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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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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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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 By Default Sucks_WHY NO OPTION TO TURN OFF SHUFFLE INDEFINITELY

How many people have to complain that shuffle by default is an awful feature? OR, HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO IMPLEMENT A SETTING WHERE YOU CAN TURN OFF SHUFFLE INDEFINITELY? It’s ridiculous. You should have the option. I have been repeatedly looked up a...

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How many people have to complain that shuffle by default is an awful feature? OR, HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO IMPLEMENT A SETTING WHERE YOU CAN TURN OFF SHUFFLE INDEFINITELY? It’s ridiculous. You should ...

Alex

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Can't turn shuffle play off with premium account

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone XSOperating SystemiOS 13 My Question or IssueI have a premium account and shuffle play will not turn off. I tap the shuffle play icon in the bottom right corner in a individual song and and it turns white/grey. When ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone XS Operating System iOS 13   My Question or Issue I have a premium account and shuffle play will not turn off.  I tap the shuffle play icon ...

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Superuser Contribution Audio Playback Volume

Spotify should raise the audio playback volume when streaming on mobile devices. Whenever connected to a Bluetooth device, I have noticed that Spotify is significantly quieter when compared to Apple Music. I adjusted the "Volume level" in the setting...

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Spotify should raise the audio playback volume when streaming on mobile devices. Whenever connected to a Bluetooth device, I have noticed that Spotify is significantly quieter when compared to Apple ...

Onewave

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Shuffle Favors Unpopular Songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemmacOS Mojave My Question or IssueAnytime I shuffle a playlist, the shuffle is non-random, favoring songs I listen to less often or have not saved to my library. This sort of "Discovery Shuffle" is not...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System macOS Mojave   My Question or Issue Anytime I shuffle a playlist, the shuffle is non-random, favoring songs I listen to less of...

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Solved!! Album audio and album art for 2 different bands have been swapped.

I’m trying to listen to Let’s Be Honest by Doll Skin, and it’s playing the audio from some Green Death song and the album art for the Green Death album Manufacturing Evil is showing instead of the album art for the Doll Skin album In Your Face (Again...

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I’m trying to listen to Let’s Be Honest by Doll Skin, and it’s playing the audio from some Green Death song and the album art for the Green Death album Manufacturing Evil is showing instead of the&nb...

Onewave

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Solved!! Recently played doesn’t update

Recently played doesn’t update. Played all day. Hoping the algorithms would pick up new suggestions. Instead of recommending artists from the same three similar artists for weeks now. Recently played only shows up to yesterday. On Mac and iOS. Yet on...

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Recently played doesn’t update. Played all day. Hoping the algorithms would pick up new suggestions. Instead of recommending artists from the same three similar artists for weeks now.  Rece...

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Similar artist recommendation doesn’t change

continually stuck on same three “similar artist” recommendations on iOS and Mac reinstalled all apps on iOS and Mac rotated through all sorts of music for weeks iPhone X latest iOS

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continually stuck on same three “similar artist” recommendations on iOS and Mac   reinstalled all apps on iOS and Mac   rotated through all sorts of music for weeks    iPhon...

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How do I view songs on an album when looking at an artists page?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

Roadie

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  

angel1126

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Spotify App keeps crashing randomly

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone XR)Operating System(iOS 13.4.1) My Question or Issue My Spotify app keeps crashing randomly. For example, if I am scrolling through the UI to find a particular song/artist, it will hang and then crash out. Anothe...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone XR) Operating System (iOS 13.4.1)   My Question or Issue   My Spotify app keeps crashing randomly.    For example, if I am ...

joeshaw92

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Superuser Contribution Playlist bugged

last night i was looking through old wrapped playlists, everything was fine until tonight, when every time a song changes in my playlists, it comes back to playing a song from Spotify wrapped 2018 playlist; it does this on all playlists. Ive restarte...

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last night i was looking through old wrapped playlists, everything was fine until tonight, when every time a song changes in my playlists, it comes back to playing a song from Spotify wrapped 2018 pl...

