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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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  • Daniel
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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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Songs do play nonstop (LG)

This b.s. app for some reason does not play music non-stop. Already tried the useless reinstall. Stop after every GD song rendering the app useless. If there is no solution within 7 days, I will say f it and move on with life cancelling this cancerou...

  • Casual Listener
  • This b.s. app for some reason does not play music non-stop. Already tried the useless reinstall. Stop after every GD song rendering the app useless. If there is no solution within 7 days, I will say ...
  • Daniel
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Premium subscriber but can only shuffle play on my mobile

Hello,I am a premium subscriber but have the problem that my android mobile device will only let me shuffle play. It doesn't play adverts, as expected, its just the shuffle feature. It's been like this for the last 10 weeks now. How can I get my mobi...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I am a premium subscriber but have the problem that my android mobile device will only let me shuffle play. It doesn't play adverts, as expected, its just the shuffle feature. It's been like ...
  • Daniel
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Stops playing after song is done

This has been happening for 3+ months now and you guys continue to push out updates but have yet to fix this problem and I have no idea why. It happened all of a sudden after you pushed out an update then this started happening. After a song is done ...

  • Casual Listener
  •  This has been happening for 3+ months now and you guys continue to push out updates but have yet to fix this problem and I have no idea why. It happened all of a sudden after you pushed out an ...
  • randall131
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Last actualization broke HTC ONE S playlists

My HTC ONE S plays only one song of a playlist then stops and it's necesary to restart the song that is playing next...

  • Newbie
  • My HTC ONE S plays only one song of a playlist then stops and it's necesary to restart the song that is playing next... 
  • Daniel
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Oops! A Lot of Things Going Wrong!

I'm having trouble with my Spotify on my Android tablet. As soon as I log in, I keep the ! with the circle around it and the "Oops! Something Went Wrong!" message If I fool around with it long enough, it will let me browse, but all the playlists show...

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  • I'm having trouble with my Spotify on my Android tablet.   As soon as I log in, I keep the ! with the circle around it and the "Oops! Something Went Wrong!" message   If I fool around w...
  • Daniel
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Playlists disappear

Hi,Since a week now, I lost all the playlists under "sleep" mood. In fact, sleep category is not appearing in the choice anymore.How to solve this? Thanks

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, Since a week now, I lost all the playlists under "sleep" mood. In fact, sleep category is not appearing in the choice anymore. How to solve this? Thanks
  • Daniel
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Solved!! App Now Opens to Home

After a recent update the Spotify app Now Opens to Home instead of My Library as it should every time. How can I correct this?

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  • After a recent update the Spotify app Now Opens to Home instead of My Library as it should every time. How can I correct this?
  • Daniel
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default playlist on startup? idea

hi all, most of the time when Spotify starts due to a BT connetion (ie car), the app loads ok, butg i think it doesnt know what to do,if i havent already opened it and selected a playlist etc so was thinking that a setting for a default play item mig...

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  • hi all,   most of the time when Spotify starts due to a BT connetion (ie car), the app loads ok, butg i think it doesnt know what to do, if i havent already opened it and selected a playlist ...
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Spotfy app stops playing music mid song and cannot restart music in the app

Ever sinc I've donwloaded the most recent version of the app to my Sansung Galaxy Nexus, the app has been extremely buggy. Every single time I play music from my phone, about half way through the second song, the music stops playing. The pause button...

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  •   Ever sinc I've donwloaded the most recent version of the app to my Sansung Galaxy Nexus, the app has been extremely buggy. Every single time I play music from my phone, about half way throug...
  • babedmngz
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Solved!! Offline song in SD card

Hi, i was seeing the space in my phone and i realized that "something" was taken like 5gb of space. when i started to see the memory of my phone i discovered that those 5gb were all the offline songs from spotify, but i have the app installed in my s...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, i was seeing the space in my phone and i realized that "something" was taken like 5gb of space.   when i started to see the memory of my phone i discovered that those 5gb were all the offl...
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Stuck on Waiting to Download

I am trying to make a playlist available offline and have turned on download on cellular network but it still is saying Waiting to Download on the playlist. What's wrong?

  • Casual Listener
  • I am trying to make a playlist available offline and have turned on download on cellular network but it still is saying Waiting to Download on the playlist. What's wrong?
  • chachi69
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Android Help: Can't edit playlists

I'm using the premium version of Spotify and I can't manually sort my playlists. I used to be able to do this on my computer, but I don't use that thing anymore. Is this a bug? A feature that's being added?

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm using the premium version of Spotify and I can't manually sort my playlists. I used to be able to do this on my computer, but I don't use that thing anymore.    Is this a bug? A featu...
  • Daniel
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Limited number of songs on Radio.

What's up with there only being about 15 songs on either a genre or song radio?Am I wrong in remembering that a radio station used to play indefinitely?The current setup is ridiculous. I've a premium account so my account is not the issue, and I'm on...

  • Music Fan
  • What's up with there only being about 15 songs on either a genre or song radio? Am I wrong in remembering that a radio station used to play indefinitely? The current setup is ridiculous. I've a...
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Solved!! Android 6.0 Marshmallow Storage Problem

Hi, I'm on Moto X 2013 XT1058 with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. I install Spotify app from Google Play and when I open it, I get a erro warning that app didn't find storage system.Could anyone help me? Thanks.

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I'm on Moto X 2013 XT1058 with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. I install Spotify app from Google Play and when I open it, I get a erro warning that app didn't find storage system. Could anyone...
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music deleted

My music delete again for the third time im tired andy sick of this **bleep**in app

  • Newbie
  • My music delete again for the third time im tired andy sick of this **bleep**in app
  • Daniel
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Not playing music

I recently bought a Sony Xperia Z5 compact and I registered Spotify with it but it does not play music through Spotify, but all other apps play sound?

  • Casual Listener
  • I recently bought a Sony Xperia Z5 compact and I registered Spotify with it but it does not play music through Spotify, but all other apps play sound?
  • Daniel
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Not playing music

I recently bought a Sony Xperia Z5 compact and I registered Spotify with it but it does not play music through Spotify, but all other apps play sound?

  • Casual Listener
  • I recently bought a Sony Xperia Z5 compact and I registered Spotify with it but it does not play music through Spotify, but all other apps play sound?
  • Daniel
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no sound playing after few songs

premium user here. there's no sound playing after few songs. if you stop and play or click previous track the sound comes back. i have tried logging in and out, uninstall the app, reboot and even reset my phone just to get it working but no luck. has...

  • Casual Listener
  • premium user here. there's no sound playing after few songs. if you stop and play or click previous track the sound comes back. i have tried logging in and out, uninstall the app, reboot and even res...
  • Metamora
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Songs not playing continuously

I've clean installed 3 or so times, tried turning off hapless play as well as crossfade, and changed quality. I have still been unable to figure out why songs aren't playing consecutively.

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  • I've clean installed 3 or so times, tried turning off hapless play as well as crossfade, and changed quality. I have still been unable to figure out why songs aren't playing consecutively.
  • Daniel
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