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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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Spotify closing itself

Whenever I'm listening to spotify while using Instagram, I tap to play sound on a video and Spotify pauses music, however it will also usually close the app and restart the song I was listening to. PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceLG Stylo 4Operating SystemAn...

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  • Whenever I'm listening to spotify while using Instagram, I tap to play sound on a video and Spotify pauses music, however it will also usually close the app and restart the song I was listening to.&n...
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After every reboot a new login request

I am using the Android app of Spotify and experience some bug when rebooting my phone. Each time I have to reenter my login credentials. I have found the solution with entering the offline mode which did fix the problem for some people. I do not have...

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  • I am using the Android app of Spotify and experience some bug when rebooting my phone. Each time I have to reenter my login credentials. I have found the solution with entering the offline mode which...
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Playlist skips to the beginning

I have an annoying issue with one of my playlists. No matter where I am within the playlist, it skips to the start of it after having just played one, maybe two songs further down in my playlist.This happens both on my Android phone and on my Windows...

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  • I have an annoying issue with one of my playlists. No matter where I am within the playlist, it skips to the start of it after having just played one, maybe two songs further down in my playlist. Th...
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Solved!! Song I've never listened to is the only song that plays and can't be paused

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+My Question or IssueFirst Man by DSmash is the only song that plays. I'll play something else and after a second it's gone - whole queue is wiped - and only that song plays. Tried skipping, moving to th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Samsung Galaxy 9+ My Question or Issue First Man by DSmash is the only song that plays. I'll play something else and after a second it's gone - whole queue ...
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Volume on spotify

Not sure where to post this but I was having issues with volume on Android and turning off normalisation wasn't a help. However, changing Region on the actual phone to India instead of Uk fixed it. Turns out the EU implement volume restrictions, chan...

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  • Not sure where to post this but I was having issues with volume on Android and turning off normalisation wasn't a help. However, changing Region on the actual phone to India instead of Uk fixed it. T...
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Snapchat "Play on Spotify" button does not work

PlanPremiumCountryU.s.DevicePixel 2Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueWhen you send a Spotify link to someone on Snapchat when they click the "Play On Spotify" button it does nothing no matter how many times you click the button! It's supp...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.s. Device Pixel 2 Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue When you send a Spotify link to someone on Snapchat when they click the "Play On Spotify" but...
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Notification

I have an honor 10 lite that runs android version 9 and when I play Spotify the notification shows on the lock screen but I don't have any of the controls. I have deleted and reinstalled it, updated it and made sure all app permissions and notificati...

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  • I have an honor 10 lite that runs android version 9 and when I play Spotify the notification shows on the lock screen but I don't have any of the controls. I have deleted and reinstalled it, updated ...
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Superuser Contribution Reseting of storage device after restart.

PlanPremium FamilyCountryAccount is in Germany but im currently in New Zealand.DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8+Operating SystemAndroid 9 After restarting my phone spotify redownloads all the songs that i previously downloaded and rests my Storage device back...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country Account is in Germany but im currently in New Zealand. Device Samsung Galaxy S8+ Operating System Android 9   After restarting my phone spotify redownloads a...
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Stopping Music/Clear Now Playing

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceLG TributeOperating SystemAndroid-Exact OS is irrelevant, this is a GENERAL FUNCTIONALITY query. My Question or IssueHow do I fully stop a song that is playing? To be explicitly clear on my question, by "fully sto...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device LG Tribute Operating System Android-Exact OS is irrelevant, this is a GENERAL FUNCTIONALITY query.   My Question or Issue How do I fully stop ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't play local files on my Android phone

PlanPremiumCountryCzech RepublicDeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 8 My Question or IssueHello!I have a prob with all of my local files in my playlists, as they can't be played on my phone (they are all greyed out). Everything works perfectly fine on...

