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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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Songs disappear but still take up room on sd

I recently started up spotify after rebooting my phone. The 2,500 songs I had saved offline had disappeared, however they where still taking up 7.2gb of data on my SD card. Is there anyway to access those files?

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  • I recently started up spotify after rebooting my phone. The 2,500 songs I had saved offline had disappeared, however they where still taking up 7.2gb of data on my SD card. Is there anyway to access ...
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Solved!! Downloading music to external SD card, another one...

I've done the re-installing, I've done the clean re-installing, I've done the re-installing with the SD card out then putting it back in and moving files around, and nothing seems to work. I've got a Huawei y300 with Android 4.1.1, the very newest ve...

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  • I've done the re-installing, I've done the clean re-installing, I've done the re-installing with the SD card out then putting it back in and moving files around, and nothing seems to work.   ...
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Probleme mit Lokaler Musik Android

Hallo, ich habe ein Problem mit meiner Lokalen Musik auf meinem Android Gerät.Ich habe die Quelle auf meinem Computer hinzugefügt, die Lokale Musik in meine Playlist eingefügt und kann diese auf meinem PC hören, alles gut.Jedoch werden diese Lieder d...

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  • Hallo,   ich habe ein Problem mit meiner Lokalen Musik auf meinem Android Gerät. Ich habe die Quelle auf meinem Computer hinzugefügt, die Lokale Musik in meine Playlist eingefügt und kann die...
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Downloaded songs are not available - Android

Hi Spotify team;I downloaded songs in the SD on my android, but after a while these are removed. Even the space occupied by the songs is visualized, but these are no longer recognized.I have already uninstalled the application, deleted all log and th...

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  • Hi Spotify team; I downloaded songs in the SD on my android, but after a while these are removed. Even the space occupied by the songs is visualized, but these are no longer recognized. I have al...
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Shuffle Play doesn't Play all songs

Hi all,When I listen to music on my phone for some reason if I press shuffle play it only plays certain albums. For example if I listen to "The Dreadnoughts" and just press shuffle play it plays their main albulms but never their Cadillac album. Alth...

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  • Hi all, When I listen to music on my phone for some reason if I press shuffle play it only plays certain albums.  For example if I listen to "The Dreadnoughts" and just press shuffle play it pl...
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Spotify won't sync with Toyota

Hi,I have a galaxy s6 and a toyota Avalon. For the last two months the spotify app will not sync with my car. The car display is frozen on a song that isn't playing or hasn't played in days. Sometimes I lose remote control access in the steering whee...

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  • Hi, I have a galaxy s6 and a toyota Avalon. For the last two months the spotify app will not sync with my car. The car display is frozen on a song that isn't playing or hasn't played in days. Someti...
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Several severe problems that's been there for awhile

After a while volume adjustment stops working and I need to restart the app to fix it. It's very annoying especially when driving and I can't do anything but unplug the phone. When pressing play it takes s few seconds before it starts and sometimes i...

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  • After a while volume adjustment stops working and I need to restart the app to fix it. It's very annoying especially when driving and I can't do anything but unplug the phone. When pressing play it t...
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Wonderful different design for some official Spotify playlists

The different design for some official Spotify playlists looks amazing. Why does it appear for only a few specific playlists? And also, wouldn't it be possible to apply this to the whole app? Screens down below.

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  •   The different design for some official Spotify playlists looks amazing. Why does it appear for only a few specific playlists? And also, wouldn't it be possible to apply this to the whole app?...
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App esstresfuly slow.

That is the thing the android app take a very long time to show the seccions, i mean xplore, home, etc. And no, is not my phone or internet, it dont happen with other apps. I need to restart the app a few times in order to this work properly.

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  • That is the thing the android app take a very long time to show the seccions, i mean xplore, home, etc. And no, is not my phone or internet, it dont happen with other apps. I need to restart the app ...
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With equalizer turned on, volume decreases at the start of songs.

I have a Moto X Play and a Nexus 5x, and after playing with the equalizer on both devices, I notice on some tracks I get an initial high volume and then after half a second the volume drops. While i understand that turning equalizer off will solve it...

