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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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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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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...
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...
PlanPremiumCountry Brazil DeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating SystemLinux My Question or Issue Comands terminal dbus no working moredbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPa...
PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop-PCOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 and Debian 9 My Question or IssueDear Spotify-Devs, I use spotify on a whole bunch of devices, i.a. two linuxboxes with spotify for linux. Playing spotify on these devices works wi...
If you leave spotify open all the time without closing, you ends up that pulse audio can not accept more connections anymore as all of the available slots are used by spotify. Even if I did some lazy testing (just use it normally and randomly check t...
Hi SpotifyIn the last couple of months I realized that I can't listen to some of my songs any more. It says: "Can't play this song" or something similar. I don't know reason why this is happening, but I don't like it. I am scared to lose other songs ...
PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSystem76 Galago Pro 13"Operating SystemPop! OS (Ubuntu 19.04) My Question or IssueWhen I start Spotify, a black window appears, then the application immediately crashes with this message in stderr:[0805/134836.559082:ERR...
- Kubuntu 15.04 64-bit (Ubuntu KDE) Fresh build, Lenovo T430. Custom or default kernel.- Premium user. -ii spotify-client 1:1.0.14.124.g4dfabc51 amd64 - Spotify crashes when loading certain songs, always on the same songs. For example, when loading t...
Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueHi,My spotify client (from the snap store) got updated today and I lost my desktop entry (it doesn't show up in the dock or in the "all applications" list). Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? I...
PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceLenovo Ideapad 330Ryzen 7 2700U - Vega 10 GraphicsOperating SystemKubuntu 19.04Kernel : 5.0.0-29-genericlibcurl3-gnutls 7.64.0-4ubuntu1libgnutls30 3.6.7-4ubuntu1OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 19.0.8...
PlanFreeCountryUSA DeviceHP ProBook 4530s i3 2530m8 GB RAMOperating SystemXubuntuadfMy Question or IssueSpotigy keeps crashing on startup. I have tried:Reinstalling using the apt-get method on the spotify download websiteReinstalling using Ubuntu Pac...
PlanPremiumCountryGermany/Switzerland + VPNDeviceThinkPad Lenovo E470 with dedicated graphics Operating SystemKubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo My Question or IssueSometimes Spotify works fine, however, i need to launch it twice. The first instance will stay...
PlanPremiumCountryAccount=TurkeyCurrent=UKDeviceDELL LaptopOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.3 running i3wm (i3-gaps) Error: A firewall may be blocking ..., Unfortunately I forgot to write down the error number but I don't have a firewall. I believe the p...
Operating SystemUbuntuMy Question or IssueWhen enabling High Contrast in the Ubuntu OS within the accessibility settings, Spotify does not enable high-contrast for its app or for the icons as available for other out of the box applications or other o...
Gow can i download spotify on a computer?PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevicecomputer LGOperating Systemwindows My Question or Issue
https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceLaptopOperating SystemDebian 9 - Stretch. - My Question or IssueDebian / Ubuntu Install:You will first need to configure our debian repository:curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 3 Android v10Operating SystemMint 19.2 My Question or IssueWhen I try to sync local MP3 to my phone from Mint (repo install, not snap) it doesn't work at all, just sits there and says "Waiting to download." To rule ou...
Hi! I'm using the flatpak version of spotify on my linux machine (Fedora 30).I noticed that the scale-factor for the GUI doesn't work anymore. If I give:$ /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=spotify --file-forwarding --force-...
I have Spotify for Linux running on a PC and when I click "Connect" it can see my Android phone. However, in the Android app, when I choose Settings->Show available devices, it says "If another device becomes available, you can select it here". There...
I am a Spotify for Linux user. Ever since I got up this morning I have been getting an error from my update manager that Spotify's repo signing keys are expired. Anyone know what's going on? The error message I am getting is as follows: "An error occ...
PlanPremium For FamilyCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemDebian Gnome (X86_64) My Question or IssueSo, I can't install Spotify on my Debian system. I've tried even other websites outside of spotify.com. Though none seem to work. All I get is an err...
Operating SystemParrot OSHello guys, I'll explain briefly my problem. If I run "spotify" command on shell it opens up spotify and all is fine, but if I try making a shortcut who runs the command it does not work and this error shows up:KDEInit could ...