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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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Superuser Contribution Shuffle becomes “permanent” when using Connect between devices

Screen recording that explains the issue:https://streamable.com/a42eylExpected behaviour: When playing music in the iOS/iPadOS app, in a playlist or in an album viewpressing play using the Play/Shuffle button,music will play in shuffle mode as expect...

  • Music Fan
  • Screen recording that explains the issue: https://streamable.com/a42eyl Expected behaviour:  When playing music in the iOS/iPadOS app,  in a playlist or in an album view pressing pla...
  • Snurz
  • Music Fan
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Solved!! "Create New Playlist" button broken when using search function

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone XOperating SystemiOS 13.6 My Question or IssueAttached is a screen recording (in a zip file because it looks like .mp4 actually will not be accepted as a file type) of the bug for context, but in summary...When using...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone X Operating System iOS 13.6   My Question or Issue Attached is a screen recording (in a zip file because it looks like .mp4 actually will not be ...
  • andrewjlanza
  • Casual Listener
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  • playlist bug
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Solved!! “Liked” playlist disappeared save for four songs.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI opened my app today to find that all the music I had “liked” had disappeared. I had over 80...

  • Regular
  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I opene...
  • Billy-J
  • Spotify Star
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When I search up an artist and tap on their music, it wont open the list of songs in their albums

PlanFree CountryUSA PlanIphone Xs Operating SystemiOS 13.5.1 My Question or IssueWhen I search up an artist and tap on their music, it wont open the list of songs in their albums, I cant see their music. Ive tried deleting the app, refreshing, and lo...

  • Visitor
  •   Plan Free   Country USA   Plan Iphone Xs   Operating System iOS 13.5.1   My Question or Issue When I search up an artist and tap on their music, it wont open ...
  • user-removed
  • Not applicable
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist management

PlanPremiumCountryRussiaDeviceiPhone 6SOperating SystemiOS 13.6My Question or IssueHi! I am a new user and may be I don't understand some things, but here is my problem. I added to the queue some of my personal playlists thus creating one very long q...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country Russia Device iPhone 6S Operating System iOS 13.6 My Question or Issue Hi! I am a new user and may be I don't understand some things, but here is my problem. I added to ...
  • Ivan
  • Spotify Legend
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    Playlist Shuffle
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Tune Playlist Button Disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone XS Max)Operating System(iOS 13.3.1) My Question or IssueI used to have a button on Spotify curated playlists called “tune playlist” and this button is now gone out of nowhere. I updated my phone and the Spotify app ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone XS Max) Operating System (iOS 13.3.1)   My Question or Issue I used to have a button on Spotify curated playlists called “tune playlist” and thi...
  • Billy-J
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Solved!! Issue After Update

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemOS Catalina My Question or Issue Has anyone else noticed that after the new update for desktop, you can no longer see the album art of the song you are listening to in the bottom left corner? This...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro Operating System OS Catalina   My Question or Issue   Has anyone else noticed that after the new update for desktop, you can no longer...
  • asunta
  • Casual Listener
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App Not Allowing Some Playlists To Be Viewed

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThe app on my iPhone 8 won't allow some artist albums to be opened to view the playlist when ...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue The app...
  • Billy-J
  • Spotify Star
  • 278 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • 1 replies
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Music not showing for artists

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 13.5.1 My Question or IssueEvery time I try to open up songs from a artist it doesn’t show the all the list of songs that the artist has, before it used to show it however.

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free Country Canada Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 13.5.1   My Question or Issue Every time I try to open up songs from a artist it doesn’t show the all the list of songs th...
  • Billy-J
  • Spotify Star
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Playlist Duplicated Songs

Anyone have any idea why every song in my playlist was duplicated 25 times? Is there an easy way to "undo" this? Thanks.

  • Casual Listener
  • Anyone have any idea why every song in my playlist was duplicated 25 times? Is there an easy way to "undo" this? Thanks.
  • Joel-M
  • Composer
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Superuser Contribution No lyrics shown in Spotify (mobile device and desktop)

Plan FamilyPremiumCountryThe Netherlands DeviceiPhone 7 My Question or IssueI don't see any lyrics or genius down below the songs. The app is up to date, I have tried removing the cache, remove the app and reinstalled it, tried a VPN, restart my phon...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Family Premium Country The Netherlands   Device iPhone 7     My Question or Issue I don't see any lyrics or genius down below the songs.  The app is u...
  • AeroZ
  • Composer
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Solved!! Unwanted tracks.

