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What's up with this new Home screen?

Whats up with the new home screen being random playlist? Its really bad, can I change it back?

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  • nemoh
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Lyrics not showing

Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 15.0.2 Spotify 8.6.80.1180 My Question or Issue Apparently everyone in the world got the lyrics with the update. Expect me. How do I fix this ? Or rather how will YOU fix this ?! Empti...

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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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Solved!! Apple Watch App Not Connecting to iOS Phone App

PlanPremium CountryCanada DeviceiPhone 8Apple Watch 4 GPS/LTE Operating SystemIOS 12.2watchOS 5.1.3 My Apple Watch Spotify app will not connect to my phone. It just has my watch’s name listed but no controls with Spotify. I’ve reinstalled and uninsta...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Canada   Device iPhone 8 Apple Watch 4 GPS/LTE   Operating System IOS 12.2 watchOS 5.1.3   My Apple Watch Spotify app will not connect to my p...
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Solved!! Can’t access album

PlanPremiumCountryEngland DeviceiPhone 6sOperating SystemiOS 12.1.4 My Question or IssueWhen I try to access the album ‘Bach, J.S.: The Organ Works’, recorded by Peter Hurford (spotify:album:7qePjeQ4Je8G1RqeaiIQVs), I am presented with a screen that ...

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  • Plan Premium Country England  Device iPhone 6s Operating System iOS 12.1.4   My Question or Issue When I try to access the album ‘Bach, J.S.: The Organ Works’, recorded by Peter H...
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Listening time not updating

I always use spotify with my data and only the date is updating but the hours I listened to is not. The last time the “number of hours” was updated was when there were new songs and I had to download them, and that was March 25, 2019. I badly needed ...

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  • I always use spotify with my data and only the date is updating but the hours I listened to is not. The last time the “number of hours” was updated was when there were new songs and I had  to do...
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iPhone

I have seen some third-party iPhone data erasers on Google. If I use them, will they damage other data on my iPhone?

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  • I have seen some third-party iPhone data erasers on Google. If I use them, will they damage other data on my iPhone?  
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Can't download some songs from local files!

I previously bought Lemonade on Itunes and wanted to listen to it on Spotify. I tried adding it from my local files to one of my playlists and some of the songs I can play whereas some of them I cannot.Both my phone and laptop are connected to the sa...

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  • I previously bought Lemonade on Itunes and wanted to listen to it on Spotify. I tried adding it from my local files to one of my playlists and some of the songs I can play whereas some of them I cann...
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Downloading and Sorting

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone X Max)Operating System(iOS) My Question or IssueI would like the option to Download and then stop the download process, but keep the tracks that it has downloaded. For example, if im rushing to download and it has g...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone X Max) Operating System (iOS)   My Question or Issue I would like the option to Download and then stop the download process, but keep the tracks...
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Album behaviour

My Question or IssueHi folksOK so let’s say I have an album I like, I’ve saved three tracks from it. In desktop, under ‘albums’ it’ll have only those three tracks and the option to view full album. On iOS it saves the whole album to your albums folde...

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  •     My Question or Issue Hi folks OK so let’s say I have an album I like, I’ve saved three tracks from it. In desktop, under ‘albums’ it’ll have only those three tracks and the option t...
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"Don't play this artist" doesn't work.

It worked for a while...but right now I can't block anyone.

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  • It worked for a while...but right now I can't block anyone.
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CarPlay Issue

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiphone XSOperating System(iOS 12.2 My Question or IssueHi, I just recently started having an issue in my Durango with uConnect CarPlay where Spotify randomly stops playing. The song status bar shows it still playing but the...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device iphone XS Operating System (iOS 12.2   My Question or Issue Hi, I just recently started having an issue in my Durango with uConnect CarPlay whe...
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Recently Played

My Question or IssueI have an Iphone Xs and spotify premium and whenever I click on my artists under my recently played it takes me to the artists home page instead of my downloaded songs. This is a new problem that started occuring out of nowhere an...

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  •     My Question or Issue I have an Iphone Xs and spotify premium and whenever I click on my artists under my recently played it takes me to the artists home page instead of my downloaded...
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Searching Songs

Hi guys. I’m on my Liked Songs. Does anyone have the alphabet first letter bar missing on the right? I have to scroll ALL the way down to listen to a song that starts with a T instead of clicking the letter t and being directed there.

