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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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Spotify connect not present to connect to stereo

I am trying to use spotify connect to play music via my iphone on my new yamaha stereo system which has spotify in built in the cdn301 cd player unit. My iphone is a 4S running iOS 8.4.1 and the latest version of spotify app from March 2016 (5.1.0.10...

Casual Listener

I am trying to use spotify connect to play music via my iphone on my new yamaha stereo system which has spotify in built in the cdn301 cd player unit.   My iphone is a 4S running iOS 8.4.1 and...

mah2059

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Spotify CarPlay either steals control from other apps or doesn't play at all

There is a major bug with Spotify's CarPlay implementation that manifests one of two ways:Spotify always starts playing whenever CarPlay connects even when it was not the last audio app to play. It will even wrest control away from the audio app that...

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There is a major bug with Spotify's CarPlay implementation that manifests one of two ways: Spotify always starts playing whenever CarPlay connects even when it was not the last audio app to play....

mcwinterr

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iOS lock screen radio menu

A while ago whenever I listened to the radio there used to be a menu button that would show up on the lock screen allowing me to like or dislike a song. What happened to it? sorry if this has been asked before.

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A while ago whenever I listened to the radio there used to be a menu button that would show up on the lock screen allowing me to like or dislike a song. What happened to it?   sorry if this ha...

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Word Genre Removed

My Word genre under Browse has been removed from my app. I used to have this feature and listened to quite a bit of books and other things through there. I have read two other posts I found regarding the Word feature roll-outs and server-based update...

Newbie

My Word genre under Browse has been removed from my app. I used to have this feature and listened to quite a bit of books and other things through there.   I have read two other posts I found ...

willray411

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All offline music disappeared on IOS

All my offline music disappeared from my spotify premium on IOS recently fo no apparent reason...gotta re-download them all - frustrating - anyone else experience this?

Newbie

All my offline music disappeared from my spotify premium on IOS recently fo no apparent reason...gotta re-download them all - frustrating - anyone else experience this?

Topatop

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Discover Weekly does not update

Hi guys, for some reasons my spotify doesn't update discover weekly for two weeks now. This happens across all of my IOS devices. Please thank you heapshelp

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Hi guys, for some reasons my spotify doesn't update discover weekly for two weeks now. This happens across all of my IOS devices. Please 😞 thank you heapshelp

rjbeath

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How can I see only the music that I have synced offline

I came to Spotify from Rdio and have been extremely frustrated with the offline experience. I prefer to sync albums and not playlists but have an extremely difficult time finding which albums have been downloaded as I am forced to search through my e...

Newbie

I came to Spotify from Rdio and have been extremely frustrated with the offline experience.  I prefer to sync albums and not playlists but have an extremely difficult time finding which albums h...

MattSuda

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Solved!! Playlists gone and unable to play music for last 2 days

I'm using Spotify 5.1.0.1019 on an iPad Mini Retina running iOS 9.2.1. This was working smoothly up until a few days ago. Now it's pretty comprehensivly broken. The UI has changed, with the currently playing song element now different to a few days a...

Gig Goer

I'm using Spotify 5.1.0.1019 on an iPad Mini Retina running iOS 9.2.1. This was working smoothly up until a few days ago. Now it's pretty comprehensivly broken.    The  UI has change...

Hotblack

Gig Goer

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Spotify Crashed? 3.16.2016

Hey Everyone, This is my first post, because I needed to talk to someone about this crash. My friends who use Spotify are experiencing problems as well. On the iphone, it will not let you go to artists' pages or share music on social media. Also, on ...

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Hey Everyone,    This is my first post, because I needed to talk to someone about this crash. My friends who use Spotify are experiencing problems as well. On the iphone, it will not let ...

jean3601

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iPod Touch (6th generation) won't show up on laptop spotify (is my app version too old?)

I'm trying to connect my iPod Touch spotify app to the app on my laptop. When I play music on my Android phone or iPad, the "now playing" shows up on my laptop with no trouble at all. However, my iPod won't seem to show up for anything. I've tried re...

