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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!! What kind of android do I need to install Spotify on my mobile?

Hi guys, I would like to know what kind of android do I need to download Spotify on my mobile and use spotify premium app. Is 2.3 enough? help!

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  • Hi guys,     I would like to know what kind of android do I need to download Spotify on my mobile and use spotify premium app. Is 2.3 enough?   help! 🙂
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Spotify Android; This item cannot be installed in your device's country

Hi, It seems it is no longer possible to download the Spotify APK from m.spotify.com - the URL now redirects to the main website. Is there somewhere else I can download Spotify for Android from? Google Play store is not an option because I am very ra...

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  • Hi,   It seems it is no longer possible to download the Spotify APK from m.spotify.com - the URL now redirects to the main website. Is there somewhere else I can download Spotify for Android...
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offline playlist

Hi, Sorry for the english, I'm French. I have spotify on my PC and on my phone with android , I'm premium user and I have several playlist that I put offline to listen everywhere, but one of my offline playlist I have to synchronize her each time I o...

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  • Hi,   Sorry for the english, I'm French.   I have spotify on my PC and on my phone with android , I'm premium user and I have  several playlist that I put offline to listen eve...
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Android app using too much data? Post details here

2013-01-09: This topic is now being continued in the new bugs section. 2012-12-06: Our engineers feel that they've gotten closer to identifying the issue. Not to get too technical, it may have something to do with some code that's buried deep in the ...

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  • 2013-01-09: This topic is now being continued in the new bugs section.   2012-12-06: Our engineers feel that they've gotten closer to identifying the issue. Not to get too technical, it may ...
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Spotify Crashing

Hey! Since a few days ago, my app on the Android is crashing. I thought it was a matter of updating the system and I did it 2 days ago to to Android version 4.0.4, but it's still stoping all of a sudden after 2-3 minutes playing a song. This doesn't ...

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  • Hey! Since a few days ago, my app on the Android is crashing. I thought it was a matter of updating the system and I did it 2 days ago to to Android version 4.0.4, but it's still stoping all of a sud...
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Premium Version Needs to be Sortable!!!

I have seen a lot of comment on this, but I am posting this in HOPES that someone at Spotify will see this. First of all, I love Spotify. I reccomend it to all my friends. I love how I can just click and download, DONE. I even signed up with the prem...

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  • I have seen a lot of comment on this, but I am posting this in HOPES that someone at Spotify will see this.   First of all, I love Spotify. I reccomend it to all my friends. I love how I can...
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Syncing local files

I am trying to sync a song which is not avaible in my location (UK) I have the song as a local file and add it to the playlist that i have downloaded on my phone. The problem is that the song on my phone is a now a live version of the song that is av...

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  • I am trying to sync a song which is not avaible in my location (UK) I have the song as a local file and add it to the playlist that i have downloaded on my phone. The problem is that the song on my p...
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Playlist / Download issue

Hello everyone, First of all I just downloaded Spotify today and therefor my knowledge might leak a bit although I've been searching online for a solution of this problem but couldn't find any so I'll give it a shot explaining it as good as possible....

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  • Hello everyone,   First of all I just downloaded Spotify today and therefor my knowledge might leak a bit although I've been searching online for a solution of this problem but couldn't find...
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Ownership bug

I really wanted to post this in the Bug section, but I found out that isn't for users! This doesn't apply just to Android, but also the desktop, and most likely all platforms. Yesterday I found out that my playlist was owned by one of my friends, tha...

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  • I really wanted to post this in the Bug section, but I found out that isn't for users! This doesn't apply just to Android, but also the desktop, and most likely all platforms.   Yesterday I ...
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Can i use spotify simultaneously on two android phones ?

Hi I would like to buy premium account for Spotify but i have last very importatnt question: Can i use it on two different android phones at the same time ? I mean I'm listening to music on my phone and for example my Mom also listen to spotify at th...

