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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 stop playing music - LG G6

PlanPremiumCountry PolandDeviceLG G6Operating SystemAndroid 8.0.0 My Question or Issue Since about a week I have very annoying problem with Spotify.It stops playing song. I'm listening my playlist and it just stops in the middle of the song, like I w...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Poland Device LG G6 Operating System Android 8.0.0   My Question or Issue  Since about a week I have very annoying problem with Spotify. It stops playi...
  • Tayl222
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Cambiar cancion en barra de notificaciones

No se requiere ninguna de la información a continuación. Sin embargo, cuanto más brindes, más fácil será para nosotros intentar y ayudar.Plan País GuatemalaDispositivo Samsung Galaxy tab ASistema operativoAndroid 6.0.1 Mi pregunta o problema Al escuc...

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  • No se requiere ninguna de la información a continuación. Sin embargo, cuanto más brindes, más fácil será para nosotros intentar y ayudar. Plan   País  Guatemala Dispositivo  Sams...
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Radio Missing

With the most recent update it looks like the Playlist Radio and Artist Radio options are missing. Anyone else see this?

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  • With the most recent update it looks like the Playlist Radio and Artist Radio options are missing. Anyone else see this?
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Se cierra sesión inesperadamente y se pierden las descargas

Tengo un Iphone 7 con memoria interna de 128gb, he usado mucho tiempo spotify y van 2 ocasiones que cierra sesión (SOLO) y la música descargada se pierde... me ha sucedido durante viajes y me he quedado completamente sin música. Creo que voy a cambia...

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  • Tengo un Iphone 7 con memoria interna de 128gb, he usado mucho tiempo spotify y van 2 ocasiones que cierra sesión (SOLO) y la música descargada se pierde... me ha sucedido durante viajes y me he qued...
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Cannot shuffle by Artist from downloaded playlist

PlanPremium (Student)CountryUSDeviceGoogle Pixel 2Operating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.1.0 My Question or Issue Has the feature and/or option to search a playlist by a specific artist and then be able to shuffle songs filtered to that specific artist been ...

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  • Plan Premium (Student) Country US Device Google Pixel 2 Operating System Android Oreo 8.1.0   My Question or Issue  Has the feature and/or option to search a playlist by a specifi...
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Notifications go off when I skip a song, How to turn it off?

Planning, premiumCountry, US Device, Active s7 My Question or IssueMy Spotify plays my notification sound (and vibration if set to that) when I press the next button and the play button how do I fix it. It's incredibly loud and annoying.

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  • Planning, premium Country, US   Device, Active s7     My Question or Issue My Spotify plays my notification sound (and vibration if set to that) when I press the next button and...
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playing music and creating lists

PlanFreeCountry HollandDevicesamsungOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHow can I play a song without just hearing the example of the song? My friend send me a list via Whatsapp. how can I save this list in my library?

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  • Plan Free Country  Holland Device samsung Operating System Android   My Question or Issue How can I play a song without just hearing the example of the song?  My friend send...
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Spotify opens randomly by itself on android

PlanPremiumDevicephone, tabletOperating SystemAndroid Oreo 8.1, Marshmallow 6.0 My Question or IssueRandomly throughout the day, Spotify has started to launch by itself. This ws never a problem until just recently, and on two of my devices (phone and...

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  • Plan Premium Device phone, tablet Operating System Android Oreo 8.1, Marshmallow 6.0   My Question or Issue Randomly throughout the day, Spotify has started to launch by itself. Thi...
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Accidentally Blocked a song ( the o with line)

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Accidentally blocked a song, and anytime i try to play it it skips it instantly, like AFTER i re-add it to the playlist and hit the song a bunch of times in a row. and when i look into how to fix it? i find that appearantly is a...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA  Accidentally blocked a song, and anytime i try to play it it skips it instantly, like AFTER i re-add it to the playlist and hit the song a bunch of times in a row. ...
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Superuser Contribution Wrong/Delayed Song Title during bluetooth usage

Hello,PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceXiaomi Mi Mix 2sOperating SystemAndroid 8.0 Oreo My Question or Issue Since yesterday I have a new mobile Device Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s with Android 8.0 Oreo. Unfortunately I've noticed an issue with bluetooth Usage in ...

