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Solved!! 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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External Sound System Help

Question:I am new to Spotify and so far LOVE it! The one thing I am interested in doing is plugging my phone into an exteral sound system. I have a "boom box" that has a jack that hooks up to my iPod and plays the songs from it. I have been able to d...

  • Casual Listener
  • Question: I am new to Spotify and so far LOVE it!  The one thing I am interested in doing is plugging my phone into an exteral sound system.  I have a "boom box" that has a jack that hooks...
  • Daniel
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Issues with the app

I'm having an issue with the spotify app. Up until now, everything was working fine. Since yesterday, when I go to try and find a song on spotify thru Soundhound, it comes up with the list from the pc version all loading. It's never done this before ...

  • Gig Goer
  • I'm having an issue with the spotify app. Up until now, everything was working fine. Since yesterday, when I go to try and find a song on spotify thru Soundhound, it comes up with the list from the p...
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How do I report broken tracks?

The track "Here I Come" by The Roots, on the album Game Theory streams perfectly on the desktop and mobile (Android) apps, but if I download the track to my phone for offline use (Extreme Quality) the song is silent from the 1:16 mark.

  • Newbie
  • The track "Here I Come" by The Roots, on the album Game Theory streams perfectly on the desktop and mobile (Android) apps, but if I download the track to my phone for offline use (Extreme Quality) th...
  • Jordi
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Cannot view complete track titles

Hello 1. Where is Spotify support - their response is appalling to non-existent. 2. It's a simple question. If you are listening to classical music, the display on the phone only shows the name of the symphony etc... you cannot see which movement is ...

  • Newbie
  • Hello   1. Where is Spotify support - their response is appalling to non-existent.   2. It's a simple question. If you are listening to classical music, the display on the phone onl...
  • Daniel
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Spotify Connect Issue

Spotify is playing on my tablet, and I'm using "spotify connect" on cellphone.The lock screen show spotify app to control music. But sometimes not. In that case, only when unlock cellphone and I can see spotify in notification bar, but has no more sy...

  • Newbie
  • Spotify is playing on my tablet, and I'm using "spotify connect" on cellphone. The lock screen show spotify app to control music. But sometimes not. In that case, only when unlock cellphone and I ca...
  • Daniel
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surface pro 2

under my music, my playlists do not appear.  any ideas?

  • Casual Listener
  • under my music, my playlists do not appear.  any ideas?
  • Daniel
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spotify dont uses the whole space on sdcard

i have a lg g3 with 32gb sd card. if there is only ~11gb free on the sd card spotify stops downloading "offline" music. the internal storage has about 8gb left. why? there is no option to say spotify to go ahead with downloading? any solutions for th...

  • Casual Listener
  • i have a lg g3 with 32gb sd card.   if there is only ~11gb free on the sd card spotify stops downloading "offline" music. the internal storage has about 8gb left.   why? there is no...
  • Daniel
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No Internet Connection - Samsung Note 3

So, this is an issue I've been having for a long time across multiple phones. I'll open the app on my phone and it'll say that I don't have an Internet connection. Sometimes restarting the app or the phone will fix the problem, other times I simply h...

  • Regular
  • So, this is an issue I've been having for a long time across multiple phones. I'll open the app on my phone and it'll say that I don't have an Internet connection. Sometimes restarting the app or the...
  • Daniel
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Solved!! help with spotify connect

I have a problem and I am unable to solve. Me and my father uses the same account spotify, both in online mode, but when he's listening to a song and I also happens a kind of interference, the music I'm listening also plays on his cell phone, and he ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a problem and I am unable to solve. Me and my father uses the same account spotify, both in online mode, but when he's listening to a song and I also happens a kind of interference, the music ...
  • Daniel
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Saved songs

Is there a way to find out how many songs in your saved music within the android app? I know you can see how many songs are in your playlists but I don't see how many I have in my saved songs. I don't know if I'm close to the 10,000 limit or not.

  • Music Fan
  • Is there a way to find out how many songs in your saved music within the android app? I know you can see how many songs are in your playlists but I don't see how many I have in my saved songs. I don'...
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Xperia Z2 tablet + unlimited

I have a Sony Xperia z2 tablet and iPad + Spotify unlimited. For some reason I get only shuffle feature in my Xperia tablet, iPad is working without problems. Is Spotify interpreting my Z2 tablet as Android phone???

