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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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Sharing with Instagram isn't working

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceMoto G Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My IssueHello there! I'm having some trouble when I try to share anything to the Instagram stories. I get the message: "It was impossible to share to the Instagram stories, try again ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device Moto G     Operating System Android Oreo   My Issue Hello there! I'm having some trouble when I try to share anything to the...
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Issues with Release Radar and Discovery Weekly on Android and PC program

I like listening to Release Radar and Discovery Weekly every week. Lately, I've noticed a pattern where if I listen to enough of the playlists on my phone and mark the songs I like or I don't like, my phone starts playing ONLY the songs I've already ...

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  •   I like listening to Release Radar and Discovery Weekly every week. Lately, I've noticed a pattern where if I listen to enough of the playlists on my phone and mark the songs I like or I don't...
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Sharing to Instagram Story Not Working

PlanPremiumCountry Costa RicaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S8+Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue I'm having trouble sharing the music I'm listening to Instagram stories. It loads but then it shows an error. I attached a screenshot of the messa...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Costa Rica Device Samsung Galaxy S8+ Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  I'm having trouble sharing the music I'm listening to Instag...
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Superuser Contribution Auto play with sat nav

PlanPremiumCountry UKDeviceHuawei P20 ProOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Whenever I use either Google Sat Nav or TomTom sat nav. Spotify automaticaly kicks in and starts playing. I do not want this to happen. There was no option wit...

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  • Plan Premium Country  UK Device Huawei P20 Pro Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Whenever I use either Google Sat Nav or TomTom sat nav. Spotify automatic...
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Podcast play button dark and won't play

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceNote 8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Ppodcast play buttons are dark and won't play for most episodes of most podcasts.

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Note 8 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Ppodcast play buttons are dark and won't play for most episodes of most po...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Free is better than Premium??

PlanPremiumCountry RomaniaDeviceSamsung Galaxy A6 PlusOperating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue On the free version I can Heart and Block ANY song and artist from ANY playlist. And on Premium I can't.Do NOT tell me I can only do this in cert...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Romania Device Samsung Galaxy A6 Plus Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  On the free version I can Heart and Block ANY song and arti...
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HELP! My songs are skipping when connected to my bluetooth headphones

I recently got a pair of JBL e65 headohones and everytime I play a song it skips automatically after 10 seconds to the next song. It is driving my nuts! This is the only bluetooth device this happens with. Can anyone offer any advice? PLEASE! Device ...

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  • I recently got a pair of JBL e65 headohones and everytime I play a song it skips automatically after 10 seconds to the next song. It is driving my nuts! This is the only bluetooth device this happens...
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Superuser Contribution Podcasts

PlanPremiumCountry New Zealand My Question or IssueSince the last update I am no longer able to access downloaded podcasts without being online which completely defeats the purpose of downloading them. Also the podcasts do not delete when I choose to...

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  • Plan Premium Country  New Zealand   My Question or Issue Since the last update I am no longer able to access downloaded podcasts without being online which completely defeats the purp...
  • Peter
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Song/Artist unsearchable on Instagram Story even though available on own Spotify playlist.

PlanPremiumCountry NZDeviceSony Xperia XZ and iPhone 6SOperating SystemAndroid 8.0.0iOS 12.1.1 My Question or IssueWhenever I search a song/artist on Instagram Story that I know is available on my Spotify playlist, search results to nothing or will g...

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  • Plan Premium Country  NZ Device Sony Xperia XZ  and iPhone 6S Operating System Android 8.0.0 iOS 12.1.1   My Question or Issue Whenever I search a song/artist on Instagram...
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sharing artist profile on instagram problem

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States - New Jersey Device(iPhone 7 Plus, LG Aristo 2)Operating System(iOS 12.1, Android 7.1.2) My Question or Issue Good day to AllMy issue is that i am trying to share an artist profile on Instagram stories and The Spo...

