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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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Playlists won't show up

I put together a few playlists on my iPhone and made sure they were available offline but I cannot download them on my iPod, they don't even show up in my playlists section...any solutions?

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  • I put together a few playlists on my iPhone and made sure they were available offline but I cannot download them on my iPod, they don't even show up in my playlists section...any solutions?
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You are not logged in issue

Hello, I have trouble Witherspoon spotify. I had à free premium accourt and it worked good. But non i am disconnected directly few seconds after being logged. The image is say "you are not logged in". I am on android With an HTC m8, i have tried in W...

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  • Hello, I have trouble Witherspoon spotify. I had à free premium accourt and it worked good. But non i am disconnected directly few seconds after being logged. The image is say "you are not logg...
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alles verwijderen

Hallo, Kan iemand mij helpen? Ben onlangs overgegaan van kpn naar hi met een nieuw spotify abonnement. Om dit te activeren moet ik echter mijn huidige abonnement compleet verwijderen. Kan op de site wel vinden dat ik op "alles verwijderen" moet drukk...

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  • Hallo,  Kan iemand mij helpen? Ben onlangs overgegaan van kpn naar hi met een nieuw spotify abonnement. Om dit te activeren moet ik echter mijn huidige abonnement compleet verwijderen. Kan op ...
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email address linked to spotify account

Hi, i signed up for premium this week and dont know the email address that is linked to spotify. my spotify account has upgraded to premium so thats fine but i cannot find the email address that i would get a confirmation email to. i have tried to lo...

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  • Hi, i signed up for premium this week and dont know the email address that is linked to spotify. my spotify account has upgraded to premium so thats fine but i cannot find the email address that i wo...
  • Daniel
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Deleting songs from Android

Hi I am new at this spotify thing so apologies if question is stupid! I have an S3 mini - I don't really use playlist section just download songs into library and listen from there. As i have an s3 mini storage is already gone. I have tried to delete...

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  • Hi I am new at this spotify thing so apologies if question is stupid! I have an S3 mini - I don't really use playlist section just download songs into library and listen from there. As i have an s3 m...
  • Daniel
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Audio skips in standby mode

Hello there.In Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with Android 4.4.2 sound skips any 1-2 minutes.Any solutions?Thanks and best regards

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  • Hello there. In Samsung Galaxy Note 2 with Android 4.4.2 sound skips any 1-2 minutes. Any solutions? Thanks and best regards
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Solved!! Where has genre-based radio gone?

Since 'Radio' has been removed from the menu (and has now moved to 'Stations' under 'My Music'), how do you start a genre-based radio station?

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  • Since 'Radio' has been removed from the menu (and has now moved to 'Stations' under 'My Music'), how do you start a genre-based radio station?
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Android distortion issue playback

Hi When I play a song on my htc one m8 the sound is very distorted with quiet vocals and heavy bass lines making the music unlistenable.I am a long time user of spotify premium and wondering what could be wrong. It's not an EQ problem. Any help will ...

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  • Hi When I play a song on my htc one m8 the sound is very distorted with quiet vocals and heavy bass lines making the music unlistenable. I am a long time user of spotify premium and wondering ...
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I use spotify trial on my phone and it skips alot...what do i do?

When i start playing music from spotify, it starts to skip almost every 10 seconds...i dont know what to do!!! Please Help Me!!!

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  • When i start playing music from spotify, it starts to skip almost every 10 seconds...i dont know what to do!!! Please Help Me!!!
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adding music but won't show up???

So when I'm in the "discover" tab I'll click the little plus icon and it will turn to a green check but when I go to my music the song isn't there and then I'll go back to the discover tab and it will be a grey plus again like I never added it ?!?! I...

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  • So when I'm in the "discover" tab I'll click the little plus icon and it will turn to a green check but when I go to my music the song isn't there and then I'll go back to the discover tab and it wil...
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Solved!! Confused - offline listening

Hi guys, recently I've read this article and it made me a little confused, what do u think bout that? http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/spotify-free-mobile-and-tablet-users-can-now-listen-to-free-music-offline-on-the-popular-streaming-service-226...

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  • Hi guys,   recently I've read this article and it made me a little confused, what do u think bout that?   http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/spotify-free-mobile-and-tablet-users-...
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car stereo with Spotify control

Hi. I'm looking for a car stereo that is compatible with my nexus 5 and would allow me to control Spotify through the head unit. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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  • Hi. I'm looking for a car stereo that is compatible with my nexus 5 and would allow me to control Spotify through the head unit. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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BUG: missing song covers in offline mode on android

DescriptionI noticed that when I listen in offline mode, some tracks downloaded on my device doesn't have a cover (see attached screenshot). If I go online cover will be updated. But next time when I listen offline some covers are missing again. I wo...

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  • Description I noticed that when I listen in offline mode, some tracks downloaded on my device doesn't have a cover (see attached screenshot). If I go online cover will be updated. But next time when...
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[Android] Transparent Popup issue

hey guys, im not sure if im posting in the right forum so if i am, please move it to the proper one.. just wanted to report a transparent popup for premium upgrades on android L-preview, similar apps had this issue so i know its not really a bug but ...

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  • hey guys, im not sure if im posting in the right forum so if i am, please move it to the proper one.. just wanted to report a transparent popup for premium upgrades on android L-preview, similar ap...
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Solved!! Spotify Connect - Android to Android - Trouble selecting active device

Hi everybody. I've just started with Spotify Connect feature. I find it great, but have one problem: I am using and old Android Phone (Motorola XT610, Android 2.3) connected to my home audio equipment. And I am using my actual phone (Samsung S3, Andr...

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  • Hi everybody. I've just started with Spotify Connect feature. I find it great, but have one problem:   I am using and old Android Phone (Motorola XT610, Android 2.3) connected to my home a...
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New Android version scroll bar problem on long playlists

Hi Guys, The new android version is a massive improvement, thanks for that! Although one thing that has changed that is a bit niggling is the scroll bar on long playlists. I have a large offline playlist and I like to use the scroll bar on the right ...

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  • Hi Guys,   The new android version is a massive improvement, thanks for that! Although one thing that has changed that is a bit niggling is the scroll bar on long playlists. I have a large o...
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Ford Sync?

When are we going to see Ford Sync support for Android?

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  • When are we going to see Ford Sync support for Android?
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So this thing is actually downloading music?

I thought the entire point of spotify premium was to have your music everywhere without downloading music to my phone but this thing just ate up my ENTIRE memory downloading my music. Why did it do that the entire point of spotify is to not do that?W...

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  • I thought the entire point of spotify premium was to have your music everywhere without downloading music to my phone but this thing just ate up my ENTIRE memory downloading my music. Why did it do t...
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Problem with loading content after update (1.3.0)

After I updated my spotify to the newest version (1.3.0) the app started to go crazy. First have problems with loading playlists, it's just keeps loading infinitely (screen1). And when it finally does show my playlists (it's hard to get there, usuall...

  • Roadie
  • After I updated my spotify to the newest version (1.3.0) the app started to go crazy. First have problems with loading playlists, it's just keeps loading infinitely (screen1). And when...
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My playlist is acting weird.

All of playlists our fine on my S4 but one of them only loads half the songs. The other half say "Loading...?" when you click the song it says the track was unavailable, I dont know what to do. Ive Restarted the phone, the app deleted the playlist re...

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  • All of playlists our fine on my S4 but one of them only loads half the songs. The other half say "Loading...?"   when you click the song it says the track was unavailable, I dont know what t...
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