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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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Permanently changing track order

Hello,I'm a sports entertainer and do every day activities with my music.Therefore I have the premium account wich I really like.The only thing I find very annoying is the way we have to change the song order..I have my playlists for different kinds ...

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  • Hello, I'm a sports entertainer and do every day activities with my music. Therefore I have the premium account wich I really like. The only thing I find very annoying is the way we have to change...
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Import music option is doing nothing?

I found the import music option in the spotify app a few days ago.I marked all my music files and clicked on import.The music is not showing up in the import music option anymore but i still can`t play my own music with the spotify app. So why is the...

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  • I found the import music option in the spotify app a few days ago. I marked all my music files and clicked on import. The music is not  showing up in the import music option anymore but i stil...
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Someone elses Spotify on my mobile phone

Hi! When I am at work and online via the Wi-Fi of the building my phone (HTC M9) regularly gives a notification that Spotify is streaming via Google Cast. The weird thing is that I don't have Spotify on my phone or even use my Spotify account at all....

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  • Hi! When I am at work and online via the Wi-Fi of the building my phone (HTC M9) regularly gives a notification that Spotify is streaming via Google Cast. The weird thing is that I don't have Spotify...
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Galaxy S4 - Downloaded songs no longer available offline

Similar issue to what many others have posted.18GB of songs downloaded to SD card all of which were available for offline play. until today. Then suddenly almost all albums lose the green arrow and are no longer available.The songs are still there in...

  • Roadie
  • Similar issue to what many others have posted. 18GB of songs downloaded to SD card all of which were available for offline play. until today. Then suddenly almost all albums lose the green arrow and...
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No puedo ingresar en el cel a Spotify...

Hola.. En el pc puedo ingresar normal a Spotify web, pero en el movil no me deja ingresar a la aplicación, con la cuenta de face no lo reconoce.. que puedo hacer?? cuando doy click en la opcion (olvide mi password) escribo el correo y me sale una ven...

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  • Hola..     En el pc puedo ingresar normal a Spotify web, pero en el movil no me deja ingresar a la aplicación, con la cuenta de face no lo reconoce..  que puedo hacer?? cuando doy c...
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OK Google doesn't play song

Saying "OK Google - Play "Highway to **bleep**"' opens the spotify app, finds the album or artist or song, but doesn't actually play it till i manually select it.Same thing happens with any song or artist.

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  • Saying "OK Google - Play "Highway to **bleep**"' opens the spotify app, finds the album or artist or song, but doesn't actually play it till i manually select it. Same thing happens with any song or...
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I downloaded a playlist I created and of 80 songs only 5 (at most) are playable. How can I fix this?

I created a new playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/22nzxei7g2uyf2l3cob6ieutq/playlist/2XtDRVMGYjJRNoqRcFLYgU) and a downloaded it on my external memory. But only 5 songs are playable and it contains at least 80 songs. How can I fix this problem?

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  • I created a new playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/22nzxei7g2uyf2l3cob6ieutq/playlist/2XtDRVMGYjJRNoqRcFLYgU) and a downloaded it on my external memory. But only 5 songs are playable and it cont...
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Can't open context menu because I'm "offline"

Every time I try to queue songs spotify claims that I am offline and can therefore not open the context menu, which, in itself is completely absurd, why not? However, even if this was an actual feature, I am obviously not offline since the song I am ...

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  • Every time I try to queue songs spotify claims that I am offline and can therefore not open the context menu, which, in itself is completely absurd, why not? However, even if this was an actual featu...
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Spotify takes a long time to load on startup

Hi guys,Spotify takes forever (about 10 minutes today) to play podcast, or rather to just show them.It supposedly isn't connected to the internet, but I'm in my wifi network at home.After loading the podcast section again and again, turning off Spoti...

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  • Hi guys, Spotify takes forever (about 10 minutes today) to play podcast, or rather to just show them. It supposedly isn't connected to the internet, but I'm in my wifi network at home. After loa...
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Autoswitch SD card => internal + redownloading playlists

Hi,I use Spotify on my Android device. My downloaded offline playlists constantly get deleted(Spotify switches from SD card to device storage), I switch it manually back to SD card(files are still on there, Spotify doesn't recognise anything and redo...

