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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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Android app independently signing me out and deleteing my offline playlists

Recently my Spotify app has been acting out. Twice this week i have been signed out of the app, and after signing in I notice that none of my recently downloaded playlists are available offline. Twice. This. Week. What makes this even more irritating...

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  • Recently my Spotify app has been acting out. Twice this week i have been signed out of the app, and after signing in I notice that none of my recently downloaded playlists are available offline. Twic...
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Latest android version messes up my phone *corrected*

Spotify got an update a couple days ago. My phone also became very sluggish and unresponsive a couple days ago, but I had no clue why and wasn't aware of the new update. I even tried factory reset before I relised Spotify had had an update and it mig...

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  • Spotify got an update a couple days ago. My phone also became very sluggish and unresponsive a couple days ago, but I had no clue why and wasn't aware of the new update. I even tried factory reset be...
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Superuser Contribution Removing songs from playlists that still play

I have my own playlist that I listen to offline. I have noticed though that even if I delete a song and it's download from my playlist, it still plays when in shuffle mode. There is no option to delete it further. Does anyone else have this problem? ...

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  • I have my own playlist that I listen to offline. I have noticed though that even if I delete a song and it's download from my playlist, it still plays when in shuffle mode. There is no option to dele...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify search not working

My spotify search isn't working properly, when I first go in to spotify it won't search and it won't play from my albums unless I play the song I played the last time I was in for about 5 mins, can you help?

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  • My spotify search isn't working properly, when I first go in to spotify it won't search and it won't play from my albums unless I play the song I played the last time I was in for about 5 mins, can y...
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French

Bonjour je n'arrive pas à me connecter sachant que je suis en abonnement avec Bouygues Telecom et que j'ai ajouté Spotify dans mes option d'abonnement pouvez-vous m'aider car je n'arrive pas à me connecter il me demande d'un compte ce que je n'ai pas

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  • Bonjour je n'arrive pas à me connecter sachant que je suis en abonnement avec Bouygues Telecom et que j'ai ajouté Spotify dans mes option d'abonnement pouvez-vous m'aider car je n'arrive pas à me con...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify family

One of the members of my Spotify family package cannot down load any thing he has an android ph it says he's active but when he tries to download it pops up to join Spotify premium???

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  • One of the members of my Spotify family package cannot down load any thing he has an android ph it says he's active but when he tries to download it pops up to join Spotify premium???
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps deleting my offline songs

Hi, does anyone know how you get Spotify to resync your devices on their end? Spotify keeps deleting all my offline songs and redownloading 1000+ songs is getting tedious. Thanks!

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  • Hi, does anyone know how you get Spotify to resync your devices on their end?   Spotify keeps deleting all my offline songs and redownloading 1000+ songs is getting tedious.   Thanks!
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Solved!! no download to SD Card on Android Marshmallow

Hi, As you can guess, I use Android M (concept for Android Sony Xperia Z3 Compact) and Spotify keeps refusing to download songs to my external SD. The SD is empty (32GB) and works perfectly fine with other apps. I even filled up my internal storage t...

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  • Hi,   As you can guess, I use Android M (concept for Android Sony Xperia Z3 Compact) and Spotify keeps refusing to download songs to my external SD. The SD is empty (32GB) and works perfectly ...
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Add Android 7.1 Support

Hi devs,When will Spotify add support for Android 7.1, and add app shortcuts?Also, when will Spotify target Android 7.1 (API 25) in androidmanifest.xml?Specifically the lines platformBuildVersionCode="25" and

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  • Hi devs, When will Spotify add support for Android 7.1, and add app shortcuts? Also, when will Spotify target Android 7.1 (API 25) in androidmanifest.xml? Specifically the lines platformBuildVersi...
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My downloaded musics are gone

Hi,i have premium and i have been downloading musics since 1 year.Today something happend and all my downloaded musics gone.I need to download again.I am talking about this green arrow near the music name.But i see in storage spotify is taking up spa...

