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Solved!! Where has the What’s New feature gone?

On the latest version of Spotify on my iPad, it is no longer showing the What’s New option under my profile. This very usefully listed the new releases every day. Instead there is a new feature Listening Stats, which although somewhat interesting, do...

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Solved!! Audio Glitching / Stuttering / Popping

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 13 Pro Max)Operating System(iOS 18.1.1) My Question or IssueI have a strange issue with my Spotify where it skips when connected via Bluetooth and my iPhone. The audio will glitch and stutter. It becomes e...

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iOS Troubleshooting Guide

We've gathered general troubleshooting steps for iOS devices in this guide. These are known to solve a variety of issues. Common issues: Spotify not playing Can’t hear any sound Spotify is offline Basic troubleshooting: Restart both the Spotify app a...

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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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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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30 minutes of Ad Free Music link not working.

Whenever the “Get 30min of Ad Free Music” ad comes on, it won’t let me press the “Learn More” link. It says Spotify can’t open this kind of link of this device. It was working correctly previously.PlanFreeCountryUnited States DeviceIPhone 7Operating ...

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Whenever the “Get 30min of Ad Free Music” ad comes on, it won’t let me press the “Learn More” link. It says Spotify can’t open this kind of link of this device. It was working correctly previously. ...

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Internal Spotify Meeting on Latest Update

Actual Transcript from internal Spotify strategy meeting: Team Member 1: Guys, how could we update the Spotify app and desktop software to make our users absolutely, positively, completely hate us and go use a different music service? Team Member 2: ...

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Actual Transcript from internal Spotify strategy meeting:   Team Member 1: Guys, how could we update the Spotify app and desktop software to make our users absolutely, positively, completely h...

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Shuffle Play only even if I have Premium

PlanPremiumCountryLuxembourgDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 12.3.1 My Question or IssueI only have Shuffle Play option even if it's disabled. How can I have the Play option like on my iMac? Thx for your answer -gg

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Plan Premium Country Luxembourg Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 12.3.1   My Question or Issue I only have Shuffle Play option even if it's disabled. How can I have the Play option...

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Certain Songs Not Playable

PlanPremiumUnited States DeviceiPhone10 My Question or IssueI have been running into a problem lately where certain songs by numerous artists will just not allow me to play them. They aren’t grayed out nor do they appear as if they wouldn’t work howe...

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Plan Premium United States   Device iPhone10   My Question or Issue I have been running into a problem lately where certain songs by numerous artists will just not allow me to play ...

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Solved!! Spotify hide my playlist on my profile

PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeDeviceMacBookPro My Question or IssueI have a playlist that has 500+ followers but Spotify does not let me show it on my public playlists page. I can only see it when i search for the playlist. Someone help me out here. htt...

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Plan Premium Country Singapore Device MacBookPro     My Question or Issue I have a playlist that has 500+ followers but Spotify does not let me show it on my public playlists page....

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Songs not playing past an artists top 5 songs

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 6s)Operating System(iOS 12.3) My Question or Issue When I go to an artists page and select their top song to play, it’ll play all 5 tops songs normally but when the 5th song ends the music stops and it takes me back...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 6s) Operating System (iOS 12.3)   My Question or Issue   When I go to an artists page and select their top song to play, it’ll play all 5 ...

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Volume issues - silencing alarm and ringer

Hi! I’ve been running into an odd issue with iOS Spotify since installing a month or so ago. Essentially it seems as if it sometimes adjusts my phones ringer/alarm volume instead of the app’s volume. As a result I will frequently have the ringer ring...

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Hi! I’ve been running into an odd issue with iOS Spotify since installing a month or so ago. Essentially it seems as if it sometimes adjusts my phones ringer/alarm volume instead of the app’s volume....

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App closes

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceIphone 5Operating SystemiOS 10.3.3My Question or IssueSince the last app update (8.5.14) I cannot open the app. Everytime i try to open Spotify it closes. I tried to delete the app and download it again and I still ...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Iphone 5 Operating System iOS 10.3.3 My Question or Issue Since the last app update (8.5.14) I cannot open the app. Everytime i try to open Sp...

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Podcasts don’t download

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevice(iPhone 6s)Operating System(iOS - most up to date) My Question or Issue: when i select the download button on any podcast I just get a spinning circle and it down at download. I have download over cellular, I have reinstalle...