  • Newbie
  • I have a Sony Xperia z2 tablet and iPad + Spotify unlimited. For some reason I get only shuffle feature in my Xperia tablet, iPad is working without problems. Is Spotify interpreting my Z2 tablet as ...
  • SuperWisdom
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Android 4.4.4 Lockscreen Widget is missing.

Is there a know Issue with on the Nexus5 ? I dont got the Spotify Widget on the Lockscren. Also i cant find it in the List of Lockscreen Widgets...

  • Casual Listener
  • Is there a know Issue with on the Nexus5 ? I dont got the Spotify Widget on the Lockscren. Also i cant find it in the List of Lockscreen Widgets...
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Solved!! Certain Tracks from my personal library are not available

I have a Nexus 5 running Android 4.4.4, have the latest update to Spotify, am a premium user have only 8600 tracks on my iTunes but still can't listen to all of my tracks. Like for some playlists I can only listen to listen to certain tracks. The res...

  • Regular
  • I have a Nexus 5 running Android 4.4.4, have the latest update to Spotify, am a premium user have only 8600 tracks on my iTunes but still can't listen to all of my tracks. Like for some playlists I c...
  • Daniel
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Solved!! How to disable Spotify Connect

Hi, since a few days my Samsung s4mini displays the songs which i hear on my pc. In the Connect options of the phone i can only chose between the two devices (PC and phone), but cant disable it. In the device option on the PC it says "conncected to s...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   since a few days my Samsung s4mini displays the songs which i hear on my pc. In the Connect options of the phone i can only chose between the two devices (PC and phone), but cant disab...
  • Narut
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songs skipping ahead

Im a premium account user and my Spotify keeps skipping ahead songs when using my Android app on my HTC One phone. This happens with synch, playlists and normal streaming with and without headphones. I have tried factory reset of my phone and uninsta...

  • Casual Listener
  • Im a premium account user and my Spotify keeps skipping ahead songs when using my Android app on my HTC One phone. This happens with synch, playlists and normal streaming with and without headphones....
  • Daniel
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spotify Grey screen

Recently after re-instaling the spotify app I do only get a Grey screen with a not working menu button.On Xperia t android 4.3. Does somebody know how to solvent this problem?

  • Casual Listener
  • Recently after re-instaling the spotify app I do only get a Grey screen with a not working menu button. On Xperia t android 4.3. Does somebody know how to solvent this problem?
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How to "disconnect" by android phone and laptop?

I want to use them for different playlists and I don't want one to change the other one. It worked the way I wanted it until I upgraded the laptop version of spotify and I want to change it back to the way it was. I cannot see any options to do this.

  • Roadie
  • I want to use them for different playlists and I don't want one to change the other one.   It worked the way I wanted it until I upgraded the laptop version of spotify and I want to change i...
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Losing last playing track when closing and re-opening app after a while

Hi all. I'm a Premium user, using Spotify 1.4.0.631 on a Nexus 5 with Android 4.4.4. Here's the typical situation where I find the bug I wish to report: - I download tracks to listen in offline mode - I play offline music, then later I pause a track ...

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  • Hi all. I'm a Premium user, using Spotify 1.4.0.631 on a Nexus 5 with Android 4.4.4. Here's the typical situation where I find the bug I wish to report:   - I download tracks to listen in of...
  • Daniel
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Spotify crashes when opening open.spotify.com link.

Today I was trying to open a song from the browser. But spotify keeps crashing when opening the link.

  • Casual Listener
  • Today I was trying to open a song from the browser. But spotify keeps crashing when opening the link.
  • Daniel
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Solved!! Spotify crashes / shuts down Note 3

Description When I listen on Note 3, after a while of changing the songs the sound is gone and after a few second the phone restarts or shuts down. Spotify is in version premium. Issue appears in offline mode, as well as online mode. What are the ste...

  • Newbie
  • Description When I listen on Note 3, after a while of changing the songs the sound is gone and after a few second the phone restarts or shuts down. Spotify is in version premium. Issue appears in o...
  • Daniel
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