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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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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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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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private session issue

Hi! I can't find private session under settings. I have the latest version (0.7.4.608.g206da179) and I'm sure it was there when I installed the application. Thanks.

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  •   Hi!   I can't find private session under settings. I have the latest version (0.7.4.608.g206da179) and I'm sure it was there when I installed the application.   Than...
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Spotify Connect for Android - help.

Hi! I have an HTC One X with Android 4.2.2 and have the latest update for Spotify, version 7.4.610 but I can´t use Spotify Connect. The symbol for selecting speakers/receivers is not there. Is there something I have missed completly about this functi...

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  • Hi!    I have an HTC One X with Android 4.2.2 and have the latest update for Spotify, version 7.4.610 but I can´t use Spotify Connect. The symbol for selecting speakers/receivers is not...
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Connecting on a Kindle Fire HD

First of all, I can't believe there's no phone number for tech support. WTF? As for my actual problem: I am paying $10 a month for Spotify Premium and mostly what I'm paying for is access on my mobile device, which is a Kindle Fire HD. But it doesn't...

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  • First of all, I can't believe there's no phone number for tech support. WTF?   As for my actual problem: I am paying $10 a month for Spotify Premium and mostly what I'm paying for is access ...
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Replying to Inbox messages on Android

Hello everyone, I have been using Spotify for a while now, but a thing that I cannot figure out for the life of me is how to reply to messages my friends send me on my android phone. All I manage to do is view a userprofile or listen to the song they...

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  • Hello everyone,   I have been using Spotify for a while now, but a thing that I cannot figure out for the life of me is how to reply to messages my friends send me on my android phone. A...
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Missing All Notifications on Android

I have all push notifications selected ON and not one of them has come through ever. I have tested it with friends I am following and even when they star items or have any activity what so ever I see nothing. Any ideas? I am using an HTC Evo LTE. Tha...

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  • I have all push notifications selected ON and not one of them has come through ever.  I have tested it with friends I am following and even when they star items or have any activity what so ever...
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2 day trail for my phone I thought it just when to free for mobile.

I say that spotify went free for mobile just now I dl on my phone. But when I logged in to my account it says I have a 2 day free trail.

  • Casual Listener
  • I say that spotify went free for mobile just now I dl on my phone. But when I logged in to my account it says I have a 2 day free trail.
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view all albums bug

Hi,For some reason, when I pressed "view all albums," spotify auftomatically miniymized to the dashboard on my nexus 7. This happened multiple times, and it's annoying because every time it happens, I try to reopen the program. Every time I do that, ...

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  • Hi, For some reason, when I pressed "view all albums," spotify auftomatically miniymized to the dashboard on my nexus 7. This happened multiple times, and it's annoying because every time it happe...
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Are the budget Android phones still compatible with the Spotify app?

Hi, Do any of the budget Android phones run the Spotify app? Phones I'm thinking of are: Motorola Defy mini - £79 Samsung Galaxy Y - £87 Samsung Galaxy mini - £99 LG Optimus L3 - £75 These could potentially be great dedicated music players with the s...

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  • Hi,   Do any of the budget Android phones run the Spotify app? Phones I'm thinking of are: Motorola Defy mini - £79 Samsung Galaxy Y - £87 Samsung Galaxy mini - £99 LG Optimus L3 -...
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Some things for android, shuffle, songs that disappears from offline, needing to be resynced.

Hi. Im having some problems with spotify.first, where is the shuffle button? I red in the forrum some thing like "push the "i" (info) -button and there should be an option. Well guess what, it doesn't work. So i just "fakkit im makin a new post"So i ...

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  • Hi. Im having some problems with spotify. first, where is the shuffle button? I red in the forrum some thing like "push the "i" (info) -button and there should be an option. Well guess what, it does...
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Solved!! Offline content is always removed after upgrades

Dear Community, Why is it that whenever my Android **bleep**ify app is upgraded it insists I log on? I don't mind the login process so much as I hate the fact all my offline content (playlist) is removed every time this happens. Why on earth does thi...

