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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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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...

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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 ...
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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...
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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...

  • Gig Goer
  • 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...
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Spotify not showing connected bluetooth headset

Hello! I was hoping to find some help with my spotify. When i have my bluetooth headset connected and playing music on them, i still can't see the bluetooth device in the menu below the pause button. So when i get in my car for example and listen to ...

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  • Hello! I was hoping to find some help with my spotify. When i have my bluetooth headset connected and playing music on them, i still can't see the bluetooth device in the menu below the pause button....
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Superuser Contribution Storage Usage

I am using Spotify (Premium) on my Android device and Spotify's user data (not the cache) consumes almost 8 GB of my local storage although I have not downloaded a single song.I can't figure out why this is and whether there is a way to "fix" this.

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  • I am using Spotify (Premium) on my Android device and Spotify's user data (not the cache) consumes almost 8 GB of my local storage although I have not downloaded a single song. I can't figure out wh...
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Superuser Contribution My spotify has not been operating from last yesterday update.

PlanPremiumCountry TurkeyDeviceHuawei mate 9Operating SystemEmui 8 My Question or IssueWhen i start my spotify, user interface opens completely black and not respond from yesterday.

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  • Plan Premium Country  Turkey Device Huawei mate 9 Operating System Emui 8   My Question or Issue When i start my spotify, user interface opens completely black and not respond fro...
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Superuser Contribution Playing songs not on my playlist

I have a premium account. Autoplay is turned off. I will shuffle play a playlist and it will start playing a song not even in my library. It will at most play 3 or four songs from my playlist before picking a song I have never heard of. I tried loggi...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a premium account. Autoplay is turned off. I will shuffle play a playlist and it will start playing a song not even in my library. It will at most play 3 or four songs from my playlist before ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't log in because of offline mode

PlanPremiumCountryCzech Republic DeviceXperia Z1 Operating SystemAndroid 5.0.2 My Question or IssueThe app logged me out and I can't log in because it says I'm in offline mode. How I'm I supposed to go online when I'm not logged in? Only solution is ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Czech Republic  Device Xperia Z1  Operating System Android 5.0.2   My Question or Issue The app logged me out and I can't log in because it says I'm in o...
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Superuser Contribution When searching for songs in playlist, app plays songs in playlist order and not search order

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceLG V10 Operating SystemAndroid Nougat My Question or Issue So I have a playlist of songs that I grew up with. It is not organized in any specific order. When searching for something in particular, like Fleetwood Mac in the...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device LG V10   Operating System Android Nougat   My Question or Issue   So I have a playlist of songs that I grew up with. It is not organ...
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Superuser Contribution Entire library is missing

Hi,A few days ago I opened the desktop app and the entire library was missing as if someone went over all the songs and removed them. The playlists and Daily Mixes are there big the songs are not in the library. The problem is in the Android app too....

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  • Hi, A few days ago I opened the desktop app and the entire library was missing as if someone went over all the songs and removed them.   The playlists and Daily Mixes are there big the songs ...
  • SergioDavid
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Superuser Contribution How can i look my own profile and my friend's profile who i following

PlanFreeDeviceSony Xz1My Question or Issue How can i find my own profile and my friend's profile who i following on Android?

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  •   Plan Free Device Sony Xz1 My Question or Issue  How can i find my own profile and my friend's profile who i following on Android? 
  • SergioDavid
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Superuser Contribution volume going up and down by itself

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSamsung Galaxy S6Operating SystemAndroid 7 My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Premium Country USA  Device Samsung Galaxy S6 Operating System Android 7   My Question or Issue  
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Superuser Contribution Unfortunately, Spotify has stopped message on Android tablet

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceMedion LifetabOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Medion Lifetab Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Solved!! Spotify Black Screen and Won't Launch

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceSamsung Galaxy Note 3Operating SystemAndroid 5.0 My Question or IssueSpotify on mobile phone when launched only shows black screen, crashes, then push back to phone home menu. Already happened more than once, I've re-...

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Operating System Android 5.0   My Question or Issue Spotify on mobile phone when launched only shows black screen, crashes, ...
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Keeping offline songs on SD card after phone wipe

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceSamsung Galaxy s7Operating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueIs it possible to wipe my phone, reinstall spotify and have it detect the offline songs saved to my SD card? I have about 30 gigabytes downloaded and I w...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Canada Device Samsung Galaxy s7 Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue Is it possible to wipe my phone, reinstall spotify and have it detect th...
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Superuser Contribution New releases by genre not appearing on app

PlanFreeCountry U.S.DeviceGalaxy S9 Since the update, I have not been able to see new releases by genre on the android app. I noticed that the section for new albums under the K-Pop genre disappeared after the update, but it still appeared on my frie...

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  • Plan Free Country  U.S. Device Galaxy S9   Since the update, I have not been able to see new releases by genre on the android app. I noticed that the section for new albums under the...
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Superuser Contribution No more of Repeat tracks

Since the forced update on my app. I don't see repeat all tracks button anymore. Why is it gone? Is there a way to get it to repeat ?

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  • Since the forced update on my app. I don't see repeat all tracks button anymore.  Why is it gone? Is there a way to get it to repeat ?   
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Superuser Contribution Spotify had Stopped working. Close App?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceSamsung 8+Operating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue App ahuts after opening. I have reinstalled, cleared cache, redownloaded, restarted, shut down, uninstalled and reinstalled the app. It has not been working wince th...

  • Gig Goer
  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Samsung 8+ Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  App ahuts after opening. I have reinstalled, cleared cache, redownloaded, resta...
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Superuser Contribution No longer able to search in a playlist and shuffle play only the searched songs

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDeviceSamsung Galaxy S9+Operating System My Question or Issue I used to be able to make a playlist with a bunch of different artists in the same genre and then when I'm in the mood for just one artist, search for them ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  United States Device Samsung Galaxy S9+ Operating System   My Question or Issue  I used to be able to make a playlist with a bunch of different artists i...
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Superuser Contribution Audio playback lag/stuttering

PlanPremiumCountry EstoniaDeviceOnePlus6Operating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Question or Issue Playback has lag behind every 15-40 seconds. I have installed latest updates for spotify and OS. Firstly I had problem with spotify crashing if I downloaded pl...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  Estonia Device OnePlus6 Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue  Playback has lag behind every 15-40 seconds. I have installed lat...
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