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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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Images not loading at all on Samsung Note 8 (7.1.1)

Premium user, running on Samsung Note 8 (Android 7.1.1). For almost a week now, all art and images have disappeared from the app. There is absolutely not a single image, and also the "Behind the Lyrics" function has stopped working. Please help!

1275085259
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Premium user, running on Samsung Note 8 (Android 7.1.1). For almost a week now, all art and images have disappeared from the app. There is absolutely not a single image, and also the "Behind the Lyri...
2018-06-16 3:09:21 PM
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Default Playlist Name

Hello, PlanPremiumCountryNL Device(iPhone 8 & Samsung Galaxy 8, Windows PC)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHow can I have the Android app set the playlist name by default to artist and album nane? It works on my...

Dalski
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Hello, Plan Premium Country NL Device (iPhone 8 & Samsung Galaxy 8, Windows PC) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or Issue ...
2018-06-16 2:02:40 PM
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Reappearing fullscreen 'suggestion'

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceSamsung Galaxy 8Operating SystemAndroid OreoMy Question or Issue Since yesterday, I have a advertisement for a playlist 'Glücksbringer für Deutschland' about some songs that were popular in germany during the last foot...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy 8 Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue Since yesterday, I have a advertisement for a playlist 'Glücksbring...
2018-06-16 1:14:12 PM
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Android does not accept app install

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceSamsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue I have has Spotify the app on the tablet previously and unistalled it so I could reinstall after upgrading to premium. I did this because after I ...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Operating System Android My Question or Issue I have has Spotify the app on the tablet previously an...
2018-06-16 8:28:28 AM
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Volume issue on S9+

PlanPremium CountryUS DeviceSamsung Galaxy 9+ Operating SystemAndriod 8.0.0 Spotify Verison8.4.57.803My Question or Issue I have an issue where my volume will suddenly decrease by itself and increase by itself. I've searched up a couple of similar to...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung Galaxy 9+ Operating System Andriod 8.0.0 Spotify Verison 8.4.57.803 My Question or Issue I have an issue ...
2018-06-16 5:55:26 AM
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Problema con el nombre de las playslist

Mi problema es que cuando pongo play a una canción arriba de la imagen de portada me dice por ejemplo: ( [◇] (nombre de la playlist) de kmshy8sgah3aljd9jfo0 en vez de mi nombre).PlanPremiumCountry ArgentinaDevice(Samsung galaxy J7 2016)Operating Syst...

Juanma22D
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Mi problema es que cuando pongo play a una canción arriba de la imagen de portada me dice por ejemplo: ( [◇] (nombre de la playlist) de kmshy8sgah3aljd9jfo0 en vez de mi nombre). Plan Premium Coun...
2018-06-16 5:31:03 AM
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Volume Control

PlanPremiumCountry UsDeviceLg V20Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueRandomly throughout my songs Spotify will lower the song volume also but rarely will stop the music. I disabled the "Normalize Volume" setting and I'm still having the issue...

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Plan Premium Country Us Device Lg V20 Operating System Android My Question or Issue Randomly throughout my songs Spotify will lower the song volume also but rarely will stop th...
2018-06-16 5:27:26 AM
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Superuser Contribution What is wrong with spotify app??????

Hello.I have been thinking about spotify premium but now i'm so triggered so i dont want it anymore.I've been trying to log in into andoid app for two hours and still nothing. I tried facebook- unable to log in.I triend usernam and password- unable t...

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Hello. I have been thinking about spotify premium but now i'm so triggered so i dont want it anymore. I've been trying to log in into andoid app for two hours and still nothing. I tried facebook- u...
2018-04-02 12:01:45 PM
2018-06-16 3:55:17 AM
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After downloading a playlist, daily mix is missing

PlanPremium My Question or IssueFirst tried Spotify today and bought a premium for 3 months. I loved the 3 "Daily Mix" playlists that it made for me when i first chose the artists that i like. After downloading all the songs from one of the daily mix...

DevSnake
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Plan Premium My Question or Issue First tried Spotify today and bought a premium for 3 months. I loved the 3 "Daily Mix" playlists that it made for me when i first chose the artists that i...
2018-06-15 12:52:13 AM
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[Discussion][ALL Platforms] The New UI concept

Hi everyone, The new UI is really clean but it still feels exactly the same. I was checking Behance as I usually do and came across this concept by Gabrielle Nguyen:https://www.behance.net/gallery/56534635/Spotify-UI-Redesign-Concept It was nice and ...

