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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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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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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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Spotify says I am offline when I am not.

Spotify keeps giving me an error message saying "I am offline." When I try to search for songs to stream with the search bar. I do not have an old glitchy phone, rather a new Galaxy J7. I have a stable connection on both WiFi and 4G LTE. I have premi...

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  • Spotify keeps giving me an error message saying "I am offline."  When I try to search for songs to stream with the search bar. I do not have an old glitchy phone, rather a new Galaxy J7. I have ...
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Wrong track information in my car radio

PlanPremium Country ChileDeviceHuawei P10Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue When I connect my phone with the car radio via bluetooth, the firs track information is correctly displayed. The next song, however, still shows the metadata o...

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  • Plan Premium   Country  Chile Device Huawei P10 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  When I connect my phone with the car radio via bluetooth, the firs...
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Superuser Contribution Issue with ofline content and SD card -- storage location issue with two newest updates on spotify

PlanPremiumCountry USADevice(Samsung Galaxy Note 4)Operating System(Android 6.0.1) My Question or IssueRecently (Spotify update 84.67.886, and the version before that) an old issue started to occur again. In the past have worked around this by runnin...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device (Samsung Galaxy Note 4) Operating System (Android 6.0.1)   My Question or Issue Recently (Spotify update 84.67.886, and the version before that) a...
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Superuser Contribution A mistake to play only filtered-band's musics

PlanPemiumCountry TurkeyDeviceGM 5 PlusOperating SystemAndroid Nougat My Question or IssueI have a huge playlist that i used to add about 2000 songs. For example,I want to listen only songs from the band that i filtered when i'm searching for Bee Gee...

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  • Plan Pemium Country  Turkey Device GM 5 Plus Operating System Android Nougat   My Question or Issue I have a huge playlist that i used to add about 2000 songs. For example,I want ...
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Random Pausing

Device: Google Pixel 1Plan: Premium Family I'm new to Spotify. I acquired it through an invite from my mom to our family plan. Today I listened to my playlist on Shuffle as I did my chores and just after finishing I was getting a snack and noticed th...

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  •     Device: Google Pixel 1 Plan: Premium Family    I'm new to Spotify. I acquired it through an invite from my mom to our family plan.  Today I listened to my playlist ...
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App stops respondind when loging in!

PlanFreeCountry LatviaDeviceHuawei Honor 7 LiteOperating SystemAndroid 7.0 My Question or Issue When i open spotify app on my phone and login via my email/username, the app stops responding. it started about 2 days ago. is there a fix for this? Thank...

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  • Plan Free Country  Latvia Device Huawei Honor 7 Lite Operating System Android 7.0   My Question or Issue  When i open spotify app on my phone and login via my email/username,...
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Spotify Share Songs feature

PlanFamily Premium CountryUSA DeviceGoogle PixelOperating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueHi I have been trying to share a song to a person (not to post on social media) but every time I hit the 'share' button on my phone app. The song immediatel...

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  • Plan Family Premium   Country USA   Device Google Pixel Operating System Android 9   My Question or Issue Hi I have been trying to share a song to a person (not to post on ...
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Many problems with the app

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceSamsung Note 8Operating SystemOreo 8.0.0 My Question or IssueFirstly, my biggest issue is that I can't use the search function to sort my playlist by artist, song, album, etc and have the songs that play after the...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Samsung Note 8 Operating System Oreo 8.0.0   My Question or Issue Firstly, my biggest issue is that I can't use the search function to so...
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Spotify stops playback on specific songs [multiple phones]

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceMultiple: Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo (G903F) and Samsung A5 2017 (A520F), as well as the same issue persisting on different makes and models of phones of friends.Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 The Issue: as it stands righ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Multiple: Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo (G903F) and Samsung A5 2017 (A520F), as well as the same issue persisting on different makes and models of phones of frien...
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Spotify sharing issue

Whenever I want to share any of the songs the app either reloads,closes whatever i'm listening & takes me back to the "home page" or completely crushes down.Here's the preview of the problem:Sharing IssueI've been using this app for a while now and i...

