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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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Gigiii

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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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Herlaadkaart

Mijne zoon had 2 herlaadkaarten van Spotify gekregen van 10 euro dus ik wil die op zijn iPhone zetten en er komt op succesfully done en toch staat het bedrag van 20 euro niet op zijn account .

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Mijne zoon had 2 herlaadkaarten van Spotify gekregen van 10 euro dus ik wil die op zijn iPhone zetten en er komt op succesfully done en toch staat het bedrag van 20 euro niet op zijn account .

Hubo

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Change language back to english.

I currently live in Taiwan. After my last update of spotify the app for some reason changed to Chinese. I am not able to set the language back to English. Can someone describe how to get English back? If possible please use pictures, as I do not unde...

Newbie

I currently live in Taiwan. After my last update of spotify the app for some reason changed to Chinese. I am not able to set the language back to English. Can someone describe how to get English back...

Kiseki

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Spotify stops playing the music when iPhone blocks manual or automatically..

Need help! when i go running and start a playlist... suddenly the phone blocks away so the music is playing algo stops, and when i try to play it again when blocked nothing happens...it starts but with no sounds.

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Need help! when i go running and start a playlist... suddenly the phone blocks away so the music is playing algo stops, and when i try to play it again when blocked nothing happens...it starts but wi...

ThePeaceLounge

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Screen recording on iPhone

I recently got the iOS 11 update, but I found a problem. When I do the screen recording option, most of the time it does not record the music that I am listening to. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve tried different ways to play the m...

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I recently got the iOS 11 update, but I found a problem. When I do the screen recording option, most of the time it does not record the music that I am listening to. Sometimes it does, and sometimes ...

alinajetly

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Back button disappears after search in combination with filter (iPad)

Scenario:a search for ‘perlman’choose artist Itzhak Perlman,choose ‘all albums’type ‘tch’ to filter on Tchaikovsky,choose an album to listen to it and now I cannot go back to my search results or even search something else. Have to restart the app (r...

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Scenario: a search for ‘perlman’ choose artist Itzhak Perlman, choose ‘all albums’ type ‘tch’ to filter on Tchaikovsky, choose an album to listen to it   and now I cannot go back to my se...

Pxyzh

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Car controls skip over a song

I have a subaru impreza and use it to play spotify (premium) via USB. When i use the car controls (either on steering wheel or dashboard) to go to the next song, it skips over it. So if I'm on song 1, it passes over song 2 and goes to song 3. In orde...

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I have a subaru impreza and use it to play spotify (premium) via USB. When i use the car controls (either on steering wheel or dashboard) to go to the next song, it skips over it. So if I'm on song 1...

dallasyoung1

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Spotify Suddenly Changes Songs to a Playlist I Don't Follow

For the past few days, Spotify will suddenly, in the middle of a song, switch to the a song in a playlist I have never listened to and have no interest in, ("Vibes" in case anyone is interested). Again, this is a playlist I do not follow and have nev...

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For the past few days, Spotify will suddenly, in the middle of a song, switch to the a song in a playlist I have never listened to and have no interest in, ("Vibes" in case anyone is interested).&nbs...

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app not working

I recently started listening to podcast so I’m was listening to what really happend after that when ever I listen to andi the music and lock the phone it doesn’t show up in the lock screen the one which show in the lock screen is always what really h...

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I recently started listening to podcast so I’m was listening to what really happend after that when ever I listen to andi the music and lock the phone it doesn’t show up in the lock screen the one wh...

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iOS 11 Control Centre Bug *Annoying*

Hi, I’m having an issue where randomly Spotify will ‘lose’ music control prioritisation on control centre. The only fix to this is to reboot and this temporarily resolves the issue. Please find below a video of the issue, baring in mind the screen re...

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Hi,   I’m having an issue where randomly Spotify will ‘lose’ music control prioritisation on control centre. The only fix to this is to reboot and this temporarily resolves the issue. Please f...

JackHammer

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Solved!! Spotify app won't install on my iPhone 5s after I deleted to make space on my phone

Hi I've done this a couple times, delete apps on my phone to make space but this is the first time I'm seeing this. I have the 8.1.3 software update on the iPhone 5s. I tried downloading it and it's just stuck on the white part where it looks like th...