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  • Hi guys. I’m on my Liked Songs. Does anyone have the alphabet first letter bar missing on the right?   I have to scroll ALL the way down to listen to a song that starts with a T instead of cli...
  • MattSuda
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How to delete downloaded songs but not get rid of them from library

I have spotify premium (version 8.4.99) and I'm using on my iPhone6. I've downloaded some music on it and I've selected the option to have an artist's music not be downloaded since I don't really listen to them while I'm out and about, however it sti...

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  • I have spotify premium (version 8.4.99) and I'm using on my iPhone6.   I've downloaded some music on it and I've selected the option to have an artist's music not be downloaded since I don't r...
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If I tap an artist in my libary why its drop back to the artist page?

So I have spotify for a year,and when I tapped to the libary and I opened one of the artist the spotify is show me the songs what I downloaded from the artist. Now when I am tap on the artist in the libary it show the artist page. Why? And how can i ...

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  • So I have spotify for a year,and when I tapped to the libary and I opened one of the artist the spotify is show me the songs what I downloaded from the artist. Now when I am tap on the artist in the ...
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Some official spotify playlists are acting wierd on song skip

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 12.2Spotify version8.4.99.771 My Question or IssueHello! I'm having some problems with certain Spotify's official playlists. Here what is acting wierd :- Both "Brain Food" and "Dance Party" a...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada   Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 12.2 Spotify version 8.4.99.771   My Question or Issue Hello!  I'm having some problems with certain Sp...
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Recently Played list is taking me to artists' page, not saved songs

So the recently played list is my go-to when heading on to Spotify. Usually, when I go on to it and click on an artist, instead of taking me to all the saved/downloaded music I have of that artist it sends me to the artists' page instead. It is very ...

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  • So the recently played list is my go-to when heading on to Spotify. Usually, when I go on to it and click on an artist, instead of taking me to all the saved/downloaded music I have of that artist it...
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Voice Search Missing

PlanPremium CountryUS DeviceiPhone 7 Operating SystemiOS 12.2 Spotify Version8.4.99.771 My Question or IssueThe voice search option is not available in my app. Have reinstalled, looked for microphone setting in privacy, have made sure I’m on latest i...

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  • Plan Premium   Country US   Device iPhone 7   Operating System iOS 12.2   Spotify Version 8.4.99.771   My Question or Issue The voice search option is not ava...
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Solved!! 'Classical New Releases: Spotify Picks' stopped updating

Plan PremiumCountry Australia DeviceiMac, ipad Operating SystemIOS My Question or Issue 'Classical New Releases: Spotify Picks' stopped updating since a month ago. Anyone else experiencing similar problem?

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia   Device iMac, ipad  Operating System IOS   My Question or Issue   'Classical New Releases: Spotify Picks' stopped updating since a m...
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Why was the Search/Filter moved to a new and more complicated view without swiping behaviour?

PlanPremiumCountryCzech RepublicDeviceiPhone 8, iPad 6th GenOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssueWhy was the old filtering/search behaviour removed? I'm refering to actually filter the current TableView/List you are viewing, now you are taken t...

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  • Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device iPhone 8, iPad 6th Gen Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue Why was the old filtering/search behaviour removed?   I'm referi...
  • Mantisentil
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Solved!! Problema apple watch 4

Hello very good, I have an apple watch 4 and Iphone X, I can not manage from my watch spotify remains empty information does not show the information of the song that is played on my Iphone X, or change the song. If it worked well with my apple watch...

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  • Hello very good, I have an apple watch 4 and Iphone X, I can not manage from my watch spotify remains empty information does not show the information of the song that is played on my Iphone X, or cha...
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Podcasts won’t download

PlanPremiumCountryNew Zealand DeviceiPhone 8 +Operating SystemiOS 12.2 My Question or IssueI’m unable to download podcasts, the loading bar doesnt move. Ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling I’ve tried a simple close and restart appI can still down...

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  • Plan Premium Country New Zealand  Device iPhone 8 + Operating System iOS 12.2   My Question or Issue I’m unable to download podcasts, the loading bar doesnt move.  Ive tried...
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