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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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Galaxy S7 not downloading on wifi

Hello,My phone stopped syncronizing playlists under WiFi. When I allow downloads on mobile network, it is normal but it does not download at all on WiFi.I tried to remove the app, the data and it still doesnt work. Does anyone have the same problem?T...

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  • Hello, My phone stopped syncronizing playlists under WiFi. When I allow downloads on mobile network, it is normal but it does not download at all on WiFi. I tried to remove the app, the data an...
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I am littarly aware that the Starred function in spotify is out-dated. But i still use mye Starred list to collect the best tracks from all the different world of music. And i find it really annoing that this list will turn up with the oldest tracks ...

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  • I am littarly aware that the Starred function in spotify is out-dated. But i still use mye Starred list to collect the best tracks from all the different world of music. And i find it really annoing ...
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Se borran canciones

Las descargo y a la hora de escucharlas sin red no puedo, ya que por alguna razón no estan descargadas.

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  • Las descargo y a la hora de escucharlas sin red no puedo, ya que por alguna razón no estan descargadas.
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My songs and playlists don't play - but the crappy ones on the Spotify home page do

I have a Spotify Premium account. On my laptop I created a singl playlist of some 230 songs. I went to my car radion (Insane Jeep Audio JK1001) and downloaded the Spotify app and logged on. I made sure the storage settings were to SD card and I downl...

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  • I have a Spotify Premium account. On my laptop I created a singl playlist of some 230 songs. I went to my car radion (Insane Jeep Audio JK1001) and downloaded the Spotify app and logged on. I made su...
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Htc desire 500

Hi, I use htc desire 500 dual sim. I dont know why but I cant make any call or receive calls, also every app I download can not be opened. Please help or i will sell this **bleep**.

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  • Hi, I use htc desire 500 dual sim. I dont know why but I cant make any call or receive calls, also every app I download can not be opened. Please help or i will sell this **bleep**.
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Download disappeared

I opened up my spotify app on my Samsung galaxy note3 on Thursday and for the first time in a year or more it asked me to log in...logged in and all my downloads for listening offline were gone. I am having to download them all again...why? Fortunate...

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  • I opened up my spotify app on my Samsung galaxy note3 on Thursday and for the first time in a year or more it asked me to log in...logged in and all my downloads for listening offline were gone. I am...
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How long with out connection ?

My Dad works at sea for six weeks at a time and is planning to take his phones with his downloaded Spotify music on it. How long can your device be offline before it wants to connect and authorise the account ? Obviously he won't be able to connect o...

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  • My Dad works at sea for six weeks at a time and is planning to take his phones with his downloaded Spotify music on it. How long can your device be offline before it wants to connect and authorise th...
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My downloaded music removes itself randomly and then I have to re download it

please help this has been happening to me ever since i got spotify and it has been quite annoying but lately its been happening a lot. When i leave my house and then i go to listen to music and i see that lots of albums and songs arent downloaded it ...

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  • please help this has been happening to me ever since i got spotify and it has been quite annoying but lately its been happening a lot. When i leave my house and then i go to listen to music and i see...
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Phone purchased in UAE won't download Spotify in Australia

I'm unable to download Spotify from the Play Store in Australia on an Android phone purchased in the UAE. Can anybody help? THANK YOU!

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  • I'm unable to download Spotify from the Play Store in Australia on an Android phone purchased in the UAE. Can anybody help? THANK YOU!
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Song is broken because of deleting mp3 on mobile

So my problem is: My phone informed me about that I've got like 20 tracks downloaded on my phone as MP3 from my playlists. I just thought "Why do I need those? I can save some MB." but I wasn't sure what was going to happen when I'd delete them.So at...

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  • So my problem is: My phone informed me about that I've got like 20 tracks downloaded on my phone as MP3 from my playlists. I just thought "Why do I need those? I can save some MB." but I wasn't sure ...
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Songs being Undownloaded

Hi there,I travel across my state to visit family multiple times a year and recently I've been having trouble in that all my downloaded songs, about 1.6k, will uninstall from my phone and I have to wait until I'm back on a WiFi network to re-download...

