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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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All these problems saving offline music to an SD card could be avoided...

If Spotify would just implement the option to point it's offline music to the SD card. There are hundreds of posts with complicated directions on getting this feature to work. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. In all instances you have to re...

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  • If Spotify would just implement the option to point it's offline music to the SD card.    There are hundreds of posts with complicated directions on getting this feature to work. Sometime...
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Music Pauses While Screen Lock is Active (bug)

I'm using a Moto G with Android 5.1 and while the phone is locked (Black screen, immediate lock with power button) the music plays as expected. But when I press the power to reactivate the screen, the music pauses. And it stays paused until I complet...

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  • I'm using a Moto G with Android 5.1 and while the phone is locked (Black screen, immediate lock with power button) the music plays as expected. But when I press the power to ...
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Solved!! Can't using Spotify with mobile date

Good morning!If I use Spotify over mobile data i get the message that I'm offline and hadn't any internet connection. It doesn't matter if I had LTE, HSDPA or Edge.Sometimes I can hear a half of a song and than it shows "You are Offline.."I use the n...

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  • Good morning! If I use Spotify over mobile data i get the message that I'm offline and hadn't any internet connection. It doesn't matter if I had LTE, HSDPA or Edge. Sometimes I can hear a half o...
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Starred Playlist broken / wrong sorting?

Hi, the Starred playlist on my Xperia Z3 is kind of broken. Now the oldest songs are listed first and the newer ones last. Before it was the other way around. Can I change that? Thanks.

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  • Hi,   the Starred playlist on my Xperia Z3 is kind of broken. Now the oldest songs are listed first and the newer ones last. Before it was the other way around. Can I change that?   Tha...
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Playlists Not Saving Offline?

I have an LG G4 that I recently had to factory reset. Spotify worked fine before this. Now it will claim to download a playlist completely but it will not play it offline. The SD card has over 400 GB (Yes, four hundred) of space free. The card works ...

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  • I have an LG G4 that I recently had to factory reset. Spotify worked fine before this.    Now it will claim to download a playlist completely but it will not play it offline. The SD card ...
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Solved!! Playlist Radio not working

Noticed this problem today. When I try to start a playlist radio from any of my playlists, an error appears "Sorry. This radio station can't be started. Please try another station."Anyone know a way around this? Never had this problem before, and I e...

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  • Noticed this problem today. When I try to start a playlist radio from any of my playlists, an error appears "Sorry. This radio station can't be started. Please try another station." Anyone know a ...
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Solved!! Radio for Classical and Jazz not working

I get a giant exclamation mark saying "Radio station error".Same on my wife's phone.Other radio stations seen okay

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  • I get a giant exclamation mark saying "Radio station error". Same on my wife's phone. Other radio stations seen okay
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Android 4.4.2 Statusbar and invisible spotify buttons

Im using Android 4.4.2 Kitkat with Huawei 360Y, and when im trying to use miniplayer's controls (statusbar), this is all i see. Well, sure after few days i know what are those buttons, but it would be nice to have fix for this. And oh yes, i have nov...

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  • Im using Android 4.4.2 Kitkat with Huawei 360Y, and when im trying to use miniplayer's controls (statusbar), this is all i see. Well, sure after few days i know what are those buttons, but it would b...
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Locale music from my PC won't be downloaded to my phone.

Hi everybody,on my PC i have added some lokale mp3s to Spotify. After that i moved them into a playlist, then i connected my phone to the WLAN and started the Spotify App. After pressing the "download button" the download of the Spotify songs starts,...

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  • Hi everybody, on my PC i have added some lokale mp3s to Spotify. After that i moved them into a playlist, then i connected my phone to the WLAN and started the Spotify App. After pressing the "dow...
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all Spotify songs are locked

I woke up today wanting to listen to Drake, or A day to remember and I can't cause all the sings are locked.

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  • I woke up today wanting to listen to Drake, or A day to remember and I can't cause all the sings are locked.
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Lost username

Hey I lost my username for my premium account and can't log in. Still getting charged. Help

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  • Hey I lost my username for my premium account and can't log in. Still getting charged. Help
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99 cents for 3 month

I tried signing up for this twice on one account and another time on a different account. It said that i have already used this feature and cant get it, but it still charged me. It charged me 99 cents all three times but did not give me premium, and ...

  • Newbie
  • I tried signing up for this twice on one account and another time on a different account. It said that i have already used this feature and cant get it, but it still charged me. It charged me 99 cent...
  • jean3601
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recently played list!

I have a huge recently played list which I find irritating, is there a way to hide all recently played as selecting each song and clicking hide is very tedious and time consuming?

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  • I have a huge recently played list which I find irritating, is there a way to hide all recently played as selecting each song and clicking hide is very tedious and time consuming?
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Casting to Chromecast doesn't work

All apps on my Android phone can cast to my Chromecast Audio and Chromecast 2, though Spotify can't connect to any of the two. If that's not working I have no use for Spotify, so please solve this.

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  • All apps on my Android phone can cast to my Chromecast Audio and Chromecast 2, though Spotify can't connect to any of the two. If that's not working I have no use for Spotify, so please solve this.
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Spotify randomly crashes - android (Samsung G6)

Hey,So recently Spotify started crashing randomly in the middle of a song, it might be after 10 minutes or after 30 minutes. I have reinstalled spotify and tried different playlists, none works. I also tried deleting the local files which was a solut...

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  • Hey, So recently Spotify started crashing randomly in the middle of a song, it might be after 10 minutes or after 30 minutes. I have reinstalled spotify and tried different playlists, none works. I ...
  • devinj93
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Spotify stops playing (offline)

I have a new s6 with the latest OS and always update my apps. I never had this problem on my s4 but sometimes my Spotify will just stop playing the song and set the progress bar to the beginning. It's random but happens almost every time I use it. I'...

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  • I have a new s6 with the latest OS and always update my apps. I never had this problem on my s4 but sometimes my Spotify will just stop playing the song and set the progress bar to the beginning. It'...
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Pagamento

minha conta era premium, demorei a pagar e fiquei free, só que o pagamento foi efetuado e continuo sem o premium, o que faço?

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  • minha conta era premium, demorei a pagar e fiquei free, só que o pagamento foi efetuado e continuo sem o premium, o que faço?
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On demand playback not working

As of two days ago (11/12) on demand playback has stopped working on my Galaxy Note 12.2 tablet; it's stuck on shuffle play like it would on a phone. I'm running Android 4.4.2, and Spotify is updated to the latest version (v4.1.0.868, as of 11/14.) A...

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  • As of two days ago (11/12) on demand playback has stopped working on my Galaxy Note 12.2 tablet; it's stuck on shuffle play like it would on a phone. I'm running Android 4.4.2, and Spotify ...
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Zenfone 2 update 2.20.40

Spotify lockscreen not working after software update a week ago. Please fix. Thanks.

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  • Spotify lockscreen not working after software update a week ago. Please fix. Thanks.
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