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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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Superuser Contribution Android notification text colour is same colour as background

The Android notification showing the currently playing song is unreadable as the text colour is the same colour as the background. I'll try and upload a picture.My device is a Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite

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  • The Android notification showing the currently playing song is unreadable as the text colour is the same colour as the background. I'll try and upload a picture. My device is a Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite
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Superuser Contribution What happens when I paid for a different plan and the plan is not showing

I had an individual monthly plan that expired and I opted to change the plan to student's, and I paid for it and cancelled my individual plan. I paid for the student plan and it didn't reflect. Why was this the case ?

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  • I had an individual monthly plan that expired and I opted to change the plan to student's, and I paid for it and cancelled my individual plan. I paid for the student plan and it didn't reflect. Why w...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify sounds like scratched CD over Bluetooth

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating SystemAndroid Pi (9)EarbudsTaotronics Pallas models (one old and one new), Taotronics Sappho modelVersion of Spotify8.5.36.747, Play Store says it is up to date My Question or IssueSince ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System Android Pi (9) Earbuds Taotronics Pallas models (one old and one new), Taotronics Sappho model Version of Spotify...
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Spotify is currently set to offline. How do I switch it to online?

There are older answers to this question, but they don't seem relevant to my display. Please specify every step from the homepage.

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  • There are older answers to this question, but they don't seem relevant to my display. Please specify every step from the homepage.
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Why does Spotify detect screenshots?

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePixel 7aOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueWhy does Spotify detect I took a screenshot? How can I disable this? Thanks

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Pixel 7a Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue Why does Spotify detect I took a screenshot? How can I disable this? Thanks
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Superuser Contribution How do I view all the songs by One artist

When searching for an artist I want to see a list of songs not a list of albums or popular songs. Going through every album to find songs that I like is inefficient. So I'm trying to figure out how to search for an artist and show just the songs.

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  • When searching for an artist I want to see a list of songs not a list of albums or popular songs. Going through every album to find songs that I like is inefficient. So I'm trying to figure out how t...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify loads twice

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung s10eOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueSteps to reproduce:1.Close spotify (do not leave running in background)2. Open spotify Actual result:Spotify loads twiceExpected result:Spotify loads once

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung s10e Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue Steps to reproduce: 1.Close spotify (do not leave running in background) 2. Open sp...
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Superuser Contribution Some downloaded songs got deleted then immediately re-downloaded

I was listening to some music on my S23 when I suddenly got the "downloading songs" notification, with the progress bar showing around 250 downloaded songs out of 400, when all 400 were already downloaded previously. Then I opened one of my downloade...

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  • I was listening to some music on my S23 when I suddenly got the "downloading songs" notification, with the progress bar showing around 250 downloaded songs out of 400, when all 400 were already downl...
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Superuser Contribution Crazy data usage suddenly

PlanPremiumCountryCZDeviceGalaxy Note10Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueSpotify ate 2GB of data very quickly, without me using it any more than usual. My normal monthly data usage is 500-600mb per month. Yet suddenly it ate almost 2gigs in...

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  • Plan Premium Country CZ Device Galaxy Note10 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Spotify ate 2GB of data very quickly, without me using it any more than usual. My normal mo...
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Superuser Contribution Music undownloaded

I use Spotify premium and today my downloaded music became undownloaded. What do I do?

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  • I use Spotify premium and today my downloaded music became undownloaded. What do I do?
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Superuser Contribution My Now Playing screen looks different suddenly after update

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Ai box, Android box for car, Carlinkit)Operating System(Android 9) My Question or IssueAfter a recent update about 2 days ago, the Spotify in my car android system looks different. Everything else feels the same. Just the No...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device (Ai box, Android box for car, Carlinkit) Operating System (Android 9)   My Question or Issue After a recent update about 2 days ago, the Spotify in m...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Announcement Unshuffles Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DeviceGoogle Pixel 6Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI have seen other users complain about this on Reddit, and it isn't restricted to Android users, so I know I'm not the only one fed up with the new Spotify "anno...

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S. Device Google Pixel 6 Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I have seen other users complain about this on Reddit, and it isn't restricted to And...
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Lyrics automatically scroll to the bottom when in split screen mode

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePixel 6Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueWhen using android's split screen mode, lyrics automatically scroll to the bottom instead of changing lines like expected. This happens both when the lyrics are mi...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Pixel 6 Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue When using android's split screen mode, lyrics automatically scroll to the bottom inste...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify connect on s23 ultra vs on s21 ultra

Hello My to galaxy ultra phones are connected to the same wifi router where my Rose 150 network player is.Both have same settings in the app, both logged in with my account , premium user My S21 ultra identifies the network player as well as other pl...

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  • Hello  My to galaxy ultra phones are connected to the same wifi router where my Rose 150 network player is. Both have same settings in the app, both logged in with my account , premium user&nb...
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Superuser Contribution Album/discog. pages almost never load and add to playlist glitchy

Plan:premiumCountry: UkDevice:Google Pixel 7 ProOperating System:Android 14 My Question or Issue:From the middle of last week, if I try and load an album page, or the discography page of an artist, it's very rare that it actually loads anything at al...

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  • Plan:premium Country: Uk Device:Google Pixel 7 Pro Operating System:Android 14   My Question or Issue: From the middle of last week, if I try and load an album page, or the discograph...
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Superuser Contribution Sorting does not ignore non-English articles (de, het, een, le, un, etc.)

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceFairphone 4Operating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueA while after I posted a comment about it a few years back, Spotify switched back to the standard way of collation. But strangely they only did this for Engl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Fairphone 4 Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue A while after I posted a comment about it a few years back, Spotify switched back...
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