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  • I have a Moto X Play and a Nexus 5x, and after playing with the equalizer on both devices, I notice on some tracks I get an initial high volume and then after half a second the volume drops.   ...
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Rearrange Playlist Order

Is it possible to rearrange playlist order on my phone? my PC is the correct order however the phone is showing the first song i ever downloaded not the most recent which is what i would like it to be

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  • Is it possible to rearrange playlist order on my phone? my PC is the correct order however the phone is showing the first song i ever downloaded not the most recent which is what i would like it to be
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Downloads deleted on Android

Well, I recently purchased Spotifiy Premium and downloaded some music onto my mobile, about 800 songs. But roughly every 5 days (happened four times now) all my downloads, except for Playlists, get deleted. The only other device I use is my PC. I tri...

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  • Well,  I recently purchased Spotifiy Premium and downloaded some music onto my mobile, about 800 songs. But roughly every 5 days (happened four times now) all my downloads, except for Play...
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Searching across downloaded playlists

Hi,I have several downloaded playlists and there doesn't seem to be a way to search offline for a particular artist or song throughout them. Other than going through and saving each and every song individually to "my library", is there easier way to ...

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  • Hi, I have several downloaded playlists and there doesn't seem to be a way to search offline for a particular artist or song throughout them. Other than going through and saving each and every ...
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Premium Spotify wont keep songs downloaded.

I have more then enough room for downloading songs from spotify to my android. I dowloaded all the songs ( about 1350 of them) on my android. It showed a few days ago they all had the green download arrow beside them and the download was switched to ...

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  • I have more then enough room for downloading songs from spotify to my android. I dowloaded all the songs ( about 1350 of them) on my android. It showed a few days ago they all had the green download ...
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Solved!! Support for the headphone play/pause/skip buttons (Desktop)

Hello i have a problem to skip songs. I payd for 1month premium and all was going well until i wanted to skip a song. When i wanted to skip the song Spotify means i need premium but i have premium what can i do please help me

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  • Hello i have a problem to skip songs. I payd for 1month premium and all was going well until i wanted to skip a song. When i wanted to skip the song Spotify means i need premium but i have premium wh...
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Got premium but not able to repeat a song

I used a 10€ card to ger Spotify premium but now i want to repeat the songs and it only gives me the option to repeat all songs in my album or not to repeat at all, anyone got an idea why?

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  • I used a 10€ card to ger Spotify premium but now i want to repeat the songs and it only gives me the option to repeat all songs in my album or not to repeat at all, anyone got an idea why?
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No funciona la opción busqueda

Desde la última actualización no funciona la opción de busqueda ya que no aparecen los perfiles de usuarios.... Gracias.

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  • Desde la última actualización no funciona la opción de busqueda ya que no aparecen los perfiles de usuarios.... Gracias.
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Solved!! Why is There an Ad for Chipotle on my phone? I'm a premium member.

Latest update to the Android app shows a graphic of the artist/song/album/whatever that fills the phone screen while the app is running. The graphic has an advertisement in it. I don't want to see Chipotle's logo on my phone. That's why I pay for Spo...

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  • Latest update to the Android app shows a graphic of the artist/song/album/whatever that fills the phone screen while the app is running.    The graphic has an advertisement in it.  I...
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Spotify stops playing

When I'm listening to my music on my phone, Spotify randomly stops playing music, but you can see that the song is still running. It just doesn't give a sound. After 20 seconds the music starts again. Everything is up to date, so I don't understand w...

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  • When I'm listening to my music on my phone, Spotify randomly stops playing music, but you can see that the song is still running. It just doesn't give a sound. After 20 seconds the music starts again...
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Cómo ocupo el ecualizador de Spotify en android?

Es algo bastante molesto ya que en los iPhone si les aparece el ecualizador, en cambio en mi celular Huawei p8 lite no, alguna recomendación?

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  • Es algo bastante molesto ya que en los iPhone si les aparece el ecualizador, en cambio en mi celular Huawei p8 lite no, alguna recomendación?
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