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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 No se oye

hola, soy de México y tengo una cuenta premium.Hoy actualicé la aplicación en mi autoestereo con Android 9 y dejaron de escucharse las canciones, se reproducen pero no se escuchan.Nunca me había pasado eso y sólo me sucede ahora en el autoestereo.Ayu...

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  • hola, soy de México y tengo una cuenta premium. Hoy actualicé la aplicación en mi autoestereo con Android 9 y dejaron de escucharse las canciones, se reproducen pero no se escuchan. Nunca me había ...
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Superuser Contribution Le notifiche fanno sparire la musica

Buonasera, mentre sto riproducendo sul mio smartphone la musica grazie all'app spotify, mi arrivano notifiche da altre app (ad esempio, messaggi whatsapp). A quel punto, la musica emessa da spotify si abbassa e lo smartphone mi fa sentire il suono di...

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  • Buonasera, mentre sto riproducendo sul mio smartphone la musica grazie all'app spotify, mi arrivano notifiche da altre app (ad esempio, messaggi whatsapp). A quel punto, la musica emessa da spotify s...
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Superuser Contribution Suddenly stops playing

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8.Operating SystemAndroid: whatever the latest is.Spotify: latest update.My Question or Issue:Whenever I close my phone or use another app Spotify stops playing after a few songs. I keep getting an error ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Norway Device Samsung Galaxy S8. Operating System Android: whatever the latest is. Spotify: latest update. My Question or Issue: Whenever I close my phone or us...
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Missing Downloads

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMate 10 proOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or Issue All my downloads are gone. I just listened to music and the next track began but didn't startet. Now Spotify wants to download every again (around 18. Gb) I was...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Mate 10 pro Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue   All my downloads are gone.  I just listened to music and the next track...
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Can't Download Spotify App?!

First of all, I can't find the Spotify app on my Xaomi Smartphone (all new and fully updated version) at Google Play. When I try to download it via Chrome browser it says that the app isn't available in my country/area or it says that this unit isn't...

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  • First of all, I can't find the Spotify app on my Xaomi Smartphone (all new and fully updated version) at Google Play. When I try to download it via Chrome browser it says that the app isn't avai...
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Superuser Contribution Family Mix? My kids can't join?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceGalaxy S9Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI have 5 people on my family premium plan, but only 2 show up on the family mix. When my teenagers go into the family mix, there's no option to join, even wh...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States Device Galaxy S9 Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue I have 5 people on my family premium plan, but only 2 show up on the fami...
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Idea: Social Media DJ

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DevicePixel 3Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Idea: Social Media DJ To be able to have a stream party on a social media source for all those that join the stream. Like an online party. It will also allow...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Pixel 3 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   Idea: Social Media DJ To be able to have a stream party on a social media...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify App Resetting Every Night

PlanPremiumCountryIndia Device(Samsung Galaxy A50)Operating System(Android Pie) My Question or IssueSo I have recently started facing this problem after getting the premium subscription is that after downloading any songs the app automatically resets...

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  •   Plan Premium Country India   Device (Samsung Galaxy A50) Operating System (Android Pie)   My Question or Issue So I have recently started facing this problem after gettin...
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Why have you still not implemented BASIC functionality to play music stored on our phones?

I have music on my phone downloaded via bandcamp. I'm not trying to use multiple streaming apps at the same time and I am TRYING to use your service over bandcamp's and you're not letting me. There have been requests for this incredibly BASIC functio...

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  • I have music on my phone downloaded via bandcamp.  I'm not trying to use multiple streaming apps at the same time and I am TRYING to use your service over bandcamp's and you're not letting me.&n...
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Some of my music keeps unsaving

So this is about the third or fourth time this has happened this week. I normally don't have my data on, so I normally just play through my saved music if I'm not home. Well the music keeps unsaving itself and I can't figure out why. I have an andrio...

