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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 App Breaks Playback on All Other Apps

I installed the android app for Spotify 2 days ago on my Samsung Galaxy S8+. After installing the app I suddenly had this problem where playback on all other apps would randomly pause. I notice this happening when watching videos on Youtube, listenin...

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  • I installed the android app for Spotify 2 days ago on my Samsung Galaxy S8+.  After installing the app I suddenly had this problem where playback on all other apps would randomly pause.  I ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes when trying to open song settings (3 little dots)

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceXiaomi Redmi Note 8 ProOperating SystemMIUI Global 10.4.4 My Question or Issue My Spotify always crashes if I press the song settings (or long on the song), to add it into my playlist or in my queue for example. I'v...

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  • Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro Operating System MIUI Global 10.4.4   My Question or Issue   My Spotify always crashes if I press the song setting...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android][Podcasts] Allow to mark podcasts for wi-fi download

It's possible to mark songs for downloading, and if you're not connected to wi-fi, Spotify will download them later. But for podcasts, that's not currently possible. When I try to download a podcast while not connected to wi-fi, Spotify tells me I ne...

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  • It's possible to mark songs for downloading, and if you're not connected to wi-fi, Spotify will download them later.   But for podcasts, that's not currently possible.   When I try t...
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Superuser Contribution Does someone get a notification if you just "💜" a song on their playlist?

PlanFreeCountry Device Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Spotify app issue

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy 8+Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueGood day,I've just yesterday signed up to spotify and have an issue and am hoping for information.I work within IT so have access to firewalls and such yet, at my ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy 8+ Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Good day, I've just yesterday signed up to spotify and have an issue and am hoping for...
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No Menue Button (3 Points) in Playlist Radio

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy J7 / Windows PC with ClientOperating SystemAndroid 7.0 / Windows 7 My Question or IssueIf I what to save (for more than a week) my "Mix der Woche" (in english mix of the week), the only possibility is to ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy J7 / Windows PC with Client Operating System Android 7.0 / Windows 7   My Question or Issue If I what to save (for more than a week) ...
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The scrubber ends too soon on podcasts

PlanPremiumCountryUsaDeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 kitkat My Question or IssueSo I've been binging the TAZ shows by the lovely McElroy brothers(plus dad), and I've run into a bit of an issueThe timeline scrubber thing that you use to scroll ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Usa Device LG G6 Operating System Android 7.0 kitkat   My Question or Issue So I've been binging the TAZ shows by the lovely McElroy brothers(plus dad), an...
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Storage changed after every Restart

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceGalaxy s10 plus 2019Operating SystemAndroid Oreo MY ISSUE:There is already plenty of threads about this and this issue needs to be responded to immediately. So when you have your music downloaded to an SD card that's encrypte...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Galaxy s10 plus 2019 Operating System Android Oreo   MY ISSUE: There is already plenty of threads about this and this issue needs to be responde...
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    Encrypted SD card issues
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Songs rewinding and skiping

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSings are rewinding in a continual loop after about 39 seconds to a 1 minute. Or they are jum...

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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 Sings a...
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Problemas con musica que se descarga sola

Buenos días desde hace varios días vengo con problemas con la descarga.El problema es que se me descargan álbumes sin que yo les dé me gusta o descargar.Ya cerré las sesiones en todos los dispositivos y reinstale la aplicación.Cuando le apreto "no me...

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  • Buenos días desde hace varios días vengo con problemas con la descarga. El problema es que se me descargan álbumes sin que yo les dé me gusta o descargar. Ya cerré las sesiones en todos los disposi...
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Downloaded songs vanishing

PlanPremiumDeviceSamsung Galaxy S5 My Question or IssueAfter getting the latest update every time I close the app all my downloaded songs are deleted. I've cleared the cache. Didn't help.I've uninstalled and redownloaded the app. Didn't help.

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  • Plan Premium Device Samsung Galaxy S5   My Question or Issue After getting the latest update every time I close the app all my downloaded songs are deleted.  I've cleared the cache. ...
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Firewall Domains Mobile App

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueCan I have a list of domain names that I can register with the firewall please to allow our u...

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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 Can I h...
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Superuser Contribution When switching between WiFi to data, or vice versa, Spotify will stop playing music.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceNexus 5Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueWhen switching between WiFi and data, Spotify will stop playing the song I'm listening to without crashing or freezing. Pausing then playing does nothing and skipping ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Nexus 5 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue When switching between WiFi and data, Spotify will stop playing the song I'm listening...
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Songs on "Artist" tab are displayed separately, even if they are from the same album.

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceNote 9Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueWhen looking at songs from artists in my library, they are displayed individually or in 2-3s, even though they are from the same album. Many are also repeated (see below...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Note 9 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue When looking at songs from artists in my library, they are displayed individually or in ...
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Delete recently played songs * Android & store user prefs for reinstalls

Annoying songs auto played by Spotify unable to remove from recently played list. I believe this issue is deliberate & partly due to Spotify's defaulting to "auto play", which is auto enabled at install and during any update, where Spotify will then ...

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  • Annoying songs auto played by Spotify unable to remove from recently played list. I believe this issue is deliberate & partly due to Spotify's defaulting to "auto play", which is auto enabled at ...
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[Bug] [Podcast] 15 seconds rewind broken on first item

Plan: PremiumCountry: Canada DevicePixel 2 XL: Android 10 My Question or IssueI noticed that the "Rewind 15 seconds" feature on Android doesn't work if the podcast I'm currently playing is at the beginning of the list/queue. This behaviour (disabling...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Canada   Device Pixel 2 XL: Android 10   My Question or Issue I noticed that the "Rewind 15 seconds" feature on Android doesn't work if the podcast I...
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Sporadic playback

Every so often whilst listening to a playlist or an album, the current track ends but when the next track starts it's silent. I forward a few tracks and it's still silent, I go back to the track that played correctly last and no problems. Also it kee...

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  • Every so often whilst listening to a playlist or an album, the current track ends but when the next track starts it's silent. I forward a few tracks and it's still silent, I go back to the track that...
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Need to re-install Spotify Android app daily

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceMultiple: Nokia 6 and LG G6Operating SystemAndroid 9 (Pie) My Question or IssueSpotify is my favourite travel mate on my daily commute but since a couple of weeks the Android app just does not want to work. I ha...

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device Multiple: Nokia 6 and LG G6 Operating System Android 9 (Pie)   My Question or Issue Spotify is my favourite travel mate on my daily commute ...
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Solved!! Spotify SD Card & Offline Files

Hi all, Was just wondering about how Spotify works in terms off storing offline files because I couldn't seem to find exactly what I was looking for. So atm I've got storage set to my SD card (/storage/3432-3138). My phone ran out of battery and turn...

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  • Hi all,   Was just wondering about how Spotify works in terms off storing offline files because I couldn't seem to find exactly what I was looking for.   So atm I've got storage set to ...
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Spotify redownloads already downloaded files

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceSamsung galaxy A8My Question or IssueI restarted my phone after it ran out of battery and spotify had to re-download my library but my SD card still shows that the deleted spotify files are still taking up space

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Samsung galaxy A8 My Question or Issue I restarted my phone after it ran out of battery and spotify had to re-download my library but my SD card still sho...
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