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  Plan Premium Country UK Device (iPhone 6s) Operating System (iOS - most up to date)   My Question or Issue:   when i select the download button on any podcast I just get ...

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When I try to listen to music, one song keeps automatically playing mid way through the song

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen I try and listen to my music a song keeps automatically playing over my song, I thought ...

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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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Cant downgrade download quality iphone xs max

PlanFree/Premium DeviceIphone xs maxOperating System(iOS 12.1.4) My Question or IssueI have always downloaded my music on spotify with very high quality now that i have way too many songs and need to downgrade but when i change my download quality in...

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Plan Free/Premium    Device Iphone xs max Operating System (iOS 12.1.4)   My Question or Issue I have always downloaded my music on spotify with very high quality now that i h...

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I can’t listen to music without internet

PlanPremiumCountryChileDeviceIphone 6sOperating System 12.3.1 My Question or Issuei have downloaded a list ofplaylist, but, when I don’t have WiFi (not 4G) I cant listen to it, i listen to about 10 seconds and nothing else, please help

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Plan Premium Country Chile Device Iphone 6s Operating System  12.3.1    My Question or Issue i have downloaded a list of playlist, but, when I don’t have WiFi (not 4G) I can...

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P0 Bug: Cannot clear the queue, cannot play an album, cannot "Play Next"

PremiumCountry Device(iPhone X)Operating System(iOS 12.3.1) The design of the play queue is brain dead. You add a 1,000 song playlist to the play queue, and then, when you want to play another playlist or album, there's no way to remove that playlist...

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  Premium Country   Device (iPhone X) Operating System (iOS 12.3.1)   The design of the play queue is brain dead.   You add a 1,000 song playlist to the play queue, ...

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Spotify Pausing Video in Other Apps While It is Paused

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone XS MaxOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssueWhen using Facebook or Instagram when Spotify is paused in the background, it will always stop the video from playing. Spotify is paused, but it will always show that ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone XS Max Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue When using Facebook or Instagram when Spotify is paused in the background, it will always s...

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Why have only half my songs moved over when I changed from Android to iPhone?

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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Spotify dies while. connecting to Chromecast on old iPad

Has Just start to happend. Cromecast works with other units. Spoiler (Highlight to read)Spoiler (Highlight to read) Spotify works on other iOS(12.3.1 mod A1599) devices but not the old one(iOS 10.3.3 mod A1458). Have tried restart chromecast, Spotify...

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Has Just start to happend.  Cromecast works with other units.    Spotify works on other iOS(12.3.1 mod A1599) devices but not the old one(iOS 10.3.3 mod A1458).  Have tried...

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Songs on Iphone & IPad

I would like to know why I can’t play my list of songs on my IPhone as they will only play for 30 seconds, but on my iPad the same list of songs will play the entire songs in full. I’m a bit confused as to why this is happening, could someone give me...

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I would like to know why I can’t play my list of songs on my IPhone as they will only play for 30 seconds, but on my iPad the same list of songs will play the entire songs in full. I’m a bit confused...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [All Platforms][Search] Search by playlist name no longer contains a user's own playlists

Search on both desktop and iOS no longer allows you to search your own playlists by name. Previously if you used the search feature to find one of your own playlists, they would show as the first result after clicking the Playlists category. Now, my ...

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Search on both desktop and iOS no longer allows you to search your own playlists by name. Previously if you used the search feature to find one of your own playlists, they would show as the first res...

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Unable to follow/download album playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceiPhone XROperating SystemIOS 12.3.1 Spotify version - 8.5.14 when searching for an album or playlist, I used to be able to click follow - now when clicking, it clicks then shows the tick, then straight away ‘unfollows’!! Al...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device iPhone XR Operating System IOS 12.3.1   Spotify version - 8.5.14   when searching for an album or playlist, I used to be able to click foll...

Billy-J

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Song menu disappeared

Plan: PremiumCountry: Uk Device: iPhone 8Operating System: iOS 12.3My Question or Issue:on the latest app version under ‘your library’ there is no longer a ‘songs’ menu so how do I randomly play/shuffle all my songs? I can only do this from one playl...

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Plan: Premium Country: Uk  Device: iPhone 8 Operating System: iOS 12.3 My Question or Issue: on the latest app version under ‘your library’ there is no longer a ‘songs’ menu ...

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