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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...

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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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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...

  • Casual Listener
  •   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...
  • antin85
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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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Screen rotate not working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0Spotify Version8.4.88.150 My Question or IssueSpotify will rotate in all settings except the playback viewing mode (where the album cover is shown). I've downloaded t...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android 8.0.0 Spotify Version 8.4.88.150  My Question or Issue Spotify will rotate in all settings except...
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I just see a bar in my huawei honor 8x i want to see all the lockscreen with my music.

PlanPremiumCountry ColombiqDevice Huawei Honor 8xOperating SystemAndroid oreo 8.1 My Question or Issue I want to see the entire lockscreen the music i am listening, it shows just a bar a little bar and i want to see the entire lockscreen with the mus...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Colombiq Device  Huawei  Honor 8x Operating System Android oreo 8.1    My Question or Issue  I want to see the entire lockscreen the musi...
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Hacked account

PlanPremiumCountry ItalyDeviceRedmi Note 4Operating System Androdi 7.0 NRD90M My Question or Issue Hello, So my account as been hacked left and right and they had to re-set my subscription with consequent loss of downloaded songs. In reading other to...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Italy Device Redmi Note 4 Operating System   Androdi 7.0 NRD90M  My Question or Issue   Hello,  So my account as been hacked left and right ...
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Playing in offline mode

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceGalaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.0 My Question or IssueI'm in offline mode and I search for some artist I have plenty of musics downloaded and I hit play on the first song of the list found.When the first song e...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android Oreo 8.0   My Question or Issue I'm in offline mode and I search for some artist I have plenty of musics ...
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Daily mix and Radios

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippines DeviceXiaomi Mi A2Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHello, when I'm listening to my daily mix and it reaches the end of the list, it does not keep loading songs, why is this fault?

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  • Plan Premium Country Philippines   Device Xiaomi Mi A2 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hello, when I'm listening to my daily mix and it reaches the end of the lis...
  • Loxer
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Playlists

DeviceXiaomi Redmi s2Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI really have a weird Issue with my Spotify, i made my own playlist a couple of weeks ago but can't seem to add it as a short cut on my home screen all the other ( not self created...

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  • Device Xiaomi Redmi s2 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue I really have a weird Issue with my Spotify,  i made my own playlist a couple of weeks ago b...
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What happen to local files if premium plan runs out?

PlanFreeOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueHey there, i currently use the spotify free plan. Therefore, I can´t play local files on my android smartphone. I am desperate to play my loal music on android with spotify. Thats why I probadl...

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  • Plan Free Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue Hey there, i currently use the spotify free plan. Therefore, I can´t play local files on my android smartphone. I a...
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Why do random songs star playing in my play list?

Plan: Free Country: Lithuania Device: (Huawei P20) Operating System: (Android Oreo) My Question or Issue: Whenever I play a playlist of mine on my phone, after the 1st song some wierd azz songs start playing that I never listened nor heard of. For ex...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Free Country: Lithuania Device: (Huawei P20) Operating System: (Android Oreo) My Question or Issue: Whenever I play a playlist of mine on my ph...
  • Loxer
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Arrange songs within a playlist gone with update?

I noticed today that I can no longer arrange songs in whatever order I choose within a playlist with my Android tablet. It seems like an important feature to lose & can I have it back in the next update? Thanks in advance.

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  • I noticed today that I can no longer arrange songs in whatever order I choose within a playlist with my Android tablet.  It seems like an important feature to lose & can I have it back in th...
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Albumliste von Artistenansicht verschwunden

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceDiverse, Android 9Spotify version 8.4.88.150 Unter Android 9 werden in der Artistenansicht seit dem letzten Update keine Alben mehr angezeigt.Es ist nur Android 9 betroffen da dort ein neues Design angezeigt wird. Das ne...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Diverse, Android 9 Spotify version 8.4.88.150   Unter Android 9 werden in der Artistenansicht  seit dem letzten Update keine Alben mehr angez...
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App constantly changes my music quality...

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceGoogle Pixel 3Operating SystemAndroid Pie (9), most current version My Question or IssueThe app keeps downgrading my music quality. I always keep it set to Very High and multiple times per week the app changes it back to t...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  USA Device Google Pixel 3 Operating System Android Pie (9), most current version   My Question or Issue The app keeps downgrading my music quality.&n...
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[mobile] shuffle option missing on specific playlist.

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceGalaxy S6Operating SystemAndroid. My Question or Issue I have many playlists on my Spotify account, however, the one playlist that I listen to heavily, which is almost 3,000 songs, no longer has the option to shuffle the play...

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  •   Plan Free Country  USA Device Galaxy S6 Operating System Android.    My Question or Issue  I have many playlists on my Spotify account, however, the one playlist...
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Notificación persistente "conectando a Spotify"

Desde hace una semana más o menos, cada 5 o 10 segundos me salta una notificación de Spotify que dice "Conectando a Spotify". La notificación dura unos segundos, pero como digo, vuelve a salir cada poco y no se puede remover a mano. He cerrado sesión...

  • Casual Listener
  • Desde hace una semana más o menos, cada 5 o 10 segundos me salta una notificación de Spotify que dice "Conectando a Spotify". La notificación dura unos segundos, pero como digo, vuelve a salir cada p...
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My library doesn't sync to my Android mobile phone

PlanPremiumCountry GermanyDeviceHuawei P20 ProOperating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Question or Issue I added songs to my library from my computer. They synced on my iPad but not on my Android mobile phone. I have enough storage and tried to logout and lo...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Germany Device Huawei P20 Pro Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue  I added songs to my library from my computer. They synced on my iPa...
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No filter button to search playlist

I got note 9 I have re installed app but on my Playlist there is no filter section anymore how do I fix? I reinstalled app.

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  • I got note 9 I have re installed app but on my Playlist there is no filter section anymore how do I fix? I reinstalled app.   
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