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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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Why cant I sort my playlists songs by most recently added on iOS ?

Why cant I sort my playlists songs by most recently added on iOS ? My playlists are lareg and want to be able to play the most recently added song first. I can do this on the desktop version but not on iOS. Can someone tell me how to do this?

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Why cant I sort my playlists songs by most recently added on iOS ? My playlists are lareg and want to be able to play the most recently added song first. I can do this on the desktop version but not ...

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new update

I resently my found out that my sister got a new spotify update on her iphone and I also found out that I don’t have it. But when i log into her account on my phone, the update is there. I was wondering why I don’t have it and will I ever get it?

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I resently my found out that my sister got a new spotify update on her iphone and I also found out that I don’t have it. But when i log into her account on my phone, the update is there. I was wonder...

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Last.fm Scrobbling Not Working on both Mobile and Desktop

I noticed end of last week that the Spotify mobile app was no longer scrobbling to Last.fm. I tried uninstalling and re-installing the app, but that did not fix it. I decided to start playing from the desktop app when possible going forward. However,...

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I noticed end of last week that the Spotify mobile app was no longer scrobbling to Last.fm. I tried uninstalling and re-installing the app, but that did not fix it. I decided to start playing from th...

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Last.fm Scrobble failed few hours ago

Hey guys, I just updated new Spotify IOS version. Then I realize that the Last.fm failed to record my song. It is showing recording the current songs but cannot store in my library. Does anybody have similar issues? Does anyone know how to solve that...

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Hey guys,   I just updated new Spotify IOS version. Then I realize that the Last.fm failed to record my song. It is showing recording the current songs but cannot store in my library...

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Can’t download

Hi I can’t download music it just says waiting to download 

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Hi I can’t download music it just says waiting to download 

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Local files are not scrobbling to last.fm on the mobile app

I have many local files on my playlist. Until today, they scrobbled just fine; however, they do not scrobble anymore. Normal tracks scrobble as normal.

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I have many local files on my playlist. Until today, they scrobbled just fine; however, they do not scrobble anymore. Normal tracks scrobble as normal.

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The hip-hop radio is not working

The hip-hop radio is not working, the Spotify app keeps giving me an error saying please try again. Every single radio works except for hip-hop and I don’t know what to do.

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The hip-hop radio is not working, the Spotify app keeps giving me an error saying please try again. Every single radio works except for hip-hop and I don’t know what to do.  

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Daily mixes persistent across sub-accounts on family plan

I have a family account - let's say user A and user B. If I first log-in as user A in the Spotify iOS app, log-out, and then log-in as user B, the daily mixes of user A remain on the home tab (under "Made for user A"). There are no mixes presented fo...

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I have a family account - let's say user A and user B. If I first log-in as user A in the Spotify iOS app, log-out, and then log-in as user B, the daily mixes of user A remain on the home tab (under ...

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Spotify Changed Setup??

I have the latest update for Spotify, and it changed from looking like this the first photo to the two next. There is no option to shuffle songs and there’s no radio or discover weekly or any if that. My brother has the latest update and his is norma...

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I have the latest update for Spotify, and it changed from looking like this the first photo to the two next. There is no option to shuffle songs and there’s no radio or discover weekly or any if that...

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After I bought Spotify the layout of the iPhone app changed

So before I bought Spotify premium the iPhone app had a really nice layout and when I bought it went to the old layout. This literally happened the second I bought it. It was the trial at least. I had to switch to a non premium account to take those ...

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So before I bought Spotify premium the iPhone app had a really nice layout and when I bought it went to the old layout. This literally happened the second I bought it. It was the trial at least.&nbsp...

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On WiFi all is well. On Mobile Data-always says offline

Hi, I have question on my account. I’m on premium subscription but I can only search music while on WiFi connection. When I go on LTE (mobile data) it always says I’m offline. But everytime it happens I checked that my mobile internet was working oka...

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Hi,   I have question on my account.   I’m on premium subscription but I can only search music while on WiFi connection. When I go on LTE (mobile data) it always says I’m offline. But e...

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Superuser Contribution Re: Songs keep skipping and pausing randomly

Myself and a lot of my friends have experienced a similar issue recently, but related to Spotify Connect.I've had this issues connecting from both my iPhone 7 iOS 11.3, MacBook Pro (OSX Sierra) connecting to my Samsung R1 speaker and also my Sonos Sy...

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Myself and a lot of my friends have experienced a similar issue recently, but related to Spotify Connect. I've had this issues connecting from both my iPhone 7 iOS 11.3, MacBook Pro (OSX Sierra...

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Offline Playlist doesn't show all Artists in search mode

I am using my spotify in offline mode to avoid mobile traffic. I got a playlist with 2500 somgs in it. If i want to search an artist, It only shows 4 songs. I know that there are more songs of this artist in my playlist. How can i fix this problem? b...

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I am using my spotify in offline mode to avoid mobile traffic. I got a playlist with 2500 somgs in it. If i want to search an artist, It only shows 4 songs. I know that there are more songs of t...

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Connect to a Device

Hey guys, I have 4 Chromecast Audios attached to multiple sterios throughout our house (lounge, living, bedroom and garage) and as part of this in Google Home have set up certain groups (whole house, kitchen/lounge etc). Up until the last few weeks a...

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Hey guys,   I have 4 Chromecast Audios attached to multiple sterios throughout our house (lounge, living, bedroom and garage) and as part of this in Google Home have set up certain groups (who...

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Playlist don't show all songs

Hi Guys, I have a problem that I'm trying to resolve for couple of weeks now, I've read many of the posts and nothing seems to be working for me. I created couple playlist from my computer and most of the songs do not appear on my phone and other peo...

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Hi Guys,   I have a problem that I'm trying to resolve for couple of weeks now, I've read many of the posts and nothing seems to be working for me.   I created couple playlist from my c...

gogolyon1

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Solved!! Spotify does not scrobble to last.fm

Spotify verion 8.4.52 on iOS does not scrobble to last.fm but it works fine on Spotify for Mac OSX. Does the new app update on iOS cause this issue?

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Spotify verion 8.4.52 on iOS does not scrobble to last.fm but it works fine on Spotify for Mac OSX.  Does the new app update on iOS cause this issue? 

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renewing my account

ok so...i had to get a new card because simply mine had expired. so that meant spotify has canceled itself. well there is nothing wring with that part. when i finally got logged in had to go extream measures to get into with my new subscription. BUT ...

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ok so...i had to get a new card because simply mine had expired. so that meant spotify has canceled itself. well there is nothing wring with that part. when i finally got logged in  had to go ex...

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Only half my playlist goes in queue

When i queue a playlist about half of it will be in the queue and the rest i have to do manually

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When i queue a playlist about half of it will be in the queue and the rest i have to do manually

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Only half my playlist in queue when added

When i queue a playlist about half the playlist will be queued and the other half i have to do manually wich is very annoying

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When i queue a playlist about half the playlist will be queued and the other half i have to do manually wich is very annoying

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Songs

When i listen to Spotify on my I phone, i can't get to "My Songs". I used to be able to. I can't tell if it was an upgrade on my phone, or something changed. I can see my Songs on my home computer and work computer.and am able to choose which songs i...

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When i listen to Spotify on my I phone, i can't get to "My Songs".  I used to be able to. I can't tell if it was an upgrade on my phone, or something changed.  I can see my Songs on my home...

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