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Hi I've done this a couple times, delete apps on my phone to make space but this is the first time I'm seeing this. I have the 8.1.3 software update on the iPhone 5s. I tried downloading it and it's ...

Ron2014

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Can't get songs from iTunes to Spotify on my iPhone

Okay, so I am trying to make a playlist for my Dad's birthday party. There are 3 songs that are not available on Spotify. I bought them on iTunes, and transferred them from my iTunes library to my Spotify playlist on my desktop. I made the Spotify pl...

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Okay, so I am trying to make a playlist for my Dad's birthday party. There are 3 songs that are not available on Spotify. I bought them on iTunes, and transferred them from my iTunes library to ...

bluesean12

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Clear Recently Played on iPhone/iPad

Hi! Is there a way to efficiently clear the Recently Played list on iPhone and iPad? Deleting things one by one takes forever. If this option isn't yet available, I bet quite a few Spotifyers would appreciate it being added asap.

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Hi! Is there a way to efficiently clear the Recently Played list on iPhone and iPad? Deleting things one by one takes forever. If this option isn't yet available, I bet quite a few Spotifyers would a...

hmedley00

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Same iPhone is syncing multiple times for offline playback

So occasionally I will be forced to log back in to Spotify and it will begin to redownload all of my offline songs. Besides being annoying for lots of reasons I believe that it is taking up more space than it should on my phone and using data which i...

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So occasionally I will be forced to log back in to Spotify and it will begin to redownload all of my offline songs. Besides being annoying for lots of reasons I believe that it is taking up more spac...

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Blue tooth in car doesn’t start

In both a bmw and a Jeep Spotify will not play through the system even though it shows connected on the iPhone X. Need to launch pandora first and then play Spotify to play music through the system.

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In both a bmw and a Jeep Spotify will not play through the system even though it shows connected on the iPhone X. Need to launch pandora first and then play Spotify to play music through the system.&...

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Solved!! Up next mode

I recently created a playlist. Now every time I play a song from anywhere on my library there is a random song that comes on after from a up next file that I don't know where this even came from. How do I disable this mode? There's also a little icon...

Newbie

I recently created a playlist. Now every time I play a song from anywhere on my library there is a random song that comes on after from a up next file that I don't know where this even came from. How...

fredspot72

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iPhone X Overlapping Header Layout Bug

Header text overlaps search results.To reproduce:Navigate to any artist page with lots of single tracksTap "See All Singles"Swipe upObserve the overlap of header text and resultsAlso happens with albums, compilations, and playlists.

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Header text overlaps search results. To reproduce: Navigate to any artist page with lots of single tracks Tap "See All Singles" Swipe up Observe the overlap of header text and results Al...

Nadiajelly

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Shuffling Playlist Plays Only one artist

I have a playlist with about 3800 songs, but when I shuffle it only plays one artist. I've been trying to shuffle it for a few days now and have given up trying to use this playlist.

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I have a playlist with about 3800 songs, but when I shuffle it only plays one artist. I've been trying to shuffle it for a few days now and have given up trying to use this playlist. 

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Solved!! Way to search through all downloaded content ?

I'm using 8.4.28 of Spotify. I want to be able to search through my whole library of downloaded songs (including songs from Playlists I've downloaded). When I go to Library -> Songs I can only search for some of the songs I've downloaded.For example ...

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I'm using 8.4.28 of Spotify. I want to be able to search through my whole library of downloaded songs (including songs from Playlists I've downloaded). When I go to Library -> Songs I can only sea...

mrising

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Songs in Spotify playlists appear overlapped/incorrect for 2 weeks

In a recent update the playlist view of songs started to appear overlapped. This does not happen in the “songs” view, artists view, album view - only the playlists view. I have ios 11.2 (latest upgrade) on an iphone 8. See attachment

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In a recent update the playlist view of songs started to appear overlapped. This does not happen in the “songs” view, artists view, album view - only the playlists view.    I have ios 11....

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