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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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  • Camila73
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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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Adding Track to Playlist

I'm running the Spotify app on my iPad, iOS 10.3.3, the latest version. I've noticed, starting a few Spotify app iterations ago, that with some regularity when I go to add a track to a playlist from a radio station or playlist (Now Hear This, Today's...

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  • I'm running the Spotify app on my iPad, iOS 10.3.3, the latest version. I've noticed, starting a few Spotify app iterations ago, that with some regularity when I go to add a track to a playlist ...
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No aparece lo que escucho

Cuando me encuentro reproduciendo una canción no me aparece nada abajo, ni con la pantalla bloqueada, es como si no estuviese reproduciendo nada, ni siquiera puedo cambiar lo que estoy escuchando.

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  • Cuando me encuentro reproduciendo una canción no me aparece nada abajo, ni con la pantalla bloqueada, es como si no estuviese reproduciendo nada, ni siquiera puedo cambiar lo que estoy escuchando.&nb...
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playlist

I just got spotify premium and made a playlist and downloaded it so I could listen to it offline. I started playing my list and the first song played fine but then when it was done the next song was on another playlist instead of on my playlist that ...

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  • I just got spotify premium and made a playlist and downloaded it so I could listen to it offline.  I started playing my list and the first song played fine but then when it was done the next son...
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Cant search for music on IOS APP

Whenever i try and search for any music that isn't online, or even click on a playlist or browse or radio, i get the message: "An error occured"

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  • Whenever i try and search for any music that isn't online, or even click on a playlist or browse or radio, i get the message: "An error occured"
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IOS 11 Bugs

Ever since I've updated to IOS 11 I've had various bugs that have been very very frustrating to deal with:1. When a notification (that slides into view from the top) from another app shows up, spotify pauses itself. After spotify pauses itself follow...

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  • Ever since I've updated to IOS 11 I've had various bugs that have been very very frustrating to deal with: 1. When a notification (that slides into view from the top) from another app shows up, spot...
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Playback issues after getting a call on iOS 11.2

I have noticed recently that when I receive a phone call or watch a video and then try returning back to spotify, the app would state the music is playing however no sound until I force a quit on the Spotify App. It's quite annoying, anyone else expe...

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  • I have noticed recently that when I receive a phone call or watch a video and then try returning back to spotify, the app would state the music is playing however no sound until I force a quit on the...
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Automatic change of playlist

My app automatically changes the playlist... how can I avoid it??

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  • My app automatically changes the playlist... how can I avoid it??
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Spotify Premium sound quality issues - 320 kbps "equivalent" not equivalent to 320 kbps at all

Hi, I use spotify premium, set to "extreme" quality (always have). So far I have used it to stream music to my AirPlay speakers for background music listening. Everything was fine and I did not detect problems with quality (would be difficult with Ai...

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  • Hi,   I use spotify premium, set to "extreme" quality (always have). So far I have used it to stream music to my AirPlay speakers for background music listening. Everything was fine and I di...
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Superuser Contribution iOS 8 Support Announcement

Hey everyone, the Spotify Community team here. This week we're announcing that we will no longer support iOS 8 as a platform. The new version of Spotify on iOS (8.4.27) is the first iOS9+ release for Spotify. We always take deprecating platform versi...

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  • Hey everyone, the Spotify Community team here.   This week we're announcing that we will no longer support iOS 8 as a platform.  The new version of Spotify on iOS (8.4.27) is the firs...
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Superuser Contribution [iOS][Discover] Restore Touch Preview on iOS App

Hello @ all, i downloaded a few tracks on my iphone. Now i´m trying to delete them permently. The only way i find is to switch of the "download" button but that won´t finally delete the track from my device.What can i do, exept delete the app complet...

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  • Hello @ all,   i downloaded a few tracks on my iphone. Now i´m trying to delete them permently. The only way i find is to switch of the "download" button but that won´t finally delete the trac...
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Superuser Contribution Favoriting on Daily Mix

From the time between last year and this year my music taste has drastically changed and today I deleted most of the songs in my library. When I used to like my old music I would favorite things on the daily mix so I was wondering if my daily mixes w...

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  • From the time between last year and this year my music taste has drastically changed and today I deleted most of the songs in my library. When I used to like my old music I would favorite things on t...
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Superuser Contribution App Extremely Slow to Load Offline Songs

I Have premium, and have about 1000 songs downloaded for offline use. I haven't added a large number of songs recently, but whenever i go to "Your Library > Songs", I get the spinning green circle for upwards of a minute before I can view my songs. I...

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  • I Have premium, and have about 1000 songs downloaded for offline use. I haven't added a large number of songs recently, but whenever i go to "Your Library > Songs", I get the spinning green circle...
  • Jack
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Song Unavailable (You can still start radio based on this artist)

Some songs saved in my phone suddenly became unavailable and you can see that the title has been grayed out. If you tap it, it tells you that it is unavailable but you can still start the radio. This has also happened on my computer. I've also notice...

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  • Some songs saved in my phone suddenly became unavailable and you can see that the title has been grayed out. If you tap it, it tells you that it is unavailable but you can still start the radio. This...
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Honda HandsFreeLink NEXT/PREVIOUS buttons not working iOS 11.1.1

Ever since the iOS 11 update, I can no longer change the tracks on the streering wheel by using the NEXT/PREVIOUS buttons. I have an iPhone 7. Anyone else having the same issue/

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  • Ever since the iOS 11 update, I can no longer change the tracks on the streering wheel by using the NEXT/PREVIOUS buttons. I have an iPhone 7. Anyone else having the same issue/
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Inbjudan premium familj

Jag har skickat inbjudan till premium familj men en familjemedlemmarna får inte inbjudan i sin mail. Hur ska jag göra?

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  • Jag har skickat inbjudan till premium familj men en familjemedlemmarna får inte inbjudan i sin mail. Hur ska jag göra?
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Superuser Contribution Premium on Macbook but free account Iphone

I have premium (family account) and it works on both my Iphone and Macbook. I tried adding 2 of my family members and it works on their laptop but it says they have a free account on their iphone. We tried deleting the app on their phone and sending ...

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  • I have premium (family account) and it works on both my Iphone and Macbook. I tried adding 2 of my family members and it works on their laptop but it says they have a free account on their iphone. We...
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playlist from itunes to spotify help

Hi there, I know i can import my itunes playlist into spotify, but it only allow me to play local files related to this playlist.What i really want is to import my itunes plylist into a spotify streaming playlist, so all the local files will be repla...

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  • Hi there,   I know i can import my itunes playlist into spotify, but it only allow me to play local files related to this playlist. What i really want is to import my itunes plylist into a sp...
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Higher quality streaming = more battery drain?

Curious cause i’m Of the opinion that the higher the quality of streaming, the more the data from your phone downloads to play. Yes I do stream consistently on the “extreme” option. I’m also using an iPhone 7 Plus on iOS 11.

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  • Curious cause i’m Of the opinion that the higher the quality of streaming, the more the data from your phone downloads to play. Yes I do stream consistently on the “extreme” option. I’m also using an...
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My main device( iphone) is in offline mode. Please remove other phones

Hello, can you please help me? I dont have my old phones and i cant register my ios mobile to listen music. Please removes the other devices( expect not pc).

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  • Hello, can you please help me? I dont have my old phones and i cant register my ios mobile to listen music. Please removes the other devices( expect not pc).
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