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  •   Plan Free/Premium Country United States - New Jersey   Device (iPhone 7 Plus, LG Aristo 2) Operating System (iOS 12.1, Android 7.1.2)   My Question or Issue  Go...
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Why does my saved songs keeps getting deleted and not downloaded?

Hello, I just subscribed to spotify premium recently, when I logged in, all of my downloaded songs got deleted, then I saved new songs again but can't download it. Then after that,I logged out then logged back in, my old songs were restored and I kep...

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  • Hello, I just subscribed to spotify premium recently, when I logged in, all of my downloaded songs got deleted, then I saved new songs again but can't download it.  Then after that,I logged out...
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Trying to download a soundtrack from spotify on desktop to samsung s9

Premium, na, galaxy s9, windows 10 and android version 8.0 Downloaded a soundtrack from Amazon music a while ago and have been trying to troubleshoot myself on how to get it on my phone. Successfully got the files onto my spotify on my desktop and ha...

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  • Premium, na, galaxy s9, windows 10 and android version 8.0   Downloaded a soundtrack from Amazon music a while ago and have been trying to troubleshoot myself on how to get it on my phone. Suc...
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Storage not saving to SD card

PlanPremoumCountry UKDevice(Moto e4 plus)Operating System( Android Oreo My Question or Issue My Spotify is set to save data to my SD card but it saved it to my internal memory instead. This makes it run really slowly and clogs up my memory

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  • Plan Premoum Country  UK Device (Moto e4 plus) Operating System ( Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  My Spotify is set to save data to my SD card but it saved it to my...
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Trying to find a song played - not in recently played

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceLG Nexus 5xOperating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Question or IssueI'm not sure if this is the right spot for this, but here goes. I added a few songs to my play que. After they finished, some random songs started play...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   Device LG Nexus 5x Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue I'm not sure if this is the right spot for this, but here goes. I ad...
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Solved!! New update removed search inside a playlist?

PlanPremiumCountry IsraelDeviceOneplus 3TOperating SystemAndroid 8.0 My Question or Issue Cannot find search feature inside a playlist, was it removed? If so, this is kind of idiotic.... Please bring back :).

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  •   Plan Premium Country  Israel Device Oneplus 3T Operating System Android 8.0   My Question or Issue  Cannot find  search  feature inside a playlist, was it r...
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My music keeps getting taken over

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsungOperating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueWhen I play my music second in it plays a different song not on my list and it doesn't matter what song I play it keeps happening.

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Operating System Android My Question or Issue When I play my music second in it plays a different song not on my list and it doesn't matter what song ...
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Shared Speakers with Family Plan

I have a trial of the family premium plan and am confused how best to setup shared devices, like the Alexa app. I would like every family member to have access to their own music, and also allow multiple family members to use the Spotify Amazon app a...

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  •     I have a trial of the family premium plan and am confused how best to setup shared devices, like the Alexa app.  I would like every family member to have access to their own...
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Solved!! Filtering on mobile android device

Hello,I had a problem with the payment to spotify so i temporarily lost premium on my account. Now i have premium again and all the features except being able to filter the playlists on my phone for some weird reason. When i try to scroll to the top ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I had a problem with the payment to spotify so i temporarily lost premium on my account. Now i have premium again and all the features except being able to filter the playlists on my phone fo...
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Behind the lyrics

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceHuawei g8Operating SystemEmui 4.0.2 and android 6.0.1 My Question or IssueI have been using spotify for a long time and I was using it free I had no problems everything was fine then the behind the lyrics update rolled out ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  US Device Huawei g8 Operating System Emui 4.0.2 and android 6.0.1   My Question or Issue I have been using spotify for a long time and I was using it free I ...
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Feature request: reset and allow for artist re-selection

I didn't finish selecting artists (and only picked a few) and now looking them up is a lot more of a pain and takes longer. Can the big artist select page please be a regular feature instead of just a once-time-thing for first-time-users? Similar top...

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  •   I didn't finish selecting artists (and only picked a few) and now looking them up is a lot more of a pain and takes longer. Can the big artist select page please be a regular feature instead ...
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