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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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Spotify on Zenfone 5 Lock screen without Artist Wallpaper

Hello...I have a Zenfone 5 with Lollipop (5.0) and the artist wallpaper in the lock screen doesn't work for me... My girlfriend have a "Motorola Moto X 2" and it works... My phone:My girlfriend's phone: Somebody can help me?Thanks...

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  • Hello... I have a Zenfone 5 with Lollipop (5.0) and the artist wallpaper in the lock screen doesn't work for me... My girlfriend have a "Motorola Moto X 2" and it works...   My phone: ...
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Can I use my account at the same time on multiple devices?

Hey, Can I use my spotify account on different devices at the same time? For example - I'm playing one song on my laptop but then I go to another room and turn another song on my mobile, then turn a third song or playlist on my tablet? Or run differe...

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  • Hey,   Can I use my spotify account on different devices at the same time? For example - I'm playing one song on my laptop but then I go to another room and turn another song on my mobile, the...
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Android randomly shuffles or repeats after unpausing

Just noticed this a couple weeks ago. I'll be listening to an album straight through. If I pause and then wish to restart, it starts shuffling within the same artist, even though shuffle has not been selected. Then, when I manually select the song wh...

  • Casual Listener
  • Just noticed this a couple weeks ago. I'll be listening to an album straight through. If I pause and then wish to restart, it starts shuffling within the same artist, even though shuffle has not been...
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Lost account with my credit card

I made a account with a whatever email now I can't remember and I'm afraid it'll keep charging me please help!

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  • I made a account with a whatever email now I can't remember and I'm afraid it'll keep charging me please help!
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Student premium.

I applied for student premium twice and a message said it didn't work when I pressed submit. But my account was charged twice and I still don't have premium. I'm getting extremely aggravated because I can't contact an actual person to get the issue r...

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  • I applied for student premium twice and a message said it didn't work when I pressed submit. But my account was charged twice and I still don't have premium. I'm getting extremely aggravated because ...
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spotify pauses for no reason

I just got a new phone and I downloaded the spotify app. It plays a song for a few seconds then pauses the song. Sometimes I have to go in and hit play and sometimes the songs start player on their own.

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  • I just got a new phone and I downloaded the spotify app. It plays a song for a few seconds then pauses the song. Sometimes I have to go in and hit play and sometimes the songs start player on their o...
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No Recommended Stations Showing

I'm using a Nexus 7 (latest OS) and I have no recommended stations showing. (The only option I have when I select 'Radio' is the add new stations button in the top right hand corner). Logging out and in again doesn't help, nor does uninstalling and r...

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  • I'm using a Nexus 7 (latest OS) and I have no recommended stations showing. (The only option I have when I select 'Radio' is the add new stations button in the top right hand corner).  Logging ...
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spotify app

How do I create spotify app after previous deleted and have account account Is setup ?? On Samsung S6 please

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  • How do I create spotify app after previous deleted and have account account Is setup ?? On Samsung S6 please
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Transfer Music from Phone to Computer

Hello, I just bought myself a new computer, and can immidiatly listen to all songs that are from Spotify on my newly downloaded Spotify application. However, I cannot listen to local files from my old computer on this one. Is there a way I can transf...

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  • Hello,   I just bought myself a new computer, and can immidiatly listen to all songs that are from Spotify on my newly downloaded Spotify application. However, I cannot listen to local files...
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Equilizer does not work

Hi, I have a new note 5 (920c version). My previous phone was note 4. On my new phone samsung equlizer (or any other equilizer) does not effect music at all. However equilizers workd in google music. I think there is a problem with android 5.1 and sp...

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  • Hi,   I have a new note 5 (920c version). My previous phone was note 4. On my new phone samsung equlizer (or any other equilizer) does not effect music at all. However equilizers workd in goog...
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My playlists keep downloading to internal casche - zte quartz

I have a zte quartz Android phone, O S is z797cv1.0.0b05I also have Spotify premium, allowing me to download playlists to my phone. Here's my problem: my playlists keep downloading to internal casche. I have followed the instructions for switching my...

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  • I have a zte quartz Android phone, O S is z797cv1.0.0b05 I also have Spotify premium, allowing me to download playlists to my phone. Here's my problem: my playlists keep downloading to internal ca...
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Several downloaded playlists are now missing one to two songs each. Why?

I have been listening to these downloaded playlists for some time now, but most one or two songs from several playlists are no longer available offline and I have to download them again and again. How do I get back to keeping them downloaded? My Wi-F...

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  • I have been listening to these downloaded playlists for some time now, but most one or two songs from several playlists are no longer available offline and I have to download them again and again. Ho...
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Playing time has gap of 1 second to smartphone app on Spotify Connect for Amazon Fire TV/Stick

Brief description of the issue: The Spotify Connect App on the Amazon Fire TV is one second before the normal Spotify app and counts up the playing time up to second 60 if a song was skipped by the remote of the Amazon Fire TV. In this cas the time d...

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  • Brief description of the issue: The Spotify Connect App on the Amazon Fire TV is one second before the normal Spotify app and counts up the playing time up to second 60 if a song was skipped by the r...
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Solved!! Removing songs from a playlist (Android)

Does anybody know if they will ever implement a feature that allows you to remove songs from a playlist on a phone, instead of having to do it on a computer? (Premium user) Thanks in advance.

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  • Does anybody know if they will ever implement a feature that allows you to remove songs from a playlist on a phone, instead of having to do it on a computer? (Premium user) Thanks in advance.
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Solved!! How to share with non-facebook friends?

It seems I can only select recipients from my facebook friends. Is there a trick to get also users that only have a spotyify user id to show up in this?

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  • It seems I can only select recipients from my facebook friends. Is there a trick to get also users that only have a spotyify user id to show up in this?
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Crash on playlist searching... Help please

So when I try to use the search feature to look for a song in my play list spotify crashes every time. It's been happening for a few months now and very annoying

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  • So when I try to use the search feature to look for a song in my play list spotify crashes every time. It's been happening for a few months now and very annoying
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Log in trouble

Every time I try and login, Spotify replies with a notification that says, "You already have an account with this username" and stops me from logging in. Please help. I've tried redoing my PW but every time I change it, it tells me my session has bee...

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  • Every time I try and login, Spotify replies with a notification that says, "You already have an account with this username" and stops me from logging in. Please help. I've tried redoing my PW but eve...
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Solved!! Spotify connect

So every time I listen to music and every one else in my family wants to listening to music and when they start their music my devise says you are now controling the other devise. So I must click "Spotify connect" and click on my phone. Although this...

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  • So every time I listen to music and every one else in my family wants to listening to music and when they start their music my devise says you are now controling the other devise. So I must click "Sp...
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Can't download offline music anymore

Hello, I have a premium account, but for the last 2 days everytime I'm trying to download offline music, it saves and download but when I close and opened the spotify app, they are not downloaded, I have to redownload the album and it does the same t...

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  • Hello, I have a premium account, but for the last 2 days everytime I'm trying to download offline music, it saves and download but when I close and opened the spotify app, they are not downloaded, I ...
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Guest network

I have two WiFi networks - home & guest - and some Spotify Connect devices.All the Spotify Connect devices have static IP addresses from my router.I use Android Spotify app.The guest network is configured in such way that the IP addresses can be reac...

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  • I have two WiFi networks - home & guest - and some Spotify Connect devices. All the Spotify Connect devices have static IP addresses from my router. I use Android Spotify app. The guest networ...
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