Lately i’ve noticed that if I open up one of my own playlists or albums and I play the first track the second and subsequent tracks are not from my playlist or album.This is very frustrating as I usually listen to spotify when driving and not able to...

  • Casual Listener
  • Lately i’ve noticed that if I open up one of my own playlists or albums and I play the first track the second and subsequent tracks are not from my playlist or album. This is very frustrating as I u...
  • dave5416
  • Casual Listener
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idk where i am but i put that here.

I did that. I've no comment to tell. I was bored and i've think "why not do a Spotify Widget for iOS 14 ?". I know, we probably don't care, but i just wanted to share it

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  • I did that. I've no comment to tell. I was bored and i've think "why not do a Spotify Widget for iOS 14 ?". I know, we probably don't care, but i just wanted to share it 🙂
  • KrzysztofWalag
  • Regular
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voiceover issues in the podcasts section

Hello friends,I came here to report an issue that is important to me and I will tell you why below for anyone reading the report it will be probably unusual one.The problem exists in podcasts > episodes > today section of the app. Other sections such...

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  • Casual Listener
  •   Hello friends, I came here to report an issue that is important to me and I will tell you why below for anyone reading the report it will be probably unusual one. The problem exists in podc...
  • Joel-M
  • Composer
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Equalizer, crossfader, normalizer, gapless playback, explicit filter with connect?

When I connect to a speaker via Bluetooth I can use the equalizer, crossfader, normalizer, gap less playback and explicit filter with no issues. I recently upgraded my outdoor stereo to use Spotify connect so that I don't have Bluetooth range issues ...

  • Casual Listener
  • When I connect to a speaker via Bluetooth I can use the equalizer, crossfader, normalizer, gap less playback and explicit filter with no issues.  I recently upgraded my outdoor stereo to use Spo...
  • Joel-M
  • Composer
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Solved!! Liked songs not visible, iphone

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevice(iPhone 6sOperating System(iOS 13.5.1 My Question or IssueSince updating the spotify app on my iphone the 250+ ‘liked songs’ are no longer visible in my library - instead only a tiny handful are visible despite still appeari...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Premium Country UK Device (iPhone 6s Operating System (iOS 13.5.1   My Question or Issue Since updating the spotify app on my iphone the 250+ ‘liked songs’ are no longer v...
  • Billy-J
  • Spotify Star
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    liked songs
    Liked Songs Playlist
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Superuser Contribution My music keeps pausing

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceiPhone 11, fairly new My Question or IssueMy music keeps pausing whenever its played in the background. It seems to play fine when Im actually on the app, but when I click out and try to draw or even turn it off, it pauses ra...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free Country  USA Device iPhone 11, fairly new   My Question or Issue My music keeps pausing whenever its played in the background. It seems to play fine when Im actually on th...
  • Ivan
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Superuser Contribution spotify connect acnt find soundtouch sound systems

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDevice(iPhone XS Max)Operating System(iOS 13.5.1) My Question or IssueI have a premium account, have 10 different soundtouch bose sound systems all around the house. It was from the beginning never worked as it should be. Som...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Belgium Device (iPhone XS Max) Operating System (iOS 13.5.1)   My Question or Issue I have a premium account, have 10 different soundtouch bose sound systems all a...
  • Elena
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Superuser Contribution Can’t play offline - downloaded lists are played through mobile internet

PlanPremiumCountryOrigin: NetherlandsCurrent: FranceDeviceiPhone 8+Operating SystemiOS 13.6 My Question or IssueWhilst having Offline mode on, songs won’t play. Only when having the mobile internet access on, the music will play.I downloaded a lot fo...

  • Visitor
  •   Plan Premium Country Origin: Netherlands Current: France Device iPhone 8+ Operating System iOS 13.6   My Question or Issue Whilst having Offline mode on, songs won’t play. Onl...
  • Elena
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AirPods Pro will pause but not play

Plan PremiumCountry USADeviceiPhone 11 Pro MaxOperating SystemiOS 13.6 My Question or IssueJust started having an issue with Spotify play and pause using my AirPods Pro. I can pause my music using the one click but once I try to start it again or ski...

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  •   Plan  Premium Country USA Device iPhone 11 Pro Max Operating System iOS 13.6   My Question or Issue Just started having an issue with Spotify play and pause using my AirP...
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