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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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Lost synced music at the worst time :(

I had a couple hundred tracks synced on my Note 3 in preparation for a long flight. Boarded the plane, got settled in, fired up Spotify... and the phone locked up and rebooted. And when it came back up... no music synced any more; the playlists set f...

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  • I had a couple hundred tracks synced on my Note 3 in preparation for a long flight. Boarded the plane, got settled in, fired up Spotify... and the phone locked up and rebooted. And when it came back ...
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SPOTIFY PREMIUM BAD

On April 11 I acquired spotify premium paying with a debit card, and today hardly 21 April marks 10 days have taken me back to spotify free, what happened?

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  • On April 11 I acquired spotify premium paying with a debit card, and today hardly 21 April marks 10 days have taken me back to spotify free, what happened?
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Spotify does not play when launched while Android phone screen OFF.

Spotify app does NOT start playing when:Using an external Bluetooth device to launch Google Now (or other Android service) which in turn to launch Spotify app to play a song while phone screen is off. We have to light up the screen either manually or...

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  • Spotify app does NOT start playing when: Using an external Bluetooth device to launch Google Now (or other Android service) which in turn to launch Spotify app to play a song while phone screen is o...
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Music stops playing

My Spotify is not playing if my phone is locked. It will play a song all the way through, but will not play the next song unless I open the Spotify app and look at it. I tried restarting my phone and Uninstalled the app and reinstalled. This is occur...

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  • My Spotify is not playing if my phone is locked. It will play a song all the way through, but will not play the next song unless I open the Spotify app and look at it. I tried restarting my phone and...
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Android - X Button to close the app

Hello, i use spotify for a year or so but lately i'm thinking to give my money to somebody else. WHO ON EARTH still uses a X-Button on the lockscreen for their apps??? That drives me nuts. When i'm running, driving (bad enough) or even just listen to...

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  • Hello,    i use spotify for a year or so but lately i'm thinking to give my money to somebody else.    WHO ON EARTH still uses a X-Button on the lockscreen for their apps...
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Canceling spotify subscription

I am currently on the day before my last 30 day free trial. I would like to cancel before I get charged because I is not what I expected. When I go to cancel it wants me to enter my card information again. It's never saying I had it and doesn't give ...

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  • I am currently on the day before my last 30 day free trial. I would like to cancel before I get charged because I is not what I expected. When I go to cancel it wants me to enter my card information ...
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I don't understand how you can consistently make terrible updates.

Every single update in the last six months, at least, has broken the app for me. I finally decided, screw this. Uninstalled spotify, downloaded an APK from a year and a half ago, and voila. It works. I can actually see the things I've downloaded, the...

  • Gig Goer
  • Every single update in the last six months, at least, has broken the app for me.   I finally decided, screw this. Uninstalled spotify, downloaded an APK from a year and a half ago, and voila. ...
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Local Music

Hello all, I purchased last week 1year Premium, i saw in the help section that it was possible to see my local music files in spotify on windowsand that i could make a playist with them, that my question about.. a lot of my music are not available, a...

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  • Hello all,    I purchased last week 1year Premium, i saw in the help section that it was possible to see my local music files in spotify on windows and that i could make a playist with t...
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  • HOLA  TENGO UN PROBLEMA  QUE YO ESTOY REPRODUCIENDO UNA CANCION Y SE ME MARCA EN VERDE LA QUE YO ESTOY ESCUCANDO PERO EN LA PARTE DE DE ABAJO ESTO ME PASA EN MI DISPOSITIVO ANDROID  ...
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Solved!! can't download own MP3

Hey,i got a new mobile phone, a Meizu Pro 5, which uses Flyme 5.1.4.0A (which is based on Android 5.1) as OS, but now i'm encountering a problem (not only on my Meizu, as well on my Sony Xperia T):i cant download my own mp3 files for my offline playl...

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  • Hey, i got a new mobile phone, a Meizu Pro 5, which uses Flyme 5.1.4.0A (which is based on Android 5.1) as OS, but now i'm encountering a problem (not only on my Meizu, as well on my Sony Xperia T):...
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music that i made available offline has to download again and again and it doesn't properly play

hey there, i have a xperia z1 compact and i use a sd card (that seems to work, i tried to write on it on my pc and my phone accepts it). in my spotify options i clicked that songs should be downloaded in extreme quality and that they should be saved ...

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  • hey there,   i have a xperia z1 compact and i use a sd card (that seems to work, i tried to write on it on my pc and my phone accepts it). in my spotify options i clicked that songs should be ...
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Logging in

I just recently re added the app back to my phone due to not being able to just log in.....I put in my email address and password just to be told ( I have already set up an account using this email) and will not let me log in.....why can't I log in i...

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  • I just recently re added the app back to my phone due to not being able to just log in.....I put in my email address and password just to be told ( I have already set up an account using this email) ...
  • jean3601
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Somebody else is using my account

Somebody is using my Spotify account via remote play called HP-WIN7-SARAH.I have my account linked to Facebook and I have changed my password, I've also clicked sign out all users or whatever the option is and they still have access to it, I have no ...

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  • Somebody is using my Spotify account via remote play called HP-WIN7-SARAH. I have my account linked to Facebook and I have changed my password, I've also clicked sign out all users or whatever the o...
  • jean3601
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My Spotify been hacked

Hi, recently someone keep adding on my song list with song that i never heard off. and sometimes it keep deleting my playlist. i did change my password and sigh out everwhere. but now, it still there. one day i was open my Spotify account. i noticed ...

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  • Hi, recently someone keep adding on my song list with song that i never heard off. and sometimes it keep deleting my playlist. i did change my password and sigh out everwhere. but now, it still there...
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Need a quicker way of viewing downloaded content

It would be great if there was a way to show only downloaded content when in offline mode in the android app . Currently I have to search for the album or playlist before seeing whether it's been downloaded

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  • It would be great if there was a way to show only downloaded content when in offline mode in the android app . Currently I have to search for the album or playlist before seeing whether it's been dow...
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Solved!! Dear Spotify

Please change my country to Germany.I have followed you process given and your site does not let me change country.Now im led here.

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  • Please change my country to Germany. I have followed you process given and your site does not let me change country. Now im led here.
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LG G4 not recognised

Brand new phone, Marshmallow OS, phone wont be recognized by the Desktoop compter. Followed the guide, did a clean re-install, still nothing. Any ideas?

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  • Brand new phone, Marshmallow OS, phone wont be recognized by the Desktoop compter.   Followed the guide, did a clean re-install, still nothing.  Any ideas?
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Block spotify from firewall

Hello Someone know how to block by Firewall Spotify free and premium from IOS, PC, WEB and ANDROID?

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  • Hello    Someone know how to block by Firewall Spotify free and premium from IOS, PC, WEB and  ANDROID?  
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Audio Ducking Triggered Frequently

Ever since the most recent mobile update, there's a lot of actions that now trigger audio ducking on my phone. For instance: when Ambient Display is enabled, audio will fade out when the screen is turned on because of that feature; pressing the "mult...

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  • Ever since the most recent mobile update, there's a lot of actions that now trigger audio ducking on my phone. For instance: when Ambient Display is enabled, audio will fade out when the screen is tu...
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