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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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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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Solved!! Last.fm username/password error

I've seen other threads on this problem but none with a solution that works for me. I've only just started using last.fm and after scrobbling four songs, Spotify now gives me a username/password error for last.fm....I've turned scrobbling off and on,...

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  • I've seen other threads on this problem but none with a solution that works for me. I've only just started using last.fm and after scrobbling four songs, Spotify now gives me a username/password erro...
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Superuser Contribution Se borran canciones

Esto me viene pasando muy seguido de hace como 3 semanas, no logro entender por qué, tengo suficiente espacio libre (2.30GB) y no excedo la cantidad de dispositivos con la sesión abierta (3) y principalmente es que al descargar las canciones y quitar...

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  • Esto me viene pasando muy seguido de hace como 3 semanas, no logro entender por qué, tengo suficiente espacio libre (2.30GB) y no excedo la cantidad de dispositivos con la sesión abierta (3) y princi...
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Saving to SD card not an option

I have a Moto G4, and am unable to save downloaded songs to my SD card. Very annoying as it uses about 7 GB of my phone's storage!! Any help would be great

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  • I have a Moto G4, and am unable to save downloaded songs to my SD card. Very annoying as it uses about 7 GB of my phone's storage!! Any help would be great
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ACCOUNT HACKED - Need help

Hi - Need someone's help from Spotify ASAP. I received an email this morning that my email address associated with my Spotify Premium account has been changed. I now can't get into my account since the email and pw was changed. I have created a new a...

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  • Hi - Need someone's help from Spotify ASAP. I received an email this morning that my email address associated with my Spotify Premium account has been changed. I now can't get into my account since t...
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new phone and my playlists did not transfer

playlist did not transfer to my new phone and says i do not have premium, I went to my account on my decktop and it says i do have premium but cannot get it on my phone and all my music is gone. i now have a samsung galaxy S8

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  • playlist did not transfer to my new phone and says i do not have premium,  I went to my account on my decktop and it says i do have premium but cannot get it on my phone and all my music is gone...
  • Joe
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Sound distortion

I have a new phone and now spotify Sounds awful. It's really distorted, what should I do?

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  • I have a new phone and now spotify Sounds awful. It's really distorted, what should I do?
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Offline mode not working

I have an Samsung Galaxy S5. Using Spotify on Android 6 Marshmallow. Offline mode does not work. Even if I go into settings and turn on offline modus. The songs simply don't start to play without internet turned on.

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  • I have an Samsung Galaxy S5. Using Spotify on Android 6 Marshmallow. Offline mode does not work. Even if I go into settings and turn on offline modus. The songs simply don't start to play without int...
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It's acting weird

My Spotify is acting like it's premium but I have a limit number of skips and I already used the free trial and didn't put my credit card information in when I looking around on the premium account sign up thing when I was bored? Whats wrong with it?

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  • My Spotify is acting like it's premium but I have a limit number of skips and I already used the free trial and didn't put my credit card information in when I looking around on the premium account s...
  • Joe
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Not ok

While playing music most of the time it stops itself and i have to tap play all the time to continue playing...whats wrong

  • Newbie
  • While playing music most of the time it stops itself and i have to tap play all the time to continue playing...whats wrong
  • Joe
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Offline content not available after shutdown/powerup but still takes up space on SD card

I run Spotify in my car on an older Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S3). Since this phone has no sim card and thus no data connection, I download my playlists (to the SD card) while on WiFi and listen to them on the go. Since I don't drive my car every...

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  • I run Spotify in my car on an older Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S3).  Since this phone has no sim card and thus no data connection, I download my playlists (to the SD card) while on WiFi and l...
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Won't play next song in playlist

The android app randomly will not move to next song in playlist. It gets to the end of a song and gets stuck on the last second. I have to press skip to get it to play the next song.

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  • The android app randomly will not move to next song in playlist. It gets to the end of a song and gets stuck on the last second. I have to press skip to get it to play the next song.
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Annoying pause of 7-12 seconds before every song

Today we've noticed an annoying pause between each song when playing an album. We tried disabling cross-fade but this option is not available. We are using a Chromecast for playing music. Can somebody help us with this? We have a premium account.

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  • Today we've noticed an annoying pause between each song when playing an album. We tried disabling cross-fade but this option is not available. We are using a Chromecast for playing music. Can somebod...
  • Schmiel
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Can I control music without unlocking my phone?

I have a Samsung A5 and if I want to change the music, I have to put the code in, open Spotify and then change When doing sport it's really not handy.Is it possible to put the controler on the unlocking screen? I think I had that function on my HTC M...

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  • I have a Samsung A5 and if I want to change the music, I have to put the code in, open Spotify and then change 😕 When doing sport it's really not handy. Is it possible to put the controler on the u...
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Spotify stream to ChromeCast issue

Premium accountWhen streaming to Chromecast, Spotify will play several ads in a row, skip through several songs then if it finally settles on a song, mute it 10 seconds in.Seems ok when running Spotify on my phone but the speaker is far better via Ch...

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  • Premium account When streaming to Chromecast, Spotify will play several ads in a row, skip through several songs then if it finally settles on a song, mute it 10 seconds in. Seems ok when running S...
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Suggested Songs on a Premium Account

Hi Guys! I used to have a Family Account for a while and switched back to a normal Premium Subscription a few days ago. It seemed to have worked because i am (still) able to save songs to hear them offline. But when listening to some Albums, these an...

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  • Hi Guys!   I used to have a Family Account for a while and switched back to a normal Premium Subscription a few days ago. It seemed to have worked because i am (still) able to save songs to he...
  • Joe
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Tarkuzlive

Señores de SPOTIFY..Por favor necesito saber, él porque se me borro todo lo guardado en mi lista!!Es la segunda vez que me pasa, ( tuve que reiniciar el teléfono) cargar de vuelta todo!! Y

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  • Señores de SPOTIFY.. Por favor necesito saber, él porque se me borro todo lo guardado en mi lista!! Es la segunda vez que me pasa, ( tuve que reiniciar el teléfono) cargar de vuelta todo!! Y
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Unotelly dns unblocker

I have been a Spotify premium user for about a year, using android devices at home.I use a dns unblocker on my router and have had no problems until the last few days.Now I cannot connect on android when the router is configured to unblocker.As soon ...

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  • I have been a Spotify premium user for about a year, using android devices at home. I use a dns unblocker on my router and have had no problems until the last few days. Now I cannot connect on andr...
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Saving a song or album to My Library takes me offline

It started about a month ago, anytime I save or remove a song from My Library the app goes offline, awywhere from 10 seconds to two or three minutes making the app unusable. Even trying to open the drop down menu on a song or album won't work (aka ad...

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  • It started about a month ago, anytime I save or remove a song from My Library the app goes offline, awywhere from 10 seconds to two or three minutes making the app unusable. Even trying to open the d...
  • Joe
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Chromecast from Android, phone stuck on song

When I try to play a playlist, the display on my phone (S7e) gets stuck on first song - I can control song selection on chromecast, but the phone doesn't update to the playing song, and only shows first song when I began cast. Any suggestions?

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  • When I try to play a playlist, the display on my phone (S7e) gets stuck on first song - I can control song selection on chromecast, but the phone doesn't update to the playing song, and only shows fi...
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