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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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Solved!! Illegal instruction (core dumped)

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueRunning spotify either as re-packaged spotify for linux via aur helper or spotify-launcher doesn't work spotify --show-console --debug-level=MAX16:34:56.744 E [f:25 ] TCPServe...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue Running spotify either as re-packaged spotify for linux via aur helper or spotify-launcher doesn't ...
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Search Bar Not Working

PlanPremiumCountryTürkiyeDevice(Laptop)Operating System(Linux, Pop!_OS version 22.4) My Question or IssueWhen I try to search for something in the search bar, it gives an error: "Something went wrong, reload page.", refreshing the page doesn’t fix th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Türkiye Device (Laptop) Operating System (Linux, Pop!_OS version 22.4)   My Question or Issue When I try to search for something in the search bar, it gives an err...
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Solved!! Something went wrong while trying to search a song.

PlanPremiumCountryPoland, English version of OSDeviceType: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 820 G3Operating SystemSystem: Kernel: 6.8.0-60-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland, English version of OS Device Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 820 G3 Operating System System: Kernel: 6.8.0-60-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compile...
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Drastically reduced battery life when using the Linux client vs. the web client

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12Operating SystemFedora 42My Question or IssueWhen using the Linux client to play music, the discharge rate of the battery of my ThinkPad is much higher than when using the web client. For...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 Operating System Fedora 42 My Question or Issue When using the Linux client to play music, the discharge rate of the batt...
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older laptop with Intel i945 graphics - spotify crashes (Debian, devuan)

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hello , i have installed the .deb version as shown herehttps://www.spotify.com/de-en/downloa...

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Spotify Linux App

PlanPremiumCountryGreece Operating SystemOpensuse Linux 15.6 My Question or IssueHi there, I want to ask if possible to make the Spotify Linux App to be widely supported via appimage method.On this way it will be straight forward the usage and widely...

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  • Plan Premium Country Greece   Operating System Opensuse Linux 15.6   My Question or Issue Hi there,   I want to ask if possible to make the Spotify Linux App to be widely su...
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Spotify client does not work in Linux Ubuntu 24.10 (and other editions)

PlanFreeCountryFrance DeviceDesktop ComputerOperating SystemUbuntu 24.10 My Question or IssueWhen installed, using the provided spotify.list for the sources.list.d directory, I started it using the applications menus, but it started a window very bri...

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  • Plan Free Country France   Device Desktop Computer Operating System Ubuntu 24.10   My Question or Issue When installed, using the  provided spotify.list for the sources.list...
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Solved!! Search does not work

PlanPremiumCountryHungary DeviceDesktop PC (Intel CPU, ...)Operating SystemLinux Mint 21.3 My Question or IssueI've been using Spotify Desktop app for a while on my Linux desktop. About 1 or 2 weeks ago I realized that I can't use search bar. When I ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Hungary   Device Desktop PC (Intel CPU, ...) Operating System Linux Mint 21.3   My Question or Issue I've been using Spotify Desktop app for a while on my Li...
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Somthing went wrong but i can still play music?

Hey, I used Spotify on linux and it was fine then it broke. On the home there is just "Somthing went wrong" and on Playlist its "Couldnt find the plaslitst". I can still lissen music throw the player by just pressing play(obv not being able to select...

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  • Hey, I used Spotify on linux and it was fine then it broke. On the home there is just "Somthing went wrong" and on Playlist its "Couldnt find the plaslitst". I can still lissen music throw the player...
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Please Provide a Notification Icon

Linux, Fedora 42 GNOME Spotify flatpak/snap dont have any notification icon in gnome notification center please provide it for now it takes a generic exutable icon...

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  • Linux, Fedora 42 GNOME   Spotify flatpak/snap dont have any notification icon in gnome notification center please provide it for now it takes a generic exutable icon...  
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Superuser Contribution Close button should minimize the Spotify window - Spotify won't minimize using Close button

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUnited Arab Emirates DeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon My Question or IssueThere is an option in Advanced Settings for "Close button should minimize the Spotify window". This morning I discovered this and ...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country United Arab Emirates   Device Desktop Operating System Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon   My Question or Issue There is an option in Advanced Settings for "Cl...
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[Solved] Linux app not syncing liked songs

Songs that i liked stopped showing up in the linux app. What worked was to close spotify and then remove the files in: ~/snap/spotify/current/.config/spotify/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME-userI removed all of them, but that may not be necessary. I previously ...

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  • Songs that i liked stopped showing up in the linux app. What worked was to close spotify and then remove the files in:     ~/snap/spotify/current/.config/spotify/Users/YOUR_USER_NAME-...
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Spotify Web Player just won't keep me logged in.

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceLinux PCOperating SystemLinux Mint 22 My Question or IssueWhenever I log into my Spotify account on the Web Player and close my browser, I get logged out the next time I access the site. I have tried two browsers (LibreWolf...

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  • Plan Free Country France Device Linux PC Operating System Linux Mint 22   My Question or Issue Whenever I log into my Spotify account on the Web Player and close my browser, I get logg...
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Solved!! Spotify dont play music (hangs on 0:00 or only for 5-6 seconds)

PlanFree/PremiumDeviceAMD Ryzen 5 5600x, GT 1030, 40 GB RAMOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueI don't know what else i have to check, so please can smone help me.OS: Arch LinuxI'm trying to switch from X11 Plasma KDE to Hyprland (which is...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Device AMD Ryzen 5 5600x, GT 1030, 40 GB RAM Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue I don't know what else i have to check, so please can smone help me. ...
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please provide an official flatpak

Hey there, Ubuntu is declining and snap forces you to install with elevated privileges hence most of us do use it (those who run for instance fedora).It shouldn't be a big problem to do so as community maintained flatpaks are already available on fla...

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  • Hey there,   Ubuntu is declining and snap forces you to install with elevated privileges hence most of us do use it (those who run for instance fedora). It shouldn't be a big problem to do so...
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Need help!

PlanPremiumCountry South africa DeviceHisense TVOperating System Linux My Question or Issue I just bought a 75 inch Hisense TV assuming it had android OS only to find out its using Vidaa which is Linux based and installing spotify seems almost imposs...

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  • Plan Premium Country South africa   Device Hisense TV Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue I just bought a 75 inch Hisense TV assuming it had android OS only to find out it...
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High CPU usage on desktop client

PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceSkylake Desktop with iGPUOperating SystemFedora Linux with KDE My Question or IssueI am evaluating Spotify Premium to be installed on multiple Linux desktops.The issue I am facing is quite high CPU usage due to animated bar...

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  • Plan Free Country Poland Device Skylake Desktop with iGPU Operating System Fedora Linux with KDE   My Question or Issue I am evaluating Spotify Premium to be installed on multiple Linu...
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