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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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Just another (bad) day as a premium Spotify customer

So today I updated my LG G3 to Marshmallow. Installation was fast and easy.Phone booted up, everything running perfectly except for.....Spotify. Quelle surprise.App simply would not start up at all. Tried launching it from the icon, from app drawer, ...

  • Roadie
  • So today I updated my LG G3 to Marshmallow.   Installation was fast and easy. Phone booted up, everything running perfectly except for.....Spotify. Quelle surprise. App simply would not star...
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Latest version takes a long time to load

Hi, on my Z5 Compact, 5.1.1 Android, the latest version takes about 30-40 seconds to open. I hit the widget, a window opens and stays blank for a long time. This was not happening two weeks ago and I haven't saved much more music since then. Any clue...

  • Roadie
  • Hi,   on my Z5 Compact, 5.1.1 Android, the latest version takes about 30-40 seconds to open. I hit the widget, a window opens and stays blank for a long time. This was not happening two weeks ...
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Search failure seems to have poisoned search term

I just tried to search several times for "mendellsohn trio". The first few times I got an error (perhaps due to a network issue, although I was online through wifi at the time). The fourth time it briefly said it was offline, but then search started ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I just tried to search several times for "mendellsohn trio". The first few times I got an error (perhaps due to a network issue, although I was online through wifi at the time). The fourth time it br...
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Solved!! Spotify free on Kindle Fire HDX

I tried to use Spotify on a Kindle Fire HDX, and considering it's a tablet, I was hoping that I'd be able to use the free version of Spotify where I can play any track. Unfortunately, it's saying my Kindle Fire is a moble device and not a tablet, whi...

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  • I tried to use Spotify on a Kindle Fire HDX, and considering it's a tablet, I was hoping that I'd be able to use the free version of Spotify where I can play any track.  Unfortunately, it's sayi...
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Others can't add music to collaborative playlist

Hi So I made my Spotify account when I was in the US and I currently work in Mexico. My workgroup in Mexico wanted to make a collaborative playlist so I made it and told them to add their music. At first they could not find it until I linked it direc...

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  • Hi   So I made my Spotify account when I was in the US and I currently work in Mexico. My workgroup in Mexico wanted to make a collaborative playlist so I made it and told them to add their mu...
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Sound stops after 1 song on playlists/radio

I've used Spotify on this same android phone for over a year now, and its been fine up until this point.I reset my phone to factory this week and now Spotify is malfunctioning. I have done this once before in the past and had no problems with Spotify...

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  • I've used Spotify on this same android phone for over a year now, and its been fine up until this point. I reset my phone to factory this week and now Spotify is malfunctioning. I have done this o...
  • JayeLee
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Can't find song

I accidentally removed a song I really liked from my music and I just can't find it anymore. I'm not sure about the title and I don't remember lyrics, album name or artist and I didn't find it anywhere I searched. Is there a way to get it back? Or is...

  • Newbie
  • I accidentally removed a song I really liked from my music and I just can't find it anymore. I'm not sure about the title and I don't remember lyrics, album name or artist and I didn't find it a...
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Solved!! play list stops when screen saver turns on

Never had this issue before with Spotify just started couple weeks ago. When I listen to a play list and my screen saver turns on my music will stop at end of the song. I have to open my screen again for next song to start.Here is the kicker. If I am...

  • Casual Listener
  • Never had this issue before with Spotify just started couple weeks ago. When I listen to a play list and my screen saver turns on my music will stop at end of the song. I have to open my screen again...
  • cobol74
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Music randomly stopping

Music randomly stopping. Had this issue before,i uninstalled spotify as the support team told me and it worked for a little while but now it's doing it again.help?

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  • Music randomly stopping. Had this issue before,i uninstalled spotify as the support team told me and it worked for a little while but now it's doing it again.help?
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Solved!! Track is currently unavailable, ALL OF THEM!

