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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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Instagram Stories

Wondering if anyone else has this problem. Using an iPhone 6 with latest software. Trying to share a song from Spotify to Instagram Stories. I am logged into Instagram, but every time I go to the song and click ‘share’ and select ‘Instagram stories’,...

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  • Wondering if anyone else has this problem. Using an iPhone 6 with latest software.  Trying to share a song from Spotify to Instagram Stories. I am logged into Instagram, but every time I go to ...
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I cant play a certain song on my phone

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceiPhone SEOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or Issue I’m having trouble playing a certain song on spotify. I can do anything on it (such as saving it to a playlist or viewing album etc), but i cant play the song....

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  • Plan Premium Country  United States Device iPhone SE Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue  I’m having trouble playing a certain song on spotify. I can do anything o...
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Volume Normalization not working properly

Plan Premium/FamilyCountry ARDevice iPhone XOperating System iOS 12.0.1I've noticed that the volume normalization is not working as expected mainly when I'm playing a Radio were several songs from different artists are played and I need to adjust the...

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  • Plan Premium/Family Country AR Device iPhone X Operating System iOS 12.0.1 I've noticed that the volume normalization is not working as expected mainly when I'm playing a Radio wer...
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Endless artist radio - new update

Is it just me, or is this new update with “endless artist radio” a bit misleading? It’s really just a playlist with around 3 hours of music that updates “from time to time”.. it’s not endless, I can scroll to the end. For example, search “Taylor swif...

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  • Is it just me, or is this new update with “endless artist radio” a bit misleading? It’s really just a playlist with around 3 hours of music that updates “from time to time”.. it’s not endless, I can ...
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App keeps crashing when I start it up

PlanFreeCountry UKDeviceiPhone 6sOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I try to start the app it loads up the logo, then immediately closes itself. Hasn’t been an issue for the years ive been using the app but started happening when I ...

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  • Plan Free Country  UK Device iPhone 6s Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue  Whenever I try to start the app it loads up the logo, then immediately closes itself. H...
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Instagram sharing doesn’t work

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesia DeviceiPhone XOperating SystemiOS 12.0.1 My Question or IssueIt asks me to log-in for every song that I want to share on Instagram stories and then it doesn’t share it. It doesn’t show me a preview of how it’s supposed to ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia   Device iPhone X Operating System iOS 12.0.1   My Question or Issue It asks me to log-in for every song that I want to share on Instagram stories ...
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Instagram Story posts not working WHY

PlanPremiumCountry USADevice(iPhone XS)Operating System(iOS) My Question or Issue I am logged in all my Spotify, instagram and Facebook and Twitter accounts. I've never had this issue before. Everytime I go to post a song on my Instagram story it pro...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  USA Device (iPhone XS) Operating System (iOS)   My Question or Issue  I am logged in all my Spotify, instagram and Facebook and Twitter accounts...
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Solved!! Instagram stories not working.

PlanFreeCountry The NetherlandsDeviceiPhone 6Operating SystemiOS 12.0.1 My Question or Issue Hello,When I want to share a song through instagram stories. It asks me to log in on Instagram(weird, because normally it does that automaticly). After I hav...

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  • Plan Free Country  The Netherlands Device iPhone 6 Operating System iOS 12.0.1   My Question or Issue  Hello, When I want to share a song through instagram stories. It asks ...
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Concerts disappeared?

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone SEOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSo Spotify decided to kill the Browse button... fine... I used it all the time to find and discover new music, but okay... What really...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone SE Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue So Spotify decided to kill the Browse button... fine....
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Spotify doesnt work abroad on wifi

PlanPremiumCountry ItalyDeviceiPadOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue Spotify doesnt work abroad on wifi, but on 4G which is expensive. Has anyone had this issue too? Whats the fix? thank you daniele

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  • Plan Premium Country  Italy Device iPad Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue  Spotify doesnt work abroad on wifi, but on 4G which is expensive. Has anyone had this ...
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Don’t have new update

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 11 My Question or Issue The new update isn’t showing for me I’m not sure why at all, I deleted and downloaded again the app a few hours ago but still nothing. Can anyone help?