Ivan

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Songs taking space twice for different accounts?

if for example, I have two accounts that follow and downloaded a certain playlist and I use two separate accounts on my phone (so as not to mess with my stats, one is for guilty pleasures) would spotify save the songs on my phone locally twice?

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if for example, I have two accounts that follow and downloaded a certain playlist and I use two separate accounts on my phone (so as not to mess with my stats, one is for guilty pleasures) would spot...

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Account won’t edit

Plan : premium Country : USA Device : IPhone XS My Question or Issue : My family has a Spotify family plan and I just began activating and creating my account today as I previously used Apple Music. I want to edit my display name and picture so I can...

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  Plan : premium  Country : USA    Device : IPhone XS  My Question or Issue : My family has a Spotify family plan and I just began activating and creating my account tod...

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Solved!! i can’t change my profile at all after updating to premium

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiphone xs maxOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issuei updated to premium and i don’t see the option to change my account in any way. where it should say “edit profile” all it says is “fin...

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Plan Premium Country US Device iphone xs max Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue i updated to premium and i don’t see the option to cha...

eden8

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Spotify Connect: connection lost within 5 seconds after pause

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceiPad mini 2019, Lenovo X1Operating SystemiPad OS 13.4.1, Windows 10 1909 My Question or IssueI often use Spotify Connect to control my iPad, which is connected to my amplifier, from my Windows 10 based laptop. This ...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device iPad mini 2019, Lenovo X1 Operating System iPad OS 13.4.1, Windows 10 1909   My Question or Issue I often use Spotify Connect to control my iPad...

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Solved!! older iOS devices iOS 10 worked until restoring backup

my son uses an iPhone 5S for spotify. I renewd the iPohone now to give him a fresh experience. After that the spotify app wouldnt reload as apparently iOS 10xxx has been discontinued.I then restored the backup stored before this renewal - and also he...

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my son uses an iPhone 5S for spotify. I renewd the iPohone now to give him a fresh experience. After that the spotify app wouldnt reload as apparently iOS 10xxx has been discontinued. I then restore...

Maxim

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Queue scrolling issues

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceiPhone 11 ProOperating SystemiOS 10.13.1 My Question or IssueIf you try drag an item up or down in the queue (that appears below the first page of displayed items), then the scrolling mechanism completely freaks out a...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device iPhone 11 Pro Operating System iOS 10.13.1   My Question or Issue If you try drag an item up or down in the queue (that appears below the first pa...

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Superuser Contribution App crashes roughly 30 seconds into songs

iPhone XIOS 13.4.1Spotify Free Versión 8.5.55.856 Spotify will crash while playing music occasionally. It happens roughly 30 seconds into a song. Upon reopening app the same song will be playing however it will be set to 2 seconds in. Happens with or...

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iPhone X IOS 13.4.1 Spotify Free Versión 8.5.55.856   Spotify will crash while playing music occasionally. It happens roughly 30 seconds into a song. Upon reopening app the same song will be...

graceemerritt

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Apple TV & Sonos delay

PlanPremiumCountryGermany Device(Apple AirPlay 2 devices in general)Operating System(iOS) My Question or IssueI know that the AirPlay 2 issue has been discussed already more than a year ago. I’m now using an Apple TV (4K) together with a Bose surroun...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Device (Apple AirPlay 2 devices in general) Operating System (iOS)   My Question or Issue I know that the AirPlay 2 issue has been discussed alre...

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iOS app is not supported on BMW iDrive

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA DeviceiPhone 8Operating System(iOS 13.3.1) I drive a 2014 BMW with iDrive and my Spotify playlists are not shown on the screen. I updated my car and my app, and that hasn't helped. I can choose to play the next or previous s...

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  Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device iPhone 8 Operating System (iOS 13.3.1)   I drive a 2014 BMW with iDrive and my Spotify playlists are not shown on the screen. I upda...

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I can’t get the last update, I keep refreshing and still won’t let me update the app, what’s goin on

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  

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