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  • Whenever I want to share any of the songs the app either reloads,closes whatever i'm listening & takes me back to the "home page" or completely crushes down. Here's the preview of the problem: ...
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Album cover/Behind the lyrics not showing (Spotify Mobile)

The behind the lyrics on my spotify mobile are not showing and I have tried rebooting, uninstalling, and clean uninstalling, but nothing seems to work. I am using a Moto g5.

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  • The behind the lyrics on my spotify mobile are not showing and I have tried rebooting,  uninstalling, and clean uninstalling, but nothing seems to work. I am using a Moto g5.  
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Superuser Contribution Spotify premium not detected on my phone

Hello, I subscribed to spotify premium for the offer of 2 months free there is a few days via my facebook account. The problem is that the spotify app on my phone does not detect the premium version of spotify while I am on the same account. I tried ...

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  • Hello, I subscribed to spotify premium for the offer of 2 months free there is a few days via my facebook account. The problem is that the spotify app on my phone does not detect the premium version...
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Superuser Contribution I've many problems with the app in Android 7.1.2

PlanPremiumCountry ARGENTINADevice: Xiaomi Redmi Note 5Operating SystemAndroid 7.1.2 My Question or IssueBugs to repair since latest app update:- Music playback stops in the middle of a song. - I can't forward tracks. So I have to close the app and o...

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  • Plan Premium Country  ARGENTINA Device: Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Operating System Android 7.1.2   My Question or Issue Bugs to repair since latest app update: - Music playback stops in...
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Superuser Contribution Music stops randomly

Music stops/pause playing randomly, sometimes it works for 10 minutes and sometimes for 5 hours. This is happening on 5 devices.I've got a family premium sub. and everyone has the same problem.This happends with both offline and online mode.The phone...

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  • Music stops/pause playing randomly, sometimes it works for 10 minutes and sometimes for 5 hours. This is happening on 5 devices. I've got a family premium sub. and everyone has the same problem...
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No Code scanner for my account

PlanFreeCountryPhilippines Device(huawei Y5-II My Question or Issuei updated to the latest version yet i still dont have the code scanner/camera option.

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  • Plan Free Country Philippines   Device (huawei Y5-II   My Question or Issue i updated to the latest version yet i still dont have the code scanner/camera option.    
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Solved!! Privacy issues

So I love the fact that Spotify is a music streaming service + social media (if one chooses so). If that's the case there needs to be some privacy option in place.I love the social option and have been fortunate enough to not have issues with it. Lat...

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  • ...nd her only option was to essentially disable the public info and/or switch accounts completely. If Spotify wants to move forward with the social media aspect, please add the option to block f...
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Solved!! Spotify crashes/shuts down that view when pressing Share

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9+Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueThere seems to be an issue with my Spotify where any time I press the Share button from the options menu, the current view / the app crashes and ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  United States Device Samsung Galaxy S9+ Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue There seems to be an issue with my Spotify where an...
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Tablet mode on Mi Pad 4

PlanFreeDeviceMi Pad 4Operating SystemAndroid 8.1 Miui9 My Question or IssueTablet features not work in mi pad 4, I only can listen music on shuffle mode, but cannot select any song.

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  •   Plan Free Device Mi Pad 4 Operating System Android 8.1 Miui9   My Question or Issue Tablet features not work in mi pad 4, I only can listen music on shuffle mode, but cannot sele...
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most of screaming **bleep** murder missing

Only 3 tracks show PlanPremium Country Most of the album is missing from spotify only 3 tracks show up (title track, baby you don't wanna know and Blood in my eyes show up even after I hit save full albumDeviceSamsung Galaxy S4 and BLU Life One X2Ope...

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  • Only 3 tracks show  Plan Premium  Country  Most of the album is missing from spotify only 3 tracks show up (title track,  baby you don't wanna know and Blood in my eyes show u...
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Coffee Break Spanish podcast error

Hi. I get an error when trying to access the Coffee Break Spanish podcast. Was working fine until a few days ago. Any help would be great.PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceNexus 5xOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue ...

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  • Hi.  I get an error when trying to access the Coffee Break Spanish podcast. Was working fine until a few days ago. Any help would be great. Plan Premium Country UK  Device Nexus 5x ...
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