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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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Unresponsive App Bug

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceSamsung Galaxy s7Operating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.0.0 I've had this issue where my Spotify app seemingly breaks down entirely for a while now but it seems to be happening more frequently. The most common issue I've...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Samsung Galaxy s7 Operating System Android Oreo 8.0.0     I've had this issue where my Spotify app seemingly breaks down entirely f...
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[Music] Stop Playback after a Track

I'm having problems with spotty on my android phone. After I play music for awhile and close the app and reopen it. I play a song and the music wont play anymore. It will still show playing but I get no sound. I have tried the app on different phones...

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  • I'm having problems with spotty on my android phone.   After I play music for awhile and close the app and reopen it.   I play a song and the music wont play anymore.  It wil...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist Trouble

Plan: PremiumCountry: United states Device: ZTE BLADE MAX 3Operating System: ANDRIOD Ive had this issue for a while and basically, no matter what I do or try, I cant seem to make a playlist and have it say it's made by me. Its always got this long st...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: United states    Device: ZTE BLADE MAX 3 Operating System:  ANDRIOD   Ive had this issue for a while and basically,  no matter what I do or ...
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Superuser Contribution Connecting to random phones

My Question or Issue Ive been having a issue where im playing my music and then it would jump to some random phone while i was home so i would just switch back and go to private mode or go off line but today i was driving down the highway jamming to ...

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  • My Question or Issue  Ive been having a issue where im playing my music and then it would jump to some random phone while i was home so i would just switch back and go to private mode or go off...
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Superuser Contribution Can't share playlist to Instagram stories. Option isn't appearing after pressing share

Plan/Premium Country DeviceSamsung S7Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue

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  • Plan /Premium  Country   Device Samsung S7 Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  
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Superuser Contribution Downloaded songs get deleted.

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy S7Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Before the last update, I had downloaded about 3300 songs. Suddenly all of them were deleted, so I tried downloading them again. It didn't work because ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy S7 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  Before the last update, I had downloaded about  3300 songs. S...
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Superuser Contribution My local files wont synchronize

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceSamsung A5 2017Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue Hello, I just added some files with my computer into two playlists to get them on my Android device. But, When I want to synchronize them to be able to li...

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  • Plan Premium Country  France Device Samsung A5 2017 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue   Hello,    I just added some files with my compute...
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Superuser Contribution Browse and radio errors

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceNokia 6Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or IssueI'm unable to access browse or radio on the app. When I try and access any radio stations I get an error saying radio is not available and when I go to browse...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Australia Device Nokia 6 Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue I'm unable to access browse or radio on the app.    When I t...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist songs greyed out and not available

I have a Spotify Premium account and over the years have created a number of Playlists. A number of my older playlists however are now greyed out, majority of songs in them are greyed out with others still available. I have reset my phone, Samsung S8...

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  • I have a Spotify Premium account and over the years have created a number of Playlists.  A number of my older playlists however are now greyed out, majority of songs in them are greyed out with ...
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Old version of the app

Hello. I've got a problem with my app. I've made the update but I still have the old version of the app with my premium account but not with a freemium account. Thanks for your help.

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  • Hello. I've got a problem with my app. I've made the update but I still have the old version of the app with my premium account but not with a freemium account. Thanks for your help. 
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Spotify stops playing music randomly

PlanPremiumCountry FinlandDevicehuawei y7 2017Operating Systemandroid My Question or Issue How do you fix this?

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  • Plan Premium Country  Finland Device huawei y7 2017 Operating System android   My Question or Issue  How do you fix this? 
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Superuser Contribution Random playlist played (that I've never played before)

Premium.Samsung s7 android 7.0. My Question or IssueI use Sleep as Android as my alarm clock launching Spotify to play my current playlist which I set the night before. In the morning it adds some random playlist. Even it it does play my chosen playl...

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  • Premium. Samsung s7 android 7.0.   My Question or Issue I use Sleep as Android as my alarm clock launching Spotify to play my current playlist which I set the night before.   In the m...
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App de Spotify reinicia mi teléfono

Cada que intento utilizar mi app, el teléfono se reinicia, eso imposibilita usarla.PlanPremiumCountry MéxicoDeviceNokia 5Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or Issue La app de Spotify reunixir mi teléfono.

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  • Cada que intento utilizar mi app, el teléfono se reinicia, eso imposibilita usarla. Plan Premium Country  México Device Nokia 5 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or...
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Superuser Contribution Automatic pausing of the music in sleep mode or standby emui 8.0 Huawei p20

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceHuawei p20lit3Operating SystemEmui 8.0 My Question or Issue My new phone just started to automatically pause the music after 10 second of standby and I already tried to disactivate the battery saving on Spotify. How I can fix...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device Huawei p20lit3 Operating System Emui 8.0   My Question or Issue   My new phone just started to automatically pause the music after ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify offline auf iphone obwohl

Hallo, auf dem iphone kann ich mich nicht mehr einloggen. Angeblich kein Internet, aber ich bin online. Es geht nur wenn das macbook im selbe. Raum ist und ich darüber spiele, dann komme ich auch mit dem iPhone tein. Sonst nicht. Neuinstallation und ...

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  • Hallo,   auf dem iphone kann ich mich nicht mehr einloggen. Angeblich kein Internet, aber ich bin online. Es geht nur wenn das macbook im selbe. Raum ist und ich darüber spiele, dann komme ich...
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How do I download songs in SD-Card instead of internal memory

I was looking in this troubleshoot guide for how to get the songs inside the SD-card. Its says open spotify -> settings -> tap storage. Where is the storage meny??? Sorry for bad english. DeviceSamsung galaxy s7

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  • I was looking in this troubleshoot guide for how to get the songs inside the SD-card. Its says open spotify -> settings -> tap storage. Where is the storage meny???  Sorry for bad english...
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'Downloading X of Y' notification spammed, waking my display

PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceOnePlus 5TOperating SystemOxygenOS 5.1.3 (Android 8.1.0) My Question or IssueThe "Downloading X of Y" notification keeps popping up all the time, some times several times a minute, which cause my display to wake up ever...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Sweden Device OnePlus 5T Operating System OxygenOS 5.1.3 (Android 8.1.0)   My Question or Issue The "Downloading X of Y" notification keeps popping up all th...
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Low volume problem...

Hi everyone. I got a problem with spotify. About low volume. If i restart the phone and start spotify, everything is normal with volume. But after a few time later, if i got some notifications from another apps, the volume is going low. You know, if ...

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  • Hi everyone. I got a problem with spotify. About low volume. If i restart the phone and start spotify, everything is normal with volume. But after a few time later, if i got some notifications from a...
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Spotify keeps creating a download notification and keeps my phone awake

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceMOTO G4 PLUSOperating System7.0My Question or IssueSpotify keeps creating a download notification (downward arrow) every minute and it keeps my phone awake and that keeps draining my battery. I tried reinstalling spot...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina Device MOTO G4 PLUS Operating System 7.0 My Question or Issue Spotify keeps creating a download notification (downward arrow) every minute and it keeps my phon...
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New Update

My Question or IssueThere's no shuffle button so when I connect to the PS4 with my phone I can't unshuffle music from my phone. Another complaint with this newest overhaul if that's what it's called you can no longer add Albums to playlists without g...

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  • My Question or Issue There's no shuffle button so when I connect to the PS4 with my phone I can't unshuffle music from my phone. Another complaint with this newest overhaul if that's what it's calle...
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