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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...

Amayy
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2023-07-11 7:43:36 PM
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0x8EFABE4E
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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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2020-03-30 2:54:13 AM
3 weeks ago
Sumit_Ghosh
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Hundreds of songs missing from favorites

My Question or Issue My spotify app does not show the vast majority of my favorite songs. Ive deleted cached data and reinstalled the app multiple times and they still dont appear. This is wack. About to switch music apps

SheldonMckenz
Newbie
My Question or Issue My spotify app does not show the vast majority of my favorite songs. Ive deleted cached data and reinstalled the app multiple times and they still dont app...
2018-09-10 9:24:18 PM
2018-09-13 4:08:10 PM
TomLegend
Spotify Legend
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"Playing from your library" doesn't show current song

PlanFamily PremiumCountry USA DeviceSamsung S9+Operating SystemAndroid OreoSpotify Version8.4.70.666 armV7 My Question or Issue While playing songs, the "currently playing" song doesn't change. I hear the next song, but it isn't displaying properly. ...

JustWannaPlay
Casual Listener
Plan Family Premium Country USA Device Samsung S9+ Operating System Android Oreo Spotify Version 8.4.70.666 armV7 My Question or Issue While playing songs,...
2018-09-13 4:03:41 PM
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Superuser Contribution "offline" error in search

PlanPremiumDeviceSamsung A320FLOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issuenote: i don't keep mobile data turned on all the time.Sometimes i encounter this error with the data turned on: i can listen online to music but i cannot use the search f...

user-removed
Visitor
Plan Premium Device Samsung A320FL Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue note: i don't keep mobile data turned on all the time. Sometimes i encounter this ...
2018-09-12 6:41:34 PM
2018-09-13 3:28:32 PM
TomLegend
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Browse, Search and Radio not working.

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceSamsung Galaxy S8Operating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.0 My Question or Issue For the past few weeks the Browse, Search and Radio features have refused to work consistently. After using the app for a while (let's say anywhe...

_Jacko
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Samsung Galaxy S8 Operating System Android Oreo 8.0 My Question or Issue For the past few weeks the Browse, Search and Radio feature...
2018-09-12 4:50:51 PM
2018-09-13 3:18:25 PM
TomLegend
Spotify Legend
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1 replies
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Podcast Download Management

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceSamsung Galaxy 9Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue With the most recent update did Spotify remove the download manager for podcasts? Now its a pain to manage and quickly download podcasts.

Mowgef
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue With the most recent update did Spotify remove the do...
2018-09-13 1:26:33 PM
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Problème connexion Spotify premium family

Bonjour, je suis connecté depuis plusieurs mois sur notre compte Spotify premium family. J’ai été déconnecté et impossible de me reconnecter. J’ai fait renvoyer une invitation par le owner mais quand je rentre mes données j’ai un message d’erreur qui...

Respiro
Newbie
Bonjour, je suis connecté depuis plusieurs mois sur notre compte Spotify premium family. J’ai été déconnecté et impossible de me reconnecter. J’ai fait renvoyer une invitation par le own...
2018-09-13 1:23:47 PM
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0 replies
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724 Views
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Sd card problems

I've tried downloading my spotify library on my sd card a dozen times, followed instructions from all over the web.Every time I select my sd card in the spotify options menu, the songs download fine for a while, the suddenly the sd card option dissap...

puckiyo611
Casual Listener
I've tried downloading my spotify library on my sd card a dozen times, followed instructions from all over the web. Every time I select my sd card in the spotify options menu, the songs download fin...
2018-09-13 11:30:25 AM
2018-09-13 1:18:19 PM
puckiyo611
Casual Listener
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Increased limit to 10K songs for up to 5 devices

Thank you for this update! Will my currently downloaded tracks and playlists be erased completely for redownloading because of this update? Thanks.

user-removed
Visitor
Thank you for this update! Will my currently downloaded tracks and playlists be erased completely for redownloading because of this update? Thanks.
2018-09-13 1:58:27 AM
2018-09-13 12:58:07 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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Superuser Contribution Uploaded Music Play on Android device

None of the below informationHow can I play or download music uploaded from the PC into Spotify on an Android device?I can not play the songs on my Android device.

user-removed
Visitor
None of the below information How can I play or download music uploaded from the PC into Spotify on an Android device? I can not play the songs on my Android device.
2018-09-09 11:12:43 PM
2018-09-13 12:19:55 PM
Jemi
Spotify Legend
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Superuser Contribution Artist Page and Album Page links are greyed out

None of the below information is requirPlanPremiumCountry United StatesDevice(LG V20)Operating System(Android 7.0) My Question or Issue Artist Page and Album Page links are greyed out. Clicking on album art will show full album and more but going dir...

Rednpuff
Casual Listener
None of the below information is requir Plan Premium Country United States Device (LG V20) Operating System (Android 7.0) My Question or Issue Artist Page and Album Page...
2018-07-12 1:47:36 AM
2018-09-13 10:28:09 AM
AeroZ
Composer
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Song Radio and View Album options greyed out

PlanPremiumCountry Singapore.DeviceSamsung Galaxy 6Operating SystemAndroid Kit Kat My Question or IssueI've been a spotify Premium user since 2016. Recently in the past few weeks I've noticed that the View Album, View Artist and Go To Song Radio opti...

davegball
Music Fan
Plan Premium Country Singapore. Device Samsung Galaxy 6 Operating System Android Kit Kat My Question or Issue I've been a spotify Premium user since 2016. Recently in the past ...
2018-07-19 6:38:43 AM
2018-09-13 10:27:55 AM
AeroZ
Composer
6129 Views
3 replies
3 likes

6129 Views
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Superuser Contribution Can't select view album or artist, shuffle turns off

PlanPremiumCountry UsaDeviceGalaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue I can no longer click on "view artist" and "view album" options. Also Spotify turns off the shuffle option at least once a day.