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  • Plan Premium Country Czech Republic Device LG G6 Operating System Android 8   My Question or Issue Hello! I have a prob with all of my local files in my playlists, as they can't be pl...
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Spotify Pauses after a few (random) songs - Samsung S9+

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+Operating SystemAndroid Oreo (whatever is most current) My Question or IssueSpotify pauses and must push play after 1-5 songs (random but always happens). I have been searching the internet for weeks on a f...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy 9+ Operating System Android Oreo (whatever is most current)   My Question or Issue Spotify pauses and must push play after 1-5 songs...
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No puedo reproducir playlist sin conexión a internet

PlanPremiumCountryMéxico DeviceHuawei mate 20 lite Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueNo me cargan las playlist sin conexión a Internet, solo álbumes, tengo la cuenta premium, ayúdenme por favor.

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  •   Plan Premium Country México  Device Huawei mate 20 lite  Operating System Android   My Question or Issue No me cargan las playlist sin conexión a Internet, solo álbum...
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April 9th update is crashing and rebooting my Google Pixel 3

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceGoogle Pixel 3XLOperating SystemAndroid 9 Pie My Question or IssueI have used and loved Spotify for years and years. And when I say "use", I mean I REALLY use Spotify. It is playing on my phone about 9 hours a day...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Google Pixel 3XL Operating System Android 9 Pie   My Question or Issue I have used and loved Spotify for years and years. And when I say "use"...
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Spotify Insanely Slow on Specific Device

Hello, I am on a Premium Family Plan in Canada. When using spotify on my Asus Zenfone 4 Pro running Andriod 8.0.0 My Issue is that IT is painfully slow to boot up and load Menus, songs and playlists. Music often skips in both my car (on 4g network an...

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  • Hello, I am on a Premium Family Plan in Canada. When using spotify on my Asus Zenfone 4 Pro running Andriod 8.0.0     My Issue is that IT is painfully slow to boot up and load Menus, son...
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Downloading all saved albums

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating SystemAndroid (latest) My Question or IssueI can no longer find a way to download all saved albums, is there a way to do it now that not everything is added to saved songs? I'm having this problem ...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK  Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System Android (latest)    My Question or Issue I can no longer find a way to download all saved albums, is there a...
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Can't stop downloading songs automatically

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung A5Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHello. So I keep having the same problem regarding my Library song's automatically downloading, even though I have disabled that function. Can't seem to find any solution ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung A5 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hello. So I keep having the same problem regarding my Library song's automatically...
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Playlists and folders displayed in wrong order on Android

Hi everybody, I have a problem with the order of my playlists and folders on my Android smartphone. The right order I set on Desktop does not appear when I press on "Playlists" on my phone, but it only appears when I want to add a song to a Playlist....

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  • Hi everybody, I have a problem with the order of my playlists and folders on my Android smartphone. The right order I set on Desktop does not appear when I press on "Playlists" on my phone, but it on...
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Certain local files won't download to my Samsung S6 edge

I am trying to put some songs that I have that aren't available on spotify onto my phone, most of them download albeit with a lot of convincing for some of them (having to make a new playlist just to download one song, changing the names of the files...

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  • I am trying to put some songs that I have that aren't available on spotify onto my phone, most of them download albeit with a lot of convincing for some of them (having to make a new playlist just to...
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Superuser Contribution [Android][Other] Persistent download every day

Every day, at least once a day, I get a notification that Spotify is downloading something. It never progresses and never finishes I've checked to see what may be trying to download but can't see anything that needs to complete or start downloading. ...

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  • Every day, at least once a day, I get a notification that Spotify is downloading something.    It never progresses and never finishes    I've checked to see what may be trying...
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Lock-Screen Buttons not responsive

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemOne UI version 1.0Adroid version 9 My Question or IssueThe on-screen buttons (lock-screen) are not working any more. I'm not sure if it just stoped working or maby related with an Androi...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System One UI version 1.0 Adroid version 9   My Question or Issue The on-screen buttons (lock-screen) are not working a...
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