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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • Sumit_Ghosh
  • Casual Listener
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Solved!! Downloaded playlists not updated when changing sound-quality

Hey there, I changed the quality of downloaded songs from normal (on mobile ~96 kbps) to extreme (~ 320 kbps), but my playlists are not updated / redownloaded accordingly.Do I really have to manually turn off the download slider, and then turn it on ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey there,   I changed the quality of downloaded songs from normal (on mobile ~96 kbps) to extreme (~ 320 kbps), but my playlists are not updated / redownloaded accordingly. Do I really ...
  • Joe
  • Community Legend
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Bug: Spotify fallbacks from SD card to internal storage at every reboot

Brief description of the issue: when booting the phone, Spotify "forgets" it was configured to use the SD card for storage and fallbacks to internal storage. All previously downloaded music is lost when setting the app to use the SD card again. The s...

  • Music Fan
  • Brief description of the issue: when booting the phone, Spotify "forgets" it was configured to use the SD card for storage and fallbacks to internal storage. All previously downloaded music is lost w...
  • Joe
  • Community Legend
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premium on tablet

so I have spotify premium on my phone and desktop, but when i use spotify on my android tablet it doesn't recognise that i have premium and its telling me to buy it.

  • Newbie
  • so I have spotify premium on my phone and desktop, but when i use spotify on my android tablet it doesn't recognise that i have premium and its telling me to buy it.
  • Joe
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Superuser Contribution Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge not sending song information via Bluetooth to Car headunit

I have a galaxy s7 edge and in my car, spotify will not send any song information besides the time elapsed to my cars headunit. I had an LG G4 and it sent the info to my car via spotify, and any other music app on my S7 sends all the info to my head ...

  • Regular
  • I have a galaxy s7 edge and in my car, spotify will not send any song information besides the time elapsed to my cars headunit. I had an LG G4 and it sent the info to my car via spotify, and any othe...
  • Rdedera
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Superuser Contribution Problem in offline mode

I have a premium account and I use offline mode on my phone. However, when I switch the offline mode the songs that I have downloaded before seems like they have never downloaded before so I switch back the online mode there are no problems but again...

  • Newbie
  • I have a premium account and I use offline mode on my phone. However, when I switch the offline mode the songs that I have downloaded before seems like they have never downloaded before so I switch b...
  • Maria_B
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Superuser Contribution Playlist playing certain genre first

Hi so in my playlist I have 100 songs in it and 50 are hip hop and rap and the other 50 are classic rock. And for some reason spotify will play all the classic rock songs first even if I have it in shuffle mode. Any way to fix this thanks.

  • Newbie
  • Hi so in my playlist I have 100 songs in it and 50 are hip hop and rap and the other 50 are classic rock. And for some reason spotify will play all the classic rock songs first even if I have it in s...
  • Maria_B
  • Moderator
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No smart-cover controls after update to Android 7 [Honor 8]

Before I updated my phone to Nougat, Everything was bliss. Now, the lockscreen-controls are unreliable, and the smart-view controls are gone.Here's a video of me opening and closing the cover, while playing music first with Google play(everything OK)...

  • Regular
  • Before I updated my phone to Nougat, Everything was bliss. Now, the lockscreen-controls are unreliable, and the smart-view controls are gone. Here's a video of me opening and closing the cover, whil...
  • Slackline_boiiz
  • Newbie
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Device pop up never stops coming up

So I recently linked my account to Facebook and I use spotify both on my PC and Android to listen to music. Before I linked, this problem had never occurred.Now - on my android spotify. It keeps popping up with a message saying:"You are listening on ...

  • Newbie
  • So I recently linked my account to Facebook and I use spotify both on my PC and Android to listen to music. Before I linked, this problem had never occurred. Now - on my android spotify. It keeps ...
  • florisnijdam
  • Newbie
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Android Auto NOT showing Spotify as music option

So I used to have the Samsung Galaxy S7 and when I plugged it into my GMC Canyon 2017, it would start Android Auto and I was able to see music options other than just Google Music, such as Spotify and Audible. Well I upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S8...

  • Newbie
  • So I used to have the Samsung Galaxy S7 and when I plugged it into my GMC Canyon 2017, it would start Android Auto and I was able to see music options other than just Google Music, such as Spotify an...
  • TotalMusicFan
  • Casual Listener
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    Not Showing Spotify Option
    not working
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Songs

As I opened today my music>songs I was surprised to not find any of my songs there (probably more than 300, saved over the years). Everything was on place (playlists, recently played, etc.) and only the songs were strangely vanished! Any advice?

