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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 Unable to use local files on phone from computer

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiPhone SEOperating SystemIOS 12.3 My Question or IssueI am unable to find the button to allow my phone to download songs from my PC to the phone anywhere. I have attached an image of what I can see on the computer but it is ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone SE Operating System IOS 12.3   My Question or Issue I am unable to find the button to allow my phone to download songs from my PC to the phone any...

Guido

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Superuser Contribution Spotify on phone isn't playing the same songs from what I pick on PC

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiPhone XSOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueLets say my phone is connected to the spotify program I have open on my PC. If I go to an artist radio on my PC and click play, the radio will start playing on my phone...

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Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone XS Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Lets say my phone is connected to the spotify program I have open on my PC. If I go to an ar...

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Something weird is happening to my account

Plan : PremiumCountry : SwitzerlandDevice : iPhone 8+Operating System : iOS 12.1My Question or IssueI am having a terrible issue since 1h. When I play music, it suddenly stop after 30-40 seconds and change to the next one on the album. I tried to log...

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Plan : Premium Country : Switzerland Device : iPhone 8+ Operating System : iOS 12.1 My Question or Issue I am having a terrible issue since 1h. When I play music, it suddenly...

jsannn

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High Quality v Normal Quality

PlanPremiumCountryEngland, United Kingdom Device(iPhone 10XS 64GB (ios.12.3)Operating System(Windows 10 Pro) My Question or IssueI listen to Spotify a lot when transporting to work and saw there's an option called 'Music Quality'I am very interested ...

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Plan Premium Country England, United Kingdom   Device (iPhone 10XS 64GB (ios.12.3) Operating System (Windows 10 Pro)   My Question or Issue I listen to Spotify a lot when transpo...

MattSuda

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Solved!! Can’t Reorder Playlists?

PlanFreeCountryUnited States DeviceApple IPad Mini 2Operating SystemiOS 12.1 My Question or IssueI am unable to reorder the songs on my playlists. I have read many posts about people who had the same issue, but after trying the given solutions, there...

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Plan Free Country United States   Device Apple IPad Mini 2 Operating System iOS 12.1   My Question or Issue I am unable to reorder the songs on my playlists. I have read many pos...

MattSuda

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Superuser Contribution Music turning on itself, choosing random songs etc.

PlanPremiumCountryireland Device(iPhone 8+)Operating System(iOS 12.1) My Question or IssueHi there, I’ve been having a number of issues over the last 2 weeks. I’ve updated the app, deleted the app and nothing has worked. issue #1:If I pause music and...

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Plan Premium Country ireland    Device (iPhone 8+) Operating System (iOS 12.1)   My Question or Issue Hi there,   I’ve been having a number of issues over the last 2 ...

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Superuser Contribution song will not play or show up in saved music

A song (on the outside looking in) that shows up for an artist (alison krauss and union station) of the album(paper airplane). shows it is available to play, I have it saved(now known as liked), however the song will not play. nor does it show up in ...

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A song (on the outside looking in) that shows up for an artist (alison krauss and union station) of the album(paper airplane). shows it is available to play, I have it saved(now known as liked), howe...

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Superuser Contribution Downloaded songs not playing

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiPhone 7Operating Systemios 12.2 My Question or IssueYesterday I made some new playlists and downloaded them overnight. Now I can’t play any of my downloaded songs without wifi/data which is the main reason i bought premium. ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device iPhone 7 Operating System ios 12.2   My Question or Issue Yesterday I made some new playlists and downloaded them overnight. Now I can’t play any of ...

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How do I see who follows my account?

Premium account DeviceiPhone SE I used to be able to see who followed my account by clicking a profile pic in the top left corner of the iPhone app but its gone. Is there now no way of seeing who follows my account?

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Premium account  Device iPhone SE    I used to be able to see who followed my account by clicking a profile pic in the top left corner of the iPhone app but its gone. Is there now ...

OneByBoo

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Web Player (Chrome)

Hio there, I'm trying to listen on to my premium plan on my iphone and everytime I play a song a message appears you are listen on WEB PLAYER CHROME and every song i play jumps forward after 30 secs to teh next song. I've removed the app, changed the...

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Hio there, I'm trying to listen on to my premium plan on my iphone and everytime I play a song a message appears you are listen on WEB PLAYER CHROME and every song i play jumps forward after 30 secs ...

