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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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Ayuda con el volumen! Se baja al segundo...

Hola! Todo funcionaba bien y de repente enpezo a funcionar mal. Cada vez que empieza una cancion suena fuerte y claro y al segundo se baja el volumen. Solo pasa usando bluethooth y con Spotify.... que puede ser?

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  • Hola! Todo funcionaba bien y de repente enpezo a funcionar mal. Cada vez que empieza una cancion suena fuerte y claro y al segundo se baja el volumen. Solo pasa usando bluethooth y con Spotify.... qu...
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Not playing songs

PlanFreeCountry CanadaDeviceLG G3Operating System My Question or Issue Over the past two weeks Spotify will not playing more than one song. Sometimes even during the first song, playback will stop. I have to restart the app at least 6 times and the p...

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  • Plan Free Country  Canada Device LG G3 Operating System     My Question or Issue  Over the past two weeks Spotify will not playing more than one song. Sometimes even dur...
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Android Device (Galaxy S9 Plus) showing unknown devices

Plan: PremiumCountry: BrazilDevice: Samsung Galaxy S9 PlusOperating System: Android Oreo My Question or Issue: Hello guys! Since today morning I'm receiving a notification on my Galaxy S9 Plus that my Spotify is open on a "Web Player (Opera)", but I ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Brazil Device: Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus Operating System: Android Oreo   My Question or Issue: Hello guys! Since today morning I'm receiving a notification on my G...
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Solved!! Open or search song in Spotify from Google Assistant

PlanPremiumCountryArgentina DeviceOneplus 2Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI'm using the "What's this song" feature in the Google Now (Google Assistant, Google search Bar) which is a shazam like functionality.When song found, is there a w...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina   Device Oneplus 2 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I'm using the "What's this song" feature in the Google Now (Google Assistant, Go...
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Playlists imported from iTunes no longer able to played

Hi,I'd imported my playlists from iTunes to Spotify and have been listening to them for 18mths+ without an issue, but all of a sudden all the songs in the playlists are unable to be played on the Android app, as if they were only on my computer or so...

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  • Hi, I'd imported my playlists from iTunes to Spotify and have been listening to them for 18mths+ without an issue, but all of a sudden all the songs in the playlists are unable to be played on the A...
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Superuser Contribution Trouble playing searched songs

I've been having this problem since the latest update, I'll be on my main playlist and I'll look up a specific song or artist to listen to and it won't play. For example if I have a certain song at the top of my playlist like Immigrant Song, then I g...

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  • I've been having this problem since the latest update, I'll be on my main playlist and I'll look up a specific song or artist to listen to and it won't play. For example if I have a certain song at t...
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Superuser Contribution Music randomly stopping

Spotify Username *Removed username* Plan Premium Country Canada Device LG G5 Operating System Android Nougat My Question or Issue When I'm listening to music it occasionally just stops, even though it says its still playing and i can still skip throu...

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  • Spotify Username *Removed username* Plan Premium Country  Canada Device LG G5 Operating System Android Nougat   My Question or Issue  When I'm listening to musi...
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Is it possible for someone to block you on Spotify? Can't pull them up anymore.

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

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Local files are not available

PlanPremiumCountry PolandDevice(LG V30)Operating System(Android Oreo) My Question or Issue Hello my Friends, I have a problem with my local files, they are available on my phone but on pc is ok, I tried uninstall and install program on pc and phone, ...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Poland Device (LG V30) Operating System (Android Oreo)   My Question or Issue  Hello my Friends, I have a problem with my local files, they are ava...
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The New Moblie App

This isn't an idea, but morer of a complaint. The new mobile app (at least, the Android one) sucks. It is so difficult to add songs to a playlist that I turned my computer on for the first time in a month to add one album. Someone fix this. Just brin...

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  • This isn't an idea, but morer of a complaint. The new mobile app (at least, the Android one) sucks. It is so difficult to add songs to a playlist that I turned my computer on for the first time in a ...
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Setting: Volume level how does it work (Android)

Hi, can somebody give some inside how the setting works: Volume Level (Adjust the volume for your environment.) quiet ; normal ; loudWhat does it do?how does it work?Does it only work in combination with Normalize volume: ON?ThanksI'm on Android app:...

