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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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I Don't Want to sink my phone to my laptop

How do I get rid of the syncing from my laptop to my Android phone? I don't want my laptop to play the same music as it does on my phone. I can be in class listening to music on my laptop and it will start playing on my phone. I want to stop this con...

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  • How do I get rid of the syncing from my laptop to my Android phone? I don't want my laptop to play the same music as it does on my phone. I can be in class listening to music on my laptop and it will...
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Available space and songs

I apologize if this has been previously addressed, I have searched around, but how about adding an info feature showing number of offline songs and amount of space being used by that music on your device? I'm saying because I'm pretty sure that the f...

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  • I apologize if this has been previously addressed, I have searched around, but how about adding an info feature showing number of offline songs and amount of space being used by that music on yo...
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Not going to upgrade to premium

It seems that every annoyance is solved by upgrading to premium. I was open to upgrading to premium when I downloaded Spotify to give it a try. But it seems like the free version is intentionally annoying just to suck people into subscribing. I'm afr...

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  • It seems that every annoyance is solved by upgrading to premium.  I was open to upgrading to premium when I downloaded Spotify to give it a try.  But it seems like the free version is inten...
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moving the app to sd card

How do i move the app to the sd card, iv moved the music across but for some reason my phone is counting the music saved on the sd card in the total phone memory stopping my phone from doing any updates/downloads and keeps bugging me ever 30 seconds ...

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  • How do i move the app to the sd card, iv moved the music across but for some reason my phone is counting the music saved on the sd card in the total phone memory stopping my phone from doing any upda...
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Spotify Connect Problem - Wrong track shown on Smartphone

Hello, im expieriencing the following problem: The Spotify Application plays music on my PC. I'm using the Spotify App on my Android Smartphone (Galaxy S4) to control which tracks are played on my PC. It happens almost all times, that my Smartphone s...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   im expieriencing the following problem:   The Spotify Application plays music on my PC. I'm using the Spotify App on my Android Smartphone (Galaxy S4) to control which tr...
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I have a Sony z3 and a vsx2021 av receiver von Pioneer. Spotify doesen't Play music over WLAN

I have a Sony z3 and a vsx2021 av receiver von Pioneer. Spotify doesen't Play music over WLAN other musicplayer do over throw. I also can find my vsx with the Pioneer app can somebody help me

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  • I have a Sony z3 and a vsx2021 av receiver von Pioneer. Spotify doesen't Play music over WLAN other musicplayer do over throw. I also can find my vsx with the Pioneer app can somebody help me
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it crashes on Android 4.4.4 (samsung note 4)

Hi,when I open spotify, it loads Browse menu too slowly and also it slows down my phone. In addition to these, sometimes it crashes while a song is loading. I have already reinstalled the application but the problem isn't solved.Please solve this pro...

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  • Hi, when I open spotify, it loads Browse menu too slowly and also it slows down my phone. In addition to these, sometimes it crashes while a song is loading. I have already reinstalled the applica...
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Solved!! Saved songs dissapeared

I was trying to add a song to my saved songs list on my phone and out of nowhere, all my saved songs dissapered exept for the one I had just added. However they are all still saved on the desktop version of spotify. How can I sync them all back to my...

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  • I was trying to add a song to my saved songs list on my phone and out of nowhere, all my saved songs dissapered exept for the one I had just added. However they are all still saved on the desktop ver...
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Nexus 5 connecting to Car radio Via Usb. Spotify Doesn't Work

Spotify simply doesn't work through the stereo. The auxilary cable works with spotify but for some reason the usb doesn't.I have USB debugging enabled. i have the song playing. i have tried turning it off and on again. i have made sure that the stere...

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  • Spotify simply doesn't work through the stereo. The auxilary cable works with spotify but for some reason the usb doesn't. I have USB debugging enabled. i have the song playing. i have tried turni...
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Solved!! Transfer my albums and playlists from my Samsung Galaxy 3 phone to my wife's Galaxy 3

My wife and I both have Samsung Galaxy 3s android phones. We each have downloaded the Spotify app to our phones. I have already constructed quite an extensive collection of albums and two playlists on my phone. Is there a way to transfer those albums...

