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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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Solved!! Spotify Connect - "Sorry! Can't play this content while connected to another device"

From Android to PC/Spotify-enabled unit. The Android app refuses to start a song of my choosing. It gives the error message in the title. It will, however, let me start a playlist and Connect it over to the PC. The Next/Prev buttons work, and I can c...

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  • From Android to PC/Spotify-enabled unit.   The Android app refuses to start a song of my choosing. It gives the error message in the title. It will, however, let me start a playlist and Connec...
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Song Playback Issues

Cage the Elephant's album "Thank You Happy Birthday" has the song "Right Before My Eyes" play at the end of the song "Flow." Also, "Watch the Throne [Deluxe Edition (Explicit)]" by Jay Z and Kanye West has a 2 minute silent intro for "Illest Mother**...

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  • Cage the Elephant's album "Thank You Happy Birthday" has the song "Right Before My Eyes" play at the end of the song "Flow." Also, "Watch the Throne [Deluxe Edition (Explicit)]" by Jay Z and Kanye We...
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Spotify doesn't link to Facebook

Hi,as written in the title, my spotify account 'giommariacarboni' doesn't link to my Facebook profile. It asks me for permissions but at last it does not connect the two profiles.

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  • Hi, as written in the title, my spotify account 'giommariacarboni' doesn't link to my Facebook profile. It asks me for permissions but at last it does not connect the two profiles.
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Premium

If you buy premium can you choose what song you want to play anytime or do you have to shuffle play on a iPhone

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  • If you buy premium can you choose what song you want to play anytime or do you have to shuffle play on a iPhone
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I signed up to premium and now i can't get rid of it

HiI signed up to the 30 free day trial and now now I can't get rid of it.At the same time as not being able to get rid of it I also can't log back in to my around and I have changed my password and it still won't let me log back in.What shall I do ab...

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  • Hi I signed up to the 30 free day trial and now now I can't get rid of it. At the same time as not being able to get rid of it I also can't log back in to my around and I have changed my passwo...
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Spotify will not let me download songs to my mobile via Wifi.

The Android app is demanding that I use cellular data to download songs. Previously I've been able to download over wifi only. This requirment has only appeared for the fist time this month and has caused me to drastically overshoot my data limit. Th...

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  • The Android app is demanding that I use cellular data to download songs. Previously I've been able to download over wifi only. This requirment has only appeared for the fist time this month and ...
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Can not change volume in latest update (mobile)

Updated spotify on my Android phone and now there is no icon for volume control anymore. It used to be a speaker icon in the right lower corner but it is gone.Nothing to be found in dropdown menus either. No mention of it in help section.I'm tired of...

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  • Updated spotify on my Android phone and now there is no icon for volume control anymore. It used to be a speaker icon in the right lower corner but it is gone. Nothing to be found in dropdown menus ...
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Solved!! Can't press my songs directly but was working before.

I got a new phone recently but previously I was using Spotify on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4, it was working fine, I could press any song and everything and I wasn't premium, now I have a Samsung Galaxy s5 and I downloaded Spotify, logged in, and all the ...

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  • I got a new phone recently but previously I was using Spotify on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4, it was working fine, I could press any song and everything and I wasn't premium, now I have a Samsung Galaxy s...
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Release Notes - Spotify for Android (3.3.0)

What's new in this version (3.3.0) New: Say hello to our new colour. Nice, isn't it? New: You remember how you sort your playlists. Now we do too. Fixed: Some performance and stability issues. Fixed: We’ve improved scrobbling with Facebook.

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  •   What's new in this version (3.3.0)   New: Say hello to our new colour. Nice, isn't it? New: You remember how you sort your playlists. Now we do too. Fixed: Some performance an...
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Spotify Galaxy A5

Usando Wi-fi ou 4G o app trava, toca a música que quer, fica muito lento. Tenho poucos apps instalados, portanto não é a memória. Já reinstalei e nada. Pensando seriamente em procurar outro streaming. A Spotify não tem um link para resolução de probl...

