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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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Not advancing to next track

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS12 My Question or Issue When I play a playlist (any playlist) Spotify doesn't automatically advance to the next track. It seems to 'stick' at 1 or 2 seconds before the end. I then have to manually...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS12   My Question or Issue  When I play a playlist (any playlist) Spotify doesn't automatically advance to the nex...
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Carplay: unable to connect to (null)

PlanPremiumCountry DenmarkDevice(iPhone 6 )Operating Systemios 12.1(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI am getting an error "unable to connect to (null)" on the car's display when connecting via airplay. Music still plays but...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Denmark Device (iPhone 6 ) Operating System ios 12.1 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I am getting an error "unable to co...
  • gregnorz
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[Bug] Some songs break display by moving buttons around with some kind of animated image

I shuffle my entire collection through my computer, so I haven’t kept track of which dogs do this. Maybe they have animated album art or something that somehow takes up the whole screen? This wouldn’t be much of an issue if I didn’t use Spotify mainl...

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  •   I shuffle my entire collection through my computer, so I haven’t kept track of which dogs do this. Maybe they have animated album art or something that somehow takes up the whole screen? This...
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AirPods - Can't resume play on video songs

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceiPhone XROperating SystemiOS 12.1.2 My Question or IssueI use AirPods. When I'm listening to a playlist, if I pause the music via removing the AirPods, when I put the AirPods back in, the music does not auto-resume if the ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 12.1.2   My Question or Issue I use AirPods. When I'm listening to a playlist, if I pause the music via removing th...
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Spotify mobile missing features?

PlanFreeCountry AustraliaDeviceiPhone 6 I’m new, so sorry if I’m posting on wrong forum or doing anything wrong. I’m just wondering about the library differences between iPad and iPhone versions of Spotify. Imagine a brand new account, and they favor...

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  • Plan Free Country  Australia Device iPhone 6   I’m new, so sorry if I’m posting on wrong forum or doing anything wrong. I’m just wondering about the library differences between iPad ...
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Superuser Contribution My 2018 Wrapped has the same song on it twice.

PlanPremiumCountry USADevice(iPhone Xs)My Question or Issue On my 2018 Wrapped playlist, it says my top songs are, "SAD!, SAD!, Moonlight, Jocelyn Flores, and All The Stars" I'm just wondering why SAD! appears twice and what other song made it to my ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device (iPhone Xs) My Question or Issue  On my 2018 Wrapped playlist, it says my top songs are, "SAD!, SAD!, Moonlight, Jocelyn Flores, and All The Stars" I...
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Superuser Contribution Ongoing problems with shuffle

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueI have been experiencing a lot of issues with the shuffle function for quite some time now, and I can't think of any other solutions beside the ones I tried alr...

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue I have been experiencing a lot of issues with the shuffle function for quite some ti...
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Superuser Contribution App keeps saying I'm offline while I'm not

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceiPhone7 Operating SystemiOS 12.1.1 My Question or Issue Multiple times, while connected to my home WiFi and navigating normally, I open the Spotify app and it says I'm offline. I'm not able to access any online playlist...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device iPhone7  Operating System iOS 12.1.1   My Question or Issue  Multiple times, while connected to my home WiFi and navigating normall...
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Superuser Contribution Clean Songs Replaced with Explicit

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 12.1 My Question or IssueIs anyone else having issues where clean songs in saved, and even in downloaded offline, playlists are being replaced with explicit versions that aren't caught by the exp...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 12.1   My Question or Issue Is anyone else having issues where clean songs in saved, and even in downloaded offline, playl...
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Randomly Pausing and Skipping During Playback

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceiPhone 7 +Operating SystemLastest IOS My Question or Issue Hi,Over the last few days/weeks the Spotify app on my iphone has started pausing during playback and skipping while playing songs. It's gotten to the point where it...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device iPhone 7 + Operating System Lastest IOS   My Question or Issue   Hi, Over the last few days/weeks the Spotify app on my iphone has started...
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How can add sound who is on storage on my phone.

