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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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Sound distorted randomly on any song

Hello friends, I have a Xiaomi MI4 and Premium Spotify. After i decided to use my sennheiser cx300s sound is getting choked and distorted very randomly. It's like when your pc is having hard time on rams, sound is getting distorted if you know what i...

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  • Hello friends,   I have a Xiaomi MI4 and Premium Spotify. After i decided to use my sennheiser cx300s sound is getting choked and distorted very randomly. It's like when your pc is having hard...
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Solved!! Been premium for a year and it kicked me back to free 30 day trial

Have tried all the advice on support and it doesn't help. I've been premium for a long time and am pissed. Nothing changed with my device or bank account. Use Samsung galaxy s4. No marshmallow update.

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  • Have tried all the advice on support and it doesn't help. I've been premium for a long time and am pissed. Nothing changed with my device or bank account. Use Samsung galaxy s4. No marshmallow update.
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Logging in

It keeps telling me that my Facebook isn't linked to my email so I can't recover my old Spotify account that has all my music on it

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  • It keeps telling me that my Facebook isn't linked to my email so I can't recover my old Spotify account that has all my music on it
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Superuser Contribution Google Maps stops when spotify is playing

I have a Moto G Android that in the past worked really well to use spotify and maps at the same time. But now I have noticed that I'll start my directions on google maps and if I try to play a spotify song at the same time, google maps just stops and...

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  • I have a Moto G Android that in the past worked really well to use spotify and maps at the same time. But now I have noticed that I'll start my directions on google maps and if I try to play a spotif...
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Superuser Contribution After downloading the songs, are not available offline

I downloaded some songs but when activated offline mode, these songs are no longer available. Sometimes the application stops working when I try to view my playlist. I tried to download these songs several times, are about 20 songs, I checked my inte...

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  • I downloaded some songs but when activated offline mode, these songs are no longer available. Sometimes the application stops working when I try to view my playlist. I tried to download these songs s...
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MP3 syncing

Why can I listen to MP3 files on my desktop but not on my phone? I synced some files from my library to Spotify, and I can play the just fine on my laptop but when i save them on my phone, it says that song is unavailable. PLEASE HELP I'M FREAKING OU...

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  • Why can I listen to MP3 files on my desktop but not on my phone? I synced some files from my library to Spotify, and I can play the just fine on my laptop but when i save them on my phone, it says th...
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Every Song I Play Stops Playing After A Few Minutes

No matter what song I try to play, if it's being streamed, the songs always stops a minute or 2 after starting. I have had more problems with this company than I've ever had with any other online streaming service. So much promise wasted on no custom...

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  • No matter what song I try to play, if it's being streamed, the songs always stops a minute or 2 after starting. I have had more problems with this company than I've ever had with any other online str...
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Superuser Contribution Every song is not available

What ever song I select it won't play, it just pop out a window says that I've discovered a premium feature. I've been reinstalling the spa five times and restarting my device over fifteen times for two days.Ps I was in America and now I'm currently ...

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  • What ever song I select it won't play, it just pop out a window says that I've discovered a premium feature. I've been reinstalling the spa five times and restarting my device over fifteen times for ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't pick song

I'm not able to pick the song I want to hear. This started last week. Also my play list disappeared. I tried to upgrade to premium, submitted all my payment info then it said I currently have a similar trial. I have uninstalled the app and also logge...

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  • I'm not able to pick the song I want to hear. This started last week. Also my play list disappeared. I tried to upgrade to premium, submitted all my payment info then it said I currently have a simil...
  • Alejandro_C
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Is there an x86 android apk for spotify, and if so where can I find it?

Is there an x86 version of android apk manual install available somewhere? I only find for arm on Spotify.com (and elsewhere on the web). Now that the Spotify Android SDK supports x86 I think it would be a good idea to supply an x86 version of the ma...

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  • Is there an x86 version of android apk manual install available somewhere? I only find for arm on Spotify.com (and elsewhere on the web). Now that the Spotify Android SDK supports x86 I think it woul...
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Playing local files on Android

Can anyone help please ? It looks like my music files on my PC have automatically become 'Local' files, which i can see in my desktop Spotify app, because all files in the 'Music' folder are automatically 'local'. So far so good. In order to see thes...

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  • Can anyone help please ? It looks like my music files on my PC have automatically become 'Local' files, which i can see in my desktop Spotify app, because all files in the 'Music' folder are automati...
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Listen to local files on Android App?

I am having an issue listening to local files on my phone. An artist I love just released and album and I bought it from Amazon, however I don't want to use their app to listen to the songs. I have added the whole album to a playlist on my desktop, a...

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  • I am having an issue listening to local files on my phone. An artist I love just released and album and I bought it from Amazon, however I don't want to use their app to listen to the songs. I have a...
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Problems playing downloaded music

Hi,I am using a OnePlus X device with Android version 5.1.1. and Oxygen Version 2.2.1-X.I am using Spotify Premium for as long as I can remember without any problems untill a month ago.-My downloaded songs (Green Mark is there) won't play anymore. Ju...

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  • Hi, I am using a OnePlus X device with Android version 5.1.1. and Oxygen Version 2.2.1-X. I am using Spotify Premium for as long as I can remember without any problems untill a month ago. -My down...
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Solved!! "Spotify connect" no longer works...

Hello to everyone,first of all, sorry for my english!I have a premium account (not expired), an Android device (Google Nexus7 2013) and a pioneer SC-1223 (enabled to Spotify connect). For about a month everything worked correctly, today I changed the...

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  • Hello to everyone, first of all, sorry for my english! I have a premium account (not expired), an Android device (Google Nexus7 2013) and a pioneer SC-1223 (enabled to Spotify connect). &nb...
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Offline option automatically turming off

So, I have to re-download 31Gb of music with my 4Mb connection just because of a bug and even though all the files are still in my SD?This is the second time that this happens to me

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  • So, I have to re-download 31Gb of music with my 4Mb connection just because of a bug and even though all the files are still in my SD? This is the second time that this happens to me
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Wont play the next song unless i open the app

I'm shuffle my Playlist and when the song is over it won't play the next song unless i open the app. Really frustrating because I don't want to keep constantly opening the app to play the next song.

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  • I'm shuffle my Playlist and when the song is over it won't play the next song unless i open the app. Really frustrating because I don't want to keep constantly opening the app to play the next song.
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Why all offline devices on the account webside just named "AndroidPhone"

Why all offline devices just named "AndroidPhone" and not with a hostname?Why have I all offline lists after any Spotify update new to downloading?Why is Spotify after any update mounted to the internal memory and all syncronized data are away?Why re...

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  • Why all offline devices just named "AndroidPhone" and not with a hostname? Why have I all offline lists after any Spotify update new to downloading? Why is Spotify after any update mounted to the i...
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Song not available

Everytime I go to play a song, even if it's from one of my personal playlists it wont let me play the song it says it's not available. I'm paying for premium so I don't understand why it's acting up is anyone else having this problem or know how to f...

  • Newbie
  • Everytime I go to play a song, even if it's from one of my personal playlists it wont let me play the song it says it's not available. I'm paying for premium so I don't understand why it's acting up ...
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Shuffle function not properly working on android

Hey, On the desktop version I can put all my playlists in a group and then shuffle through all the playlists. On my phone however, I can only click on "all songs" within the group, or select a specific playlist. When I select shuffle afterwards click...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey,   On the desktop version I can put all my playlists in a group and then shuffle through all the playlists.   On my phone however, I can only click on "all songs" within the group, ...
  • Joe
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