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  • Hello, Plan Premium Country Germany Device Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s Operating System Android 8.0 Oreo   My Question or Issue  Since yesterday I have a new mobile Device Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s ...
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Superuser Contribution Playing via Bluetooth in car (Skoda) meta data always showing previous song after skipping

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceHuawei P10 latest build 8.0.0.360(C432)Operating SystemAndroid 8 My Question or IssueOn Android 7, playing Spotify via bluetooth in car Skoda Superb 2016, I can see the metadata without problems. But after upgrade to And...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Huawei P10 latest build 8.0.0.360(C432) Operating System Android 8   My Question or Issue On Android 7, playing Spotify via bluetooth in car Skoda Su...
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Superuser Contribution Search music problems

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceSamsung Galaxy 6Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue When I go to search for a song and play it from the search area it doesn't play that song, it plays something completely random...an...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Samsung Galaxy 6 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  When I go to search for a song and play i...
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App loads with black screen on S8.

I'm a premium user and twice in the last month when I'm trying to open up my spotify app it loads as just a black screen with a gray bar along the top and stays like this forever until I have to unstiall the app and lost all my downloaded music which...

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  •   I'm a premium user and twice in the last month when I'm trying to open up my spotify app it loads as just a black screen with a gray bar along the top and stays like this forever until I have...
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Spotify disabled as option in Alexa

Need help..When I try to set up Spotify in Amazon Alexa, it is disabled. I went to Settings >> Music & Media >> Choose Default Music Services. Spotify is there (see screenshot) but it is greyed out and cannot be selected.I have a premium account and ...

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  • Need help.. When I try to set up Spotify in Amazon Alexa, it is disabled. I went to Settings >> Music & Media >> Choose Default Music Services. Spotify is there (see screenshot) but ...
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Superuser Contribution 2 headsets playing same spotifty tunes- together one account male-female

I have Spotify Account, very new to use, would like to play selected tunes simultaneously on 2 headsets, bluetooth or long wire as in male-female dancer.

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  • I have Spotify Account, very new to use, would like to play selected tunes simultaneously on 2 headsets, bluetooth or long wire as in male-female dancer.
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Video Ads

So the video Advertisements are not working while playing. The ads were fine with just audio, but when there is a video the ad is shown nothing plays (I've waited.) And the only way I can fix this is by closing down (completely) spotify and opening i...

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  • So the video Advertisements are not working while playing. The ads were fine with just audio, but when there is a video the ad is shown nothing plays (I've waited.) And the only way I can fix this is...
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App not responding

Not happy this is the second time this month that Spotify just refuses to open on my phone. I'm not the only person having this problem right now. It's aggravating because I do pay for premium. I need my music!!! Please help. Country UsaDeviceMotoz2 ...

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  • Not happy this is the second time this month that Spotify just refuses to open on my phone. I'm not the only person having this problem right now. It's aggravating because I do pay for premium. I nee...
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Superuser Contribution Un disliking.

PlanPremiumCountry UsaDeviceSamsung pc and macOperating SystemAndriod win 10 macos My Question or Issue Hiii. So im **bleep** off already , so im sorry but becuase of the extremly flawed design i keep mis clicking. 1 list the like dislike is 1 way an...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Usa Device Samsung pc and mac Operating System Andriod win 10 macos   My Question or Issue  Hiii. So im **bleep** off already , so im sorry but becuase ...
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Full screen album art no longer displys after i upgraded to premium

My Question or Issuesince i upgraded to premium, full album arts stopped to display on the player, is there a way for me to enable it again? I post 2 screenshots of the before and after.

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  • My Question or Issue since i upgraded to premium, full album arts stopped to display on the player, is there a way for me to enable it again? I post 2 screenshots of the before and after.   &...
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