Im download soung who is not avelible in spoty and is on storage on my iphone.How can im add this song on playlist ?PlanPremiumCountry BulgariaDeviceIphone 8 plusOperating SystemIS12.x last version My Question or Issue

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  • Im download soung who is not avelible in spoty and is on storage on my iphone. How can im add this song on playlist ? Plan Premium Country  Bulgaria Device Iphone 8 plus Operating System...
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Spotify app won’t work on iphone

PlanPremium CountryAustralia DeviceiPhone 8 Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueMy Spotify app won’t play music on my iPhone, I have logged our and in, I have deleted the app and reinstalled it and I have check that my phone is up to date. Has...

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  •   Plan Premium   Country Australia   Device iPhone 8   Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue My Spotify app won’t play music on my iPhone, I have ...
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Solved!! Weard icon in the top-left corner

PlanFree Country Abroad DeviceiPhone X Operating SystemiOS 12.1.2 Issue Weard icon in the top-left corner. View - Playing from playlist.

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  • Plan Free   Country  Abroad   Device iPhone X   Operating System iOS 12.1.2   Issue  Weard icon in the top-left corner. View - Playing from playlist.
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Superuser Contribution [Playlists] View all Playlist Followers

A few months ago my iPod Touch started being unable to see any of my Playlists. My MacBook Pro and iPhone SE can still view all the playlists I have created. Because the iPod is tethered to my stereo system, I have been working around it by using Spo...

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  • A few months ago my iPod Touch started being unable to see any of my Playlists. My MacBook Pro and iPhone SE can still view all the playlists I have created.    Because the iPod is t...
  • Daisy
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Superuser Contribution Can not select song; have premium

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceiPhone 8Operating Systemnewest I connect Spotify via my desktop to play through the speakers (they are better than my blue tooth). I then open Spotify via iphone app, select 'play on ZYZ desktop' selection and now have it o...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  US Device iPhone 8 Operating System newest     I connect Spotify via my desktop to play through the speakers (they are better than my blue tooth...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Pausing When I Open Apps

When I am listening to music on spotify it pauses when I open some apps, for example Twitter and Narwhal, I can go back to spotify and play the music again but it just pauses if I reopen the apps. I have spotify premium and I'm using an iPhone X iOS ...

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  • When I am listening to music on spotify it pauses when I open some apps, for example Twitter and Narwhal, I can go back to spotify and play the music again but it just pauses if I reopen the apps. &...
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Superuser Contribution Pressing "Playing from Playlist" while at a song page should bring you directly to that song's spot

Hi all, I didn't want to make a full "idea" suggestion here, but wanted to see if this had been asked before. I tried to search a bit but only found someone asking about it on Reddit. I mainly listen to Spotify (iPhone) with playlists and after click...

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  •   Hi all,   I didn't want to make a full "idea" suggestion here, but wanted to see if this had been asked before. I tried to search a bit but only found someone asking about it on Reddit...
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Other Design on iPhone 6S as on an iPhone Se

Hello, my Family and I have Spotify Family.my dad has on his iPhone 6S an other design than me on my iPhone SEis there anything difference?

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  • Hello,  my Family and I have Spotify Family. my dad has on his iPhone 6S an other design than me on my iPhone SE is there anything difference?
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Trouble Downloading Podcast for Offline

I am using a premium account on an iPhone 6s in the United States I have been downloading and listening to poscasts offline on Spotify for years. I just tried to download a few new episodes of my favorite podcast. I click the download button and the ...

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  • I am using a premium account on an iPhone 6s in the United States   I have been downloading and listening to poscasts offline on Spotify for years. I just tried to download a few new episodes ...
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Superuser Contribution Old app version (iOS)

Even if I have the last version of Spotify and my operating system of Iphone is the last one, Spotify app is still with the old screen and option. I have removed the app and download again but the version is the old onePlanPremiumCountry ItalyDevice(...

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  • Even if I have the last version of Spotify and my operating system of Iphone is the last one,  Spotify app is still with the old screen and option. I have removed the app and download again but ...
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