Loxer
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Hi everyone, The new UI is really clean but it still feels exactly the same. I was checking Behance as I usually do and came across this concept by Gabrielle Nguyen: https://w...
2018-06-15 12:10:29 AM
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How to change the name that appear in my account

Hello everyone I am a premuim user I want to change the name that appear to other user In my case Souf The pic explain all

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Hello everyone I am a premuim user I want to change the name that appear to other user In my case Souf The pic explain all
2018-06-11 5:07:56 PM
2018-06-15 10:51:58 PM
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Spotify does not have "songs" tab, changed "artist" tab, changed playlists, no shuffle all. Help?

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceSamsung Gs8Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueYesterday evening, everything was fine. What I'm assuming was an update basically destroyed everything I loved about spotify.I don't have a "songs" tab at all anymore.My ...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Samsung Gs8 Operating System Android My Question or Issue Yesterday evening, everything was fine. What I'm assuming was an update basically...
2018-05-23 3:32:47 PM
2018-06-15 5:07:08 PM
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can I disable recommended playlists in new spotify app?

PlanCurrently Free, considering re-subsrcribing to PremiumCountryColombia Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi Since the latest update to the app I can't get to my playlists directly anymore. The playlist is now basically an interstitial wh...

smoe
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Plan Currently Free, considering re-subsrcribing to Premium Country Colombia Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hi Since the latest update t...
2018-06-12 6:54:55 PM
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Search results only play radio

PlanPremium Country Argentina DeviceBlackberry Priv Operating SystemAndroid Marshmallow My Question or Issue I normally like to search for a song and then listen to different versions of it that appear in the results list. In the last few days, howev...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Blackberry Priv Operating System Android Marshmallow My Question or Issue I normally like to search for a so...
2018-06-15 4:54:10 PM
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Can't listen to some songs

I want to listen to songs I want to hear of course. Now I see songs like German artist Peter Fox and Japanese composer Koji Kondo. However, I can't play it. It is Graye in stead of white (the text) what am I doing wrong and how can I fix this.

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I want to listen to songs I want to hear of course. Now I see songs like German artist Peter Fox and Japanese composer Koji Kondo. However, I can't play it. It is Graye in stead of white (the text) w...
2018-06-15 10:51:34 AM
2018-06-15 4:46:40 PM
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Local Files no Longer Playing on Android

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDevice(Pixel)Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or Issue After I deleted/Reinstaled Spotify, I can no longer play any of my songs from Local Files. The songs themselves appear as faded grey. However, I tried playing t...

torontocroatia
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Plan Premium Country Canada Device (Pixel) Operating System (Android Oreo) My Question or Issue After I deleted/Reinstaled Spotify, I can no longer play any ...
2018-06-15 2:45:55 AM
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Joe
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Problema no Spotify do Motorola G6

PremiumBrasilMotorola G6Android 8.0 Oreo Quando troquei o botão virtual pelo modo "moto" o spotify ficou com uma faixa preta no inferior do aplicativo

Boogeymonster
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Premium Brasil Motorola G6 Android 8.0 Oreo Quando troquei o botão virtual pelo modo "moto" o spotify ficou com uma faixa preta no inferior do aplicativo
2018-06-14 12:29:39 AM
2018-06-15 3:07:47 PM
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Ok google, dosen't work propperly with Spotify, any suggestions?

Hello, so im a Nexus 6p user and i lately started using google asistant, and the thing is that whenever i tell it to play a certain song, lets say "Play Notorious BIG, Big Poppa on Spotify" it tells me "Sorry, choosing songs is only available to Spot...

DoctorKebab
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Hello, so im a Nexus 6p user and i lately started using google asistant, and the thing is that whenever i tell it to play a certain song, lets say "Play Notorious BIG, Big Poppa on Spotify" it tells ...
2017-10-13 7:48:13 PM
2018-06-15 1:20:43 PM
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I can't scroll down to past episodes on a podcast

PlanPremiumCountry IrelandDeviceSamsung Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue I can't find episodes on a podcast past 86. It won't let me scroll down to the first episode. Was wondering how to fix this.

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Plan Premium Country Ireland Device Samsung Operating System Android My Question or Issue I can't find episodes on a podcast past 86. It won't let me scroll down to...
2018-06-15 3:20:16 AM
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify starts playing randomly on my Android device

Every now and then while listening to Spotify on my laptop, the Spotify app on my phone will launch and whatever song I was listening to will resume playing on there. My phone is locked when this happens. This is extremely annoying. This started happ...

G_Loc
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Every now and then while listening to Spotify on my laptop, the Spotify app on my phone will launch and whatever song I was listening to will resume playing on there. My phone is locked when th...
2017-03-01 4:22:52 PM
2018-06-15 2:34:00 AM
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