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Solved!! 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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  • Sumit_Ghosh
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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....

  • Newbie
  • 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
  • Roadie
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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?

  • Newbie
  •   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
  • Roadie
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Superuser Contribution volume going up and down by itself

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSamsung Galaxy S6Operating SystemAndroid 7 My Question or Issue

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country USA  Device Samsung Galaxy S6 Operating System Android 7   My Question or Issue  
  • SergioDavid
  • Roadie
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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

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Medion Lifetab Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
  • SergioDavid
  • Roadie
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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-...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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, ...
  • unbuliebubble
  • Casual Listener
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...
  • SergioDavid
  • Roadie
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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 ?

  • Newbie
  • 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 ?   
  • SergioDavid
  • Roadie
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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...
  • SergioDavid
  • Roadie
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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 ...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • SergioDavid
  • Roadie
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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...

  • Newbie
  •   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...
  • SergioDavid
  • Roadie
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Superuser Contribution Função "Músicas" foi removida!

PlanFreeCountry BrasilDeviceMotorola X2Operating SystemAndroid Marshmallow My Question or Issue Por que a função para tocar todas as músicas aleatoriamente das nossas seleções de artitas e álbuns foi removida? Era a principal função para o meu dia-a-...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free Country  Brasil Device Motorola X2 Operating System Android Marshmallow   My Question or Issue  Por que a função para tocar todas as músicas aleatoriamente das...
  • SergioDavid
  • Roadie
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Gif cover on android

Spotify Username21vhzuvkjgev4h3vcvmyrz3zyPlanPremiumCountry netherlandsDeviceSamsung Galaxy S6 EdgeOperating SystemAndroid 7.0 (nougat) My Question or IssueI saw a friend who had this cool feature of which he had a gif or at least a moving picture as...

  • Casual Listener
  • Spotify Username 21vhzuvkjgev4h3vcvmyrz3zy Plan Premium Country  netherlands Device Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Operating System Android 7.0 (nougat)   My Question or Issue I saw a f...
  • bramvanabel
  • Casual Listener
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Spotify - The destroyer of SD-cards?

So, I have been using spotify a long time, and I am very satisfied with all the songs and such. Unfortunatly, the technical, not so much. It all started with the storage being "corrupted" atleast once per week. Which means all my songs would suddenly...

  • Regular
  • So, I have been using spotify a long time, and I am very satisfied with all the songs and such. Unfortunatly, the technical, not so much.   It all started with the storage being "corrupted" at...
  • jjeeddss
  • Casual Listener
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  • Broken SD-card
    Corrupted offline songs
    Corruption of data
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Interface

PlanPremiumCountry TurkeyDevice(Samsung Galaxy s7 edge)Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or Issue why app's interface have changed when I bought premium

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country  Turkey Device (Samsung Galaxy s7 edge) Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue   why app's interface have changed when I bought pre...
  • Joe
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Superuser Contribution [Free] Shuffle problems

PlanFreeCountryFrance, Belgium and LuxembourgDeviceHuawei P8 liteOperating SystemEmui 4.0.3 Since I am using the free version of Spotify, I should now be able to stream playlists on shuffle only (except a handful of selected Spotify playlists) with t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free Country France, Belgium and Luxembourg Device Huawei P8 lite Operating System Emui 4.0.3   Since I am using the free version of Spotify, I should now be able to stream playlis...
  • FloDuc
  • Casual Listener
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Problems with saving on SDcard/ Android Speicherprobleme

[German version below] Hello, I got the following problem on my android smartphone. After been logged out automaticly I couldn't sign in anymore because I used the offline mode. So I uninstalled spotify, downloaded it again and was able to sign back ...

  • Casual Listener
  • [German version below]   Hello,   I got the following problem on my android smartphone. After been logged out automaticly I couldn't sign in anymore because I used the offline mode. So ...
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Stop videos from playing in playlists

How can I stop the videos from playing in playlists? Tracks keep stopping due to slow internet connection while I'm on the go which is very annoying. I have the playlist downloaded to my phone already.

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  • How can I stop the videos from playing in playlists? Tracks keep stopping due to slow internet connection while I'm on the go which is very annoying. I have the playlist downloaded to my phone alread...
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Offline Data not deletable

Hello, I downloaded some playlists and then reinstalled Spotify. Now the data is still on the SD card and I can't delete them. The folder is read-only so can't delete it manually.

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   I downloaded some playlists and then reinstalled Spotify. Now the data is still on the SD card and I can't delete them. The folder is read-only so can't delete it manually.
  • jjeeddss
  • Casual Listener
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New update has removed Radio

The new Spotify update has removed the radio function for free users. Why? Someone please tell me there's a way to fix it!

  • Casual Listener
  • The new Spotify update has removed the radio function for free users. Why? Someone please tell me there's a way to fix it! 
  • SamaelSmiles
  • Regular
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