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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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All my downloaded music has been deleted on android

I had 12gb of music downloaded onto my phone. All this music has been deleted from save on the app. I am in Malawi for 10 weeks and my only access to internet is over mobile data. The app has been connected to the internet regularly over this data. T...

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  • I had 12gb of music downloaded onto my phone. All this music has been deleted from save on the app. I am in Malawi for 10 weeks and my only access to internet is over mobile data. The app has been co...
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cant find my downloads

Hi, im argentinian sorry for my english, my problem is: i have a lot of albums on my sd card, all that was downloaded from spotify, i´ve listened many time but today i cant find the music. The storage show the space how music occupe but in the app do...

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  • Hi, im argentinian sorry for my english, my problem is: i have a lot of albums on my sd card, all that was downloaded from spotify, i´ve listened many time but today i cant find the music. The storag...
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This song is not available

Why has spotify recently started saying 'this song is not available' when I have spotify premium and my Internet seems to be working fine?

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  • Why has spotify recently started saying 'this song is not available' when I have spotify premium and my Internet seems to be working fine?
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This song is not available

Why does it occasionally come up with 'this song is not available' when my Internet seems to be working fine and I pay for spotify premium?

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  • Why does it occasionally come up with 'this song is not available' when my Internet seems to be working fine and I pay for spotify premium?
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My Chemical Romance -The Sharpest Lives Problem

Hey I just bought premium and I wanted to listen to The Sharpest Lives by MCR and it's not the album version of the song despite being listed under The Black Parade. It seems to be a demo recording or some form of live version, any ideas on what's go...

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  • Hey I just bought premium and I wanted to listen to The Sharpest Lives by MCR and it's not the album version of the song despite being listed under The Black Parade. It seems to be a demo recording o...
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Solved!! All Albums sorts alphabetically by artist instead of album

Running Android 6.0.1, Spotify version shows 5.8.0.1029 armV7. When I go to Your Library > Albums, the albums are not sorting alphabetically based on Album title, they are sorting based on the artist name: Apologies if this is already being discussed...

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  • Running Android 6.0.1, Spotify version shows 5.8.0.1029 armV7.   When I go to Your Library > Albums, the albums are not sorting alphabetically based on Album title, they are sorting based o...
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" This track is unavailable "

Hi!First I'm french so if I do some mistakes I'm sorry! I had a Galaxy S6 Edge and I bought a Galaxy S7 Edge and on these two devices I have the same problem! When I want to listen to any song an error appears : " Ce titre n'est pas disponible " ( " ...

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  • Hi! First I'm french so if I do some mistakes I'm sorry! I had a Galaxy S6 Edge and I bought a Galaxy S7 Edge and on these two devices I have the same problem! When I want to listen to any song an e...
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Streaming playback keeps stopping when using other apps

I have a Sony Xperia Z5 and Spotify premium.I use it with my Bose SoundLink colour.The app has started to randomly stop playback when using other apps. As soon as you go back into Spotify, playback resumes.Sometimes it's okay for half an hour. Other ...

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  • I have a Sony Xperia Z5 and Spotify premium. I use it with my Bose SoundLink colour. The app has started to randomly stop playback when using other apps. As soon as you go back into Spotify, pl...
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Activity Feed Doesn't Work

I've been using Spotify on Android for several months and the Activity Feed has never, ever worked, not even once. I am certainly following people, and I can see the feed on Desktop (even though it itself only sporadically works, and ceases functioni...

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  • I've been using Spotify on Android for several months and the Activity Feed has never, ever worked, not even once. I am certainly following people, and I can see the feed on Desktop (even though it i...
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My device wouldn't play offline

HiMy phone device wouldn't play offline, and I have deleted all devices that I had. I have had this problem now for my first month of member as premium.

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  • Hi My phone device wouldn't play offline, and I have deleted all devices that I had. I have had this problem now for my first month of member as premium.
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The ofline content is deleted every two mothn or so.

Hello, Its very anoying that I need to download all the songs over and over every two month, more or less, and I am not deleting any file when that happen. It had happened with three of my android devices and it is more frecuent with my Xperia. I had...

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  • Hello,   Its very anoying that I need to download all the songs over and over every two month, more or less, and I am not deleting any file when that happen. It had happened with three of my a...
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3 devices problem

Spotify keeps telling me that I have reached the maximum number of devices (3) and consequently deletes all of my downloaded songs, I don't have it on any other devices - help???

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  • Spotify keeps telling me that I have reached the maximum number of devices (3) and consequently deletes all of my downloaded songs, I don't have it on any other devices - help???
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Will i be charged after the 7 day trial?

I clicked on the 7 day trial by accident and I can't cancel it. Now I'm wondering will I start be charged after that? I didn't put any credit card information in.

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  • I clicked on the 7 day trial by accident and I can't cancel it. Now I'm wondering will I start be charged after that? I didn't put any credit card information in.
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spotify on galaxy 6

I uninstalled spotify from my galaxy 6, I reinstalled it via google play but can't locate it on my phone, when I go to install it again via google play, it shows it as being installed but I can't find it on my phone.

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  • I uninstalled spotify from my galaxy 6, I reinstalled it via google play but can't locate it on my phone, when I go to install it again via google play, it shows it as being installed but I can't fin...
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Solved!! Spotify don't want to save music on SD-Card 'your data couldn't be transfered'

I have bought a new SD-Card just for Spotify and if i click on 'save on SD-Card' in the options, Spotify says 'your data could not be transfered' EVERY TIME. Im so disappointed right now. derferdinator

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  • I have bought a new SD-Card just for Spotify and if i click on 'save on SD-Card' in the options, Spotify says 'your data could not be transfered' EVERY TIME. Im so  disappointed right now. &nbs...
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Music stops playing

After two or three songs the music stops playing. I have downloaded the latest version and deleted my cache as well as uninstalling and reinstalling.... nothing has worked. I have a galaxy s7 phone but the problem does not seem to occur on my iPad......

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  • After two or three songs the music stops playing. I have downloaded the latest version and deleted my cache as well as uninstalling and reinstalling.... nothing has worked. I have a galaxy s7 phone b...
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My spotify for samsung s6 stop playing behind other applications

When playing with spotify and the application suddenly stops playing? How to fix this?

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  • When playing with spotify and the application suddenly stops playing? How to fix this?
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[BUG] Spotify has Alzheimers

Hello, My Spotify keeps on forgetting the last song it played. No matter if I just wait some hours or if I restart my phone. I'm using Spotify mostly offline on my mobile, since I don't have the best dataplan in Germany. As soon as I switch back to o...

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  • Hello,   My Spotify keeps on forgetting the last song it played. No matter if I just wait some hours or if I restart my phone. I'm using Spotify mostly offline on my mobile, since I don't have...
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Constant crashes on samsung galaxy note 3

So my Spotify will play fine for 2 -3 songs then it will crash and I'll have to open and start my Playlist again, this never stops. It has been happening for a month or so. I have premium, Uninstalled and reinstalled, removed my SD card none of this ...

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  • So my Spotify will play fine for 2 -3 songs then it will crash and I'll have to open and start my Playlist again, this never stops. It has been happening for a month or so. I have premium, Uninstalle...
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