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  • Hi there, I travel across my state to visit family multiple times a year and recently I've been having trouble in that all my downloaded songs, about 1.6k, will uninstall from my phone and I have to...
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unable to change where music is saved to on htc one e9

My new phone HTC One e9 is unable to change destination for saving music and it's a bit of an annoyance just wondering if anyone else has this problem?

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  • My new phone HTC One e9 is unable to change destination for saving music and it's a bit of an annoyance just wondering if anyone else has this problem?
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Not playing Spotify Landmark: Metallica

I click to open in Spotify on Andoir and it goes to a blank pange and nothing happenes.If I try my iPad it says spotify cannot open this type of link.I have update both devices to their latest bersion and also the latest version of Spotify.Ipad mini2...

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  • I click to open in Spotify on Andoir and it goes to a blank pange and nothing happenes. If I try my iPad it says spotify cannot open this type of link. I have update both devices to their latest be...
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Spotify keine internetverbindung mit meinem Handy

Hallo, seit Freitag kommt die Meldung Spotify offline. Das mobile Internet ist aber aktiviert. Neustart probiert, Programm neu installiert, keine Besserung. Das Gerät ist ein samsung s3 mini.

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  • Hallo, seit Freitag kommt die Meldung Spotify offline. Das mobile Internet ist aber aktiviert. Neustart probiert, Programm neu installiert, keine Besserung. Das Gerät ist ein samsung s3 mini.
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Music unavailable for download; do hav primium acct

I have paid for a primium account, and have downloaded some songs, but it appears that the music is only available for a short amount of time. Often times, which I try to access the library, it says that the internet is unavailable and theirfore so i...

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  • I have paid for a primium account, and have downloaded some songs, but it appears that the music is only available for a short amount of time. Often times, which I try to access the library, it says ...
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local file unavailable on android

so i wanted to transfer my local files from my linux computer to my android phone .i made a playlist and tried to sync it with the phone which has android version 6 (marshmallow).files play on the pc but are greyed out on the phone (other than a few ...

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  • so i  wanted to transfer my local files from my linux computer to my android phone .i made a playlist and tried to sync it with the phone which has android version 6 (marshmallow).files play on ...
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I cant pick specific songs

On my Samsung Galaxy S4, I can't pick specific songs that I want to listen to. I have to press shuffle play. But, on my friends apple devices they can play specific songs and they don't have spotify premium. Please help!

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  • On my Samsung Galaxy S4, I can't pick specific songs that I want to listen to. I have to press shuffle play. But, on my friends apple devices they can play specific songs and they don't have spotify ...
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Android & Desktop Ads Locking Bug

Heya, I've noticed lately; first on Android, now on Desktop, that your ads service is sometimes not registering that the ad has been completed. If you try to do some other task in the app, you are warned that it will start once the ad has finished bu...

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  • Heya, I've noticed lately; first on Android, now on Desktop, that your ads service is sometimes not registering that the ad has been completed.  If you try to do some other task in the app, you ...
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Playlist play wrong order..

When i control Spotify on my tablet that is contected to my amp and speakers via my smartphone one of my playlists is acting strange.No matter what song i play the next one is always the first one in my list and then the order is played correct (1 2 ...

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  • When i control Spotify on my tablet that is contected to my amp and speakers via my smartphone one of my playlists is acting strange. No matter what song i play the next one is always the first one ...
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Very slow app

Hello! Since a few month (I think since March) I got a really really slow responsing app. I primary use my smartphone with Android but it also apprears on my iPad, so it isn't really device linked. Brief description of the issue: The app loads and in...

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  • Hello!   Since a few month (I think since March) I got a really really slow responsing app. I primary use my smartphone with Android but it also apprears on my iPad, so it isn't really device ...
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