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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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  • Sumit_Ghosh
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Superuser Contribution Black Home Screen - Abruptly

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceAsus Rog PhoneOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue My home screen went blank abruptly while I was playing songs. While search and your library works well. I cant see my daily mix and other playlists.I cleared...

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  •     Plan Premium Country India Device Asus Rog Phone Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue   My home screen went blank abruptly while I was playin...
  • Petya
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Superuser Contribution app downloads go to intern memory instead of SD memory

PlanPremiumCountryBoliviaDeviceHuawei p20 lite model: ANE-LX3Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueI recently bought an SD memory card because I didn't have any more space in the internal storage and I download more than 5 thousand songs beca...

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  • Plan Premium Country Bolivia Device Huawei p20 lite  model: ANE-LX3 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue I recently bought an SD memory card because I didn't have an...
  • Petya
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Can find the song i want but its greyed out and wont play

PlanPremiumCountryUsaDeviceSamsung Galaxy s9Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI can find the songs I want but they are greyed out and wont play...I'm a huge fan of logic and especially his older music but I cant play any of it I can find it...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Usa Device Samsung Galaxy s9 Operating System Android    My Question or Issue I can find the songs I want but they are greyed out and wont play...I'm ...
  • eltoch
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Superuser Contribution Music Briefly Stopping and Resuming ~9 Seconds

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceSamsung C101(Also Webplayer)Operating SystemAndroid 4.4.2 Jelly Bean (ChromeOS) My Question or IssueAbout a couple months ago I started to have issues with my phone stopping music around the ninth second of each song, but it wa...

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  • Plan Free Country US Device Samsung C101 (Also Webplayer) Operating System Android 4.4.2 Jelly Bean  (ChromeOS)      My Question or Issue About a couple months ago I ...
  • Petya
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Car view won't keep the screen on anymore

So previously I was able to have my Spotify play in Car View and my screen would stay on as long as it was running in car view but just a couple days ago it started to time out and turn off. I tried looking at my android display settings in the scree...

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  • So previously I was able to have my Spotify play in Car View and my screen would stay on as long as it was running in car view but just a couple days ago it started to time out and turn off. I tried ...
  • arndtinger
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Spotify shuts itself down

After new update, Spotify completely shuts itself down when my phone (Galaxy Note 3) connects to the Internet.

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  • After new update, Spotify completely shuts itself down when my phone (Galaxy Note 3) connects to the Internet.  
  • eltoch
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Username and Account

Hello. I have 2 problems. Songs freeze all the time. I have to turn the internet on and off for it to work again. can not listen to the quality way. The other problem is my username. it consists of ridiculous letters and numbers. I chose another user...

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  •   Hello.  I have 2 problems. Songs freeze all the time. I have to turn the internet on and off for it to work again. can not listen to the quality way. The other problem is my userna...
  • AndrewRobs01
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Superuser Contribution Why is it taking AGES to load a song in Android App?

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceSamsung S8Operating SystemAndroid 9, Pie My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Samsung S8 Operating System Android 9, Pie   My Question or Issue  
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Solved!! Song selection is gone

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Note 8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueMy spotify suddenly stopped allowing me to not only choose a song, but it also does not allow me to view the discography of any artist or play any songs from any art...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Note 8 Operating System Android    My Question or Issue My spotify suddenly stopped allowing me to not only choose a song, but it also does...
  • Emilia_8
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can’t view Discography in any artist on pixel

Plan - PremiumCountry - USA Device - Pixel 3xlOperating System - Android 10 My Question or IssueWhen I go to an artists page I can't see any album or song info. This just started today (Sept. 23, 2019)

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  • Plan - Premium Country - USA   Device - Pixel 3xl Operating System - Android 10   My Question or Issue When I go to an artists page I can't see any album or song info....
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Superuser Contribution Can't login to android

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMoto x4Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueFor some reason I am unable to login to the Android app. I can login to the website just fine. I've changed my password twice, I did a clean uninstall and reinstall, and sti...

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  •   Plan Free Country USA Device Moto x4 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue For some reason I am unable to login to the Android app. I can login to the website just ...
  • Petya
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    Login
    Login problem
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Superuser Contribution App crashes on android phone

PlanPremiumCountry Ireland Device Omidigi A5 Pro(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System Android 9(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Every time I try to save a song to my playlists by pressing the ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Ireland   Device Omidigi A5 Pro (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Android 9 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,et...
  • Petya
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Can't access queue

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid 9Spotify version 8.5.24.762My Question or IssueI cannot access the queue. I have the currently playing song open (album art view, see attachment), and when I tap the queue button in...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA  Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android 9 Spotify version 8.5.24.762 My Question or Issue I cannot access the queue. I have the currently playing so...
  • Emilia_8
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    Mobile
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    queue
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Superuser Contribution App keeps crashing on Galaxy S10 +

PlanPremiumCountrySingapore DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10 +Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueThe app keeps crashing when I open the app. Keeps saying "Spotify keeps stopping". I have tried many ways to solve this like Reinstall/Uninstall, S...

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  • Plan Premium Country Singapore  Device Samsung Galaxy S10 + Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue The app keeps crashing when I open the app. Keeps saying "Spotify ...
  • Petya
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Superuser Contribution Music pauses while phone is closed.

PlanFamily/PremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueThe music will continue to play while my phone is open. Once I close the phone songs will play for 30 seconds tops then pause for minutes at a time. Onc...

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  • Plan Family/Premium Country US Device Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue The music will continue to play while my phone is open. Once I close the pho...
  • Petya
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Superuser Contribution Downloads removed

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceSamsung M30Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueMy downloads get deleted everyday and today I clocked it , I had set the download option " on " fr my liked songs playlist and somehow everyday for like the past 5 ...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Device Samsung M30 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue My downloads get deleted everyday and today I clocked it , I had set the download option...
  • Petya
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  • Download bug
    Downloaded music disappears
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Superuser Contribution Pausing music on Lock Screen won't work. (with Bluetooth listening) - Samsung S9

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueWhen on my lock screen (or Always On Display)... When i try to pause anything, it will just play it right away without me pressing the play button. I...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android 9    My Question or Issue When on my lock screen (or Always On Display)... When i try to paus...
  • Petya
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    Samsung galaxy S9+
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Superuser Contribution Spotify downloads

I'm using Spotify on my Android phone and the issue i've encountered, is that my phone is bloated with data from Spotify. I've unlimited data plan on my phone and i don't need any chache stored on my phone, but there seems to be no way to turn that o...

  • Visitor
  • I'm using Spotify on my Android phone and the issue i've encountered, is that my phone is bloated with data from Spotify. I've unlimited data plan on my phone and i don't need any chache stored on my...
  • Petya
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Superuser Contribution New Liked songs does'nt contain lots of my old song library

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceSamsung Galaxy A70 My Question or IssueBefore the update in June I had around 4000+ songs in my song library and now most are gone. My "liked songs" only has 1362. How can I get them back. This is years of building a library...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy A70     My Question or Issue Before the update in June I had around 4000+ songs in my song library and now most are gone. My "liked so...
  • Petya
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle plays Songs two times in a row

I've seen this posted many times over the years and I've not seen a resolution yet. I'm sure it's something simple but for the life of me I cannot get it to stop. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app but nothing changed. I've attached a picture, ...

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  • I've seen this posted many times over the years and I've not seen a resolution yet. I'm sure it's something simple but for the life of me I cannot get it to stop. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the...
  • Emilia_8
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