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Solved!! 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...

Amay
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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...

Plaguedoctor
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2020-03-30 2:54:13 AM
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Sumit_Ghosh
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When turning the screen off, Spotify pauses until the screen is back on again

PlanPremium CountryUnited Kingdom DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10+Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueHello everyone. I am really **bleep** off. I've been using Spotify for 5 years and this problem never seems to be fixed. Note, that my actual acc...

xCrackpot
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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Samsung Galaxy S10+ Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue Hello everyone. I am really **bleep** off. I've been us...
2019-12-04 1:59:41 PM
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deleting songs from playlist on mobile

This is something that I have always wanted and felt would be very useful, especially since I'm trying to cut out the random songs in my 3200 song phone playlist. We are able to star, why not add a big red X to remove the song? Other than that the an...

xstaticxgpx
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This is something that I have always wanted and felt would be very useful, especially since I'm trying to cut out the random songs in my 3200 song phone playlist. We are able to star, why not add a b...
2012-04-29 10:12:22 PM
2019-12-04 1:51:05 PM
blakeanthony
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Liked songs playlist isn’t showing for android TV app

PlanPremium CountrySingaporeDeviceNvidia Shield TVOperating SystemAndroid TV 8.0.1 My Question or IssueI can’t seem to find my liked songs playlist on my android TV app even if it’s my last played playlist. The solution I found for now is to play it ...

Acecryz
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Plan Premium Country Singapore Device Nvidia Shield TV Operating System Android TV 8.0.1 My Question or Issue I can’t seem to find my liked songs playlist on my android TV app ...
2019-12-04 1:04:12 PM
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Songs pause when phone locks.

PlanStudent PremiumCountryUK DeviceSamsung 10Operating System My Question or Issue When my phone locks, or the screen goes into sleep mode, the music pauses. As soon as I unlock the phone or press the lock button and wake the screen up, the music pla...

TheeDonSimon
Newbie
Plan Student Premium Country UK Device Samsung 10 Operating System My Question or Issue When my phone locks, or the screen goes into sleep mode, the music paus...
2019-12-04 6:33:46 AM
2019-12-04 11:03:57 AM
Emilia_8
Community Legend
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Lock Screen Issues
Music pauses

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Superuser Contribution Random play on filtered playlist negates filter

This is on Android Pixel XL, Android O, latest app version as of Sept 21, 2018. This has been happening for at least a few months, and been increasingly frustrating for me. I often filter my "Starred" playlist (say, to listen to only the songs by an ...

thisrunson
Regular
This is on Android Pixel XL, Android O, latest app version as of Sept 21, 2018. This has been happening for at least a few months, and been increasingly frustrating for me. I often filter my...
2018-09-21 9:39:40 AM
2019-12-04 9:06:19 AM
thisrunson
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Song names not showing

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceOp6tOperating SystemAndroid 9, oos My Question or IssueI generally can't see a complete list of songs in the up next queue. See attachment. Sometimes it works, but usually not...

kerpenen
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Finland Device Op6t Operating System Android 9, oos My Question or Issue I generally can't see a complete list of songs in the up next queue. See attachment. Som...
2019-12-04 8:24:41 AM
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Multiple Song Entries for same song

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSanding gauzy s10eOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI have downloaded liked songs and if I go to an album that I want to add a song from, the songs i already like don't show up as such so I will like it agai...

sgnewma2
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Sanding gauzy s10e Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue I have downloaded liked songs and if I go to an album that I want to ...
2019-12-04 5:24:47 AM
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My Spotify randomly pauses music?

The same problem used to happen on my Galaxy S8 and I already made sure that it's not sleeping apps and spotify has access to run in the backgrounds. Now I'm on my S10 and it's still doing the same pausing randomly thing, even when I'm navigating my ...

9knife
Casual Listener
The same problem used to happen on my Galaxy S8 and I already made sure that it's not sleeping apps and spotify has access to run in the backgrounds. Now I'm on my S10 and it's still doing the same p...
2019-12-03 10:25:43 PM
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SD card downloads unusable with Android app, they are lost anytime the phone is rebooted

The current version of the Spotify app is completely broken: if downloads are saved to an external SD card, all of them are lost as soon as the phone is rebooted, even if the SD card is not touched. As soon as the phone finishes booting, a notificati...

CaptainDubious
Gig Goer
The current version of the Spotify app is completely broken: if downloads are saved to an external SD card, all of them are lost as soon as the phone is rebooted, even if the SD card is not touched. ...
2019-11-26 12:38:27 AM
2019-12-03 10:02:20 PM
CaptainDubious
Gig Goer
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Spotify keeps adding albums for download without me doing anything

Android 7.1. Samsung Galaxy S7, latest version of spotify. Every time I go to an album spotify keeps enabling download album on its own and it's getting very annoying. Last time I enabled wifi, spotify started starting to download like 20 albums that...

TrantaLocked
Music Fan
Android 7.1. Samsung Galaxy S7, latest version of spotify. Every time I go to an album spotify keeps enabling download album on its own and it's getting very annoying. Last time I enabled wi...
2019-12-03 1:53:50 PM
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Spotify suddenly stopped playing sound in car through bluetooth or android auto

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9 plusOperating System Android My Question or IssueYesterday when playing through my car stereo on android auto the sound suddenly stopped. It now won't play through Bluetooth either. The app and car stereo s...

