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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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Solved!! Spotify no longer works on samsung phones??

So Friday (01/15/16) I was playing spotify from my phone via blue tooth and regualr head phone hook ups and it was working perfectly fine. Then Sunday (01/17/16) I could no longer log in on my cell phone, only a black screen and after 2min it says th...

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  • So Friday (01/15/16) I was playing spotify from my phone via blue tooth and regualr head phone hook ups and it was working perfectly fine.  Then Sunday (01/17/16) I could no longer log in on my ...
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Payment keeps failing

Tried paying my spotify kept getting a error message. Bank says I was charged . If this keeps happening I'm downloading tidal

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  • Tried paying my spotify kept getting a error message. Bank says I was charged . If this keeps happening I'm downloading tidal
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Transfering Music

I deleted Facebook and can't figure out how to transfer music from my old account to my new one. I tried the contact form and it told me to contact them to transfer music, they did nothing! They sent me some generic e-mail that had nothing to do with...

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  • I deleted Facebook and can't figure out how to transfer music from my old account to my new one. I tried the contact form and it told me to contact them to transfer music, they did nothing! They sent...
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I cant save music in my sd

Hi please help, in my spotify app it doesnt shows the option for saving my music in my sd.

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  • Hi please help, in my spotify app it doesnt shows the option for saving my music in my sd.
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No premium features at all and double charge on credit card. How can I get help?

I was trying to get premium9 mxp for 3 months.I entered my credit card info and got a message saying the charge couldn't be completed, after that I received an SMS from my bank telling me the charge was successful and then a 2nd message with another ...

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  • I was trying to get premium 9 mxp for 3 months. I entered my credit card info and got a message saying the charge couldn't be completed, after that I received an SMS from my bank telling me the cha...
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Make the app more album-listening friendly.

So I reported the concept of making the app more album-friendly as an idea, and it was closed prematurely with the following response: ===================When you've started the song from an album you can always go back to that album by clicking: on ...

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  • So I reported the concept of making the app more album-friendly as an idea, and it was closed prematurely with the following response:   =================== When you've started the son...
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Activities Mobile Phone

Hi There! I'm Italian, sorry for my English not so great.When I use Spotify on my Android, the others people can't see my activities: they can see them only when I listen spotify music on my computer! I use Spotify more on the mobile phone than on th...

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  • Hi There! I'm Italian, sorry for my English not so great. When I use Spotify on my Android, the others people can't see my activities: they can see them only when I listen spotify music on my comput...
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Solved!! Unable to login to app or website on galaxy s6

Getting error 3. I get an error message claiming the Username or Password entered are incorrect. Im 100% sure I am entering the correct information. I am not entering in my email. Reinstalling was ineffective, as the problem persists for chrome as we...

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  • Getting error 3. I get an error message claiming the Username or Password entered are incorrect. Im 100% sure I am entering the correct information. I am not entering in my email. Reinstalling was in...
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Doesn't work back button in the widget 4x1

When I am using Spotify I can use the widget for pause, play and skip, but the back button does nothing. Spotify version: 5.5.0.653Android version 5.1 Regards,Cristián.

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  • When I am using Spotify I can use the widget for pause, play and skip, but the back button does nothing.   Spotify version: 5.5.0.653 Android version 5.1   Regards, Cristián.
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Spotify account linked to a false Facebook account

Hello everybody,my Spotify account has been linked to a false Facebook account.How can I change my profile again? thank you

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  • Hello everybody, my Spotify account has been linked to a false Facebook account. How can I change my profile again?     thank you
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Deletion

How do you delete individual songs or albums from the android device without deleting everything

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  • How do you delete individual songs or albums from the android device without deleting everything
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Carga de canciones al iniciar la app y reproducir

Cada vez que abro la app y reproduzco mis canciones, ésta empieza a cargarlas. Esto es molesto, ya que, demora entre 5 a 10 min. y la appa se queda pegada, ademas de no poder reproducir. Tengo un S5 con Android 6.

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  • Cada vez que abro la app y reproduzco mis canciones, ésta empieza a cargarlas. Esto es molesto, ya que, demora entre 5 a 10 min. y la appa se queda pegada, ademas de no poder reproducir.   Ten...
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Duplicating files

Now is the second time that this error appears. When I restart my cellphone Spotify asks for the password. When I gives it, the app starts to download my musics all over again. And it doesn't erase the old files. So my library gets duplicated and I c...

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  • Now is the second time that this error appears. When I restart my cellphone Spotify asks for the password. When I gives it, the app starts to download my musics all over again. And it doesn't erase t...
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Spotify on my Android: Search - nothing happens. Why?

Spotify on my Android: Whenever I try to find an album, artist or song through the regular "Search" option nothing happens. Spotify just "tries" for like one minute (the circular indicator indicating it is doing something...) and then I get the messa...

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  • Spotify on my Android: Whenever I try to find an album, artist or song through the regular "Search" option nothing happens. Spotify just "tries" for like one minute (the circular indicator indicating...
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How to set up a place to store offline music (SD card, not internal memory)

Once again, Spotify decided to REMOVE all stored (offline) music, why? When i pressed 'download' on a playlist, Spotify in his 'very smart' way, decided that Internal memory is the best place (only 500MB free space), not a SD card (only 29GB free spa...

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  • Once again, Spotify decided to REMOVE all stored (offline) music, why?   When i pressed 'download' on a playlist, Spotify in his 'very smart' way, decided that Internal memory is the best plac...
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Solved!! Since lollipop no multitasking / running in background possible anymore

Yeah, title says all. When I minimize Spotify or switch to any other app the playback stops. Funny fact :it doesn't stop immediately but usually after 1-10 seconds. When switching back to Spotify the song has to be started all over again. Nexus 5 Bui...

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  • Yeah, title says all. When I minimize Spotify or switch to any other app the playback stops. Funny fact :it doesn't stop immediately but usually after 1-10 seconds. When switching back to Spotify the...
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Help me please...

Spotify in our practice, never vouche even though I got a Premium Account to a friend today, and at the same time, I made payment to My Account. If a problem is encountered and this problem also and I use my campaign 0,99 £ I can't have Spotify premi...

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  • Spotify in our practice, never vouche even though I got a Premium Account to a friend today, and at the same time, I made payment to My Account. If a problem is encountered and this problem also and ...
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Solved!! Cant Play my PC local files on my Android phone.

Ok so I have downloaded an album onto my desktop, then added the album to my libary by adding the file location as a source. I am now able to play the album on my desktop pc. I then moved the songs into a playlist. The songs in the album are mp3 form...

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  • Ok so I have downloaded an album onto my desktop, then added the album to my libary by adding the file location as a source. I am now able to play the album on my desktop pc. I then moved the so...
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Improving audio quality on Ford AppLink and Sync3

Hi all, hope you can help. I know that the extreme audio quality setting for locally stored music sounds pretty darned good. But when I play Spotify through Ford Sync 3 using AppLink, it sounds poor. I chalk this up to Bluetooth -- does anyone know o...

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  • Hi all, hope you can help.   I know that the extreme audio quality setting for locally stored music sounds pretty darned good. But when I play Spotify through Ford Sync 3 using AppLink, it sou...
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Unable to set a password

Hello!My account is registered with facebook and now, when I'm trying to set a password, I get an error which says "There was a problem setting your password"Any solutions? I checked some but none of them worked

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  • Hello! My account is registered with facebook and now, when I'm trying to set a password, I get an error which says "There was a problem setting your password" Any solutions? I checked some but non...
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