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  • So this is about the third or fourth time this has happened this week. I normally don't have my data on, so I normally just play through my saved music if I'm not home. Well the music keeps unsaving ...
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Downloaded songs take space of 10GB

I am curious as to why this happened to me. I went to my settings on my phone, then storage - app data and under Spotify, it says that my downloaded songs take 10GB worth of space. I have deleted some playlists, ticked off the download option on all ...

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  • I am curious as to why this happened to me. I went to my settings on my phone, then storage - app data and under Spotify, it says that my downloaded songs take 10GB worth of space. I have deleted som...
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My Local Files get grayed out after a few days. How do I stop this from happening??

I've seen this topic brought up before, but quite frankly it's infuriating that it keeps happening. My local music gets grayed out after time passes. The only way to fix this issue is to reinstall Spotify and redownload everything from my PC. I get t...

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  •   I've seen this topic brought up before, but quite frankly it's infuriating that it keeps happening.   My local music gets grayed out after time passes.  The only way to fix this i...
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Songs keep skipping

PlanPremium CountryGermany Device(Redmi Note 9)Operating SystemMIUI Global 11.0.5 My Question or IssueToday I got my new Redmi Note 9. When I open Spotify and want to play a song it keeps skipping to the next song without playing one.

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  • Plan Premium   Country Germany   Device (Redmi Note 9) Operating System MIUI Global 11.0.5   My Question or Issue Today I got my new Redmi Note 9. When I open Spotify and w...
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay

When using spotify on my android phone autoplay won't work. It doesnt matter if it's a playlist, album or just one song I have selected it doesn't then go to similar songs. It either repeats the album or just stops playing. I have reinstalled the app...

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  • When using spotify on my android phone autoplay won't work. It doesnt matter if it's a playlist, album or just one song I have selected it doesn't then go to similar songs. It either repeats the albu...
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The app with the latest updates has slowed down

PlanFreeCountryItalyDeviceSamsung J5Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI noticed that the app has slowed down a lot with the latest updates, not so much the use in app but when you go to get it from the recent apps it takes a while to load...

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  • Plan Free Country Italy Device Samsung J5 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I noticed that the app has slowed down a lot with the latest updates, not so much the use in...
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Stop automatically playing on BT speakers

I searched for answers but only found people wanting their app to automatically play, but I want mine to stop. Whenever I'm near a recognized Bluetooth device my app resumes playing a podcast (and if there aren't any new downloads it picks a random o...

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  • I searched for answers but only found people wanting their app to automatically play, but I want mine to stop.  Whenever I'm near a recognized Bluetooth device my app resumes playing a podcast (...
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Superuser Contribution issues with S10 while on 4G (no playback, search etc)

PlanFreeCountryGreeceDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10eOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or IssueI just started using spotify the last few days to check if its worth the premium. While i am on 4G songs very often dont play, and i have no results in sear...

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  •   Plan Free Country Greece Device Samsung Galaxy S10e Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue I just started using spotify the last few days to check if its worth the...
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spotify over rides my car audio

after i listen to anything on spotify, mostly podcasts. i hit pause and then close the app on my android phone. For some time, at least that day and often the next day, when i have my bluetooth as my source, it automatically starts replaying spotify....

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  • after i listen to anything on spotify, mostly podcasts. i hit pause and then close the app on my android phone. For some time, at least that day and often the next day, when i have my bluetooth as my...
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Spotify crashes and doesnt open anymore

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDeviceXiaomi mi9TProOperating SystemMiui12 (but it was happening with miui11 too) For like a month now, spotify always crashes and doesnt open anymore after two uses (I open the app two times). To fix it, I have to erase all d...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brasil Device Xiaomi mi9TPro Operating System Miui12 (but it was happening with miui11 too)   For like a month now, spotify always crashes and doesnt open anymore a...
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Superuser Contribution Not able to play next track

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDevicehonor 8cOperating SystemAndroid(8.1) My Question or IssueI am not able to play next track in android after latest update. It is working file in Desktop. The queue list is empty even after I turned on autoplay.

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  •   Plan Premium Country India Device honor 8c Operating System Android(8.1)   My Question or Issue I am not able to play next track in android after latest update. It is working f...
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