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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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  • Dannythyuhh
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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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Solved!! Downloading Music offline limit?

Love the app just great, recently I got premium and I started downloading my libraries for offline use, so I downloaded about half my library 4000 songs, I still have about another 4000 to go but when I put for a new artist or album it will show wait...

  • Newbie
  • Love the app just great, recently I got premium and I started downloading my libraries for offline use, so I downloaded about half my library 4000 songs, I still have about another 4000 to go but whe...
  • mjdb71
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Sonus

Cannot play on sonus telling to upgrade to premium already am .can play via Bluetooth to Bose unit no problem am using ipod and ipad

  • Newbie
  • Cannot play on sonus telling to upgrade to premium already am .can play via Bluetooth to Bose unit no problem am using ipod and ipad
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Spotify pauses only when driving iOS 10.1.1 & Spotify6.8.03786

Spotify plays fine on Wifi and 4G/LTE. However on Blue Tooth driving it pausesconstantly !!! This is a new issue since maybe 30 days ago Sept/Oct

  • Newbie
  • Spotify plays fine on Wifi and 4G/LTE. However on Blue Tooth driving it pauses constantly !!! This is a new issue since maybe 30 days ago Sept/Oct
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Making a playlist public does not work on the mobile app

Just downloaded spotify on my ipod and want to make a playlist public. There are no options for it on the Edit panel of the playlist, only 'make this list collaborative'. How do I make a list public on the mobile app??I am on 7.0.3 version.

  • Casual Listener
  • Just downloaded spotify on my ipod and want to make a playlist public. There are no options for it on the Edit panel of the playlist, only 'make this list collaborative'. How do I make a list pu...
  • finsness
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Spotify slukar surf i offlineläge

Har de senaste 4 månaderna haft problem med att spotify slukar all min surf. Lyssnar allltid i offlineläge och de 2 första dagarna den här månaden drog spotify 1,2 gb. Har inte streamat en sekund! Har tagit bort appen och installerat den på nytt, til...

  • Casual Listener
  • Har de senaste 4 månaderna haft problem med att spotify slukar all min surf. Lyssnar allltid i offlineläge och de 2 första dagarna den här månaden drog spotify 1,2 gb. Har inte streamat en sekund! Ha...
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Downloaded albums not available when offline, downloaded playlists are available

When I use the IOS client on an iPhone 6 Plus, often but not always my offline-saved albums are not available when I am offline. Offline-saved Playlists are available. If I launch the Spotify client when I have wifi or data connectivity, and then go ...

  • Newbie
  • When I use the IOS client on an iPhone 6 Plus, often but not always my offline-saved albums are not available when I am offline. Offline-saved Playlists are available.   If I launch the S...
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Spotify Connect - Unknown person using my account?!

Hi, Hope someone can help! Recently i have noticed a random device on my available devices at the bottom of my spotify app when i am playing music, and it appears that whoever is using this random device can access my account and listen to whatever t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   Hope someone can help!   Recently i have noticed a random device on my available devices at the bottom of my spotify app when i am playing music, and it appears that whoever is us...
  • Jon_UK
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Spotify Premium not working abroad

I am currently abroad and I just upgraded to spotify premium so I could continue to use my account abroad but I am still getting a message that I can only use spotify for 14 days abroad even after reinstalling the app. How can I fix this without chan...

  • Newbie
  • I am currently abroad and I just upgraded to spotify premium so I could continue to use my account abroad but I am still getting a message that I can only use spotify for 14 days abroad even after re...
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When using other apps (with no sound) Spotify volume drops until other app closes

This seems to be a problem that is new (to me) on iOS 10. The example I will use is Pokemon Go. I can have Spotify playing and it's a perfect volume, but when I launch Pokemon Go (with all audio disabled within the app) the Spotify volume decreases d...

