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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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libspotify music_delivery is not called

I am integrating libspotify with an android app using ndk and I am able to create session, login and successfully load a track. However after the track is loaded (I have te track name and duration) and I call sp_session_player_play with result of SP_...

  • Newbie
  • I am integrating libspotify with an android app using ndk and I am able to create session, login and successfully load a track. However after the track is loaded (I have te track name and duration) a...
  • Joe
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Spotify Beta Testing

Spotify PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE open a Google Play beta commuinity on Google+. You can test new releases with the community here in a controlled way and we can revert to the full release if you broke something important/didn't test the release properly.

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  • Spotify PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE open a Google Play beta commuinity on Google+. You can test new releases with the community here in a controlled way and we can revert to the full release if you broke so...
  • cmcewen
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Sharing playlist - confusion

Hi all, I have Spotify premium on an andriod device (HTC One m8) and getting very confused trying to share a playlist with a friend. Neither of us are on facebook, she is listed as a friend on spotify and, it looks as though we are both following eac...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all, I have Spotify premium on an andriod device (HTC One m8) and getting very confused trying to share a playlist with a friend. Neither of us are on facebook, she is listed as a friend on spotif...
  • Joe
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Solved!! Payment Error "Contact With Your Bank"

Because of an unknown issue i constantly get payment problem error from Spotify. It says "the payment payment could not be performed, contact with your bank." The card is working completely (personally tested), so it's not the card. And this is not t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Because of an unknown issue i constantly get payment problem error from Spotify. It says "the payment payment could not be performed, contact with your bank." The card is working completely (personal...
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Removing songs on the run ... HELP

I used to use the "starred" playlist to remove songs I didn't want on that playlist by simply "unstarring" them. Now on my phone I've noticed that it is no longer a feature. I want to be able to remove songs from a playlist while using my Android pho...

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  • I used to use the "starred" playlist to remove songs I didn't want on that playlist by simply "unstarring" them.   Now on my phone I've noticed that it is no longer a feature.  I want t...
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How do I find artists I'm following?

I want to play Spotify on my tablet at my office but the CONNECT feature keeps starting Spotify on my Android smartphone where it is also installed and shows it in "play". It keeps interferring with my bluetooth and cell calls... I ONLY want it to pl...

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  • I want to play Spotify on my tablet at my office but the CONNECT feature keeps starting Spotify on my Android smartphone where it is also installed and shows it in "play".  It keeps interferring...
  • Joe
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Space is already Free...?!

Hey Guys, im using spotify since 6 months!? So now my Problem is, my phone cannot Download anymore tracks but my phone says that ive got more then 15 GB Freespace, how can i switch the downloaded files to another Memory? Greeting from Hamburg

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey Guys,   im using spotify since 6 months!?   So now my Problem is, my phone cannot Download anymore tracks but my phone says that ive got more then 15 GB Freespace, how can i swi...
  • Joe
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Android: Please improve current song buffering

Hello, I’m using Spotity (lastest version) for android 4.1 and set music as "extreme quality". It works well, even on 3G+. However, the single song buffer works systematically bad on Wifi (sometimes on 3G too). I’ve tested my wifi bandiwth and it’s q...

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  • Hello, I’m using Spotity (lastest version) for android 4.1 and set music as "extreme quality". It works well, even on 3G+. However, the single song buffer works systematically bad on Wifi (someti...
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Songs not available offline

On the new app for android they seem to have got rid of the star system but now you save the songs. But this means it doesnt add it into a playlist so i cannot download them to be available offline. Is there a way? I dont want to add them all into a ...

  • Visitor
  • On the new app for android they seem to have got rid of the star system but now you save the songs. But this means it doesnt add it into a playlist so i cannot download them to be available offline. ...
  • Joe
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Spotify shuts off during bootup on Samsung S4

Ever since the KitKat update, whenever I start spotify it says "The process spotify has been stopped" (Pure guessing on the exact text as I'm just translating it from the Swedish "Spotify har stoppats.". Nothing works when I attempt to fix it. I've t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Ever since the KitKat update, whenever I start spotify it says "The process spotify has been stopped" (Pure guessing on the exact text as I'm just translating it from the Swedish "Spotify har stoppat...
  • Joe
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Offline Playlist Randomly Deleted Repeatedly.

