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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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Instagram stories not working

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceHuawei Nova LiteOperating SystemEMUI 8.0.0 My Question or IssueI can't post any songs in Instagram stories and this had never happened before. When I share it, my screen turns all black . Please fix this issue.

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  •   Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Huawei Nova Lite Operating System EMUI 8.0.0   My Question or Issue I can't post any songs in Instagram stories and this had never happened...
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Solved!! Can't post a song to instagram stories

Hi there When I try to share a song to instagram stories spotify opens instagram and I just get a blank page on instagram instead of the artwork for the song. I tried reinstalling spotify and instagram to see if that would fix the problem but it pers...

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  • Hi there   When I try to share a song to instagram stories spotify opens instagram and I just get a blank page on instagram instead of the artwork for the song. I tried reinstalling spotify an...
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Superuser Contribution Meldung "Verbindung mit Spotify wird hergestellt" wenn Handy mit Bluetooth verbunden wird

Seit kurzem bekomme ich jedes Mal, wenn ich mein Android/Samsung Smartphone mit einem Bluetooth-Gerät verbinde, die Meldung: Verbindung mit Spotify wird hergestellt. Auch wenn das BT-Gerät gar keine Medienwiedergabe aktiviert hat und die Spotify-App ...

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  • Seit kurzem bekomme ich jedes Mal, wenn ich mein Android/Samsung Smartphone mit einem Bluetooth-Gerät verbinde, die Meldung: Verbindung mit Spotify wird hergestellt. Auch wenn das BT-Gerät gar keine ...
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Superuser Contribution Starting the get very angry with Spotify. =(

PlanPremiumCountryBrasilDeviceGalaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid 9 PieMy Question or IssueAbout a week ago I posted my issue here without any success and Spotify continue downloading random playlists. Tried everything so far without any success. Unins...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brasil Device Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android 9 Pie My Question or Issue About a week ago I posted my issue here without any success and Spotify continue downloading...
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Superuser Contribution Playback takes forever or doesn't work/freezes my phone

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceS7Operating SystemAndoroid 8 My Question or IssueMy library is hosted on an SD card which has good read write ability.Spotify takes forever to play a song when I click on it or sometimes it randomly stops playing or skips/...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA  Device S7 Operating System Andoroid 8    My Question or Issue My library is hosted on an SD card which has good read write ability. Spotify takes f...
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Superuser Contribution connects automatically to other units

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceSony XperiaOperating System Android 8.0.0 My Question or IssueIt connects aut. to neighbours phone and starts playing their lists. Cant switch back for more then sec. Have empties cache, turned off and on other than loca...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Sony Xperia Operating System  Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue It connects aut. to neighbours phone and starts playing their lists. Cant swi...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect

Somehow my I'm getting disturbed by other Spotify Users. The case is this. I want to my music but when I'm online somehow my phone asks me if would change to another device listening this music. It's the same case when case when I'm at home and I'm c...

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  • Somehow my I'm getting disturbed by other Spotify Users. The case is this. I want to my music but when I'm online somehow my phone asks me if would change to another device listening this music. It's...
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Solved!! Cannot share Spotify music on Instagram.

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceHuawei P10 liteOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI cannot share Spotify Music on Instagram. When I press the "share on instagram" option, instagram shows me this screen:

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  •   Plan Premium Country Italy Device Huawei P10 lite Operating System Android    My Question or Issue I cannot share Spotify Music on Instagram. When I press the "share on in...
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Sharing music on Instagram Stories

I recently installed Spotify through my Facebook account and I can't share music on IG stories. I can do it on all the other options except IG stories. After choosing IG stories, it goes straight to the camera on IG but the screen in black and I can'...

