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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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Superuser Contribution Possible injection vulnerability

See screenshots. This Album has 2 colons in the album name. The content to the left of them gets truncated in the featured panel on the home view. PlanPremium CountryUnited Kingdom DeviceSamsung Galaxy S10 Operating System(Android 12)

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  • See screenshots. This Album has 2 colons in the album name. The content to the left of them gets truncated in the featured panel on the home view.   Plan Premium   Country United King...
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Superuser Contribution offline mode doesnt work

PlanPremiumCountryGreeceOperating SystemAndroid When i have the offline mode on and i try to open an album or a playlist is has infinite buffering and wont open. If i open the album without online mode and then enable the offline mode it will play fi...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Greece Operating System Android   When i have the offline mode on and i try to open an album or a playlist is has infinite buffering and wont open. If i open ...
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Superuser Contribution How to quickly add a song to Liked?

PlanPremiumCountry/DeviceSamsung S23 UltraOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueHow to quickly add a song to Liked? Surely there has to be a quicker way than this, attached. EDIT:Please see this video for a clarification of what I mean. If t...

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  • Plan Premium Country / Device Samsung S23 Ultra Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue How to quickly add a song to Liked? Surely there has to be a quicker way than this, a...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify can't connect to data when Android's Data Saver is on

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung A50Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or Issue Data will work if I have data saver (Android's data saver, not Spotify's) turned off. However when I turn it on Spotify is not connecting to the internet with data....

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung A50 Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue   Data will work if I have data saver (Android's data saver, not Spotify's) turned ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify doesn't play in my car.

When in car, offline mode, all songs downloaded - the playback stops after the currently playing song ends. The app ignores my car audio controls, I can't resume playback using my car's dedicated button. The playback can be started again ONLY with se...

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  • When in car, offline mode, all songs downloaded - the playback stops after the currently playing song ends. The app ignores my car audio controls, I can't resume playback using my car's dedicated but...
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Cannot dowload albums on adroid phone

PlanPremiumCountry Austria DeviceSamsung Galaxy A6 My Question or IssueHI All, I cannot dowload albums for a couple of months now.I did the following troubleshooting:I have enough space on your deviceI re-installed the appCleared cacheInternet connec...

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  • Plan Premium Country Austria   Device Samsung Galaxy A6     My Question or Issue HI All,  I cannot dowload albums for a couple of months now. I did the following trou...
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Unable to open music from my library.

Plan PremiumCountry New Zealand Device Galaxy s22+Operating System Android 14 My Question or Issue: When I go to open an album from my library there is a message saying that the content is no longer available. Is this related to a new Spotify iterati...

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  •   Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Galaxy s22+ Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue: When I go to open an album from my library there is a message saying that t...
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Superuser Contribution Roku spotify controlled by android phone. When I play spotify on my TV through roku, it connects to

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Superuser Contribution Song Duplication

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Devicemoto g play (2021)Operating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueWhy am I seeing duplicates of songs in my recently played

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  • Plan Premium Country United States  Device moto g play (2021) Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue Why am I seeing duplicates of songs in my recently played
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Superuser Contribution Atalho na tela inicial

Não estou mais conseguindo colocar atalhos da minha playlist na tela inicial do meu aparelho! Como posso fazer para adicionar esses atalhos em minha tela inicial?

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  • Não estou mais conseguindo colocar atalhos da minha playlist na tela inicial do meu aparelho! Como posso fazer para adicionar esses atalhos em minha tela inicial?  
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Adverts Every 5 Minutes

PlanFree/Premium Does anyone else have this issue? I am getting adverts every five minutes not every half an hour. Not touching the app at all and just letting it run. It is ridiculous.

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  • Plan Free/Premium   Does anyone else have this issue? I am getting adverts every five minutes not every half an hour. Not touching the app at all and just letting it run. It is ridiculous.&nb...
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Solved!! Casting from the Android app to Chromecast/Google home does not work anymore

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceOneplus nord 2 & redmi note 10Operating SystemLast androidMy Question or IssueLocal casting from the Spotify app on both android smartphones at home to Google home and Chromecast was working flawlessly for years until to...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Oneplus nord 2 & redmi note 10 Operating System Last android My Question or Issue Local casting from the Spotify app on both android smartphones at hom...
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Superuser Contribution Music stops while screen is shut in my pocket

Hello, I've got a Samsung 10+ and it's one week that music stops playing while I got my phone in my pocket sometimes for a minute, sometimes for longer. It happens every 2 minutes!! 郎I need to press pause and play on my earphones to restart listening...

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  • Hello, I've got a Samsung 10+ and it's one week that music stops playing while I got my phone in my pocket sometimes for a minute, sometimes for longer. It happens every 2 minutes!! 🤬I need to press...
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Superuser Contribution When I remove shuffle it should play the next song in the playlist order

When a song is playing and I deactivate shuffle mode, it goes back to the first song in that playlist. It wasn't like that before.It used to play the next song in the regular playlist order. Why is it like that now? It is frustrating. Sometimes a son...

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  • When a song is playing and I deactivate shuffle mode, it goes back to the first song in that playlist. It wasn't like that before. It used to play the next song in the regular playlist order. Why is...
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Superuser Contribution Podcast video not showing on mobile data

PlanFreeCountry DeviceSamsungOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHey,Whenever I watch podcast on mobile data I can't see a video and I don't know how to fix it?Thanks

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  •   Plan Free Country   Device Samsung Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hey, Whenever I watch podcast on mobile data I can't see a video and I don't know how t...
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Superuser Contribution Queue clears out when playing another playlist

Hi there, I recently noticed on the most recent install that if I have songs in my queue and then go to a different playlist (Liked Songs in my case) then hit play on that playlist, the entire queue gets cleared out. Seems to be a very recent issue- ...

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  • Hi there, I recently noticed on the most recent install that if I have songs in my queue and then go to a different playlist (Liked Songs in my case) then hit play on that playlist, the entire queue ...
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Superuser Contribution Option to DISABLE auto start spotify android app

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Superuser Contribution local files not synching

I bought an album from bandcamp, downloaded it on my computer in MP3 size. On my laptop it is able to play on spotify. I have added all the songs to a playlist, but my phone cannot play any of the songs from this playlist. the local files on my lapto...

  • Casual Listener
  • I bought an album from bandcamp, downloaded it on my computer in MP3 size. On my laptop it is able to play on spotify. I have added all the songs to a playlist, but my phone cannot play any of the so...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Que not showing properly

Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Operating System Android 14 Issue is in the screenshot  

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country UK Device  Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Operating System Android 14 Issue is in the screenshot       
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