CharlieRo
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Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy S9 plus Operating System Android My Question or Issue Yesterday when playing through my car stereo on android auto t...
2019-12-03 11:20:30 AM
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Can't download any local files onto mobile

Plan: Family PremiumCountry: United StatesDevice: LG G7 ThinQOperating System: Android 9 on phone, Windows 10 on computerMy Question or Issue: I can't download local files from my computer to my phone. I used to be able to do it, but then I wanted to...

123456789045r
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Plan: Family Premium Country: United States Device: LG G7 ThinQ Operating System: Android 9 on phone, Windows 10 on computer My Question or Issue: I can't download local files from my com...
2019-11-27 3:16:09 AM
2019-12-03 10:29:53 AM
ofthemasses
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Superuser Contribution Saving albums doesn't save songs?

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceGoogle Pixel 2 XLOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueWhen I saved albums in the past, all the songs in that album would also be saved to my library. That hasn't been the case since the latest update, and I want...

ACTEDRED
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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Google Pixel 2 XL Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue When I saved albums in the past, all the songs in that album would also be saved ...
2019-06-24 11:42:26 AM
2019-12-03 7:48:52 AM
alv21
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saving music
saving songs

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Spotify Connect does not work with Alexa

PlanPremiumCountry US DeviceGalaxy Note 10 plus and S9 PlusOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueApp version 8.5.21.754 betaWhen you choose Echo from the Spotify Connect menu stays stuck on connecting. Tried to unlink Spotify from Alexa app a...

ThaSnapDragon
Roadie
Plan Premium Country US Device Galaxy Note 10 plus and S9 Plus Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue App version 8.5.21.754 beta When you choose Echo from the Spoti...
2019-09-08 6:16:12 AM
2019-12-02 10:53:36 PM
ooblix
Casual Listener
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Alexa
Alexa Echo
Spotify Conect

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Bluetooth issue

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceOnePlus 6When I connect this phone to my car's Bluetooth Spotify doesn't play through the car. The phone shows it as playing but the car doesn't display that it's playing and there is no sound coming from the car or phone. ...

wizwheeler
Visitor
Plan Premium Country UK Device OnePlus 6 When I connect this phone to my car's Bluetooth Spotify doesn't play through the car. The phone shows it as playing but the car doesn't di...
2019-12-02 9:19:57 PM
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Filtering Music on Android

PlanStudent PremiumCountryUSADeviceOnePlus 6T My Question or IssueSo I used to be able to go into my liked songs and, for example, type Bradio into the "find in liked songs" box and it would only play Bradio songs, whether I have it on shuffle or not...

Kamidoga
Casual Listener
Plan Student Premium Country USA Device OnePlus 6T My Question or Issue So I used to be able to go into my liked songs and, for example, type Bradio into the "find in liked son...
2019-12-02 8:26:57 PM
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The New UI Sucks

I've been using spotify for almost 4 years now and it's been great. Then this new update with the change in UI came out. It's been a couple months and I hated it at first but I thought I'd try it. A couple months of this and I still hate it. The libr...

Ampz
Regular
I've been using spotify for almost 4 years now and it's been great. Then this new update with the change in UI came out. It's been a couple months and I hated it at first but I thought I'd try it. A ...
2019-08-13 2:28:06 PM
2019-12-02 6:43:54 PM
whbale
Music Fan
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Downloading Premium Music

DeviceMotorola Supra E5 My Question or IssueSo, I have looked at a few forums before, but everything I've tried leads me to dead ends. I've given the app Storage permissions, and it works up until I actually want to download songs. It gets stuck in a...

Ayemdee
Visitor
Device Motorola Supra E5 My Question or Issue So, I have looked at a few forums before, but everything I've tried leads me to dead ends. I've given the app Storage permissions, and it work...
2019-12-02 11:07:31 AM
2019-12-02 3:48:13 PM
Luan
Spotify Star
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Bad Sound Quality Jacques Loussier Trio plays Satie (on Telarc)

Hi Spotify team, The album "Jacques Loussier Trio plays Satie (on Telarc)" has a terrible "timbre" overlayed on all tracks. Would you please check encoding? The problem is on Adroid as well as when streaming to Chromecast Audio. All other music is pl...

Joerg1959
Music Fan
Hi Spotify team, The album "Jacques Loussier Trio plays Satie (on Telarc)" has a terrible "timbre" overlayed on all tracks. Would you please check encoding? The probl...
2019-07-21 2:41:44 PM
2019-12-02 2:43:50 PM
Joerg1959
Music Fan
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Podcast filter

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceNokia 7 plusOperating SystemAndroid 9My Question or IssueAdd option to filter podcast on unfinished. unplayed is useless when you want to continue where you last stopped.

Hasse76
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Nokia 7 plus Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue Add option to filter podcast on unfinished. unplayed is useless when you want to continue wher...
2019-12-02 8:58:26 AM
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