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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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[Android][Social] Ability to use the loop backgrounds of the songs in Instagram stories

THE VIDEOS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE THE VIDEOS SHARED BY THE ARTIST.So, we know some songs have video backgrounds shared by the artist. It would be awesome if we could see those videos when we share songs at Instagram stories. I think that might be easy...

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  • THE VIDEOS I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE THE VIDEOS SHARED BY THE ARTIST. So, we know some songs have video backgrounds shared by the artist. It would be awesome if we could see those videos when we sh...
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Superuser Contribution Netzlaufwerk für lokale Dateien.

Plan Ich möchte auf den Ordner für Lokale Dateien auf dem Netzlaufwerk auch von meiner Android APP zugreifen können!PremiumCountry Germany Device Samsung Galaxy A40 and others Operating SystemAndroid 9 & 10, Windows 10 My Question or Issue Ich möchte...

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  • Plan Ich möchte auf den Ordner für Lokale Dateien auf dem Netzlaufwerk auch von meiner Android APP zugreifen können! Premium Country  Germany   Device Samsung Galaxy A40 and others &nb...
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Superuser Contribution Local Files Art Not Syncing to Android

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung S7Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or IssueWhen I used Kid3 to asign album art to my Local Files, they all changed in my laptop. And some of them synced to my phone. When I undownloaded them, closed the app, ...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung S7 Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue When I used Kid3 to asign album art to my Local Files, they all changed in my laptop...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle button hidden on Discover Weekly

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 8Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueThe shuffle buttons does not appear when playing the playlist Discover Weekly.To turn shuffle on or off, you instead need to play a song from another pla...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue The shuffle buttons does not appear when playing the playlist Discover Weekly...
  • Peter
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Superuser Contribution Playing a daily mix on another device plays yesterday's one

PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceAnyOperating SystemRemote device is on Linux My Question or IssueSteps to reproduce:Play a daily mix on remote deviceNext day connect to remote device and try to play the daily mix with the same name as yesterday's dire...

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  • Plan Premium Country France   Device Any Operating System Remote device is on Linux   My Question or Issue Steps to reproduce: Play a daily mix on remote device Next day conne...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay persisting on Android TV

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceAndroid TV (Hitachi)My Question or IssueHi! I have disabled the Autoplay function on my Android mobile phone. No issues there. However, when I stream my music to the Spotify app on my Android TV, related songs start p...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Android TV (Hitachi) My Question or Issue Hi! I have disabled the Autoplay function on my Android mobile phone. No issues there. However, when I stream my...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Imported songs won't download on my phone?

PlanPremiumCountryBosnia and HerzegovinaDeviceHuawei Mate 20 aliteOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueSo I've been trying to import some songs from my pc to my phone. I was able to make a new playlist with the imported songs but when i tri...

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  • Plan Premium Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Device Huawei Mate 20 alite Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue So I've been trying to import some songs from my pc to my pho...
  • Alex
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Superuser Contribution Popularity bar disappeared (2020)!!

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevice(Google Pixel, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(Android 11, macOS Catalina) Hi! I used to have a popularity bar but since I became "premium" I don't have it anymore in any platform (webplayer, desktop app in Mac or ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device (Google Pixel, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (Android 11, macOS Catalina)   Hi! I used to have a popularity bar but since I became "prem...
  • Jeremy
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Superuser Contribution How to add "Phone" permission on Android

PlanPremiumCountryPoland DeviceXiaomi Mi 9 ProOperating SystemAndroid 10 I have a problem with a Spotify mentioned here:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotify-stops-playing-when-I-make-a-phone-call-but-doesn-t/td-p/1700566?fbclid=IwAR39VQ5z...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland   Device Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro Operating System Android 10   I have a problem with a Spotify mentioned here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Spotif...
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Superuser Contribution No puedo ver las letras

PlanPremium (familiar)Country DeviceOnePlus 7 ProOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issueno puedo ver las letras en mi celular con esta cuenta (con otras cuentas si me deja), en PC si puedo verlo

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  •   Plan Premium (familiar) Country   Device OnePlus 7 Pro Operating System Android    My Question or Issue no puedo ver las letras en mi celular con esta cuenta (con otr...
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Superuser Contribution Offline

from time to time my offline playlists is no longer offline ? Anyone else with that problem ? Android phone Samsung Galaxy A70Android 10One UI: 2.0

