Operating SystemiPadOS 13 My Question or IssueIn slideover mode, the last row of icons is super close to the bottom. in my opinion it doesn’t look very nice.

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  • Plan Premium Country Vietnam Device iPad 6th Generation 2018 Operating System iPadOS 13   My Question or Issue In slideover mode, the last row of icons is super close to the bottom. in...
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(iOS) shuffling from song in playlist to random song?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 13.3.1 No matter what I do, it will not play within my playlist. It will play the first song I choose then go to some random song outside of my playlist as that isn’t even in the same genre. Shu...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 13.3.1    No matter what I do, it will not play within my playlist. It will play the first song I choose then...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle Toggle not there

I have Spotify free on an iPhone 8 with the newest iOS. My brother also has free but uses an android that is most up to date. For some reason I am unable to toggle on/off my shuffle.( I don’t have the button) While my brother has the button to do so....

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  • I have Spotify free on an iPhone 8 with the newest iOS. My brother also has free but uses an android that is most up to date. For some reason I am unable to toggle on/off my shuffle.( I don’t have th...
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"See more" link not working on playlist episode description

Family PlanPremiumUSA Iphone 11 - updated to newest version Hey there, this is a small thing but for some reason, the links that say "see more" on playlist episodes won't expand the playlist episode descriptions. How can I fix this?

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  • Family Plan Premium USA   Iphone 11 - updated to newest version   Hey there, this is a small thing but for some reason, the links that say "see more" on playlist episodes won't expand...
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EQ. see houw much dB the sliders decrease or increase.

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceiPhone SEMy Question or IssueSee only freqeunties in EQ, not how much dB decrease or increase. Want they add this to the interface.

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  • Plan Premium Country NL Device iPhone SE My Question or Issue See only freqeunties in EQ, not how much dB decrease or increase.   Want they add this to the interface.  
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Stop playing after 10 seconds

Premium planAustraliaiPhone 6sOperating SystemiOS 13.3.1 My Question or IssueIf Spotify is connected to google home, then songs stop playing in 10 seconds, also a few songs skipping automatically on both phone and speaker. When I unlink Spotify from ...

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  • Premium plan Australia iPhone 6s Operating System iOS 13.3.1   My Question or Issue If Spotify is connected to google home, then songs stop playing in 10 seconds, also a few songs sk...
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Superuser Contribution Streaming errors

so i’m a artist on spotify and i just hit 10 k streams woho! it’s been a week since i dropped my song. So yesterday i hit 10 k and today i woke up and had 8.411 streams? it is stuck there aswell. help please

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  • so i’m a artist on spotify and i just hit 10 k streams woho! it’s been a week since i dropped my song. So yesterday i hit 10 k and today i woke up and had 8.411 streams? it is stuck there aswell. hel...
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Audio volume normalization doesn't do notting on iOS and Windows.

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceiPhone SE, PCOperating SystemiOS 13.4.1, Windows 8.1 x64 My Question or IssueThe Audio normalization function do not do anything (not working) on iOS and Windows desktop client. I experiences it as a placebo function.It is a...

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  • Plan Premium Country NL Device iPhone SE, PC Operating System iOS 13.4.1, Windows 8.1 x64   My Question or Issue The Audio normalization function do not do anything (not working) on iO...
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Why can’t I post to a collaborative playlist?

PlanPremium DeviceiPhone and Mac Operating SystemiOS My Question or IssueMy friend has a collaborative playlist that I’ve always added to. However I noticed today it no longer shows up when I go to add. I can still access it, just cannot contribute. ...

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  • Plan Premium   Device iPhone and Mac   Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue My friend has a collaborative playlist that I’ve always added to. However I noticed today i...
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