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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...

Amay
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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...

Plaguedoctor
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Sumit_Ghosh
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Offline music on Samsung Gear S3 - some trakcs do not dowload

PlanPremiumCountry PolandDeviceSamsung Gear S3 FrontierOperating SystemAndroid (paired phone)My Question or Issue I set my device to download the music from one of my playlist (about 150 tracks) according to mlendards post. It works fine for some tra...

MaverickTheDude
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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Samsung Gear S3 Frontier Operating System Android (paired phone) My Question or Issue I set my device to download the music from one of my play...
2018-12-29 12:44:04 AM
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How do i get the Spotify toolbar to appear on my phone?

On my old Sony phone i had a toolbar on the homescreen and lockscreen of my phone to quickly change songs etc. From that i could also use the 'snext song' feature on my cars bluetooth device which would skip the song.That phone broke and now i'm usin...

midgar918
Newbie
On my old Sony phone i had a toolbar on the homescreen and lockscreen of my phone to quickly change songs etc. From that i could also use the 'snext song' feature on my cars bluetooth...
2018-12-29 11:53:03 PM
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shuffle is on Automaticaly

When i say "play my favorite songs" spotify automatically turning shuffle on. But i don't want that!How i can listen without shuffle? (google home and premium account)

loginblogin
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When i say "play my favorite songs" spotify automatically turning shuffle on. But i don't want that! How i can listen without shuffle? (google home and premium account)
2018-12-29 11:29:05 PM
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Cross-fade: phone lags in games when the next song starts playing.

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceSamsung A320FLOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueMy device has 2 GB of RAM.12 seconds before the current song ends, the next song kicks in. Right at that moment, the game starts lagging for 1-2 seconds.It'...

user-removed
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Plan Premium Country Romania Device Samsung A320FL Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue My device has 2 GB of RAM. 12 seconds before the current song ends, the ne...
2018-12-29 10:51:31 PM
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S8+ has lost lock screen controls

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceGalaxy S8+Operating System My Question or IssueI recently lost my lock screen controls for Spotify. No updates or changes to phone. They just disappeared. Any ideas how to get them back?

shielalee
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Device Galaxy S8+ Operating System My Question or Issue I recently lost my lock screen controls for Spotify. No updates or changes to phone....
2018-12-29 10:27:45 PM
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How many more years do we need to wait before shuffle actually works?

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePixel 3Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or Issue The following issue has been noted many times in the past by many other Spotify users: The Spotify shuffle feature does not work. It shuffles from only a small subset o...

moouers
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Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 3 Operating System Android 9 My Question or Issue The following issue has been noted many times in the past by many other Spotify us...
2018-12-29 10:14:14 AM
2018-12-29 9:56:41 PM
suebisme
Newbie
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Spotify not playing through Musiccast

PlanPremiumCountry Australia DeviceYamaha Music Cast Operating System Android My Question or IssueEverything was working perfectly, could open Musiccast on my Android tablet, select Spotify and play music through my Yamaha amp. Then on Christmas Eve ...

Peter678
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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Yamaha Music Cast Operating System Android My Question or Issue Everything was working perfectly, could open Mus...
2018-12-29 9:49:59 PM
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Sort playlist thing + bug

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceMoto Z2 PlayOperating SystemAndroid 8.0 I got really disappointed with the last update, I ALWAYS used the dropdown to sort my playlists and even to remember wich are the new songs that I added, now the dropdown is gone,...

heberthbruno
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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Moto Z2 Play Operating System Android 8.0 I got really disappointed with the last update, I ALWAYS used the dropdown to sort my playlists an...
2018-12-20 9:35:46 PM
2018-12-29 9:12:17 PM
heberthbruno
Casual Listener
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Why is the shuffle suddenly worse than ever?

PlanPremiumCountry UK DeviceMoto G5Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue In the past month I've noticed that the shuffle feature on my Android device, for all songs rather than a Playlist, plays the same set of recently added songs without var...

Wintersoldier_7
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country UK Device Moto G5 Operating System Android My Question or Issue In the past month I've noticed that the shuffle feature on my Android device,...
2018-12-04 11:14:20 AM
2018-12-29 8:59:03 PM
Wintersoldier_7
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PS4 doesn't sync

PremiumCountry USS8 My Question or Issue PlayStation account doesn't sync with PC or phone. I can log in but no playlist. Also can't log out of of playstation account Get an error.

abomb1
Newbie
Premium Country US S8 My Question or Issue PlayStation account doesn't sync with PC or phone. I can log in but no playlist. Also can't log out of of playstation account Get a...
2018-12-29 8:52:38 PM
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My galaxy s9 will randomly play different songs for no reason

It always asks me if I want to continue listening on web player or on my phone. And it always plays like 20 different albums PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Device Samsung Galaxy 9Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue Why does the web pl...