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  • My wife and I both have Samsung Galaxy 3s android phones. We each have downloaded the Spotify app to our phones. I have already constructed quite an extensive collection of albums and two playlists o...
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3 month subscription before Jan 1st

I used the promotion that they were offering for the one dollar for three months. I used a ten dollar gift card to pay for it. I had premium for the first month, but after the first month, my premium expired. Can someone please tell me what's going o...

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  • I used the promotion that they were offering for the one dollar for three months. I used a ten dollar gift card to pay for it. I had premium for the first month, but after the first month, my premium...
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hopeless app!

ok sorry i realise i hacked off with the app right now as I've just tried to listen to a specific offline playlist, and couldn't ..firstly the app is soooo slow to load and sort itself out these days..secondly the album i had tried to save offline an...

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  • ok sorry i realise i hacked off with the app right now as I've just tried to listen to a specific offline playlist, and couldn't 😞 ..firstly the app is soooo slow to load and sort itself out these ...
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stops once I open the app

when I open the app it says "spotify has stopped." I have uninstalled & installed the app but it does the same thing. I'm not sure what else to do?

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  • when I open the app it says "spotify has stopped." I have uninstalled & installed the app but it does the same thing. I'm not sure what else to do?
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Intrusive Spotify - conutdown to uninstall

On my Galaxy S5 with Android 5, Spotify is intrusive that it makes you wander what the guys have been smoking...! Can you believe it, every time you restart yor telephone Spotify TAKE OVER THE WHOLE SCREE and deman that you sign into Spotify. And the...

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  • On my Galaxy S5 with Android 5, Spotify is intrusive that it makes you wander what the guys have been smoking...!   Can you believe it, every time you restart yor telephone Spotify TAKE OVER...
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problem after lollipop update

Hi there, I updated to lollipop today and spotify doesn't want to work offline. It appears to be playing the music but not recognising that it's a media player as I can't change the volume of the music and no sound is coming out of the song I'm playi...

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  • Hi there, I updated to lollipop today and spotify doesn't want to work offline. It appears to be playing the music but not recognising that it's a media player as I can't change the volume of the mus...
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Spotify still pauses for notification even after the latest update

Spotify on Android still pauses for notification even after the latest update. How can I fix this?

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  • Spotify on Android still pauses for notification even after the latest update.  How can I fix this?
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Spotify not working offline

Description I've been having problems with spotify in android since the last updatewhen not on wifi. Since I have a pretty limited data plan , most of the time it's off ( or simply already spended it ). So when using Spotify without a internet connec...

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  • Description   I've been having problems with spotify in android since the last updatewhen not on wifi. Since I have a pretty limited data plan , most of the time it's off ( or simply already...
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Limit Play Queue to just one play of album

Hi, when I use Spotify at night, I only want it to play an album once and stop there but it seems very difficult to get Spotify to do this. I want to be able to fall asleep listeing to music and not have music playing all night. I create playlists fo...

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  • Hi, when I use Spotify at night, I only want it to play an album once and stop there but it seems very difficult to get Spotify to do this. I want to be able to fall asleep listeing to music and not ...
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Solved!! Help a fellow Android bud.

How do you delete a band off of My Music?

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  • How do you delete a band off of My Music?
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BUG : "Mood" list when clicking in "Top" list :( / spotify Android Sony Z3 Compact

Hi guys & girls,On Android 4.4 , Sony Z3 compact, when i click on "Top" list, to listen to the Top songs, I'm directed to the "Mood" list Any idea?Thxxx.

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  • Hi guys & girls, On Android 4.4 , Sony Z3 compact, when i click on "Top" list, to listen to the Top songs, I'm directed to the "Mood" list 😞 Any idea? Thxxx.
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