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  • from time to time my offline playlists is no longer offline ?  Anyone else with that problem ?    Android phone  Samsung Galaxy A70 Android 10 One UI: 2.0
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I cant like or unlike songs on mobile

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceLG Stylo 4Operating SystemAndroid 9.0My Question or IssueI cant seem to like or unlike songs on my mobile. When I try to like a song nothing happens when I try to unlike a song it will ask me if I am sure then when I hit ok ...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device LG Stylo 4 Operating System Android 9.0 My Question or Issue I cant seem to like or unlike songs on my mobile. When I try to like a song nothing happens when I...
  • Alex
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Superuser Contribution Black frozen screen when clicking in the 3 dots

Each time I want to add a song in a playlist, I click on the 3 dots on the upper right corner of the screen and immediatly my screen got frozen. After some minutes I have to restart the app again. How can I solve this issue? I have tried several time...

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  • Each time I want to add a song in a playlist, I click on the 3 dots on the upper right corner of the screen and immediatly my screen got frozen. After some minutes I have to restart the app again. Ho...
  • Ivan
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Add the new lyrics feature to the Android version (iOS already has it)

PlanPremiumCountryChileOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI read in one post that some users already have this feature already in some Android devices in my country (Chile), but not me using version 8.5.85.894. On iOS devices it's already wo...

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  • Plan Premium Country Chile Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I read in one post that some users already have this feature already in some Android devices in my country (Chi...
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[Android][Other] Slow internet connection, slow menu loading

If I have bad internet connection and for example I want to put a song in the queue, and I tap the 3 dots on the song, the menu that pops up, loads very slowly. I believe it is loading option I don't even need, but i have to wait a long time for the ...

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  • If I have bad internet connection and for example I want to put a song in the queue, and I tap the 3 dots on the song, the menu that pops up, loads very slowly. I believe it is loading option I don't...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Crashes Right When Opened And it does same thing when i log into my personal account

hello fellow person my spotify has been down for 2 weeks now, it works on pc just fine but on mobile it crashes INSTANTLY after i attempt to open the app ive tried commonly re-installing it or soft resetting my phone or even clear cache from my entir...

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  • hello fellow person my spotify has been down for 2 weeks now, it works on pc just fine but on mobile it crashes INSTANTLY after i attempt to open the app ive tried commonly re-installing it or soft r...
  • Peter
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Superuser Contribution Complaint

PlanPremium for one personCountryTurkeyDeviceSamsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2017Operating SystemAndroid 8.1 My Question or IssueI downloaded all of my songs that are I have liked but I can't listen them and when I opened app, spotify is giving me error that...

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  • Plan Premium for one person Country Turkey Device Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2017 Operating System Android 8.1   My Question or Issue I downloaded all of my songs that are I have liked b...
  • Ivan
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Superuser Contribution Login issues when changing to a new phone

PlanPremiumCountryUAEDeviceSamsung S20 FE 5GOperating System My Question or IssueWhen changing over to my new phone I logged in under the same email address but none of my Playlist or liked songs were saved. I also have a different user name and prof...

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  • Plan Premium Country UAE Device Samsung S20 FE 5G Operating System     My Question or Issue When changing over to my new phone I logged in under the same email address but none of...
  • Ivan
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution I cant stop Spotify from running in the background on my Samsung 12.

Spotify runs in the background no matter what I do on my Samsung 12 phone. It will use around 10% to 15% of my battery even if I have not used the app at all. I have tried to force stop this which seems to work until it is recharged again. I have rei...

  • Casual Listener
  • Spotify runs in the background no matter what I do on my Samsung 12 phone. It will use around 10% to 15% of my battery even if I have not used the app at all. I have tried to force stop this which se...
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[Android] Mark songs as either "clean" or "explicit" on mobile

I think this is already implemented on the windows/mac version, but it's beyond irritating that this isn't apparent on the Android yet (idk about IOS). I keep adding cleaned versions of songs to my playlist because there's nothing that indicates they...

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  • I think this is already implemented on the windows/mac version, but it's beyond irritating that this isn't apparent on the Android yet (idk about IOS). I keep adding cleaned versions of songs to my p...
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