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  • Hi, I use Spotify on my Android device. My downloaded offline playlists constantly get deleted(Spotify switches from SD card to device storage), I switch it manually back to SD card(files are still ...
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Superuser Contribution my playlist is fine on my pc but on my phone each song in the fplaylist is coming up as a playlist w

The playlists on my pc are fine but on my samsung phone each song is it's own playlist.How do I recify this?

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  • The playlists on my pc are fine but on my samsung phone each song is it's own playlist. How do I recify this?
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No Voice to Text / Mic Button on Keyboard

OS: Android 7.0Phone: LG V20Carrier: SprintSpotify Version: 8.4.4.810 armV7When typing in the search field of Spotify, the Google Keyboard's microphone disappears. This is an access ability failure and an unacceptable omission. This issue has been re...

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  • OS: Android 7.0 Phone: LG V20 Carrier: Sprint Spotify Version: 8.4.4.810 armV7 When typing in the search field of Spotify, the Google Keyboard's microphone disappears. This is an access ability...
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No puedo importar música de mi sd

En mi android no me aparece la opción de importar. Qué puedo hacer para agregar mis archivos locales?

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  • En mi android no me aparece la opción de importar. Qué puedo hacer para agregar mis archivos locales?
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Trouble with offline listening and new phone

2 questions here:1. I just got the Galaxy S8 and its telling me im not allowed to play all of the albums i have downloaded when i switch to "offline mode"2. i didnt realize that you had to log into your account once every 30 days to keep your subscri...

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  • 2 questions here: 1. I just got the Galaxy S8 and its telling me im not allowed to play all of the albums i have downloaded when i switch to "offline mode" 2. i didnt realize that you had to log in...
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Solved!! Songs not playing in order

I have 250 songs in my playlist. It plays song 1-225 in order but then it starts over from 1 again. THAT means I have to physically press play on every song from 225-250. All songs are dowloaded and shuffle is NOT on.Huawei P9

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  • I have 250 songs in my playlist. It plays song 1-225 in order but then it starts over from 1 again. THAT means I have to physically press play on every song from 225-250. All songs are dowloaded and ...
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Solved!! Thumbs Up is adding songs to the wrong playlist

So I created a new playlist today, and before that was pretty much exclusively using one playlist. I created a radio station off of the new playlist to find some new stuff to add to it, and now, every time I thumbs up a song on the radio station, it'...

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  • So I created a new playlist today, and before that was pretty much exclusively using one playlist.  I created a radio station off of the new playlist to find some new stuff to add to it, and now...
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Can't delete app data/reach offline songs in my SD card (Android 6)

All of a sudden the offline songs I had on my Sansung Galaxy J5 weren't accessible without Internet connection but the phone told me that Spotify app still used 900 MB for my data (excluding app size). They are stored in my SD card. I tried deleting ...

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  • All of a sudden the offline songs I had on my Sansung Galaxy J5 weren't accessible without Internet connection but the phone told me that Spotify app still used 900 MB for my data (excluding app size...
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Disable shuffle when playing albums via Android Auto

I am a Spotify Premium user and love the product, but have a small niggle when accessing spotify through Android Auto via my car's head unit. When I play an album, I like to listen to the songs in the order in which they appear on the album, but Andr...

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  • I am a Spotify Premium user and love the product, but have a small niggle when accessing spotify through Android Auto via my car's head unit.  When I play an album, I like to listen to the songs...
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Trouble with Juli 3 Update

Hi, yesterday i got an update of the Spotify Client. If i try to play Music the app just crash. If i try to open the Spotify Connect/Devices page the app freezes with a black screen and android asks to kill the non responding app. Something is wrong ...

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  • Hi,   yesterday i got an update of the Spotify Client. If i try to play Music the app just crash. If i try to open the Spotify Connect/Devices page the app freezes with a black screen and andr...
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