I'm fairly sure it isn't because if the device limit, but my playlists on my three offline devices (My android phone and tablet and my windows 7 desktop) and I really cannot figure out why. Its been playing up ever since I have started to use the ser...

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  • I'm fairly sure it isn't because if the device limit, but my playlists on my three offline devices (My android phone and tablet and my windows 7 desktop) and I really cannot figure out why. Its been ...
  • Joe
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HTC One - Downloaded songs randomly skip - Premium User

Hi, A very frustrating issue which is annoying and cant seem to find any solution for anywhere.I have a HTC One, with the latest version of Spotfy from the Play Store.Download songs will randomly skip only when played through headphones . Have reinst...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, A very frustrating issue which is annoying and cant seem to find any solution for anywhere. I have a HTC One, with the latest version of Spotfy from the Play Store. Download songs will ...
  • Joe
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Spotify doesn't recognize my phone

LG 4x HD, Tried to add some local datas after about ~3 Months without adding new local datas. Spotify wont recognize my phone and thus not download any local stuff.. Spotify isnt blocked by my firewall. Tried reinstalling the app and desktop version....

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  • LG 4x HD, Tried to add some local datas after about ~3 Months without adding new local datas. Spotify wont recognize my phone and thus not download any local stuff.. Spotify isnt blocked by my firewa...
  • Joe
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Nothing is working!

I've been using my sister'a spotify account for a while because she has unlimited, so I decided to sign up for unlimited myself and use my account. It's been 5 days, and I've had nothing but problems. I can't get any of my music offline like I could ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been using my sister'a spotify account for a while because she has unlimited, so I decided to sign up for unlimited myself and use my account. It's been 5 days, and I've had nothing but problems...
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All playlists removed from device

Today I opened spotify on my mobile to find all the playlists that I had marked as "available offline" were reset and all the music was gone. What happened here, and how can I revert that? It was especially annoying since I was on a long trip and did...

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  • Today I opened spotify on my mobile to find all the playlists that I had marked as "available offline" were reset and all the music was gone. What happened here, and how can I revert that? It was e...
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premium devices

Got a new phone yesterday and i went to download my playlists on my device. Turned on my tablet to find everything had been undownloaded as i had more than 3 devices. Reset my devices as suggested and downloaded again on 3 devices only. Went to turn ...

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  • Got a new phone yesterday and i went to download my playlists on my device. Turned on my tablet to find everything had been undownloaded as i had more than 3 devices. Reset my devices as suggested an...
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Solved!! Internet problem

Hello everybody. I have problems to use Spotify on Wi-Fi with Android. I can connect and use the application, but when the phone system is some idle time, the application disconnects from the internet and I have to open the application again to re-co...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everybody. I have problems to use Spotify on Wi-Fi with Android. I can connect and use the application, but when the phone system is some idle time, the application disconnects from the interne...
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Solved!! queue isnt resetting like it used to

Hi guys, before the latest version if I selected a playlist im sure it would reset my queue but would retain hard added tracks. Tonight I noticed that the queue seems to be cumulating/duplicating my choices. I.e chose shuffle playlist1 and then again...

  • Roadie
  • Hi guys, before the latest version if I selected a playlist im sure it would reset my queue but would retain hard added tracks. Tonight I noticed that the queue seems to be cumulating/duplicating my ...
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Forced to resync songs to offline mode

Hi guys, I have a problem with Spotify's offline mode. I can sync songs to my external sd card just fine; however, the songs do not stay synced. While in offline mode, the songs will suddenly become unavailable after an hour of unuse or after restart...

  • Music Fan
  • Hi guys,   I have a problem with Spotify's offline mode. I can sync songs to my external sd card just fine; however, the songs do not stay synced. While in offline mode, the songs will sudde...
  • Joe
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Solved!! 'Browse' and 'Discover' tab gone frome mobile app after the new update

Hey everyone, I updated to the newest version of Spotify a few days ago, and so far I'm loving it, but I have one really annoying bug. The 'Browse' and 'Discover' tabs have disappeared from my phone menu after this update. I still have them on my com...

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  • Hey everyone,   I updated to the newest version of Spotify a few days ago, and so far I'm loving it, but I have one really annoying bug.   The 'Browse' and 'Discover' tabs have disa...
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