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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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  • n0hero
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Superuser Contribution cannot see last track while playing a song ios app

When I am currently playing a song, and then I want to add the last song to the queue it's not visible because of the popover of the current playing song so the scroll view is getting cut off.

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  • When I am currently playing a song, and then I want to add the last song to the queue it's not visible because of the popover of the current playing song so the scroll view is getting cut off.
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Superuser Contribution Songs not showing up in Recently Played

I just played an EP, and realised none of the songs are showing up in Recently Played. What's going on - why aren't any of the songs showing up? There are so many bugs all the time with Spotify, it's quite ridiculous!

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  • I just played an EP, and realised none of the songs are showing up in Recently Played.   What's going on - why aren't any of the songs showing up?   There are so many bugs all the ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution “Appears On” feature gone

Can someone explain what is happening? I’m a growing artist and I have a featured artist on a song, but it’s not getting a lot of plays because the “appears on” feature is wiped! I’m sure this is disabling listeners and artists. Spotify please bring ...

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  • Can someone explain what is happening? I’m a growing artist and I have a featured artist on a song, but it’s not getting a lot of plays because the “appears on” feature is wiped! I’m sure this is dis...
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Superuser Contribution Button sounds on music widget on the iPhone lock screen using headphones

I suddenly got button sounds on the system music control widget on the lock screen. They can only be heard when using wired headphones, I tried different models. In the case of the built-in speaker and bluetooth speaker, they disappear. Please tell m...

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  • I suddenly got button sounds on the system music control widget on the lock screen. They can only be heard when using wired headphones, I tried different models. In the case of the built-in speaker a...
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Superuser Contribution Volume from phone ignored when connected to network speakers

DeviceiPhone 14Operating SystemiOS My Question or IssueWhenever I connect to network speakers spotify ignores the phone volume so I can't contorl the music volume from the phone anymore. (This used to work reliably, now most, but apparently not all, ...

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  • Device iPhone 14 Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue Whenever I connect to network speakers spotify ignores the phone volume so I can't contorl the music volume from the phone anym...
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Superuser Contribution [Mobile][Playlists] Search bar within playlists for iPhone

There is no way to search for a song in a playlist. I saw other treads for Android and Windows but nothing for iPhones. I would love a dropdown or pinned search; it doesn't matter which.

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  • There is no way to search for a song in a playlist. I saw other treads for Android and Windows but nothing for iPhones. I would love a dropdown or pinned search; it doesn't matter which. 
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Superuser Contribution Sounds quality poor service issues server problems

Your app lagging bug sounds streaming difficulty loading issues sound not clear response app iOS devices team not responding all music not see

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  • Your app lagging bug sounds streaming difficulty loading issues sound not clear response app iOS devices team not responding all music not see 
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Superuser Contribution 2 of the same songs created with local files

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 11, PC)Operating System(iOS 16.4.1, Windows 10) My Question or IssueWhen use local files on my computer and transfer it to my phone, it will create the song but will be grayed out on the computer and vise-versa. In ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 11, PC) Operating System (iOS 16.4.1, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue When use local files on my computer and transfer it to my phone, it wil...
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New iPhone 14 loads my wife's playlists won't load my own

PlanPremiumCountryusaDevice iPhone 14 Pro Max 128Operating SystemiOS 16.2Downloaded and installed Spotify on new Apple iPhone, it has my wife's play lists and NONE of my own. Tried signing out and signing back in, same issue. Tried deleting from the ...

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  • Plan Premium Country usa Device iPhone 14 Pro Max 128 Operating System iOS 16.2 Downloaded and installed Spotify on new Apple iPhone, it has my wife's play lists and NONE of my own.  Tr...
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Spotify Premium subscription

Hi! I’m from Quebec, I have an IPhone 11im trying to subscribe to Spotify premium but each time a message tell me that I’m not available for this type of subscription. It work with none of them. How can I subscribe to it? Do they have a phone number ...

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  • Hi! I’m from Quebec, I have an IPhone 11 im trying to subscribe to Spotify premium but each time a message tell me that I’m not available for this type of subscription.  It work with none of t...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "Liked Songs" playlist wont stop Enhancing itself after I turn off Enhance

Currently, my "Liked Songs" playlist is Enhanced. I don't want it Enhanced anymore, because I want to be able to download the playlist. Every time I turn off Enhance and download the songs, the second I close out of that playlist and then go back to ...

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  • Currently, my "Liked Songs" playlist is Enhanced. I don't want it Enhanced anymore, because I want to be able to download the playlist. Every time I turn off Enhance and download the songs, the s...
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Superuser Contribution [iPhone] App keeps crashing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDevice(iPhone X)Operating System(iOS 15.2.1) My Question or IssueWhenever I open the spotify app on my iphone, it crashes within seconds of opening if my phone is connected to the internet or set to online but it works...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device (iPhone X) Operating System (iOS 15.2.1)   My Question or Issue Whenever I open the spotify app on my iphone, it crashes within secon...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Downloaded songs show pending download and preventing play when streaming signal low

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceiPhone 13Operating SystemiOS 16.0.2My Question or IssueTldr; on app start my downloaded songs show as pending download (grey arrow) until I restart app on airplane mode, at which point they immediately have green arrows and ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device iPhone 13 Operating System iOS 16.0.2 My Question or Issue Tldr; on app start my downloaded songs show as pending download (grey arrow) until I restart app o...
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Superuser Contribution Filter option in Your Library

When going to Your Library section of the iOS app, filtering selection isn't remembered when the app is closed and reopened. For example, upon opening the app, I go to You Library and would expect my previous option, the 'Playlists' filter, to still ...

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  • When going to Your Library section of the iOS app, filtering selection isn't remembered when the app is closed and reopened.   For example, upon opening the app, I go to You Library and would ...
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Superuser Contribution Queues Wrong Songs

Whenever I swipe to queue it either doesn’t swipe or queues the wrong song. Plz Help

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  • Whenever I swipe to queue it either doesn’t swipe or queues the wrong song. Plz Help🙏      
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Superuser Contribution Cannot tap songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 12Operating SystemiOS Hello Spotify community, Someone please help. So recently (yesterday), I haven’t been able to tap on songs on some playlists like “sleepy hallow radio” “bad bunny radio”, and some more. They’re ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 12 Operating System iOS   Hello Spotify community,     Someone please help. So recently (yesterday), I haven’t been able t...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist search bar picking song doesn’t work

I have a playlist on Spotify everything works perfectly but when I search a song on my Spotify playlist it doesn’t play I also have premium When I search a song I wanna listen to its freeze nothing happens

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  • I have a playlist on Spotify everything works perfectly but when I search a song on my Spotify playlist it doesn’t play I also have premium When I search a song I wanna listen to its freeze nothing h...
  • Joan
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Superuser Contribution random songs being queued

Since yesterday i've been trying to queue songs from my playlist on mobile, but it will queue a completely random, different song from my playlist instead, usually one of the top songs from my playlist. I've logged in and out and I've deleted and dow...

  • Casual Listener
  • Since yesterday i've been trying to queue songs from my playlist on mobile, but it will queue a completely random, different song from my playlist instead, usually one of the top songs from my playli...
  • AngeloSD
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Superuser Contribution The sleep timer stopped working for podcasts.

The sleep timer used to work perfectly but for a few months now I will set the timer for the 'end of episode' and it will just keep playing. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app (per googles advice) and that has not solved the issue. On an unre...

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  • The sleep timer used to work perfectly but for a few months now I will set the timer for the 'end of episode' and it will just keep playing. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app (per googles ad...
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