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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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Student discount

I filled out the page for a student discount and it kept saying it couldn't verify that I'm a student. I am a student. If no one knows exactly what to do please just post a number for customer support because I have yet to find one

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  • I filled out the page for a student discount and it kept saying it couldn't verify that I'm a student. I am a student. If no one knows exactly what to do please just post a number for customer suppor...
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Favorites Filter

Currently Spotify allows you to sort songs & albums by 'Artist', 'Album', 'Recently added' This is quite limited. I get that Spotify is trying to keep things simple...it's one of the great things about Spotify when compared to other services. However...

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  • Currently Spotify allows you to sort songs & albums by 'Artist', 'Album', 'Recently added'   This is quite limited. I get that Spotify is trying to keep things simple...it's one of th...
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i have a mate 7

When I connect my phone to my car I not able to change the song but my friend he can... using the same phone and I can and then when I block the phone I can see the widget on the look screen can some one help me with this 2 issues?

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  • When I connect my phone to my car I not able to change the song but my friend he can... using the same phone and I can and then when I block the phone I can see the widget on the look screen can some...
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emaiö

I log in with facebook but i lost my email password so i cant actived my spotify account can they send me a new email to my other email ?

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  • I log in with facebook but i lost my email password so i cant actived my spotify account can they send me a new email to my other email ?
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Solved!! Spotify Android app crashing, update long overdue

Just sent this to Spotify, if I get a response I will share it here. If you are having problems with the Android app as well, and are surprised/annoyed by the lack of information from Spotify, please reply and make yourself heard. The more people com...

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  • Just sent this to Spotify, if I get a response I will share it here. If you are having problems with the Android app as well, and are surprised/annoyed by the lack of information from Spotify, please...
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App crashes every time I open it, have uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times - help!

Hi! I've got a galaxy s4 mini and for the last two weeks or so spotify crashes every single time I open it. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, turned my phone on and off, and can't figure out what went wrong. Any help would be appreciated!

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  • Hi! I've got a galaxy s4 mini and for the last two weeks or so spotify crashes every single time I open it. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, turned my phone on and off, and can't figure out what wen...
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Playlist on PC not Syncing New Songs from Phone

I just ran into the issue yesterday where I used my phone app to add a bunch of songs to my large playlist. The songs show up on the playlist on my phone, but no matter how many attempts I make, they will not show up on the same playlist on my PC. I ...

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  • I just ran into the issue yesterday where I used my phone app to add a bunch of songs to my large playlist. The songs show up on the playlist on my phone, but no matter how many attempts I make, they...
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downloads dissapear and must redownload daily

Hey every song ive downloaded has gone back to gray and have had to re download the entire content 3 days in a row. Im still signed in but cant play offline. I am a premium subscriber.

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  • Hey every song ive downloaded has gone back to gray and have had to re download the entire content 3 days in a row. Im still signed in but cant play offline. I am a premium subscriber.
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Solved!! Spotify downloads everything again...

Hello!So, I have a huge playlist I keep available for offline at all times, it's 600 songs +.Over the time, I've downloaded all of the songs. However, today I accidentely pressed "pause download" (or similar, I don't know what it is called in English...

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  • Hello! So, I have a huge playlist I keep available for offline at all times, it's 600 songs +. Over the time, I've downloaded all of the songs.   However, today I accidentely pressed "pause ...
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Spotify uses too much mobile data.

So, here's the deal; i use Spotify (premium) mostly on my Squeezebox touch, rarley on my phone. But still, Spotify used 1GB of mobile data in november. I don't have any downloaded playlists and I don't even use Spotify that much. The only solution i ...

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  • So, here's the deal; i use Spotify (premium) mostly on my Squeezebox touch, rarley on my phone. But still, Spotify used 1GB of mobile data in november. I don't have any downloaded playlists and I don...
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LIsten to different music on different devices

Hey, Is there an EASY way to listen to different albums on different devices (not at the same time)? On my work computer I want to listen to one album, but when I go home/ to lunch etc. I want to (continue to) listen to a different one on my phone.