Jm99303wh
Newbie
It always asks me if I want to continue listening on web player or on my phone. And it always plays like 20 different albums Plan Premium Country United States Device &n...
2018-12-29 6:33:01 PM
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Behind the Lyrics no longer showing up

PlanPremium For FamilyCountryUSADeviceGoogle Pixel 2Operating SystemAndroid Pie I've noticed recently that my Spotify app no longer shows the Behind the Lyrics like it used to. But I think it's been like this for a few months now, even before I updat...

user-removed
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Plan Premium For Family Country USA Device Google Pixel 2 Operating System Android Pie I've noticed recently that my Spotify app no longer shows the Behind the Lyrics like it used to....
2018-12-29 6:17:43 AM
2018-12-29 3:43:01 PM
ewh410
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For some playlist add to home screen doesnt work

PlanPremium CountryItaly DeviceSamsung A8 2018 My Question or Issue Hello, For some playlist add to home screen doesnt work.

Effegi115
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Plan Premium Country Italy Device Samsung A8 2018 My Question or Issue Hello, For some playlist add to home screen doesnt work.
2018-12-29 3:09:40 PM
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Spotify starts on phone when I start it on the PC

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceSony Xperia XZ3 and PCOperating SystemAndroid 9 (Pie) and Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I start to play music on Spotify on my PC the Spotify App starts to run on my phone as well, even though I've "swiped aw...

Emmzor
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Sony Xperia XZ3 and PC Operating System Android 9 (Pie) and Windows 10 My Question or Issue Whenever I start to play music on Spotify o...
2018-12-29 2:05:15 PM
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Saved/favourite songs?

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceSony Xperia E5Operating SystemAndroid 6.0 My Question or IssueI do understand that my saved songs have now turned into favourite songs since my premium plan was cancelled. However, I had over 1000 saved songs on pre...

10smears
Newbie
Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device Sony Xperia E5 Operating System Android 6.0 My Question or Issue I do understand that my saved songs have now turned into favourite songs sinc...
2018-12-29 12:20:47 PM
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Go to Radio Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUkDeviceHuawei Mate 10 ProOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue My main method of listening to music has just disappeared. I used to have the convenient functionality of being able to create a lineup from one of my playlists'...

harryw86
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Uk Device Huawei Mate 10 Pro Operating System Android My Question or Issue My main method of listening to music has just disappeared. I used to have the co...
2018-12-26 5:12:37 PM
2018-12-28 12:22:47 AM
arehartjeff
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Tech support needed regarding the android app

PlanPremiumCountry RomaniaDeviceXiaomi redmi note 4 Pro -OS Android My Question or Issue Whenever I listen to my playlists on Spotify, the following song from it will not play entirely.Basically I listen to a song, then the next one starts, and after...

Gorovaxandru
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Romania Device Xiaomi redmi note 4 Pro -OS Android My Question or Issue Whenever I listen to my playlists on Spotify, the following song from it ...
2018-12-28 10:25:26 PM
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Why can't I turn it off?

With the latest update I no longer have a way to turn it off. It's always on and will just start playing randomly. I'm using a galaxy phone and enjoy listening in my vehicle or on other bluetooth devices at work and home, however I do not want it alw...

XxFlyNxX
Newbie
With the latest update I no longer have a way to turn it off. It's always on and will just start playing randomly. I'm using a galaxy phone and enjoy listening in my vehicle or on other bluetooth dev...
2018-12-28 12:22:52 PM
2018-12-28 9:36:42 PM
smily
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Missing songs from favourite songs

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DenmarkDeviceHuawei P9Operating SystemAndroid 7 My Question or Issue On my pc i added over a thousand tracks to my favourite song list (the one where you press the heart symbol to add) but on my phone most of the tracks are mi...

PapaEmeritusIII
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country Denmark Device Huawei P9 Operating System Android 7 My Question or Issue On my pc i added over a thousand tracks to my favourite song list (the ...
2018-12-28 9:26:05 PM
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Startup artist selection page

I've just bought premium for my wife for xmas. When she fisrt logged on there was a really good artist selection page that I've spent hours trying to find again as we weren't finished with it. I'm sure there must be a way to get it up again, it would...

Dave748
Casual Listener
I've just bought premium for my wife for xmas. When she fisrt logged on there was a really good artist selection page that I've spent hours trying to find again as we weren't finished with it. I'm su...
2018-12-26 7:27:16 PM
2018-12-28 9:17:11 PM
Dave748
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