  • Music Fan
  • This seems to be a problem that is new (to me) on iOS 10.  The example I will use is Pokemon Go.  I can have Spotify playing and it's a perfect volume, but when I launch Pokemon Go (with al...
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Song Stops After 7 Seconds

When I use Spotify at my school it stops 7 seconds into the track then refuses to play any other song. I try to log out then back in but once I log in, it says theres an error with my connection. It also says I'm 'offline' if I try to access the Home...

  • Newbie
  • When I use Spotify at my school it stops 7 seconds into the track then refuses to play any other song. I try to log out then back in but once I log in, it says theres an error with my connection. It ...
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Majority of my downloaded songs are no longer downloaded

I had a lot of full albums downloaded on my iphone 6, and yesterday I logged into spotify, and every single album was reduced to just a couple songs. I tried re-downloading the same albums and I only get the same songs. Sometimes albums only give one...

  • Newbie
  • I had a lot of full albums downloaded on my iphone 6, and yesterday I logged into spotify, and every single album was reduced to just a couple songs. I tried re-downloading the same albums and I only...
  • ag2526
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Youtube song to iphone

I downloaded a song off youtube and put it on my spotify on the computer and put it on my playlists and i can see it on my phone but its all greyed out and says i need to sync it with my computer and i put my phone on offline mode and everything and ...

  • Newbie
  • I downloaded a song off youtube and put it on my spotify on the computer and put it on my playlists and i can see it on my phone but its all greyed out and says i need to sync it with my computer and...
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No seamless playback - automatic crossfade?

When I play opera (example: Mozart's Nozze di Figaro with Solti conducting), there appears to be automatic crossfade between tracks, so that there are dropouts in what should be a seamless rendition.I have checked: my crossfade is set to 0.Is there a...

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  • When I play opera (example: Mozart's Nozze di Figaro with Solti conducting), there appears to be automatic crossfade between tracks, so that there are dropouts in what should be a seamless rendition....
  • roosterette
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Notification on iphone

Why don't we get iPhone notifications when someone shares a song with you?

  • Newbie
  • Why don't we get iPhone notifications when someone shares a song with you?
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Can't link to facebook

There is an error when I try to connect my facebook account to my Spotify . It opens up the facebook authorization page and I click on ok but nothing happens. When I tried to log off from my Spotify account and log in with my facebook account , it ac...

  • Newbie
  • There is an error when I try to connect my facebook account to my Spotify . It opens up the facebook authorization page and I click on ok but nothing happens. When I tried to log off from my Spotify ...
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My Local Files does not sync

Hi, I created, in my desktop Spotify, a playlist and put my local files in there and downloaded. When I try to download in my Ipad nothing happens, no error, but the musics does not download either. In my Android Phone this function work very well.

  • Visitor
  • Hi,   I created, in my desktop Spotify, a playlist and put my local files in there and downloaded. When I try to download in my Ipad nothing happens, no error, but the musics does not download...
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Logged in with facebook with a friends iPad - Can't logout

Hi! I logged in using facebook on a friends iPad and now everytime he tries to login he goes straight to my account.I tried logout everywhere and even reinstalling the app.Nothing works. Can you help? Thanks in advance

  • Newbie
  • Hi!   I logged in using facebook on a friends iPad and now everytime he tries to login he goes straight to my account. I tried logout everywhere and even reinstalling the app. Nothing works....
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Unable to delete one song in library

The last/first song in my songs library is not budging. It is not giving me the option to even remove it on mobile, only to save, which adds a duplicate of it that I can delete, or to queue it. When I click the X to remove it inmy laptop it doesn't d...

  • Visitor
  • The last/first song in my songs library is not budging. It is not giving me the option to even remove it on mobile, only to save, which adds a duplicate of it that I can delete, or to queue it. When ...
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Limited space 5GB ipone--Can Family work for me?

I have a 5GB iphone and my daughter and i have been sharing a spotify account. I only have a modest "mom" playlist of about 20 workout songs but she has albums (she has a bigger phone too). Where we share one account, I see all her music on my app to...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a 5GB iphone and my daughter and i have been sharing a spotify account.  I only have a modest "mom" playlist of about 20 workout songs but she has albums (she has a bigger phone too). &nb...
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