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  • Hey,   Is there an EASY way to listen to different albums on different devices (not at the same time)? On my work computer I want to listen to one album, but when I go home/ to lunch etc. I wa...
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Installation location

Hello, Currently I am facing a very common issue: I've downloaded Spotify and cannot get it to install on my SD card. I have looked on several forums to try resolve this and I've tried the following: -Formatting the SD card-Clearing cache, erasing da...

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  • Hello,   Currently I am facing a very common issue: I've downloaded Spotify and cannot get it to install on my SD card. I have looked on several forums to try resolve this and I've tried the f...
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Lost everything on my phone

Lost everything on my phone, is there anyway to get my songs loaded back on my phone without doing them 1 at a time... Please Help

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  • Lost everything on my phone, is there anyway to get my songs loaded back on my phone without doing them 1 at a time... Please Help
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Can't sync local music to my mobile

I've done what all the guides say to be on the same network and then put the local song in a playlist and then set the playlist to "Available Offline" but when I do this with a playlist only containing local songs a grey arrow appears next to the pla...

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  • I've done what all the guides say to be on the same network and then put the local song in a playlist and then set the playlist to "Available Offline" but when I do this with a playlist only containi...
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massive background data & stalling & false 'no internet connection'

Brief description of the issue:not sure how long this has been happening but noticed it about three days ago . if i listen to 500mb of songs then there is an almost equal amount of background data. therefore i am losing twice as much of my allotted d...

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  • Brief description of the issue:not sure how long this has been happening but noticed it about three days ago . if i listen to 500mb of songs then there is an almost equal amount of background data. t...
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Android Spotify SD Card. Tried searching, please help :)

Hey guys. Im having a hard time with my new phone. Its a Huaweii, so i dont expect much of it xD haha, but im really hoping to get spotify to work with it. Its a Y8 if that mattersAnyways. Ive googled about this and i see that a lot of people have ha...

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  • Hey guys. Im having a hard time with my new phone. Its a Huaweii, so i dont expect much of it xD haha, but im really hoping to get spotify to work with it. Its a Y8 if that matters Anyways. Ive go...
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Spotify plays on loudspeaker immediately after a phone call

Hi all, I recently upgraded to an Xperia Z5. Whenever I play spotify on my PC, and I get a call on my phone... as soon as I hang up, Spotify then automatically plays via my mobile on loud speaker. Pretty embarrassing in a Management Consulting office...

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  • Hi all,   I recently upgraded to an Xperia Z5. Whenever I play spotify on my PC, and I get a call on my phone... as soon as I hang up, Spotify then automatically plays via my mobile on loud sp...
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suggested songs

I have been using Spotify for awhile, and know that a playlist with less than 12 songs, or one dominant with one artist will have suggested songs for variety. However I have an 80+ song playlist, with 25-30+ artists. I was wondering if the amount of ...

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  • I have been using Spotify for awhile, and know that a playlist with less than 12 songs, or one dominant with one artist will have suggested songs for variety. However I have an 80+ song playlist, wit...
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Premium for 3 mouths, Unsubscribed, then re-subscribed later , Still 'Premium', not working

So! On the 01/12/2015, I paid for Spotifys speical deal ' 3 Months for 99c' , Immediately afterwards, I unsubscribbed because i didn't want to be charged 10.99 when my sub was still going to work, just perventing further payments from being taken out...

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  • So! On the  01/12/2015, I paid for Spotifys speical deal ' 3 Months for 99c' , Immediately afterwards, I unsubscribbed because i didn't want to be charged 10.99 when my sub was still g...
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Solved!! Deleted saved songs, question about restoring them.

So I accidentally removed all my saved songs from Spotify and the undo feature didn't recover them. I've contacted spotify and I don't think they're able to restore them. I have most of the songs (350/400) saved on an old device that's offline. The o...

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  • So I accidentally removed all my saved songs from Spotify and the undo feature didn't recover them. I've contacted spotify and I don't think they're able to restore them. I have most of the songs (35...
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