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  • Dear Community,   Why is it that whenever my Android **bleep**ify app is upgraded it insists I log on?   I don't mind the login process so much as I hate the fact all my offline con...
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I accidentally created a playlist with emoji and now the app won't start.

I created a new playlist with emoji in the title. Now the app won't start and it keeps crashing. How should I fix this?

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  • I created a new playlist with emoji in the title. Now the app won't start and it keeps crashing. How should I fix  this?
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Spotify dont send Track Infos over Bluetooth in Notification Mode

Description Trackinfos over Bluetooth not getting Transfered while Spotify runs as Notification / Phone locked => Spotify starting up over Bluetooth Pairing What are the steps you took to get to the error/issue? When start Driving in my BMW Car, Blue...

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  • Description Trackinfos over Bluetooth not getting Transfered while Spotify runs as Notification / Phone locked => Spotify starting up over Bluetooth Pairing   What are the steps you t...
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free spitify shuffle only version stops all time

I had premium but now only have the new one where you can only have shuffled songs and radio but the longer I listen the more it just stops playing,now after an hour its like every ten seconds,I have to hit play again each time

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  • I had premium but now only have the new one where you can only have shuffled songs and radio but the longer I listen the more it just stops playing,now after an hour its like every ten seconds,I have...
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Android app using too much data? Post details here

Hello this morning, I've listened (picking) some songs in Spotify Premium, for an hour but not playing all the time. The surprise has been when my phone provider has sent me a notice that my amount of data for this month !is finished!. I've accessed ...

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  • Hello this morning, I've listened (picking) some songs in Spotify Premium, for an hour but not playing all the time. The surprise has been when my phone provider has sent me a notice that my amount...
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Friends feature on Android app is a joke

It's annoying that there's no way for people who don't log in through facebook to add friends on the Android app. I know a lot of people who only use the app, and not the desktop client. Despite this, I followed the online comments for adding friends...

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  • It's annoying that there's no way for people who don't log in through facebook to add friends on the Android app.   I know a lot of people who only use the app, and not the desktop client. ...
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Solved!! local file help needed!

Sooooooo........ all my music syncs from my computer to my phone just fine. All of them but the local files that is. any suggestions or help would be appreciated:) DJ

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  • Sooooooo........ all my music syncs from my computer to my phone just fine. All of them but the local files that is. any suggestions or help would be appreciated:)   DJ
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SGS3 freezes once or twice a day since I installed Spotify

My SGS3 has been as reliable as one can expect any smart phone to be for the last 18 months. For the first time I installed Spotify, just two days ago, and since then the phone has totally frozen five or six times. Even though Spotify has not been ru...

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  • My SGS3 has been as reliable as one can expect any smart phone to be for the last 18 months.   For the first time I installed Spotify, just two days ago, and since then the phone has totally...
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Spotify mobile (android) won't play songs I purchased through iTunes

I bought an album through iTunes. It shows up in Local Files on Spotify's desktop platform. I can listen to the songs in Local Files. Then I dragged the album into a playlist on my computer. I can still listen to the songs on my desktop through that ...

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  • I bought an album through iTunes. It shows up in Local Files on Spotify's desktop platform. I can listen to the songs in Local Files. Then I dragged the album into a playlist on my computer. I can st...
  • Joe
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shuffle ALL songs in ALL playlists!!!

Right this is stupid, so you can't play all songs downloaded on random for all playlists! !!!!!!?????That's just rubbish

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  • Right this is stupid, so you can't play all songs downloaded on random for all playlists! !!!!!!????? That's just rubbish 😞
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Solved!! Can't find phone in desktop client

Hey, at first let me tell you that I am aware that I am not the only one with this problem, but all the other solutions I found didn't work... The problem is that I don't see my phone under the device-menu on the desktop client What have I tried so f...

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  • Hey,   at first let me tell you that I am aware that I am not the only one with this problem, but all the other solutions I found didn't work...   The problem is that I don't see my...
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