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  • I recently installed Spotify through my Facebook account and I can't share music on IG stories. I can do it on all the other options except IG stories.   After choosing IG stories, it goes str...
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Superuser Contribution Album covers fail to download completely.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMoto G5s, Droid Maxx (dug it up to rule out the G5s)Operating SystemAndroid Oreo, Android 4.4.4 My Question or IssueSpotify staff, For around 3-4 weeks, nearly all of the album covers don't finish downloading. Happens when ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Moto G5s, Droid Maxx (dug it up to rule out the G5s) Operating System Android Oreo, Android 4.4.4   My Question or Issue Spotify staff,   ...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle and repeat buttons bug

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceOneplus 7 ProOperating SystemAndroid 10, Oneplus Open beta 4Spotify version8.5.29.828My Question or IssueShuffle and repeat button are not in main screen.I found those on three dot menu. You can't press those and you on...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device Oneplus 7 Pro Operating System Android 10, Oneplus Open beta 4 Spotify version 8.5.29.828 My Question or Issue Shuffle and repeat button are not in ...
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Broken song/cover images

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysia DeviceOppo F1s My Question or IssueSome of my songs have album/cover images that are partly whited out/broken. They are whited out to varying degrees. Spotify Desktop is working fine but the issue is with the mobile app. On...

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  • Plan Premium Country Malaysia   Device Oppo F1s   My Question or Issue Some of my songs have album/cover images that are partly whited out/broken. They are whited out to varying de...
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Crashing Mid-Song

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceGalaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueMy app keeps crashing mid song every single time I play music. I have to close the app and re-launch again. It does it almost every time I switch playlist. It started hap...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Galaxy S8 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue My app keeps crashing mid song every single time I play music. I have to close the app...
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Queue randomly disappears

Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Samsung Galaxy J8 My Question or Issue I made a queue with over 30+ songs and I kept adding as I was listening. I closed the app, came back like half an hour later to listen to music and my last played/paused song w...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Samsung Galaxy J8   My Question or Issue I made a queue with over 30+ songs and I kept adding as I was listening. I closed the app, came back l...
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Sharing to Instagram stories

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+ My Question or IssueSharing songs, albums, or podcasts will instead open the camera instead of the track appearing on the story editor. Like another user before me, I tried reinstallation of both apps, which...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung Galaxy 9+   My Question or Issue Sharing songs, albums, or podcasts will instead open the camera instead of the track appearing on the story e...
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[Android] "No internet connection available"

Hello,Spotify has worked fine for years, but over the past few months I've started seeing the "No Internet connection available" message much more consistently despite having both a cell and wifi connection (I'm posting from that phone right now with...

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  • Hello, Spotify has worked fine for years, but over the past few months I've started seeing the "No Internet connection available" message much more consistently despite having both a cell and wifi c...
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Music pausing when screen is off

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10 My Question or IssueThere are times that when my phone screen is off, the music will pause. Turning the screen back on resumes the song, but it will pause again as soon as the screen fades to black. I'...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung Galaxy S10   My Question or Issue There are times that when my phone screen is off, the music will pause. Turning the screen back on re...
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Spotify Premium slow and constantly loading...

I've been meaning to troubleshoot this for some time now and finally have had enough of it. It seems like that Spotify Premium has become pretty unbearable at times when trying to do simple things like play an album or view an album. When I click on ...

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  • I've been meaning to troubleshoot this for some time now and finally have had enough of it. It seems like that Spotify Premium has become pretty unbearable at times when trying to do simple things li...
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Downloaded songs keep getting deleted

PlanFamily PremiumCountryGreeceDeviceLg G6Operating SystemAndroid 9, Stock, No root My Question or Issue Hello there!I have been noticing a weird issue. I have like ~2500 songs downloaded. Everytime i reboot my phone they just dissapear. The songs ar...

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  • Plan Family Premium Country Greece Device Lg G6 Operating System Android 9, Stock, No root   My Question or Issue   Hello there! I have been noticing a weird issue. I have like ...
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can't post spotify playlist on Instagram Stories

Plan: PremiumCountry: Austria Device: Huawei P30Operating System: Android I am trying to share a Spotify playlist on Instagram but it is not in the options for sharing. I can share to WhatsApp or Facebook, but cant share to Instagram Stories! I have ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Austria   Device: Huawei P30 Operating System: Android   I am trying to share a Spotify playlist on Instagram but it is not in the options for sharing. I c...
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