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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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Android app will not advance song when playing in background

This is pretty ridiculous. No one loads spotify and then WATCHES the album art. We want to listen to music while we navigate with Google Maps, or exercise and track it with our favorite fitness app, or whatever. but if the screen goes dark or another...

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  • This is pretty ridiculous. No one loads spotify and then WATCHES the album art. We want to listen to music while we navigate with Google Maps, or exercise and track it with our favorite fitness app, ...
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Solved!! download again on new mobile phone? does it charge twice?

I downloaded 2 albums into my old mobile phone, now I have a new mobile phone and the albums have not been transferred to new phone. Shall I just download again or does it mean I will pay twice?

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  • I downloaded 2 albums into my old mobile phone, now I have a new mobile phone and the albums have not been transferred to new phone. Shall I just download again or does it mean I will pay twice?
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Weird problems with synced Local Files and Bluetooth headphones

I have several songs synced over to my Android phone and I added them to some of my playlists. On my phone, I keep all of my playlists downloaded for offline listening. Whenever I get to a point in a playlist where a song that is available on Spotify...

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  • I have several songs synced over to my Android phone and I added them to some of my playlists. On my phone, I keep all of my playlists downloaded for offline listening. Whenever I get to a point in a...
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Shuffle play won't work properly with Chromecast audio

Hello, I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S7. When I start playing titles (from my library) in shuffle on my phone, everything is fine: it's a random selction of my library. But when I switch to listen on the Chromecast, Spotify changes the selection, and on...

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  • Hello,   I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S7. When I start playing titles (from my library) in shuffle on my phone, everything is fine: it's a random selction of my library.   But when I swit...
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Android App Crashes when changing songs repeatedly from widget

I have an Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Sansung device and Spotify was working great till a couples of weeks ago after I install the latest version. Have several phone crashes that do not respond from touch or hw buttons and have to restart removing the bat...

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  • I have an Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Sansung device and Spotify was working great till a couples of weeks ago after I install the latest version. Have several phone crashes that do not respond from touch...
  • Hippear24
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Spotify on android wont load much of anything

So I've been dealing with this problem for a while now, but it seems to be getting worse. The oddest part about this problem is that it wasnt consistent before. Essentially what happens is that spotify won't load any pages that isn't my main song lib...

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  • So I've been dealing with this problem for a while now, but it seems to be getting worse. The oddest part about this problem is that it wasnt consistent before. Essentially what happens is that spoti...
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I'm getting nowhere right now!!

Okay so the spotify team doesn't feel like helping me right now so can someone else pleeeaase tell me what to do!!? None of the features are showing up on my **bleep** phone, there's only like 3 and it sucks because its basically useless! I already t...

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  • Okay so the spotify team doesn't feel like helping me right now so can someone else pleeeaase tell me what to do!!? None of the features are showing up on my **bleep** phone, there's only like 3 and ...
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download using cellular

I have an andriod and i want to download local files from my computer but the download using cellular is greyed out. btw i also have premium

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  • I have an andriod and i want to download local files from my computer but the download using cellular is greyed out. btw i also have premium
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Up next

Hi, there is an up next button on the iPad app, but not on android. I'm listening to a song radio, I'd like to insert a random song but it will only add it to the queue. Any ideas?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, there is an up next button on the iPad app, but not on android. I'm listening to a song radio, I'd like to insert a random song but it will only add it to the queue. Any ideas?
  • Joe
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Solved!! Saving offline to android SD help.

So I have a very special situation I'm looking for help about. So my question and situation is that I have a family member who is in the navy and would love to have his Spotify with him on the boat, this is challenging because they have no internet a...

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  • So I have a very special situation I'm looking for help about. So my question and situation is that I have a family member who is in the navy and would love to have his Spotify with him on the boat, ...
  • Joe
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Spotify on Andorid Auto not working with Samsung Galaxy S8

Does anyone know how to get Spotify working on Android Auto connected to a Samsung Galaxy S8?

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  • Does anyone know how to get Spotify working on Android Auto connected to a Samsung Galaxy S8?
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Solved!! Clear saved songs

Is there a way to wipe all songs from library instead of doing it one at a time or album by album

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  • Is there a way to wipe all songs from library instead of doing it one at a time or album by album
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No funciona en mi android

Buenas noches a la comunidad!Tengo un samsung j7 2016, y hace unos dias, que me marca sin conexion a internet y luego se cierra, probé con lo de las actualizaciones de sistema, reiniciando el telefono, reinstalando la app, borrando datos y caché... s...

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  • Buenas noches a la comunidad! Tengo un samsung j7 2016, y hace unos dias, que me marca sin conexion a internet y luego se cierra, probé con lo de las actualizaciones de sistema, reiniciando el telef...
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Playlist design

I have a samsung galaxy s7 .I have the newest version of spotify.My friends also have the newest version of spotify.But they have the new playlist design in for example rap caviar.But I don't have it.What can I do?

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  • I have a samsung galaxy s7 .I have the newest version of spotify.My friends also have the newest version of spotify.But they have the new playlist design in for example rap caviar.But I don't have it...
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Song Counter

There are artists that shows more songs on the counter than I actually have downloaded. Does it consume cell phone memory?

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  • There are artists that shows more songs on the counter than I actually have downloaded. Does it consume cell phone memory?
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static crankling while playing a song

Hi! Im having a static crankling while playing Colder Than Ice by Pond on my S7. I noticed that the same happened with 2 others songs in that album... I listened the same song in youtube and I dont get that annoying crackling.. Does anyone else have ...

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  • Hi! Im having a static crankling while playing Colder Than Ice by Pond on my S7. I noticed that the same happened with 2 others songs in that album... I listened the same song in youtube and I dont g...
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Someone **bleep**ing help me!!

Okay lets try this again, look, i made a new account and whenever i sign in or get on the spotify app on my phone, all the features are gone! Only like three are showing, compared to the usual five that are there. I can't create a playlist because th...

  • Visitor
  • Okay lets try this again, look, i made a new account and whenever i sign in or get on the spotify app on my phone, all the features are gone! Only like three are showing, compared to the usual five t...
  • Joe
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Shuffle personalized playlist

Do I have to be a paid member to be able to shuffle my personal playlist? I already tried enabling the twisted arrows but it keeps repeating the same song.

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  • Do I have to be a paid member to be able to shuffle my personal playlist? I already tried enabling the twisted arrows but it keeps repeating the same song.
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You are listening to Rakish's iphone???

I was out exercising listening to Spotify on my Note 5 when all of a sudden my music started to jump to different songs. Play then stop. So I look at my phone and the app is locked up, then a screen appears stating that I am listening to Rakish's iph...

  • Visitor
  • I was out exercising listening to Spotify on my Note 5 when all of a sudden my music started to jump to different songs. Play then stop. So I look at my phone and the app is locked up, then a screen ...
  • Joe
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Music download quality issue

Hi, I recently changed my download quality without thinking. I restarted my device and Spotify app started to redownload all my songs in a higher quality, causing my storage space to fill up without downloading all the songs. Now all of my phone stor...

  • Newbie
  • Hi, I recently changed my download quality without thinking. I restarted my device and Spotify app started to redownload all my songs in a higher quality, causing my storage space to fill up without ...
  • Joe
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