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New and Improved Android Widget

Spotify is bringing a new update to the home screen widget on Android devices. This update will help you get more out of it than before. The new widget will make it simpler and faster to access your favourite content on Spotify. So what is changing?H...

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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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Solved!! The version of Spotify I have has completely different features than another free user.

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceAndroid PhonesMy Question or IssueMy dad and I both have spotify. I cannot pick songs to play and have to rely on shuffle. My dad can pick songs without issue, and probably doesn't even know that shuffle's an option. We both h...

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ALAC and Android

I just imported all my CD's on to my computer, in ALAC through iTunes, and it plays well on my PC through Spotify. But when I export them to my Android phone, they won't play. I see other people made comments about this issue 2½ years ago, but with n...

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  • I just imported all my CD's on to my computer, in ALAC through iTunes, and it plays well on my PC through Spotify. But when I export them to my Android phone, they won't play. I see other people made...
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ALAC bug still there!

Dear Spotify staff, what's the whole point of synchronizing ALAC (Apple Loseless Audio Codec) files if the Android client can't play them back? I know this bug (and missing feature) has been reported time ago, but it is still there. Every other optio...

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  • Dear Spotify staff,   what's the whole point of synchronizing ALAC (Apple Loseless Audio Codec) files if the Android client can't play them back?   I know this bug (and missing feat...
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Spotify Android App will not play Local Files (M4A / ALAC)

I have created a Playlist and made it "Available offline" on Spotify Destop (Windows 10), and retrieved it on my android tablet (Samsung Tab3 Wifi). Spotify Desktop will properly recognize M4A / ALAC files and play these fine locally (When 16 bit). A...

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  • I have created a Playlist and made it "Available offline" on Spotify Destop (Windows 10), and retrieved it on my android tablet (Samsung Tab3 Wifi).   Spotify Desktop will properly recognize M...
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Songs saved for offline play aren't available offline

As the topic says, I have a bunch of music saved for offline play, however, I often notice that they're not. I frequently get up in the morning and notice before I go to work that Spotify is downloading hundreds of songs, and they're all songs that I...

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  • As the topic says, I have a bunch of music saved for offline play, however, I often notice that they're not. I frequently get up in the morning and notice before I go to work that Spotify is download...
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Solved!! Random shuffle only, not able to advance to next song - problem with Android only

On my desktop version of Spotify, I am able to advance to the next song. With my android version I am not. The only thing that shows up is "Random Shuffle" no option to skip to next song.

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  • On my desktop version of Spotify, I am able to advance to the next song. With my android version I am not. The only thing that shows up is "Random Shuffle" no option to skip to next song.
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Closing application.

Good morning, how do I stop being Beta? The application this very bad on my Galaxy note 4 it is closing all the time. I want to go back to normal application.

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  • Good morning, how do I stop being Beta? The application this very bad on my Galaxy note 4 it is closing all the time. I want to go back to normal application.
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återlställning av lösenord både på laptoppen och mobilen

Jag har stött på lite utmaningar med Spotify och därför avinstalllerade jag appen och installlerade på den igen. Här måste något ha gått fel eftersom jag inte kunde logga in i appen efter ominstallationen. Gjorde som det står och begärde ett nytt lös...

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  • Jag har stött på lite utmaningar med Spotify och därför avinstalllerade jag appen och installlerade på den igen. Här måste något ha gått fel eftersom jag inte kunde logga in i appen efter ominstallat...
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The "term of use" popup comes again and again

Hello, Since the last update, i can no longer use the app. A popup ask me to accept the change of the term of use. Screenshot : https://imgur.com/8P0O6lN (Fun fact, the second and third paragraph are exactly the same.)It's in French. Anyway, when I a...

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  • Hello,   Since the last update, i can no longer use the app. A popup ask me to accept the change of the term of use.    Screenshot : https://imgur.com/8P0O6lN (Fun fact, the s...
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My music and playlists not showing up on my mobile

I recently upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S6 and now my music doesn't show up in the spotify app. I am logged in and see only one album of many in " my music". Used to work fine. What has happened?

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  • I recently upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S6 and now my music doesn't show up in the spotify app. I am logged in and see only one album of many in " my music". Used to work fine. What has happened?
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genre radio

in android app there seems to be a problem with several genre radio stationstested not working stationsbluesheavy metalreggae these stations reportfel på radiostationendet går ej att läsa in stationen just nu. försök igen senareall other genre statio...