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  • Usando Wi-fi ou 4G o app trava, toca a música que quer, fica muito lento. Tenho poucos apps instalados, portanto não é a memória. Já reinstalei e nada. Pensando seriamente em procurar outro streaming...
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LOST PLAYLIST!

I have lost at least 20 self-made playlists since I last logged onto my PC (Windows 10) and I have 'lost' these playlists. They are all still on my Kindle, which hasn't had any updates.. I have tried all suggestions, deleted playlist option, nothing ...

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  • I have lost at least 20 self-made playlists since I last logged onto my PC (Windows 10) and I have 'lost' these playlists. They are all still on my Kindle, which hasn't had any updates.. I have tried...
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  • LOST PLAYLIST. AGAIN.
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How to cancel account

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Frustrating Spotify bug on HTC One

Hi there First post - I was wondering if anyone else was suffering with this bug: whenever I play music from Spotify my HTC One will have a little mental breakdown and start triggering all sorts of other apps that use audio -it will try to redial the...

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  • Hi there First post - I was wondering if anyone else was suffering with this bug: whenever I play music from Spotify my HTC One will have a little mental breakdown and start triggering all sorts of...
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Bluetooth falls out between songs

Hi community, General question to the community, and the moderators:Does anyone have tips to solve bluetooth shareplay falling out between tracks on bluetooth based headset devices? The headset works perfectly fine when using other apps for playing l...

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  • Hi community,    General question to the community, and the moderators: Does anyone have tips to solve bluetooth shareplay falling out between tracks on bluetooth based headset devices?&...
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Spotify can't see offline playlists on microsd card!

I'll try to keep this as brief as possible.Device: Sony Xperia Z3Microsd: SanDisk Ultra 64gbI initially had some trouble getting the offline playlists to save to my microsd card. I have about 15gb of music I want offline, so saving it all to a micros...

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  • I'll try to keep this as brief as possible. Device: Sony Xperia Z3 Microsd: SanDisk Ultra 64gb I initially had some trouble getting the offline playlists to save to my microsd card. I have abo...
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Android Cat B15Q won't download offline songs to memory card, only on internal phone memory.

Hello everyone. I tried solving my issue, following the guide on Spotify help page.Settings, delete files and cache.But files will still be downloaded to internal phone memory, and not on the SD card.Its empty and 32GB storage. The files is around 2G...

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  • Hello everyone.   I tried solving my issue, following the guide on Spotify help page. Settings, delete files and cache. But files will still be downloaded to internal phone memory, and not o...
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Garbled Music Why?

I just moved a few songs from my PC to my phone (one at a time of course) and they all have very weird sounds. Skipping and repeating and weird noises that sound like huge water drops. Idk why this is happening, as all of my other music still works.I...

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  • I just moved a few songs from my PC to my phone (one at a time of course) and they all have very weird sounds. Skipping and repeating and weird noises that sound like huge water drops. Idk why this i...
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Random option will play through the same songs

After building a sizeable list of music on my android I noticed when using the random play i find that after a while it repeats the same set of songs in the same order. at worst the list was repeating the same 5 songs. any ideas how i can fix this wi...

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  • After building a sizeable list of music on my android I noticed when using the random play i find that after a while it repeats the same set of songs in the same order. at worst the list was repeatin...
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bluetooth

Tengo problemas con mis auriculares bluetooth en mi galaxy mega....pero solo con Spotify! De repente sale un cartel q dice que bluetooth dejo de compartir. Tambien cuando cambio de tema. Probe con el reproductor de musica, con Youtube y funciona perf...

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  • Tengo problemas con mis auriculares bluetooth en mi galaxy mega....pero solo con Spotify! De repente sale un cartel q dice que bluetooth dejo de compartir. Tambien cuando cambio de tema. Probe con el...
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