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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 Radio missing in Android App

The Radio icon is missing in my Spotify app on both my Android phones? It was previously there. I'm currently running version 1.2.0.534 on both phones. One is a Galaxy Note 3 the other is a Moto G (3G edition). Both phones have all the latest Android...

  • Casual Listener
  • The Radio icon is missing in my Spotify app on both my Android phones?  It was previously there.  I'm currently running version 1.2.0.534 on both phones.  One is a Galaxy Note 3 the ot...
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Solved!! Spotify playing downloaded songs, but no sound. Works fine with streamed songs.

Hi there! I've been encountering this issue for the past few days ever since formatting my phone (HTC One M8), downloaded my playlists over to my phone, resynced everything and tried to play a few of my downloaded/local songs. However, no sound was h...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi there! I've been encountering this issue for the past few days ever since formatting my phone (HTC One M8), downloaded my playlists over to my phone, resynced everything and tried to play a few ...
  • Daniel
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Slow Spotify - Galaxy S4 CyanogenMod

Hi, Over the weekend I performed a updated to my galaxy s4 courtesy of samsung. Unfortunately this meant my phone randomly restarted so I've had to put a custom rom on it which is actually running really well a lot better than having Samsung's offici...

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  • Hi,   Over the weekend I performed a updated to my galaxy s4 courtesy of samsung. Unfortunately this meant my phone randomly restarted so I've had to put a custom rom on it which is actually...
  • Daniel
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Solved!! Song details

When you're logged in on your Android, is there a way to show how long the song is and how far into the song you are? I can see it on my computer, but not on my phone and I really need to be able to judge when the song is going to end because I'm dev...

  • Casual Listener
  • When you're logged in on your Android, is there a way to show how long the song is and how far into the song you are? I can see it on my computer, but not on my phone and I really need to be able to ...
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[Bug][Android][Bluetooth]

Hello, I find a bug and would like to share it with Spoify. Requirments: 1) Android Phone 2) Bluetooth media player Steps to reproduce: 1) Connect android phone to Bluethooth media (in my case it is my car - Tayota Prius)2) Start playing music from S...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I find a bug and would like to share it with Spoify.   Requirments: 1) Android Phone 2) Bluetooth media player   Steps to reproduce: 1) Connect android phone to Bluetho...
  • Briksins
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Microphone activated while listening to music on Spotify

Hello everyone, I'm listening to my music with my brand new Beats Mixr headset and so far, so good. But recently, I came across a little problem (maybe bigger than little after all) that is bugging me : I hear everything that is going on through my m...

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  • Hello everyone,   I'm listening to my music with my brand new Beats Mixr headset and so far, so good. But recently, I came across a little problem (maybe bigger than little after all) that i...
  • Daniel
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Release Notes - Spotify for Android (1.0.0.70) Sony Experia / Android 4.4.4

I've just downloaded Spotify on my new phone Sony Experia / Android 4.4.4. But it won't start. I get the message ~"Spotify is unfortunately stopped" with an option to send an error report, which I have done. I'm signed up for Premium. Any clues? //Af...

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  • I've just downloaded Spotify on my new phone Sony Experia / Android 4.4.4.  But it won't start. I get the message ~"Spotify is unfortunately stopped" with an option to send an error report,...
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Solved!! I can not delete my subscription to a list

Hola, desde hace mucho tiempo estoy intentando dejar de seguir la lista http://open.spotify.com/user/josemanuelp10/top/tracks pero es imposible!! siempre vuelve a aparecer, una y otra vez. Esto me sucede tanto en la versión PC como en Android e Ipad....

  • Casual Listener
  • Hola, desde hace mucho tiempo estoy intentando dejar de seguir la lista  http://open.spotify.com/user/josemanuelp10/top/tracks pero es imposible!! siempre vuelve a aparecer, una y otra vez. Es...
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Playlist won't update to cell

So, I just deleted every track on my starred playlist. I then proceded to add some 500 songs to the same playlist (some new, some old). The starred playlist on my cell won't update to match the new playlist on my computer - it shows the same songs as...

