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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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Iamtable

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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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Rastereyes

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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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Local Files

PlanPremiumCountryUk DeviceiPhone 7 (iOS 12.3)/MacBook Pro (High Sierra) My Question or IssueHi!I appreciate this topic has been discussed a huge amount but I haven’t found a resolution to my issue. What I want - Merging my iTunes music and Spotify s...

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Plan Premium Country Uk   Device iPhone 7 (iOS 12.3)/MacBook Pro (High Sierra)   My Question or Issue Hi! I appreciate this topic has been discussed a huge amount but I haven’t fo...

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Streaming to Sony ht-st5000 stops after 1:08

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevice(iPhone 7)Operating System(iOS 12.1) My Question or IssueI have spotify premium and want to stream to my Sony ht-5000 soundbar over WiFi. It stops playing after 1:08. When I press play again and select the sound bar...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device (iPhone 7) Operating System (iOS 12.1)   My Question or Issue I have spotify premium and want to stream to my Sony ht-5000 soundbar over...

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Equalizer does not re-enable after app is restarted

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceiPhone 8 PlusOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssuePlay some music in the iPhone Spotify app.Go to Settings->Playback->Equalizer and modify the chart to massively increase the base and reduce the treble (so that you can...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device iPhone 8 Plus Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue Play some music in the iPhone Spotify app. Go to Settings->Playback->Equalizer and mo...

yoyoyo1211

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Data use when playing on Bluesound

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands Device(iPhone X)Operating System(iOS 12.2) My Question or Issue:Does anyone know wich data is used when i play music using my phone to connect to my Bluesound Node player via Spotify Connect. Since the Bluesound player i...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device (iPhone X) Operating System (iOS 12.2)   My Question or Issue: Does anyone know wich data is used when i play music using my phone to co...

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Solved!! Lock button acts as play button

Hello,I’ve encountered a bug that really bothers me.I have a Premium accountDeviceiPhone XOperating SystemiOS 12.2My Question or IssueWhenever I pause my music and lock my phone, the music starts playing again. It’s like as if the lock button was a “...

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Hello, I’ve encountered a bug that really bothers me. I have a Premium account Device iPhone X Operating System iOS 12.2 My Question or Issue Whenever I pause my music and lock my phone, the ...

andrewfwalters

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downloading spotify music to sd card

Does anybody know how to transfer/copy downloaded Spotify songs/playlists to a SD card?

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Does anybody know how to transfer/copy downloaded Spotify songs/playlists to a SD card?   

Loxer

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