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  • in android app there seems to be a problem with several genre radio stations tested not working stations blues heavy metal reggae   these stations report fel på radiostationen det går ej...
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Spotify constantly deletes GBs of offline tracks on my android

I accidentally download an album on my pc on spotify and my offline tracks on my phone deleted. It seems normal bur the problem is i don't have a third device. So ı didn't violate the device limit. So why the hell my 25 gb of archive just wiped? I ha...

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  • I accidentally download an album on my pc on spotify and my offline tracks on my phone deleted. It seems normal bur the problem is i don't have a third device. So ı didn't violate the device limit. S...
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Where did my premium a count go?

Help! Woke up this morning and had to sign in. Submitted email address but it sent me details for my old account with ads. Can't remember my Premium account login details. I want my Premium account back! What can I do???Rae

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  • Help! Woke up this morning and had to sign in. Submitted email address but it sent me details for my old account with ads. Can't remember my Premium account login details. I want my Premium account b...
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Data storage limit?

Dear all,My app runs on a Android. My cell phone has over 5gb of free space and my Spotify app is not even 1gb heavy. I'm not even close to the 3k songs limit, I doubt if I have 100.But anyways my app says it cannot perform a download because there i...

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  • Dear all, My app runs on a Android. My cell phone has over 5gb of free space and my Spotify app is not even 1gb heavy. I'm not even close to the 3k songs limit, I doubt if I have 100. But anywa...
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Recover offline playlists from SD card

Yesterday I tried to get onto my spotify account offline, but for some reason it had logged me out. Later in the day when I finally had WiFi I logged in, but the app told me that I had used spotify on too many devices so removed all my offline playli...

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  • Yesterday I tried to get onto my spotify account offline, but for some reason it had logged me out. Later in the day when I finally had WiFi I logged in, but the app told me that I had used spotify o...
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Slow Download

Hello guys.I have noticed something funny with my spotify. I had to change my old microsd to a new one and all of sudden when I downloaded the spotify app and tried to sync my playlist and stuff, It's soooooooooooooooooooooo slow, it took 10 mins to ...

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  • Hello guys. I have noticed something funny with my spotify. I had to change my old microsd to a new one and all of sudden when I downloaded the spotify app and tried to sync my playlist and stuff, I...
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Running feature doesn't show up when signed in as particular user

Spotify Running does not show up when I sign in to Spotify. If I sign in as another user, on the same device, the feature is available. If I then sign back out and sign in again as my normal user, it is again missing. This has been true on a Moto X d...

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  • Spotify Running does not show up when I sign in to Spotify. If I sign in as another user, on the same device, the feature is available. If I then sign back out and sign in again as my normal use...
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Spotify randomly stops playing.

Nexus 5. Android 4.4 Here's exactly what happens:- a song ends - the next song starts playing (progress bar and everything) but you don't hear anything - just now I was away from my desk for a few minutes and when I came back I heard nothing (left it...

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  • Nexus 5. Android 4.4   Here's exactly what happens: - a song ends - the next song starts playing (progress bar and everything) but you don't hear anything - just now I was away from m...
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All "My Songs" Deleted

Hi All Songs I saved under "My Songs", online and offline, have vanished from my Samsung Galaxy Alpha in the night from Nov 6th to 7th. They are still there if I login on my laptop. Anyone having the same problem or a solution? Cheers!

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  • Hi   All Songs I saved under "My Songs", online and offline, have vanished from my Samsung Galaxy Alpha in the night from Nov 6th to 7th. They are still there if I login on my laptop. Anyone h...
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Using Spotify premium in a country that spotify is not available in?

Hello all, I'm making a month-long trip to Sri Lanka and was wondering whether I'd be able to access my downloaded songs while I'm there. The last time I went to Sri Lanka I was not able to play any of my songs (but I was on a free account then) and ...

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  • Hello all,   I'm making a month-long trip to Sri Lanka and was wondering whether I'd be able to access my downloaded songs while I'm there. The last time I went to Sri Lanka I was not able to ...
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Frequent crashing

I've a problem with the app on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 with Android 5.0.2. Suddenly when I'm browsing for artists or songs within the app it will crash. And every time the crash it also crash my launcher (in my case it's Nova launcher). I think it's ...

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  • I've a problem with the app on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 with Android 5.0.2. Suddenly when I'm browsing for artists or songs within the app it will crash. And every time the crash it also crash my laun...
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