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  • Hi,  can somebody give some inside how the setting works:   Volume Level (Adjust the volume for your environment.) quiet ; normal ; loud What does it do? how does it work? Does it o...
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Application keep on crashing

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceSamsung J7 ProOperating SystemAndroid version 7.0 My Question or IssueWhen try to open the app on phone it keeps on crashing. Cleared data and cache and it will work for a while then crash again. Please help.

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  • Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Samsung J7 Pro Operating System Android version 7.0   My Question or Issue When try to open the app on phone it keeps on crashing. Cleared data and...
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Online storage

Hey guys, I have a Google Pixel phone. Premium Plan. My playlists I have made take storage on my device. But I have no issue being able to listen to music with data or wifi only. I don't need any downloaded offline music. I didnt click any download o...

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  • Hey guys, I have a Google Pixel phone. Premium Plan. My playlists I have made take storage on my device. But I have no issue being able to listen to music with data or wifi only. I don't need any dow...
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Android APP not capturing broadcast from Player

PlanPremium DeviceHuawei P9 Lite Operating SystemAndroid 7.0 QuestionI have a Squeezebox that I use to play music on my system when I'm home. This works great on the PCs (running Windows and Debian) and on the Android when I'm home. At the moment I h...

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  • Plan Premium   Device Huawei P9 Lite   Operating System Android 7.0   Question I have a Squeezebox that I use to play music on my system when I'm home. This works great on th...
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[Mobile] Spotify deactivates the shuffle play in playlists

Hello, I have a question. As already mentioned in the header, the Spotify mobile version (for me, on Android) does not allow me to shuffle play my playlists anymore since I reinstalled the application. When I click on a song in one of my playlists an...

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  • Hello,    I have a question. As already mentioned in the header, the Spotify mobile version (for me, on Android) does not allow me to shuffle play my playlists anymore since I reinstalled...
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Spotify offline music disappearing

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMoto x playOperating SystemAndroid 7.1.1 My Question or Issue I don't have the "Storage" setting in my Spotify app. I wanted to download songs to my SD card (that's mounted as an "internal shared storage") but the option isn'...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Moto x play Operating System Android 7.1.1   My Question or Issue  I don't have the "Storage" setting in my Spotify app. I wanted to download so...
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Andoid not playing Daily Mixes

The problem is that the daily mixes on my desktop don't appear on Home, just 2 of them appear but they're completly different from the ones I have on my laptop (6) and when I search daily mix on the search bar they all appear but when I click on any ...

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  • The problem is that the daily mixes on my desktop don't appear on Home, just 2 of them appear but they're completly different from the ones I have on my laptop (6) and when I search daily mix on the ...
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Laggy Skip Song Animation

PremiumMaltaGalaxy S8Android Oreo My Question or Issue The Animation when skipping through songs in a playlist by swiping on the cover art is laggy when playing music on my phone. Noticed that the problem doesn't take place when streaming music to my...

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  • Premium Malta Galaxy S8 Android Oreo   My Question or Issue  The Animation when skipping through songs in a playlist by swiping on the cover art is laggy when playing music on my phon...
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searching doesn't work

PlanFamilyCountryAustralia DeviceOppo R11sOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Search for 'awex'. There is an artist called AWeX, however it is not shown. In fact if you search for 'awexx' it comes up. If you search for 'awrx' it comes up. Th...

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  •   Plan Family Country Australia    Device Oppo R11s Operating System Android   My Question or Issue  Search for 'awex'. There is an artist called AWeX, however it...
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No sound from Spotify on Samsung Gear 3

Before the latest update of Samsung G3, spotify with Samsung Health worked fine, but now when Samsung Health announces my running statistics (how far I have left, how fast im running etc) spotify does not have any sound. I can see that music is playi...

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  • Before the latest update of Samsung G3, spotify with Samsung Health worked fine, but now when Samsung Health announces my running statistics (how far I have left, how fast im running etc) spotify doe...
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