Kstew
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Usa Device Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android My Question or Issue I can no longer click on "view artist" and "view album" options. Al...
2018-07-12 2:48:47 AM
2018-09-13 10:27:28 AM
AeroZ
Composer
13542 Views
6 replies
1 likes

13542 Views
6 replies
1 likes

Search, view artist, view album not working

PlanPremiumCountry USDeviceSamsung galaxy s8 My Question or Issue The search artist. Album. Or any if my searches are not pulling up anything. I have plenty of service, premium for years, tried on wifi. Restarting phone and app. Unable to search new ...

Myarsulik
Newbie
Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung galaxy s8 My Question or Issue The search artist. Album. Or any if my searches are not pulling up anything. I have plenty of service,...
2018-08-08 10:34:54 PM
2018-09-13 10:27:11 AM
AeroZ
Composer
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2 replies
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1396 Views
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Unable to click view artist or album (greyed out)

As of yesterday when i click the 3 dots in an effort to view the album for the song I'm listening to, the options view album and view artist are greyed out. I also noticed this morning that my search would only pull up songs I've download. No artist,...

Hippintrippy
Casual Listener
As of yesterday when i click the 3 dots in an effort to view the album for the song I'm listening to, the options view album and view artist are greyed out. I also noticed this morning that ...
2018-07-20 8:52:28 PM
2018-09-13 10:26:54 AM
AeroZ
Composer
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5 replies
1 likes
Cannot click view artist or view album

2781 Views
5 replies
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Superuser Contribution Album, Artist, Radio, Greyed Out

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating SystemLatest android available My Question or IssueThis happens at least 3x per week. Album, Artist, and Radio options are grayed out. Have to restart the phone and the options are available again...

blindmouses
Gig Goer
Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System Latest android available My Question or Issue This happens at least 3x per week. Album, Artist, and Radio op...
2018-08-30 2:03:20 PM
2018-09-13 10:26:42 AM
AeroZ
Composer
955 Views
6 replies
1 likes

955 Views
6 replies
1 likes

Superuser Contribution Lagging and not switching/ playing songs

PlanPremiumCountryUsa Device Samsung Galaxy 9Operating System Android Oreo? My Question or IssueOk, I've tried to uninstall and it still does this. There is alot of lag. When I first bring up the app to play music I go straight to my playlists, and i...

Xpulse
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Usa Device Samsung Galaxy 9 Operating System Android Oreo? My Question or Issue Ok, I've tried to uninstall and it still does this...
2018-09-09 5:29:30 AM
2018-09-13 8:31:25 AM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
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3 replies
3 likes
acting up
Lag
not palying

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Can't seek music via Bluetooth

PlanFree/PremiumCountryPOLANDDeviceXiaomi mi4cOperating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue Can't seek music through my car radio. It's Volkswagen Composition Media and it says "this operation is unavailable" when I want to seek music on spotify v...

Szczuff
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country POLAND Device Xiaomi mi4c Operating System Android 7.0 My Question or Issue Can't seek music through my car radio. It's Volkswagen Composition Media a...
2018-09-13 5:52:58 AM
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0 replies
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358 Views
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Spotify APP doesn't offer the SD card download folder option anymore

I was used to storage my songs in a SD card which i bought with the purpose of storage all my songs (over 2k), but today i opened the app and all my downloaded songs were deleted, so i checked the sd card (it is working), and went to the settings to ...

Bombadillo
Regular
I was used to storage my songs in a SD card which i bought with the purpose of storage all my songs (over 2k), but today i opened the app and all my downloaded songs were deleted, so i checked the sd...
2018-07-26 9:30:56 PM
2018-09-13 2:41:14 AM
cyphi1
Casual Listener
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Solved!! Spotify not showing folders on Anroid app

PlanFree Device1+ 6Operating SystemAndroid I have the issue that my folders, that i created on my desktop version of Spotify are not showing up on the mobile app. I already reinstalled the mobile app and tried to synch the folders by turning on offli...

Spotifydicksuck
Casual Listener
Plan Free Device 1+ 6 Operating System Android I have the issue that my folders, that i created on my desktop version of Spotify are not showing up on the mobile app.&nb...
2018-09-09 12:58:05 AM
2018-09-12 10:22:28 PM
Spotifydicksuck
Casual Listener
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anroid
folders
Folders not showing
problem
Spotify

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Favorites

Hello,i accidentally deleted or hidded my spotify favorites playlist and now my favorites button disappeared. How can i restore the playlist and restore the button because is more easy for me to add songs directly from notification centre.Thank you.

pepy1
Newbie
Hello,i accidentally deleted or hidded my spotify favorites playlist and now my 🖤 favorites button disappeared. How can i restore the playlist and restore the button because is more ea...
2018-09-12 7:35:22 PM
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