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  • Hi   I would like to buy premium account for Spotify but i have last very importatnt question: Can i use it on two different android phones at the same time ? I mean I'm listening to music...
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Unable to download: Constantly saying 'no internet connection available'

=== START OF TEMPLATE === Description Ever since the new update, I'm unable to download new playlists that weren't already on my phone. It allows me to search, but as soon as I try to download an album, it shows that I am in offline mode and freezes ...

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  •  === START OF TEMPLATE ===   Description Ever since the new update, I'm unable to download new playlists that weren't already on my phone. It allows me to search, but as soon as I try...
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Android free subscritpion

I have an Android smartphone, after 48-hour of free period I discovered that only payment sybscription are supported, no commercial subscription supported are available. Is it true? If this is true, good bye Spotify ...

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  • I have an Android smartphone, after 48-hour of free period I discovered that only payment sybscription are supported, no commercial subscription supported are available. Is it true? If this is true...
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Android Dissatisfaction

HiI have been a paid-up Spotify user for 3 years now, first on iOS and for the past couple of years on Android, so it stands to reason that I must have been a fairly satisfied customer over the years to have continued paying £10 per month. However, f...

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  • Hi I have been a paid-up Spotify user for 3 years now, first on iOS and for the past couple of years on Android, so it stands to reason that I must have been a fairly satisfied customer over the yea...
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New login every time I start Spotify on Android

Hi there, since yesterday afternoon I have an annoying problem with Spotify on Android. Every time I start the application I have to login again. This has never been before like this. Does anybody have the same problem / solution? I already tried to ...

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  • Hi there,   since yesterday afternoon I have an annoying problem with Spotify on Android. Every time I start the application I have to login again. This has never been before like this. Does...
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Why haven't you fixed the bug that unsyncs downloaded playlists?

Seriously, there are threads dating back months about this issue, why isn't it fixed? I don't pay £9.99 a month to listen to my local files on the bus, I pay £9.99 a month so I can listen to whatever I want, wherever I want, wherever I want and Downl...

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  • Seriously, there are threads dating back months about this issue, why isn't it fixed? I don't pay £9.99 a month to listen to my local files on the bus, I pay £9.99 a month so I can listen to whatever...
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Can't Stream over 3G with Premium on Galaxy S3. Grey tracks : Track not available.

Just got a Galaxy S3, love it, but as the title says, I want to be able to stream songs over 3G. I have signed up for premium and can stream songs when I am connected to wifi, but as soon as I disconnect and go on the go, all songs (that I haven't se...

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  • Just got a Galaxy S3, love it, but as the title says, I want to be able to stream songs over 3G. I have signed up for premium and can stream songs when I am connected to wifi, but as soon as I discon...
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Solved!! Play stops with 30 seconds of song left

I have been using the Android app for about a year, with only a few issues. However, over the last two weeks, I can only play one song at a time, and each song stops playing with about 30 seconds remaining. I cannot press play, pause, next, or back. ...

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  • I have been using the Android app for about a year, with only a few issues.  However, over the last two weeks, I can only play one song at a time, and each song stops playing with about 30 secon...
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Some local files are not available

I have a folder on my harddrive with Metallica, I have added this folder as local files in Spotify and I have syncronized but still only 7 out of 23 files are available on my phone. I notise that the files I can play are high-lighted on spotify on my...

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  • I have a folder on my harddrive with Metallica, I have added this folder as local files in Spotify and I have syncronized but still only 7 out of 23 files are available on my phone. I notise that the...
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MusiXmatch

Is there a way to use musixmatch for my spotify song on android?I,m a premium user

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  • Is there a way to use musixmatch for my spotify song on android? I,m a premium user
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this track is not available? Third time I ask this...

This is the third time in four days l'm writing you. Nothing of what you guys says helps. First you said that I needed to Sign in on a computer to make it work, but it didnt, then you said I needed to go online on my phone and undownload all my playl...

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  • This is the third time in four days l'm writing you. Nothing of what you guys says helps. First you said that I needed to Sign in on a computer to make it work, but it didnt, then you said I needed t...
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