Billy-J

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Solved!! Spotify using mobile data in offline mode

PlanPremiumAustralia DeviceiPhone 5Operating SystemiOS 10.3.3 I got Spotify Premium recently and turned disabled data for it in settings as I don't have unlimited. Recently (possibly after the latest update) it's been using my data even though it's s...

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Plan Premium Australia   Device iPhone 5 Operating System iOS 10.3.3   I got Spotify Premium recently and turned disabled data for it in settings as I don't have unlimited. Recentl...

Billy-J

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Spotify starts playing when I turn off alarm

PlanFamilyCountryczech republicDeviceiphone XSOperating SystemiOS latest My Question or IssueEvery time alarm goes off on my iphone XS (with all updates), and I turn off the alarm, spotify start playing automatically. every single time. No setting to...

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Plan Family Country czech republic Device iphone XS Operating System iOS latest   My Question or Issue Every time alarm goes off on my iphone XS (with all updates), and I turn off the ...

Billy-J

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While Autoplay is turned off, similar artitsts keep coming up. How to solve this?

Hello all, Below is a screenshot of my Spotify preferences, where I tried to turn off showing up similar artists. But it's not succeeding. What do I have to look for, to solve this?Allready thanks for the answers. Device: iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 12.2, Pla...

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Hello all, Below is a screenshot of my Spotify preferences, where I tried  to turn off showing up similar artists. But it's not succeeding. What do I have to look for, to solve this? Allre...

Loxer

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Spotify wont sync local songs to phone

I had a playlist synced before, had all my local files. I tried to add a song and it messed up everything. I undownloaded then redownloaded the playlist and now I get the "you must own the song" error. I did all that sync offline on phone and compute...

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I had a playlist synced before, had all my local files. I tried to add a song and it messed up everything. I undownloaded then redownloaded the playlist and now I get the "you must own the song" erro...

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Spotify Connect stopped working on Bose Soundbar 700

PlanPremiumCountryAUDeviceiPhone XSOperating SystemiOS Bose has recently rolled out support for AirPlay 2, which is nice, but I can't use Spotify Connect with my Soundbar 700 any more -- the option is not available and the device is only shown under ...

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Plan Premium Country AU Device iPhone XS Operating System iOS   Bose has recently rolled out support for AirPlay 2, which is nice, but I can't use Spotify Connect with my Soundbar 700 a...

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Flips back and forth between songs

While listening to Spotify it keeps flipping back and forth between two songs. It plays a little from one and then switches to the other and plays a little, then it goes back to the first, etc. When one song is done, it starts a new one and flips bac...

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While listening to Spotify it keeps flipping back and forth between two songs.  It plays a little from one and then switches to the other and plays a little, then it goes back to the first, etc....

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Unqueue a radio station

PlanPremiumCountry USA Operating SystemiOS 12 I added a radio station to my queue. Now there are an infinite number of songs queued. When I try to play an album in sequence the queue overrides it. How do I unqueue the radio station?

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  Plan Premium Country USA    Operating System iOS 12    I added a radio station to my queue.  Now there are an infinite number of songs queued. When I try to pl...

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Bypassing “offline sync” because it doesn’t exist on device

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiPhone XS MaxOperating System(iOS 10, Windows 10) My Question or IssueI got it to appear here by making a new folder on my laptop and dropping in the songs. Then made a new playlist on my desktop version. Then I turned off “...

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  Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone XS Max Operating System (iOS 10, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I got it to appear here by making a new folder on my laptop and droppi...

TRandrup

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my Spotify artist radio is not working, the genre radio works but not artist radio.

Everytime I try the artist radio, it acts like it is loading put never loads. The genre radio works but this one doesn’t and I tried everything that other people suggested who had similar problems and nothing worksPlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevic...

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Everytime I try the artist radio, it acts like it is loading put never loads. The genre radio works but this one doesn’t and I tried everything that other people suggested who had similar problems an...

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Download not possible

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 12.2 My Question or IssueWe have a family plan and my wife is not able to download "new" albums/audio books. New means: she hasn't downloaded this album before. If she downloaded it before, s...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 12.2   My Question or Issue We have a family plan and my wife is not able to download "new" albums/audio books. New me...

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