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  • Hi,i have premium and i have been downloading musics since 1 year.Today something happend and all my downloaded musics gone.I need to download again.I am talking about this green arrow near the music...
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Music starts, but App ist not installed

Hello, ich hope, ich can explain my problem. I have an Android 6.0. I heard Spotify music over my Yamaha Amp. There is a Spotify Function and i can choose the Amp as an extern Device. Now i have the problem, that my app starts the amp by itself and t...

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  • Hello,   ich hope, ich can explain my problem. I have an Android 6.0. I heard Spotify music over my Yamaha Amp. There is a Spotify Function and i can choose the Amp as an extern Device. &nbsp...
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Superuser Contribution App isn't registering my premium

I just got a new phone and downloaded the spotify app. I have premium and playlists, but when I logged on the phone app none of my playlists where there and it isn't premium. I logged out and back in many times, uninstalled the app and redownloaded i...

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  • I just got a new phone and downloaded the spotify app. I have premium and playlists, but when I logged on the phone app none of my playlists where there and it isn't premium. I logged out and back in...
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Album/Cover Art not showing for tracks synced from Local Files

So let's say I used ID3-TagIT to add cover art for certain songs on my desktop that which are obviously read as local files via the Spotify Desktop application and show the cover art that i've attatched using the editor.However, since the recent upda...

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  • So let's say I used ID3-TagIT to add cover art for certain songs on my desktop that which are obviously read as local files via the Spotify Desktop application and show the cover art that i've attatc...
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Storage setting not found

I'm on Android and for some reason, Spotify displayed a message saying they're removing all my downloaded songs. I figured I'd just redownload them but the option to select my SD card as the storage destination is gone. The entire storage tab isn't p...

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  • I'm on Android and for some reason, Spotify displayed a message saying they're removing all my downloaded songs. I figured I'd just redownload them but the option to select my SD card as the storage ...
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Spotify randomly stops playing.

Hi, im using an Motorola Moto Z Play edition with Android 6.0.1 in wich i have Spotify Premium. I have installed the 7.2.0.1250 version of the app at the moment of writing this post. I have some playlist downloaded into my phone for playing in my car...

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  • Hi, im using an Motorola Moto Z Play edition with Android 6.0.1 in wich i have Spotify Premium. I have installed the 7.2.0.1250 version of the app at the moment of writing this post.   I have ...
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Impossible to free up storage/move to SD card

Device: Asus Zenfone MaxMy phone has been complaining about low storage for a while, I found out that Spotify is using around 6GB. So I try changing the storage to SD card where I have 60 GB of free space, but the app only tells me it's moving the fi...

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  • Device: Asus Zenfone Max My phone has been complaining about low storage for a while, I found out that Spotify is using around 6GB. So I try changing the storage to SD card where I have 60 GB of f...
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Spotify notification doesn't appear in notification pane while playing

The notification pane doesn't show a notification icon for Spotify when it's playing, either when the app is open or when it's running in the background and playing music. Samsung Galaxy S6, version 7.2.0.1250 of Spotify on Android 6.0.1.

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  • The notification pane doesn't show a notification icon for Spotify when it's playing, either when the app is open or when it's running in the background and playing music.  Samsung Galaxy S6, ve...
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Spotify on google home

I use spotify from multiple devices. But I never attempt to play it on two devices, etc. I bought a Google Home and I used to be able to say "Hey Google, play xyz album." It of course would start playing. But now when I ask it to play a song, it will...

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  • I use spotify from multiple devices. But I never attempt to play it on two devices, etc. I bought a Google Home and I used to be able to say "Hey Google, play xyz album." It of course would start pla...
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Solved!! Equalizer

Hey guys, why is in the newest Version of Spotify from the Play Store the Equalizer removed?

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  • Hey guys, why is in the newest Version of Spotify from the Play Store the Equalizer removed?
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