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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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won't play local music

In other: I have my SD card checked, however any local song is not playable on my playlists?

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  • In other: I have my SD card checked, however any local song is not playable on my playlists?
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Olá bom dia. ..Estou com um problema quando uso o Spotify através do meu celular Android. ..fica cortando de mais a conexão via Bluetooth. ....Isso e normal. ..o que devo fazer. ..sugiro uma atenção a esse respeito. ..ou desativarei a conta (plano fa...

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  • Olá bom dia. ..Estou com um problema quando uso o Spotify através do meu celular Android. ..fica cortando de mais a conexão via Bluetooth. ....Isso e normal. ..o que devo fazer. ..sugiro uma atenção ...
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Spotify doesn't close, changes songs overnight

Weird stuff going on here. I'll close Spotify on my phone and it'll stay up in the taskbar up top, despite being paused and hitting back until it's out of app. Force closing the app won't make it go away, it eventually comes back, same with restartin...

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  • Weird stuff going on here. I'll close Spotify on my phone and it'll stay up in the taskbar up top, despite being paused and hitting back until it's out of app. Force closing the app won't make it go ...
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Now playing

When you play a song there's usually a small box bottom of the screen telling you what are you listening to. On the iPhone when you close the app and re-open it, this box usually disappears. But on my android it's still there. Is it possible to close...

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  • When you play a song there's usually a small box bottom of the screen telling you what are you listening to. On the iPhone when you close the app and re-open it, this box usually disappears. But on m...
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Summer Vibes Playlist

i saw a friend had their Summer Vibes playlist in their "made for you" section, but it isn't showimg up on my phone. what's going on?

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  • i saw a friend had their Summer Vibes playlist in their "made for you" section, but it isn't showimg up on my phone. what's going on?
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Android Auto loading...

2017 Audi Q7Samsung S6/S7 EdgeRepro steps1. Launch Spotify2. Shutdown car and walk away so Spotify auto shutdown3. Restart car and let AA resume4. Resume Spotify and stuck at loading wheel.Exiting spotify and AA will not fix until phone is rebooted o...

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  • 2017 Audi Q7 Samsung S6/S7 Edge Repro steps 1. Launch Spotify 2. Shutdown car and walk away so Spotify auto shutdown 3. Restart car and let AA resume 4. Resume Spotify and stuck at loading wh...
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Solved!! Saving to internal memory and SD Card

I got Moto G 4g (android 4.4) 8gb of internal memory and 32gb in the SD one. I can't understand why but my spotify when it downloads my music, during the download I see the storage gets busy in both of memory slots. It seems that it's saving music tw...

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  • I got Moto G 4g (android 4.4) 8gb of internal memory and 32gb in the SD one. I can't understand why but my spotify when it downloads my music, during the download I see the storage gets busy in both ...
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Spotify Connect remote volume control fails to alter volume

Client: Windows and Android (current releases)Host: Spotify Music - for Android TV (0.7.3)Host HW: Nvidia Shield TV (FW 3.2)Relevant config: HDMI-CEC volume control is enabled on the Nvidia Shield so that OS volume level adjustment commands are passe...

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  • Client: Windows and Android (current releases) Host: Spotify Music - for Android TV (0.7.3) Host HW: Nvidia Shield TV (FW 3.2) Relevant config: HDMI-CEC volume control is enabled&nb...
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upgraded to premium, works on computer but not on mobile!

The trial worked great, convinced me to pay for premium. But now when I go and try to play anything on mobile it tells me I need to upgrade to premium. Its annoying, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, restarting the phone...nothing works. making ...

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  • The trial worked great, convinced me to pay for premium. But now when I go and try to play anything on mobile it tells me I need to upgrade to premium. Its annoying, I tried uninstalling and reinstal...
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Spotify unmounts my sd card

Spotify unmounts my SD card when I download music offline. It detects it again after I pull it out and put it back in and a restart but it also doesn't find the files on the sd card, making me redownload my playlist and delete the files already there...

