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Solved!! 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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Spotify won't close.

Exactly, after i swipe up to close spotify it just keeps playing music and then i have to manually force stop it from the settings. And secondly, the widget to spotify player doesn't work properly but that's the least of my problems.

  • Casual Listener
  • Exactly, after i swipe up to close spotify it just keeps playing music and then i have to manually force stop it from the settings. And secondly, the widget to spotify player doesn't work properly bu...
  • Joe
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Using sd card with offline music on 2 devices

Hi All, I have question if it is possible to use the same sd card (with spotify music downloaded to offline mode) on two android devices. I have a premium account on spotify and using it normally on my phone. But have also a car with android system a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi All,   I have question if it is possible to use the same sd card (with spotify music downloaded to offline mode) on two android devices. I have a premium account on spotify and using it nor...
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Superuser Contribution Playback jumps when Huawei P9 Lite home buttons clicked

When I hit one of either the triangle or circle 'home' buttons the playback skips ever so slightly. For some reason it doesn't happen with the square button.Has anyone else experienced this?

  • Regular
  • When I hit one of either the triangle or circle 'home' buttons the playback skips ever so slightly. For some reason it doesn't happen with the square button. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Solved!! I cannot play anything

SOLVEDJust uninstalled the Amplify Battery Extender and its working again=== START OF TEMPLATE ===Brief description of the issue:I cannot play anything from days ago now.The only way I found to play music is if you select start listening radio from t...

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  • SOLVED Just uninstalled the Amplify Battery Extender and its working again === START OF TEMPLATE === Brief description of the issue: I cannot play anything from days ago now. The only way I ...
  • Joe
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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

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • Alejandro_C
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • Alejandro_C
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...
  • Joe
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • Joe
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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 ...

  • Newbie
  • 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 ...
  • Alejandro_C
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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...

  • Visitor
  • 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...

  • Gig Goer
  • 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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...

  • Visitor
  • 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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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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