  • Newbie
  • As I opened today my music>songs I was surprised to not find any of my songs there (probably more than 300, saved over the years). Everything was on place (playlists, recently played, etc.) and on...
  • Brammetje
  • Regular
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Albums keep being deleted

Hello.Since a week my albums keep being deleted. They start downloading again, only to be deleted again after a few hours.I have deleted my offline devices and re-installed the app. But the albums still keep being deleted.

  • Regular
  • Hello. Since a week my albums keep being deleted. They start downloading again, only to be deleted again after a few hours. I have deleted my offline devices and re-installed the app. But the album...
  • lengilbert
  • Newbie
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Double in playlist

Hi notice some strange issue with my playlist. Somehow there is double songs and the order isn't same. And the app of Shazams sync playlist has also other songs that i haven't Shazamed.I have samsung galaxy s8 which is new. Otherwise I haven't done a...

  • Music Fan
  • Hi notice some strange issue with my playlist. Somehow there is double songs and the order isn't same. And the app of Shazams sync playlist has also other songs that i haven't Shazamed. I have samsu...
  • Joe
  • Community Legend
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    problem
    Samsung galaxy s8
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Local Files from Desktop on Android

Hey everyone, I'm having problems with playing my local files from my computer on my android device. Can't seem how to sync them over to a different device. I created a playlist, and can locate it on the android device, however, when I toggle the dow...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey everyone, I'm having problems with playing my local files from my computer on my android device.  Can't seem how to sync them over to a different device.  I created a playlist, and can ...
  • KillerDjou
  • Newbie
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  • local files
    local files not syncing
    local files sync
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No possibility to Save music in SD card

Hi I have this problem. I have an SD card but in my app Spotify there isn't the option to choose to Save on my sd card

  • Newbie
  • Hi I have this problem. I have an SD card but in my app Spotify there isn't the option to choose to Save on my sd card
  • Joe
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Chromecast audio casting stops when clicking shuffle play on artist page

When casting to chromecast audio, and while music playing, going to artist page and clicking Shuffle Play, audio and casting stops. It happens every time and problem has been there for many months now Android 7.1.2App version 8.4.4.810

  • Newbie
  • When casting to chromecast audio, and while music playing, going to artist page and clicking Shuffle Play, audio and casting stops. It happens every time and problem has been there for many months no...
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Spotify deleted my offline content

As the title says, Spotify has deleted my offline saved music. I had around 50 albums downloaded in total, now I have nothing. Yesterday I suddenly received this weird notification that I have exceeded the maximum allowed number of devices and all th...

  • Newbie
  • As the title says, Spotify has deleted my offline saved music. I had around 50 albums downloaded in total, now I have nothing.   Yesterday I suddenly received this weird notification that I ha...
  • ramoncar
  • Newbie
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Can't search

Very frequently , when I try to search a song, an artist, etc. nothing happens and later it says "try again" but when I do, there are no changes.

  • Casual Listener
  • Very frequently , when I try to search a song, an artist, etc. nothing happens and later it says "try again" but when I do, there are no changes.
  • Astrid4
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Superuser Contribution App not responsive initially when launched

Hi, I'm using Nexus 6P (Android 7.1.2).I noticed that for the recent Spotify app versions, the app is not initially responsive when I first launch the app. The home screen & menu appear fine, but when I click on a song & do an action (add song to que...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I'm using Nexus 6P (Android 7.1.2). I noticed that for the recent Spotify app versions, the app is not initially responsive when I first launch the app. The home screen & menu appear fine, b...
  • ednghs
  • Casual Listener
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Solved!! Downloaded Music Disappearing

I've only been a premium subscriber for a couple of months but already my downloaded music has disappeared twice for no apparent reason. I still had plenty of memory on my SD card & I didn't change any of the settings or alter anything at all. I was ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've only been a premium subscriber for a couple of months but already my downloaded music has disappeared twice for no apparent reason. I still had plenty of memory on my SD card & I didn't chan...
  • DaireJ
  • Casual Listener
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unavailable songs

I cannot acces any of my music or searches even though I am connected to internet. I can play the music but I have to select shuffle to start the music. I have tried logging out and back in, I have looked at the playback settings but nothing seems to...

  • Casual Listener
  • I cannot acces any of my music or searches even though I am connected to internet. I can play the music but I have to select shuffle to start the music. I have tried logging out and back in, I have l...
  • Joe
  • Community Legend
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  • 250 Views
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