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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 Same song starts to play in middle of every song

Hi all, Over the past week or two I have had an issue where the same song (not in any of my playlists) will play in the middle of a song I am listening to. The song is called "Rain" by Idutzy (attached image). I am unsure if Spotify chose this song t...

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  • Hi all,   Over the past week or two I have had an issue where the same song (not in any of my playlists) will play in the middle of a song I am listening to. The song is called "Rain" by Idutz...
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Superuser Contribution Change Order of Tracks in favorite playlist

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 16.5 Hi, so I have the native favorite playlist and when I tap the heart the track is being added to it. On my Mac they are all in the right order, but on my iPhone they are exactly the othe...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 16.5   Hi,  so I have the native favorite playlist and when I tap the heart the track is being added to it. On m...
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Superuser Contribution Jeg har nå abonnert på Premium Duo. Hvordan får jeg oppgradert appen på iOS

Jeg ønsker hjelp til å oppgradere appen (iOS) til mitt Premium Duo abonnement. Hvordan gjør jeg det? Det er telefonene vi benytter til å spille av musikk.

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  • Jeg ønsker hjelp til å oppgradere appen (iOS) til mitt Premium Duo abonnement. Hvordan gjør jeg det? Det er telefonene vi benytter til å spille av musikk.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't select songs

Plan: FreeCountry: Canada Device: iPhone XROperating System: iOS 14.8 My apologies if this has been asked and answered elsewhere, but I couldn't locate it. On my iPhone, if I select an album, I can't click on any songs from that album. That is, none ...

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  • Plan: Free Country: Canada   Device: iPhone XR Operating System: iOS 14.8   My apologies if this has been asked and answered elsewhere, but I couldn't locate it. On my ...
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Superuser Contribution spotify and facebook logged out

hello everyone,i'm a premium user of spotify and i just got logged out from spotify linking my account with facebook. i have an iphone. any ideas how to solve this problem?

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  • hello everyone,i'm a premium user of spotify and i just got logged out from spotify linking my account with facebook. i have an iphone. any ideas how to solve this problem?
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Solved!! Music Skipping 10 Seconds Repeatedly

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 6SOperating SystemiOS 12.3.1 My Question or IssueWhen playing music on Spotify, songs will -- at random -- skip in 10 second intervals (0:00 -> 0:10 -> 0:20 -> etc). The skips continue to happen even when t...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone 6S Operating System iOS 12.3.1   My Question or Issue When playing music on Spotify, songs will -- at random -- skip in 10 second inter...
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Superuser Contribution I’m premium account But still ads

PlanPremiumCountryUS Device(iPhone 12Operating System(iOS 12.1 My Question or Issue I’m premium accountBut ads(both of audio or visual ads) while listening to regular music content I tried this logging out > restarting your device > logging back in t...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device (iPhone 12 Operating System (iOS 12.1   My Question or Issue   I’m premium account But ads(both of audio or visual ads) while listening to...
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Search bar and the download button are all gone in the liked song playlist.

After the update, the search bar, filters, and download button in my liked songs disappeared. I have to manually search a song I want to find, making the liked songs playlist practically useless at this point considered in have 2k+ songs in there.

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  • After the update, the search bar, filters, and download button in my liked songs disappeared. I have to manually search a song I want to find, making the liked songs playlist practically useless at t...
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Superuser Contribution "Something went wrong" when using Hey Siri to play a song

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiPhone 14 Pro MaxOperating SystemiOS 16.5My Question or IssueWhen I use "Hey Siri" to play a song through Spotify, I initially get an error, and a message that "something went wrong." When I try a second time right after, it...

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  •   Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone 14 Pro Max Operating System iOS 16.5 My Question or Issue When I use "Hey Siri" to play a song through Spotify, I initially get an error, and a ...
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Superuser Contribution (Spotify free) songs from search won’t play

Whenever I search a song on spotify and click on it, it sends me to a blank page that says “something went wrong, have another go?” with a reload option below it. It doesn’t work no matter how many times I reload. My internet connection is 100% fine ...

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  • Whenever I search a song on spotify and click on it, it sends me to a blank page that says “something went wrong, have another go?” with a reload option below it. It doesn’t work no matter how many t...
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Superuser Contribution Why Lyrics is not showing (only storyline for a few songs)

PlanPremiumDeviceIphone XOperating SystemIOS latest My Question or Issue I have the latest Spotify app, everything is up to date, but there is never "lyrics" option for me to swipe up to. Only a few songs have the storyline to swipe up. The lyrics ha...

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  • Plan Premium Device Iphone X Operating System IOS latest   My Question or Issue   I have the latest Spotify app, everything is up to date, but there is never "lyrics" option for me...
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Why can’t i see the lyrics?

When i click on any song i can’t see the lyrics like i usually can.

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  • When i click on any song i can’t see the lyrics like i usually can.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution New Notification Center disappeared

PlanPremium DuoCountryUSADeviceiPhone 12 Pro Operating SystemiOS 16 My Question or IssueHi. A month or so back, Spotify updated to give me the new Notification Center which shows follower activity. I really liked this feature, but today when I opened...

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  •   Plan Premium Duo Country USA Device iPhone 12 Pro  Operating System iOS 16   My Question or Issue Hi. A month or so back, Spotify updated to give me the new Notification C...
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Superuser Contribution Recently played and searched song doesn’t display when I click on it

I clicked on my recently played song and itdidn’t display it and says it has trouble loading l, and when I clicked on my recent song it didn’t display as well and had trouble loading too. Does anyone know how to fix this? Because I’ve tried updating ...

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  •   I clicked on my recently played song and it didn’t display it and says it has trouble loading l, and when I clicked on my recent song it didn’t display as well and had trouble loading too. D...
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Bring back lyrics on mobile

Lyrics on mobile have been replaced with a quick play feature which is, quite frankly, useless. If folks want to quick play something, they have other ways of doing it with Siri / other voice assistants, etc. Lyrics were far more useful and fun to ha...

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  • Lyrics on mobile have been replaced with a quick play feature which is, quite frankly, useless. If folks want to quick play something, they have other ways of doing it with Siri / other voice assista...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to remove ALL downloaded songs

I have reached limit for downloaded songs and was wondering if there is anyway for me to just delete all of them easily? I do not want to waste my time deleting each and every downloaded album/song, that would take way too long.

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  • I have reached limit for downloaded songs and was wondering if there is anyway for me to just delete all of them easily? I do not want to waste my time deleting each and every downloaded album/song, ...
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Why aren't my playlists not staying in the custom order I put them in?

Why can't my playlist stay in the order I put them in? The only way to get them in order is by tapping on "Playlists" and select directional tool to "custom order". Once I tap the "x" they revert to some irrelevant order. Not sure why the playlists w...

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  • Why can't my playlist stay in the order I put them in? The only way to get them in order is by tapping on "Playlists" and select directional tool to "custom order". Once I tap the "x" they revert to ...
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Superuser Contribution Playback Continuously Skipping Backwards

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceiPhone SE (2020) Operating SystemiOS 16.4.1 My Question or Issue(Spotify Version 8.8.26)When holding down the (<<) button on the iOS Lock Screen to rewind 10s, the app continues skipping backwards continuously, even after...

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  • Plan Premium   Country USA   Device iPhone SE (2020)   Operating System iOS 16.4.1   My Question or Issue (Spotify Version 8.8.26) When holding down the (<<) b...
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