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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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Superuser Contribution Premium unable to play downloaded songs

PlanPremiumCountrySloveniaDeviceSamsung Galaxy Grand NeoOperating System(Android KitKat 4.4.4)App version8.6.52.916 I'm having troubles playing downloaded songs from Spotify. I've factory resettedmy phone, did numeral fresh installs, also checked tha...

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  • Plan Premium Country Slovenia Device Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Operating System (Android KitKat 4.4.4) App version 8.6.52.916   I'm having troubles playing downloaded songs from Spotif...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Lyrics unavailable on mobile device

PlanPremium IndividualCountryPolandDeviceLG K61 Operating SystemAndroid 11 Red Velvet Cake My Question or IssueI have problem with Spotify Lyrics feature. It's working on desktop version (Windows 10), but I can use that on my mobile phone. Some songs...

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  • Plan Premium Individual Country Poland Device LG K61  Operating System Android 11 Red Velvet Cake   My Question or Issue I have problem with Spotify Lyrics feature. It's work...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify auf mehren Google Nests gleichzeitig

Hallo,wie kann ich mit ein Family Account spotify auf mehren Google Mini hören. Ich hab ein google Account meine Frau und der junge hat n eigenen google Account. Alle in einen Haushalt. sobald einer was hört und ein anderer auch was hören will geht d...

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  • Hallo, wie kann ich mit ein Family Account spotify auf mehren Google Mini hören. Ich hab ein google Account meine Frau und der junge hat n eigenen google Account. Alle in einen Haushalt.  soba...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify will not connect to Pioneer MVH-2400NEX

PlanPremiumCountry U.S.A.DeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 8Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have a Pioneer MVH-2400NEX and Spotify plays through Android Auto and also streams via bluetooth, however when I choose ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  U.S.A. Device Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I have a Pioneer MVH-2400NEX and Spo...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect JVC KD-X472DBT doesnt work "Connecting" all the Time

PremiumGermany Samsung Huawei P10 Lite Android 8.0.0Spotify 8.7.0.1154JVC KD-X472DBTPlaying via Bluetooth The bluetooth connection works and I can hear the music from the app but it just says "Connecting" constantly so I can't use any of the addition...

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  •   Premium Germany   Samsung Huawei P10 Lite Android 8.0.0 Spotify 8.7.0.1154 JVC KD-X472DBT Playing via Bluetooth   The bluetooth connection works and I can hear the musi...
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Superuser Contribution Playing Multiple Playlists

Is there any way to configure Spotify to play multiple playlists, one after the other?

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  • Is there any way to configure Spotify to play multiple playlists, one after the other?
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Spotify uses up nearly 100GB according to my phones settings but the app says it's 45GB how do I fix

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceOnePlus 8 proOperating Systemlatest android My Question or IssueHello,I was checking my Phones storage to see how things are going and discover Spotify uses up nearly 100GB of it. Admittedly I have a lot of music saved ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device OnePlus 8 pro Operating System latest android   My Question or Issue Hello, I was checking my Phones storage to see how things are going an...
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Spotify using enormous amount of memory

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceOnePlus 6Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueAt the moment i have not downloaded any songs. When I check the memory usage in the Spotify app it tells me a reasonable amount of memory used. But if I check in t...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device OnePlus 6 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue At the moment i have not downloaded any songs. When I check the memory usage in the Spo...
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Audio keeps cutting out

Audio keeps cutting out for 2 secs every 90 secs when the screen is locked. Have tried other audio streaming apps and they dont suffer the same problem. This only started happening after the latest update to my phone.PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung...

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  • Audio keeps cutting out for 2 secs every 90 secs when the screen is locked.  Have tried other audio streaming apps and they dont suffer the same problem.  This only started happening after ...
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Android Spotify transition looks dull

why is the Spotify ios transition better than Android like when opening a playlist, the Android transition looks dull than ios.