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I'm trying to connect my iPod Touch spotify app to the app on my laptop.  When I play music on my Android phone or iPad, the "now playing" shows up on my laptop with no trouble at all.  How...

theanniemarie

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iPhone app is garbage and I'm unsubscribing from premium

I came to Spotify because of Rdio going out of business. I heard a lot of good things so I thought I'd give it a go. I subscribed to premium and everything. My big thing is being able to download music to my phone and listen when not connected to wif...

Newbie

I came to Spotify because of Rdio going out of business. I heard a lot of good things so I thought I'd give it a go. I subscribed to premium and everything.   My big thing is being able t...

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Artist page not loading [ios]

I have a premium account.I don't know what causes it, it only happens on my iPhone.I have uninstalled Spotify and reinstalled, logged out and in.It's a weird issue cause I can load songs I don't have downloaded with no problem but only if they are sa...

Casual Listener

I have a premium account. I don't know what causes it, it only happens on my iPhone. I have uninstalled Spotify and reinstalled, logged out and in. It's a weird issue cause I can load songs ...

Lukeisun

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Audio scrubber is gone in latest update. Why???

Please bring back the audio scrubber at the bottom of the app on iOS. It has been replaced by a swipe-for-the-next-track. It should be possible to design the interface so that you can have both track advance and audio scrubber. Its not practical to h...

Music Fan

Please bring back the audio scrubber at the bottom of the app on iOS. It has been replaced by a swipe-for-the-next-track. It should be possible to design the interface so that you can have both track...

christy8

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An Error Occurred: Interesting situation

I have an iPhone 6s. Premium spotify. Never had any issue with spotify before today. Won't pull up from my artists, the search button, or my home page. But it will load Discovery weekly and Playlists and the Radio Button. Very weird. I have reinstall...

Newbie

I have an iPhone 6s.  Premium spotify.  Never had any issue with spotify before today.  Won't pull up from my artists, the search button, or my home page.  But it will load D...

jean3601

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Search engine.

My search engine wont work....at all. Uninstalled. Reinstalled. Nothing. On a brand new iphone 6. Was working before, isnt now. Any help?!

Newbie

My search engine wont work....at all. Uninstalled. Reinstalled. Nothing. On a brand new iphone 6. Was working before, isnt now. Any help?!

jean3601

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eq 5.1.0

I was just upgraded to 5.1.0 on iPhone 6. For some reason my Eq doesn't work. I press the EQ setting in setting and the menu option glows but doesn't open. I restarted and the problem hasnt resolved.

Newbie

I was just upgraded to 5.1.0 on iPhone 6. For some reason my Eq doesn't work. I press the EQ setting in setting and the menu option glows but doesn't open. I restarted and the problem hasnt resolved.

MattSuda

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Home, Browse and Search Not Working on iPhone App

I'm getting an error message every time i try to call up home, browse or search on my iPhone app. I have a 6S running iOS 9.2.1. I have tried uninstalling app and restarting device.

Newbie

I'm getting an error message every time i try to call up home, browse or search on my iPhone app. I have a 6S running iOS 9.2.1.   I have tried uninstalling app and restarting device.

monkunashi

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Can't access anything in app: "An error occurred. Try again."

This happened to me a couple of months ago and is happening again. I connect to the wifi network at work. "Offline" is not on. I can't access anything except whatever I was last playing. I can access the the list of musicians I follow but can't click...

Newbie

This happened to me a couple of months ago and is happening again.  I connect to the wifi network at work.  "Offline" is not on.  I can't access anything except whatever I was las...

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Spotify not working on ipad

I cant get Spotify to work on my iPad. I try to search for an artist, and it gives me an error message. The same thing happens when i try to go to the browse folder. However, the app DOES work on my iPod.

Casual Listener

I cant get Spotify to work on my iPad. I try to search for an artist, and it gives me an error message. The same thing happens when i try to go to the browse folder. However, the app DOES work on my ...

Hotblack

Gig Goer

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Keeps asking for network connection

Even when I have turned on Offline mode, whenever I start the Spotify app it tries to go to a function that requires data access, and i keep getting a prompt to turn on WiFi / data. This is really annoying - if I turn on offline mode, it shouldn't bu...

Casual Listener

Even when I have turned on Offline mode, whenever I start the Spotify app it tries to go to a function that requires data access, and i keep getting a prompt to turn on WiFi / data.   This is ...

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