Hello, my spotify has been working so well for the 2 years of premium usage, but now I cant play any tracks on my HTC sensation; Track is unavailable, it says.They were all synched and downloaded for offline usage, but now theyre all useless. Theyre ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, my spotify has been working so well for the 2 years of premium usage, but now I cant play any tracks on my HTC sensation; Track is unavailable, it says. They were all synched and downloaded f...
  • tonyforshage
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Local Files artwork missing on Android version

Hi, I've had this problem for a while now, and I'm not too sure of how to solve it. I have some local files saved to a playlist which i uploaded to spotify via my computer. I'm able to see the albun artwork on the desktop version, but everytime i ope...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   I've had this problem for a while now, and I'm not too sure of how to solve it. I have some local files saved to a playlist which i uploaded to spotify via my computer. I'm able to see t...
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Playing local files on android spotify app

I got spotify earlier today, and after setting up all my playlists on the desktop app, downloaded the mobile app as well. I have some local files on the desktop (taylor swift and a couple others), so when viewing these from my phone, they are greyed ...

  • Regular
  • I got spotify earlier today, and after setting up all my playlists on the desktop app, downloaded the mobile app as well. I have some local files on the desktop (taylor swift and a couple others), so...
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Spotify will not play in my car

I have a 2016 Hyundai Elantra and a Samsung S5. My phone is connected to the car via blutooth and everything seems to work except Spotify. It will connect and show that the songs are playing and I can even play and pause through the dash, but there i...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a 2016 Hyundai Elantra and a Samsung S5. My phone is connected to the car via blutooth and everything seems to work except Spotify. It will connect and show that the songs are playing and I ca...
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Songs not playable on Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo

Hello everyone, got the Problem that the Spotify App can be used on Laptop and Samsung Tablett, but not on my Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo. While checking the connected devices on the Laptop, it shows me the massage," Galaxy S5 Neo - only Premium Users" (se...

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  • Hello everyone,   got the Problem that the Spotify App can be used on Laptop and Samsung Tablett, but not on my Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo. While checking the connected devices on the Laptop, it sh...
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issue: unsaving song from lockscreen doesn't work

Device: Oneplus TwoOperating System Version: Android 5.1.1 / OxygenOS 2.2.0Spotify Version: 4.7.0.878Description: When in lockscreen you can save and unsave songs. Saving songs works ('+' changes into a tick 'v') but unsaving a song (tick 'v' changin...

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  • Device:  Oneplus Two Operating System Version:  Android 5.1.1 / OxygenOS 2.2.0 Spotify Version:  4.7.0.878 Description:  When in lockscreen you can save and unsave songs. S...
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volume fading during whole song

Hi, the volume fades in and out during the entire song on my Samsung S6 edge+. it is pretty annoying. Any help? Thanks!

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  • Hi, the volume fades in and out during the entire song on my Samsung S6 edge+.  it is pretty annoying.  Any help?  Thanks!
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Solved!! Spotify don't save offline Music at SD-Card

Hay,i have Spotify Premium since 2 days, because i want to save my music offline on my smartphone and i hate advertisment. But it every time i download my playlists, it saves my music at my internal storage. I have a sdcard with 5,7GB free space. At ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hay, i have Spotify Premium since 2 days, because i want to save my music offline on my smartphone and i hate advertisment.   But it every time i download my playlists, it saves my music at m...
  • MaximH
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Solved!! How to use Spotify with 2 different Facebook accounts

Is it possible to use Spotify with 2 different Facebook accounts? I mean, that I can upload music on Facebook with another Facebook account?

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  • Is it possible to use Spotify with 2 different Facebook accounts? I mean, that I can upload music on Facebook with another Facebook account?
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Entire library is missing

I have premium simply because of the offline feature but this is the second time my entire library has been deleted. The only songs there are songs I added from discover weekly. I refuse to pay for a feature that I can't even use.

  • Casual Listener
  • I have premium simply because of the offline feature but this is the second time my entire library has been deleted. The only songs there are songs I added from discover weekly. I refuse to pay for a...
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Spotify is being extremely glitchy lately.

Alright so starting about 2 weeks ago spotify started just pausing the music often enough that it became an annoyence. It happens with/without earphones and/or bluetooth speakers. It can happen 5 time in 20 minute or it can be the entire day without ...

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  • Alright so starting about 2 weeks ago spotify started just pausing the music often enough that it became an annoyence. It happens with/without earphones and/or bluetooth speakers. It can happen 5 tim...
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