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  • why is the Spotify ios transition better than Android like when opening a playlist, the Android transition looks dull than ios.
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Superuser Contribution Spotify (Android Auto) Doesn’t Play Soundtracks/Albums in full

Plan - FreeCountry - CanadaDevice - Pixel 4aOperating System - Android 12 Been noticing an issues for a couple years now when using Spotify through Android Auto. If you select an Album/Soundtrack to play Spotify will play a few songs then go off albu...

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  • Plan - Free Country - Canada Device - Pixel 4a Operating System - Android 12   Been noticing an issues for a couple years now when using Spotify through Android Auto.  If you sele...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify almost always shows the wrong track, wrong play/pause status, wrong position in track

This has been happening every day for several months. Spotify's display on the phone screen will almost always not show the correct track being played. It will often show some previous track I listened to. This applies to the full screen display of w...

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  • This has been happening every day for several months.   Spotify's display on the phone screen will almost always not show the correct track being played. It will often show some previous track...
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Do Spotify support frequencies lower then 60?

PlanPremiumCountry NorwayDevice(Samsung Galaxy S7)Operating System(Androide)My Question or Issue Does Spotify support frequencies lower then 60? I was looking at the equalizer for the app and there you can mix with the Hz from 60Hz to 15000kHz. Is th...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Norway Device (Samsung Galaxy S7) Operating System (Androide) My Question or Issue  Does Spotify support frequencies lower then 60? I was looking at the equal...
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Superuser Contribution Can't play a playlist of podcasts without shuffle??

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 3 My Question or IssueI saw a post from spotify recently about creating playlists of podcast episodes and thought "that's a good idea I'll try that." So I started a playlist of a bunch of episodes I wanted to listen t...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 3   My Question or Issue I saw a post from spotify recently about creating playlists of podcast episodes and thought "that's a good idea I'll try th...
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Superuser Contribution Getting Tired of This App

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung S21My Question or IssueSo, I have used Spotify for years and these past few weeks have been the worse experiences I have ever had with the app. I haven't ever been bothered when it comes to the free version, ...

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  • Plan Free Country United States Device Samsung S21 My Question or Issue So, I have used Spotify for years and these past few weeks have been the worse experiences I have ever had with the app....
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Superuser Contribution App crashes - anything to do with JRE

PlanFreeCountryCanada DeviceHuawei Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueThe app immediately crashes when I try to listen to or search for JRE. When searching for the podcast it usually is displayed in a list but clicking on it causes the app t...

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  • Plan Free Country Canada   Device Huawei  Operating System Android   My Question or Issue The app immediately crashes when I try to listen to or search for JRE.  When ...
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Superuser Contribution Constant Podcast Video Buffering

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueVideo Podcast is constantly buffering on Sony smart tv. About every 4 seconds. Yes I've unins...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Video P...
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Superuser Contribution Can't report a user -- verification code error

Trying to report a spam bot account (under "abusive" though there also isn't a category in reporting for spam).When I try to report, submit my email for the verification code then copy and paste the code into the verification box, it errors out, sayi...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Lyrics not showing (checked other threads)

PlanPremium Family PlanCountryPolandDeviceSamsung A71Operating SystemAndroid 11 (samsung system overlay 3.1) account started in 2017 (I noticed that for younger accounts the problem doesn't appear) and I won't switch to another My Question or IssueIn...

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  •   Plan Premium Family Plan Country Poland Device Samsung A71 Operating System Android 11 (samsung system overlay 3.1)    account started in 2017 (I noticed that for younger a...
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Superuser Contribution Downloaded songs stop playing after 5 seconds if I'm connected to a network

For the last month I've had issues with songs stopping after 5 seconds. I have my playlist downloaded and if I switch to offline mode the music plays fine. I've reinstalled the app, cleared the cache, have plenty of storage, tried different versions ...

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  • For the last month I've had issues with songs stopping after 5 seconds. I have my playlist downloaded and if I switch to offline mode the music plays fine. I've reinstalled the app, cleared the cache...
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