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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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Songs from saved albums are not showing up in "songs"

Hi there! Hope someone could help me figure this one out. I'm showing my dad how to use his spotify account, and I discovered that for some reason when he saves an album to his library the songs from that album aren't added to the "songs" section of ...

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Hi there! Hope someone could help me figure this one out. I'm showing my dad how to use his spotify account, and I discovered that for some reason when he saves an album to his library the songs...

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Song skip/repeat problem

I have an iPhone 7 with IOS 10.3.3 and I try listening to a song and it either repeats the first second of the song over and over or it will skip every 7 seconds of the song.I have tried logging off and then on and resetting the app, still with the p...

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I have an iPhone 7 with IOS 10.3.3 and I try listening to a song and it either repeats the first second of the song over and over or it will skip every 7 seconds of the song. I have tried logging ...

spotifyuser56t

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Song Sneak Peak broken on bad connection

When the phone has a very bad internet connection, you press on a song to peak it into it, but give up before it actually manages to start playing. When the connection is okay again, trying the same once more seems to break the sneak preview. The son...

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When the phone has a very bad internet connection, you press on a song to peak it into it, but give up before it actually manages to start playing. When the connection is okay again, trying the same ...

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Superuser Contribution Problem with Spotify offline

I have problems with the reproduction of music offline...when I want to listen some music that I downloaded yet it doesn't work...it play only a song but I want to listen all songs of the album (Evolve - Imagine Dragons)...can you help me?

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I have problems with the reproduction of music offline...when I want to listen some music that I downloaded yet it doesn't work...it play only a song but I want to listen all songs of the album (Evol...

Jack

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Solved!! Data usage

When you pay for premium, does the app use your data allowance if you are not connected to Wifi?

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When you pay for premium, does the app use your data allowance if you are not connected to Wifi?

eslizogato

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Superuser Contribution Playlist sorting

Will you ever add an option to sort my playlist by recently added music, date, tittle etc.? I really miss this option on my iPhone.

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Will you ever add an option to sort my playlist by recently added music, date, tittle etc.? I really miss this option on my iPhone.

Jack

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Superuser Contribution Discover Weekly Picture

Hello, This has happened to me before but I emailed Spotify and they resolved it but it's happening agian. So, I had a profile picture of me and my ex girlfriend as my profille picture on Facebook and it's been since May that I changed the picture on...

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Hello, This has happened to me before but I emailed Spotify and they resolved it but it's happening agian. So, I had a profile picture of me and my ex girlfriend as my profille picture on Facebook an...

andrewstu2

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Spotify info way to much data for streaming

So a hour of steaming leads to about 600mb of data being used. This is ridiculous. This has cost me a couple hundred dollars in the past couple days. Anyone know what to do? Might as well switch to another service.

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So a hour of steaming leads to about 600mb of data being used. This is ridiculous. This has cost me a couple hundred dollars in the past couple days. Anyone know what to do? Might as well switch to a...

gus93cr

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Solved!! Spotify & Bose Lifestyle ST

I have had the premium Spotify account & my Bose Lifestyle Soundtouch 535 working for nearly a year. The recent update has stopped this. Both applications are the latest versions.Using the Soundtouch app on my iPad the Internet Radio works fine and a...

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I have had the premium Spotify account & my Bose Lifestyle Soundtouch 535 working for nearly a year. The recent update has stopped this. Both applications are the latest versions. Using the Soun...

Shahboom

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Solved!! Music Library Missing

So this morning I set out to listen to music only to find all my saved songs have been erased. However when I select a song by manually searching it still says it's saved. Any advice?

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So this morning I set out to listen to music only to find all my saved songs have been erased. However when I select a song by manually searching it still says it's saved. Any advice? 

MattSuda

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Any Way to De-Sync my iPhone and PC?

Currently, when I listen to music on my phone, and then switch to my PC, Spotify picks up where I left off, with the active song and play queue I was listening to on my phone. However, the play queue I had set up on my PC is deleted in favor of the s...

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Currently, when I listen to music on my phone, and then switch to my PC, Spotify picks up where I left off, with the active song and play queue I was listening to on my phone. However, the play queue...

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Superuser Contribution premium account not working

a few days ago my account just blanked out - coundn't get in without multiple password resets and now my playlists are all gone, and any personalizations have disappeared. Please help!

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a few days ago my account just blanked out - coundn't get in without multiple password resets and now my playlists are all gone, and any personalizations have disappeared.  Please help!

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Superuser Contribution Phone calls won't come in while playing Spotify

I've had two incidents with this. I'll be listening to music on Spotify then I'll get a notification of a voicemail. But I never heard a call come in.

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I've had two incidents with this. I'll be listening to music on Spotify then I'll get a notification of a voicemail. But I never heard a call come in.

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Random pausing

Every time I shuffle my playlist or just listen to a certain song, it plays the first 2 seconds of the song and then pauses it's self this also happens in the middle of songs. I have my headphones in and have an iPhone 6s with Spotify premium. I don'...

Casual Listener

Every time I shuffle my playlist or just listen to a certain song, it plays the first 2 seconds of the song and then pauses it's self this also happens in the middle of songs. I have my headphones in...

Jack

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Spotify shuts off when I go to a different screen

Spotify shuts off when I go to a different screendoes anybody know why whenever I click to go back to my home screen Spotify stops playing as if I muted it or paused it. I have a premium account and have not had this issue before

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Spotify shuts off when I go to a different screendoes anybody know why whenever I click to go back to my home screen Spotify stops playing as if I muted it or paused it. I have a premium account and ...

Alexis30

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Ayuda!

Hola a todos, quisiera que me pudieran ayudar para solucionar este problema que tengo sobre mi cuenta que es premium pero cuando pongo canciones no me deja adelantar o atrasar la canción y también poner el playlist en aleatorio, saben cómo solucionar...

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Hola a todos, quisiera que me pudieran ayudar para solucionar este problema que tengo sobre mi cuenta que es premium pero cuando pongo canciones no me deja adelantar o atrasar la canción y también po...

Jpgchief

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Superuser Contribution STUCK?!?!

My spotify was updating but it got stuck on its way to to updatin. It won't let me open or delete the app. I've tried almost everything i've seen on the internet but it hasn't worked for me. Can someone please help me?!?!

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My spotify was updating but it got stuck on its way to to updatin. It won't let me open or delete the app. I've tried almost everything i've seen on the internet but it hasn't worked for me. Can some...

kpoptrash1007

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Superuser Contribution Unable to search for users on iphone

For the past several days, I have been unable to search for users on my iphone. For example, lets say I know my friends username is johnsmith. I type that into the search bar, but nothing pops up under profiles even though Im positive this is the use...

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For the past several days, I have been unable to search for users on my iphone. For example, lets say I know my friends username is johnsmith. I type that into the search bar, but nothing pops up und...

paytonmorr

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Spotify not working

Ok so I usually stream my music on my iPad mini. But I recently got a new phone (iPhone 6) and downloaded Spotify on it. I logged in and everything but as soon as I went to my playlist, the songs were gray and they wouldn't let me play them, but when...

Casual Listener

Ok so I usually stream my music on my iPad mini. But I recently got a new phone (iPhone 6) and downloaded Spotify on it. I logged in and everything but as soon as I went to my playlist, the songs wer...

kas0403

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Lost premium service after new iPhone purchased

New iPhone7 ICloud backup downloaded and lost Spotify Premium and playlists.

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New iPhone7 ICloud backup downloaded and lost Spotify Premium and playlists.

kas0403

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