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  • Spotify unmounts my SD card when I download music offline. It detects it again after I pull it out and put it back in and a restart but it also doesn't find the files on the sd card, making me redown...
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Issue downloading on wifi

I'm trying to download a playlist at home on my wifi, but when I press download, Spotify says: "Go to Settings to download using cellular" Why? I am on wifi, I don't want to download using cellular. I've checked the available space on my phone, and a...

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  • I'm trying to download a playlist at home on my wifi, but when I press download, Spotify says: "Go to Settings to download using cellular"   Why?   I am on wifi, I don't want to downloa...
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Solved!! Cleaning space

Hi everyone,I love Spotify, and I love the downloadfunction. But my phone storage is almost full with 50 hours of music, so i want to turn of the downloadfunction. I switched the switch next to my playlist, but my storage is still full. I found this ...

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  • Hi everyone, I love Spotify, and I love the downloadfunction. But my phone storage is almost full with 50 hours of music, so i want to turn of the downloadfunction. I switched the switch next to my ...
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No Bass/Flat (Galaxy s6 edge+)

Hey everyone, just upgraded to premium and I'm noticing that my music sounds very flat, and the bass is almost non existent. I've turned my equalizer off, and even force stopped the adapt sound system app to see if that would help, but no luck. Pleas...

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  • Hey everyone, just upgraded to premium and I'm noticing that my music sounds very flat, and the bass is almost non existent. I've turned my equalizer off, and even force stopped the adapt sound syste...
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Moto G 4th generation problems.

Hi Everyone! First of all my first language is not English so sorry for that, ill go to the topic. I just bought a Moto G 4th Generation a couple of days ago, I have this problem with the Spotify App, and I'm sure is on the app because the problem do...

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  • Hi Everyone! First of all my first language is not English so sorry for that, ill go to the topic.  I just bought a Moto G 4th Generation a couple of days ago, I have this problem with the Spot...
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Syncronisation der 3 Geräte

Hallo zusammen, ich bin erst seit kurzem bei Spotify.Als ich heute morgen mein Handy synchronisieren wollte bekam ich die Fehlermeldung das ich nur 3 Geräte mit Premium synchronisieren kann. Das weiss ich auch, nur leider benutze ich Spotify auf eine...

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  • Hallo zusammen, ich bin erst seit kurzem bei Spotify. Als ich heute morgen mein Handy synchronisieren wollte bekam ich die Fehlermeldung das ich nur 3 Geräte mit Premium synchronisieren kann. Das we...
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Premiun disapear after using trial

Hi, my Spotify premium disappeared after i accidentally used the 1 week trial, and now i don't have the premium, btw it's the 3 months for 1 euro.thank you all!

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  • Hi, my Spotify premium disappeared after i accidentally used the 1 week trial, and now i don't have the premium, btw it's the 3 months for 1 euro.thank you all!
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Audio pausing while gps and lyft

Wether using Pandora or Spotify, it seems music constantly gets paused while driving for lyft bluetooth or aux. This didn't use to happen. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotifyLG Aristo. 4G LTE

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  • Wether using Pandora or Spotify, it seems music constantly gets paused while driving for lyft bluetooth or aux. This didn't use to happen. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling spotify LG Aristo. 4G...
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"Rock this" playlist having troubles in android App.

So I've noticed whenever one of the videos in the "Rock this" playlists comes up, spotify closes itself out and no music plays. Is there a way to disable videos in it?

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  • So I've noticed whenever one of the videos in the "Rock this" playlists comes up, spotify closes itself out and no music plays. Is there a way to disable videos in it?
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Superuser Contribution Equalizer disappeared

Dear Community,I used to have the equalizer setting functionality on my previous version of Spotify. When I updated it a couple of weeks ago, this option disappeared. Last update (8.4.4.810 armV7) still misses this option.How could I get it back?Spot...

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  • Dear Community, I used to have the equalizer setting functionality on my previous version of Spotify. When I updated it a couple of weeks ago, this option disappeared. Last update (8.4.4.810 armV7...
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