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  • So, I just deleted every track on my starred playlist. I then proceded to add some 500 songs to the same playlist (some new, some old). The starred playlist on my cell won't update to match the new p...
  • Daniel
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Can't log into Spotify via facebook - No keyboard appearing

I've been trying to log into Spotify on my xperia SP through facebook but I'm unable to because when I try to enter my email and password, no keyboard is appearing. I've tried reinstalling the app and using a different keyboard (even though it's work...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been trying to log into Spotify on my xperia SP through facebook but I'm unable to because when I try to enter my email and password, no keyboard is appearing. I've tried reinstalling the app an...
  • Daniel
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Kindle Fire Skipping Tracks

To whom it may concern, I use spotify frequently on my kindle (and it's freaking awesome), but there's just one nuisance. When I shuffle play spotify works perfectly fine, but when I tap on a specific song, it skips to the next song after that (next ...

  • Gig Goer
  • To whom it may concern, I use spotify frequently on my kindle (and it's freaking awesome), but there's just one nuisance. When I shuffle play spotify works perfectly fine, but when I tap on a speci...
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search bar - oops, something went wrong! try again...

He guys!, I am using the android app on my HTC One M8. I can't search for any music, it just says something went wrong and to try again. Clicking try again does nothing. All my saved music seems to be working fine. Anyone got any ideas?

  • Casual Listener
  • He guys!, I am using the android app on my HTC One M8. I can't search for any music, it just says something went wrong and to try again. Clicking try again does nothing. All my saved music seems to b...
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Equaliser apps not working

For some reason, neither android music fx or equalizer app are working.Using a Samsung s4. Tried adapt sound setting with music unchecked, reinstalling equalizer, to no avail.When you set it to android equaliser, you can play with the equaliser slide...

  • Casual Listener
  • For some reason, neither android music fx or equalizer app are working. Using a Samsung s4. Tried adapt sound setting with music unchecked, reinstalling equalizer, to no avail. When you set it to a...
  • Peter__
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Own music not able to play with Spotify Connect

Hi, Today (as any regular day) i was using spotify with the connect feature to stream music to my Gramofon. I have several albums on my computer which i couldn't find on Spotify so i created a playlist and synced the music to my HTC One. After the sy...

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  • Hi, Today (as any regular day) i was using spotify with the connect feature to stream music to my Gramofon. I have several albums on my computer which i couldn't find on Spotify so i created a...
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Local files and the 3,333 offline sync limit

Could someone please clarify for me the handling of local files towards the limit of 3,333 offline tracks. It looks as if a local track is available in the Spotify catalog, it will be counted in the quota. See attachment - the first entry links to a ...

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  • Could someone please clarify for me the handling of local files towards the limit of 3,333 offline tracks.   It looks as if a local track is available in the Spotify catalog, it will be coun...
  • Peter__
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Spotify without facebook

I'm deleting facebook and still wish to keep my spotify and music, is there anything I could do? I don't want a Facebook anymore.

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  • I'm deleting facebook and still wish to keep my spotify and music, is there anything I could do? I don't want a Facebook anymore.
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audio problems with the spotify kindle version

when I stream spotify from my kindle fire hdx to the bluetooth speaker it fades or yiu miss part of the sound thlryed it on a ipad 1 and it works why not on the Kindle?

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  • when I stream spotify from my kindle fire hdx to the bluetooth speaker it fades or yiu miss part of the sound thlryed it on a ipad 1 and it works why not on the Kindle?
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It just keeps shuffling!

Can anyone explain to me why Spotify seems to continue operating in the background after I "exit" out of the app? If i pause a song and leave the app, and then come back later to resume listening to that song, a new song is playing and is already in ...

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  • Can anyone explain to me why Spotify seems to continue operating in the background after I "exit" out of the app?   If i pause a song and leave the app, and then come back later to resume li...
  • Peter__
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my starred playlist wont download

All of my playlists work if I download to be available offline except for my starred playlist. I have tried in downloading all of my playlists except from this one but this doesn't work. Larger playlists download without a problem....

  • Newbie
  • All of my playlists work if I download to be available offline except for my starred playlist. I have tried in downloading all of my playlists except from this one but this doesn't work. Larger playl...
  • Peter__
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Android does not detect PC in Deices

My PC detects my Android but not the reverse.  Please help.

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  • My PC detects my Android but not the reverse.  Please help.
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