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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 Spotify keeps disconnecting / playlist keeps stopping

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueWhen playing a playlist, Spotify will play a few songs and then either:Stop playing the playlist, returning to the first song in pause mode (as if it had g...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue When playing a playlist, Spotify will play a few songs and then either: Stop ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android] Songs do not play anymore on my phone

PlanFamily PremiumCountryFranceDeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueThe songs do not play anymore on the app. I can start a song, but the progress bar remains at 00:00. I can move in the song time, but the progress bar remains unc...

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  • Plan Family Premium Country France Device LG G6 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue The songs do not play anymore on the app. I can start a song, but the progress ba...
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Superuser Contribution App gets really slow if too many songs are downloaded

Plan: PremiumCountry: Turkey Device: Samsung Galaxy S9+Operating System: Android 10 Hello, Every time I download too many songs the app gets really slow; it takes forever to list albums or playlists let alone opening and playing them. The only soluti...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Turkey   Device: Samsung Galaxy S9+ Operating System: Android 10   Hello,   Every time I download too many songs the app gets really slow; it takes forev...
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Superuser Contribution Local Files glitching

PlanFamily PremiumCountryGermanyDeviceHUAWEI LYO-L21My Question or IssueWhenever I try to play local files stored on my computer on my Smartphone it always glitches around, for example when it should say "Game's not over" it says "ovGanotme'ser" and ...

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  •   Plan Family Premium Country Germany Device HUAWEI LYO-L21 My Question or Issue Whenever I try to play local files stored on my computer on my Smartphone it always glitches around, for ...
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Solved!! Broadcast Storm Attack

Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Gome U7 Operating System Android 7 My Question or Issue Hi, good night I come to indicate a possible vulnerability in the spotify app for android. I did not touch my phone between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm, but when analy...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Gome U7 Operating System Android 7 My Question or Issue Hi, good night I come to indicate a possible vulnerability in the spotify app for andr...
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Superuser Contribution Playlists sumiram

Tenho plano Premium e desinstalei o aplicativo do meu Android. Depois que eu reinstalei as playlists foram perdidas. Quero elas de volta ou o cancelamento do plano. Aguardo retorno.

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  • Tenho plano Premium e desinstalei o aplicativo do meu Android. Depois que eu reinstalei as playlists foram perdidas. Quero elas de volta ou o cancelamento do plano. Aguardo retorno.  
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Superuser Contribution The six bars on the home screen is not showing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceASUS ZenFone MaxOperating SystemAndroid 7 My Question or IssueHi, The six bars on the home screen has stopped showing. I have uninstalled the app, cleared the cache, restart, and made sure I was using the latest v...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States Device ASUS ZenFone Max Operating System Android 7   My Question or Issue Hi, The six bars on the home screen has stopped showing. I have uni...
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Google Assistant not playing personal playlist despite linked Premium-Subscription

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(Samsung Galaxy 9)Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or IssueWhen I'm asking Google Assistant to play a specific personal Playlist it just starts playing random stuff depsite in the Google Assitant settings it s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device (Samsung Galaxy 9) Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue When I'm asking Google Assistant to play a specific personal Playlist...
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Google Assistant not playing personal playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceHuawei P20 ProOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi, For some reason whenever I ask google to play my spotify playlist it plays a random playlist of the same name. I have tried many different iterations of playlist ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Huawei P20 Pro Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hi,    For some reason whenever I ask google to play my spotify playlist it pl...
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[Android] Spotify plays random song while playing

Really frustrated with Spotify. While listening to my playlists on my android phone after a minute or two it will start randomly playing songs from the same album I have never listened to before. I have changed password uninstalled and reinstalled an...

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  • Really frustrated with Spotify. While listening to my playlists on my android phone after a minute or two it will start randomly playing songs from the same album I have never listened to before. I h...
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Superuser Contribution I Cant hear "TKKG" or "Die drei ???"

PlanPremium CountryGermany DeviceXiaomi Mi 9 liteOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI Cant hear "TKKG" or "Die drei ???". Everytime i Swatch for those Albums the Whole App cant be used anymore. I deleted the Cache and reinstalled the App....

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  • Plan Premium  Country Germany  Device Xiaomi Mi 9 lite Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue I Cant hear "TKKG" or "Die drei ???". Everytime i Swatch for th...
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Superuser Contribution Playlists perdidas

Tive que desinstalar o app do meu celular Android e quando fui reinstalar perdi todas minhas playlists. No computador continua funcionando. O plano é Premium e o pagamento é em cartão de crédito. Quero minhas playlist de volta no celular. Aguardo ret...

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  •   Tive que desinstalar o app do meu celular Android e quando fui reinstalar perdi todas minhas playlists. No computador continua funcionando. O plano é Premium e o pagamento é em cartão de créd...
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Problem playing songs on Samsung Galaxy Watch

PlanPremiumCountry CyprusDeviceSamsung Galaxy WatchOperating SystemTizen 4.0.0.1 My Question or Issue Hello,The problem I have is that I downloaded a playlist on my smartwatch so I can listen to it offline while I am at the gym. On the app it shows t...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Cyprus Device Samsung Galaxy Watch Operating System Tizen 4.0.0.1   My Question or Issue  Hello, The problem I have is that I downloaded a playlist on ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Memory available Galaxy Watch 3

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceGalaxy Watch 3Operating SystemTizen 5.5.0.1 My Question or IssueHi, I recently bought the Galaxy Watch 3 and I'm still learning how to use and play with it.I installed Spotify on it, but I have a problem downloading mus...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device Galaxy Watch 3 Operating System Tizen 5.5.0.1   My Question or Issue Hi, I recently bought the Galaxy Watch 3 and I'm still learning how to u...
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Superuser Contribution Android Spotify stops playlist when it runs into local file while playing via Chromecast

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGoogle Pixel 5Operating SystemAndroid 11My Question or IssueI have some playlists that are a mix of local files and non-local files. The local files are on my PC. My Android phone has the playlist downloaded. If I play the ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Google Pixel 5 Operating System Android 11 My Question or Issue I have some playlists that are a mix of local files and non-local files. The local files are o...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android] Autoplay does not work

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid Version 10 My Question or IssueAutoplay doesn't work on mobile, i already tried reinstalling and made sure i am on the newest version. On desktop it works

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  • Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Samsung Galaxy S9 Operating System Android Version 10   My Question or Issue Autoplay doesn't work on mobile, i already tried reinstalling and m...
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Superuser Contribution Behind the lyrics and Song Identification

I know a lot of users prefer to include behind the lyrics, but I wish there is an option that will let some users like me to able to disable it! It just doesn't display correctly on other devices like Google nest hub. It takes over the entire screen ...

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  • I know a lot of users prefer to include behind the lyrics, but I wish there is an option that will let some users like me to able to disable it! It just doesn't display correctly on other devices lik...
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Superuser Contribution letras

Buen día.El motivo es que no he podido ver la letras de las canciones incluso cuando están disponibles en esa canción,lo digo porque he intentado con 2 cuentas diferentes poniendo la misma canción y en mi cuenta no me aparece.siempre me han dicho que...

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  • Buen día. El motivo es que no he podido ver la letras de las canciones incluso cuando están disponibles en esa canción,lo digo porque he intentado con 2 cuentas diferentes poniendo la misma canción ...
  • Ver
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The song never starts

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy s8+Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI've been trying to use spotify but it doesn't work, when I try to play a song it stays an 0:00, never moves, I have downloaded the songs, tried using other intern...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung Galaxy s8+ Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I've been trying to use spotify but it doesn't work, when I try to play a ...
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