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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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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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Spotify is only messing around.

I'm not going to tell you guys my device model, because Spotify just should work on every phone, since it's 10 bucks a month. At least at my high-end android. It's a shame that Spotify is ignoring all the users complaining about a lagging Android app...

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  • I'm not going to tell you guys my device model, because Spotify just should work on every phone, since it's 10 bucks a month. At least at my high-end android.   It's a shame that Spotify is ig...
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Equalizer Fuction Issues

Hello, I have problems with the equalizer function. If this function is activated, when I push the play/pause button, the sound increases itself automatically by a few milliseconds. Some times the filters dont work after a restart of the equalizer fu...

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  • Hello, I have problems with the equalizer function. If this function is activated, when I push the play/pause button, the sound increases itself automatically by a few milliseconds. Some times the fi...
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Just start a playlist with a specific song!?

Hey! I just want to choose a song from a playlist (WITH FILTER!!) when i begin my trip. Then the playlist should continue as usual so the queue should be filled with all songs from the playlist and not just the songs in the filter. How do I do it? So...

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  • Hey!   I just want to choose a song from a playlist (WITH FILTER!!) when i begin my trip. Then the playlist should continue as usual so the queue should be filled with all songs from the playl...
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Musica playback

I can not play the music ... both offline and online, and I have a premium account.

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  • I can not play the music ... both offline and online, and I have a premium account.
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Solved!! Spotify for Android crashes when I choose ""Search".

When I choose "Search" in my Spotify app for Android, it crashes. This is a brand new issue. I've been using the app for quite some time. I cleared out all of the cache. Suggestions about why this is a problem now? What can I do to remedy the situati...

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  • When I choose "Search" in my Spotify app for Android, it crashes. This is a brand new issue. I've been using the app for quite some time. I cleared out all of the cache. Suggestions about why this is...
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Can I not use the songs I downloaded for my alarm clock?

I sleep too deep for the beeps, so I literally spent 3 days finding a clock for my Android where I had the option of using MP-3s and finding an app where I could download a few MP-3s of my favorite songs. I downloaded about 8 songs to my Samsung Gala...

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  • I sleep too deep for the beeps, so I literally spent 3 days finding a clock for my Android where I had the option of using MP-3s and finding an app where I could download a few MP-3s of my favorite s...
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Offline Musik ncihtmehr verfügbar

Hallo, Wenn ich bei meinem 4.4 Android-gerät in Spotify einige Playlists runterladen (offline verfügbar) mache, sind diese nach einigen Stunden nichtmehr offline verfügbar und ich MUSS sie JEDES MAL neu herrunterladen. Kann mir jemand sagen, wie das ...

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  • Hallo,   Wenn ich bei meinem 4.4 Android-gerät in Spotify einige Playlists runterladen (offline verfügbar) mache, sind diese nach einigen Stunden nichtmehr offline verfügbar und ich MUSS sie...
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Spotify free won't play any music, including shuffleplay

When I click the shuffle play button I get no response. No music is played.I have cleared the cache, uninstalled, restarted my phone and then reinstalled.I made sure the streaming wasn't on high quality.Any other suggestions? I'm only Android 4.4, Sp...

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  • When I click the shuffle play button I get no response. No music is played. I have cleared the cache, uninstalled, restarted my phone and then reinstalled. I made sure the streaming wasn't on h...
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Random pauses during playback despite reinstalling

Hi, I've had the same problem for the past few months. Playback on my phone will stop in the middle of the track for no apparent reason. This happens every two songs or so. I have to enter the app and click play, and the track will restart from the b...

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  • Hi, I've had the same problem for the past few months. Playback on my phone will stop in the middle of the track for no apparent reason. This happens every two songs or so. I have to enter the app an...
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Spotify Android syncing between two phones

So, I turned my dad onto Spotify about a year ago, and he's been loving using it while he Uber drives. He uses two phones while he drives, one for the Uber app, and a disconnected one for offline Spotify music. Recently, an update came out for the Ub...

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  • So, I turned my dad onto Spotify about a year ago, and he's been loving using it while he Uber drives. He uses two phones while he drives, one for the Uber app, and a disconnected one for offline Spo...
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Changing the order in which the songs are listed resets there offline availability...

Changing the order in which the songs are listed resets there offline availability... which really sucks because i spent all day and night letting my songs download just to have them instantly wiped from my device... Oh but my memory is all atill bei...

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  • Changing the order in which the songs are listed resets there offline availability... which really sucks because i spent all day and night letting my songs download just to have them instantly wiped ...
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None of the songs will play

All of the songs are grayed out and won't play unless I play the radio or shuffle play but I can't pick any of the songs.Please help!!!!

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  • All of the songs are grayed out and won't play unless I play the radio or shuffle play but I can't pick any of the songs.Please help!!!!
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Problema spotify family

Hello there! spotify have a family account. In the main account everything works well but in secondary music is bound to be random. As I can fixthis and put it Watch only song I want?

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  • Hello there! spotify have a family account. In the main account everything works well but in secondary music is bound to be random. As I can fixthis and put it Watch only song I want?
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How Do I Reset My Account?

How do I reset my entire account

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Solved!! spotify crashes on android after update

i have a samsung galaxy 5. i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail. help!

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  • i have a samsung galaxy 5. i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail. help!
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Free Premium Upgrade

HiI recently changed my phone and switched to FIDO where I'm supposed to get SPOTIFY premium for free for a year or so.However when I enjtered the code then proceeded to create my account via my facebook profile, it did not work.I have trying for a w...

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  • Hi I recently changed my phone and switched to FIDO where I'm supposed to get SPOTIFY premium for free for a year or so.However when I enjtered the code then proceeded to create my account via my fa...
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Currently travelling, Spotify deleted all offline tracks

I have about 1200 offline songs that were deleted today. I've been travelling for 2 weeks in South Africa from Canada and have been using spotfiy daily. Today when I opened the app it required me to connect to the internet to login and then began re-...

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  • I have about 1200 offline songs that were deleted today. I've been travelling for 2 weeks in South Africa from Canada and have been using spotfiy daily. Today when I opened the app it required me to ...
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Songs always stop

Hi, I dont know why, but every time i play a song this one stops suddenly. It´s like it doesn´t want to play it. I start a song and suddenly in minute 1 for example stops. What can I do? or is there some error in the songs? Frank.

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  • Hi,   I dont know why, but every time i play a song this one stops suddenly. It´s like it doesn´t want to play it. I start a song and suddenly in minute 1 for example stops.   What ...
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facebook disconnect

I want to disconnect my facebook from spotify from my android phone i have no access to any pc...

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  • I want to disconnect my facebook from spotify from my android phone i have no access to any pc...
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Syncing offline music to external SD Card

I am using Samsung GT-S7580 powered by Android Jellybean. Since my internal phone storage is limited, I would like to save my offline music to external SD card storage. Is it possible to do that?

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  • I am using Samsung GT-S7580 powered by Android Jellybean. Since my internal phone storage is limited, I would like to save my offline music to external SD card storage. Is it possible to do that?
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