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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 rodando no pc e no celular

PlanPremiumCountry BrazilDeviceLG X PowerOperating SystemAndroid 6.0.1 Pessoal, boa tarde, estou usando o Spotify no pc e ele fica abrindo no celular também, alguem ja teve esse problema? Ta destruindo o tempo de bateria do meu celular. Alguem sabe c...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Brazil Device LG X Power Operating System Android 6.0.1  Pessoal, boa tarde, estou usando o Spotify no pc e ele fica abrindo no celular também, alguem ja ...
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Bluetooth In car audio controls frozen

PlanPremium Country UK DeviceGalaxy Note2Operating System(Android) My Question or Issue Hi, I was wondering if this is something that I alone have bee experiencing or if it is an underlying issue with the Android Spotify app. I have an aftermarket ra...

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  • Plan Premium   Country  UK   Device Galaxy Note2 Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue   Hi, I was wondering if this is something that I alone have b...
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    bluetooth
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    Connection bug
    critical bug
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Spotify Connect defaults to AV Receiver every time.

Scenario: using Spotify Connect to play on my AV Receiver, and then disconnect when I'm done. Every time I open the app from now on it pops up saying "playing on Denon-AVR, continue or listen on phone." It does this even when I'm not on my home WiFi....

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  • Scenario: using Spotify Connect to play on my AV Receiver, and then disconnect when I'm done. Every time I open the app from now on it pops up saying "playing on Denon-AVR, continue or listen on phon...
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Samsung Gear Fit 2 - any major updates to the app in the near future?

Premium Spotify user for several years, now struggling for nearly a year with Samsung Gear Fit 2, which I have bought exclusively because of offline Spotify.During this year, I didn't have a SINGLE uneventful playlist update. Every time I happen to u...

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  • Premium Spotify user for several years, now struggling for nearly a year with Samsung Gear Fit 2, which I have bought exclusively because of offline Spotify. During this year, I didn't have a S...
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Superuser Contribution Automatic song play from search

Songs do not play automatically from search after a song is finished and I have a premium account. This used to work befor but not anymore, does anyone know why? Thanks!

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  • Songs do not play automatically from search after a song is finished and I have a premium account. This used to work befor but not anymore, does anyone know why? Thanks!
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I have just gotten the new spotify update on my android device, and to say it is disatisfying, is putting it lightly, to me spotify has just taken 1 step forward and 100 steps back. Anyway, when viewing an artists page on mobile it just displays a ma...

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  • I have just gotten the new spotify update on my android device, and to say it is disatisfying, is putting it lightly, to me spotify has just taken 1 step forward and 100 steps back. Anyway, when view...
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I can't download podcasts

PlanPremiumCountry United kKingdoDeviceOne plus 6t Operating System Android My Question or Issue I been downloading albums songs podcasts for offline use. But now I cannot download any podcasts there doesn't seem to be an option for it to be download...

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  • Plan Premium Country  United kKingdo Device One plus 6t   Operating System   Android   My Question or Issue  I been downloading albums songs podcasts for offline ...
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Shared link opens Spotfiy - nothing happens

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceS9+Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue When someone shares a link with me, it opens spotify and then nothing happens. No music plays. There's nothing to make the music play. Only way I can get anything to happen...

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  • Plan Free Country  USA Device S9+ Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  When someone shares a link with me, it opens spotify and then nothing happens. No...
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Offline downloads to SD card

Plan: PremiumDevice: Huawei P10 Lite (android 8.0 I have a rather annoying problem with my spotify app. I have a decent collection of saved music on my device and it has been set to be saved to my SD card. Spotify however "forgets" this with each res...

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  • Plan: Premium Device: Huawei P10 Lite (android 8.0   I have a rather annoying problem with my spotify app. I have a decent collection of saved music on my device and it has been set to be sav...
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Shuffle all songs from all playlist

PlanPremiumCountry Czech RepublicDeviceSamsungOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Hi!I have my songs sorted in playlists and I can shuffle the songs in the playlists, but as I've noticed, there's no shuffle all button. Is there any way you c...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Czech Republic Device Samsung Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  Hi! I have my songs sorted in playlists and I can shuffle the songs in t...
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Solved!! Searchbar Missing on Android

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerland DeviceSamsung Galaxy s9Operating System Android 8.0 My Question or IssueI can't find the search bar or sorting function. Can't I just scroll up in a playlist and it should be shown? I'm using Spotify for many years and o...