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 11   My Question or Issue  The new update isn’t showing for me 😞 I’m not sure why at all, I deleted and downloa...
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Menu stuck at the top of the screen

My spotify premium doesn't resolve properly on my iPhone all of a sudden. When I open spotify, the menu that used to appear along the bottom (home, search, my library) is now along the top of the screen and the rest of the screen is black. When I cli...

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  • My spotify premium doesn't resolve properly on my iPhone all of a sudden.  When I open spotify, the menu that used to appear along the bottom (home, search, my library) is now along the top of t...
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The music in my IPhone shuffles and pauses randomly without me asking the device to do it

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaOperating SystemiPhone 7 IOS 12.0 My Question or IssueHi, I have had issues with the music in Spotify. I play it on my device and randomly it is shuffled or pauses without me ordering it to do it. Please if someone would hel...

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  • Plan Premium Country Colombia Operating System iPhone 7 IOS 12.0   My Question or Issue Hi, I have had issues with the music in Spotify. I play it on my device and randomly it is shuffle...
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Can’t edit queue

PlanFree/Premium premiumCountry norway DeviceIphone XOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Ios 12.0My Question or Issueediting the queue list is impossible. I can drag one song up on the list at the time, and then i’ll have to resta...

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  •   Plan Free/Premium premium Country norway   Device Iphone X Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)  Ios 12.0 My Question or Issue editing the queue l...
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iPhone battery drains when using AirPods

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 12 My Question or Issue A friend and I are having the same issue: Spotify drains our iPhone battery excessively, but only when playing downloaded music over AirPods. I haven't tested it...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue  A friend and I are having the same issue: Spotify drains our iPhone battery exce...
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iPhone does not ring while listening to Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 6Operating System11.4 My Question or Issue When I listen to music through Bluetooth, when a phone call comes in, the music mutes, but I do not hear a ring tone. This does not happen with the iOS music app. This is...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 6 Operating System 11.4   My Question or Issue   When I listen to music through Bluetooth, when a phone call comes in, the music mutes, ...
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[Bug] Song queue not working properly

PlanPremiumCountryAustria DeviceiPhone XsOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or Issue Recently the play queue stopped working correctly on iOS 12. When rearranging songs in the queue the changes are not saved. Also when selecting more songs to either ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Austria   Device iPhone Xs Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue   Recently the play queue stopped working correctly on iOS 12. When rearrangi...
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I don’t have the spotify update?

PlanPremiumCountrythe Netherlands DeviceIphone 7Operating Systemios 12Yesterday the new update came out.I read on a site that the update is available for free/premium users all around the world. My friends all have it, except me.. I have tried redown...

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  •   Plan Premium Country the Netherlands   Device Iphone 7 Operating System ios 12 Yesterday the new update came out. I read on a site that the update is available for free/premium...
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Spotify iOS Queue Bug

PlanStudent PremiumCountry USADeviceiPhone SEOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or Issue I've been experiencing an ongoing bug in the Spotify app where whenever I add a song to my queue for the first time (when my queue is empty), the song adds to my...

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  •  Plan Student Premium Country  USA Device iPhone SE Operating System iOS 12     My Question or Issue  I've been experiencing an ongoing bug in the Spotify app wher...
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After downloading the whole playlist to my phone, the playlist stops to update

Student PremiumCountry Hong KongIPhone X So, right after I downloaded the whole playlist, for example Spinning Records's Brand new. The playlist will not update the songs and I assume that the playlist will update by Spinning Records. Is it normal or...

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  • Student Premium Country Hong Kong IPhone X     So, right after I downloaded the whole playlist, for example Spinning Records's Brand new. The playlist will not update the songs and I a...
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