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  • Plan Premium Country Switzerland  Device Samsung Galaxy s9 Operating System  Android 8.0   My Question or Issue I can't find the search bar or sorting function. Can't I just ...
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Skip a track via bluetooth

Since i updatet to Android 9 i am not able to skip a song via bluetooth speaker.Sometimes it is working but sometimes the track is just stopping for two seconds and playing further from the place where i klicked the ">>|" button on my bluetooth speak...

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  •   Since i updatet to Android 9 i am not able to skip a song via bluetooth speaker. Sometimes it is working but sometimes the track is just stopping for two seconds and playing further from the...
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    bluetoot problems
    Bluetooth play-pause button not working
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Huawei Mate P20 Pro Lockscreen Music Controls Not Working

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceHuawei Mate P20 ProOperating SystemEMUI9.0/Android 9 My Question or IssueI can't seem to get the Music Controls to appear on the lock screen of the Huawei Mate P20 Pro no matter what I do. I've researched multiple solut...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada  Device Huawei Mate P20 Pro Operating System EMUI9.0/Android 9   My Question or Issue I can't seem to get the Music Controls to appear on the lock scre...
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are you serious?

so recently i just got a spotify premium card because after using the free app (which is inferior) i decided to check it out. So are you telling me you guys dont have song sorting, the queue, or proper shuffling on the free app so you could move to t...

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  • so recently i  just got  a spotify premium card because after using the free app (which is inferior) i decided to check it out. So are you telling me you guys dont have song sorting, the qu...
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App should use internal cache to display home and library views

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceMoto G5 plus, Pixel 3Operating SystemAndroid 6, 7, 8, 9 My Question or IssueI have been using Spotify on Android for several years on several devices. All of them have had the same issue : when starting the app , the ap...

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  • Plan Premium Country  France Device Moto G5 plus, Pixel 3 Operating System Android 6, 7, 8, 9   My Question or Issue I have been using Spotify on Android for several years on seve...
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Sound is too low

I want to increase the sound of the volume... Im at max and it sound very quiet... And im not talking about increasing the freakin bass... I listen to punk rock and metal... The apps is clearly not meant to listen to this type of music... I want loud...

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  •   I want to increase the sound of the volume... Im at max and it sound very quiet... And im not talking about increasing the freakin bass... I listen to punk rock and metal... The apps is clear...
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Solved!! Add Follow playlist as your own

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceSamsung S7 EdgeOperating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or Issue If I follow a playlist and want to add it as my own so I can customize and add music, how do I do it?

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  • Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device Samsung S7 Edge Operating System Android 8.0   My Question or Issue  If I follow a playlist and want to add it as my own so I can customiz...
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Lockscreen Album Art

For 3 YEARS I have patiently waited for Spotify to add a feature to disable the fact that the album art replaces your wallpaper. Some albums have explicit art and generally, I'd rather have my original wallpaper. Google Play Music has had it for year...

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  •   For 3 YEARS I have patiently waited for Spotify to add a feature to disable the fact that the album art replaces your wallpaper. Some albums have explicit art and generally, I'd rather have m...
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App don't acess menu and crashing

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMoto G 4 Play Operating SystemAndroid 7.1.1 Hi, guys. I have a problem with the app, is basically:When I click in a menu for open, the app don't open the Menu and after it closes alone. I've reinstalled, but the problem ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Moto G 4 Play  Operating System Android 7.1.1   Hi, guys. I have a problem with the app, is basically: When I click in a menu for open, the app ...
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Extremely long menu load times and random crashes

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceLG V30Operating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or Issue Ever since yesterday the app on my android phone has been extremely buggy. Taking a long time to start songs back up after pausing, menus take an extremely long time to...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device LG V30 Operating System Android 8.0   My Question or Issue  Ever since yesterday the app on my android phone has been extremely buggy. Taking a lon...
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