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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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Missing saved music

I recently switched from and iPhone to an Android. I have noticed most of my music is no longer saved to my playlist. Anybody else had this problem?

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  • I recently switched from and iPhone to an Android. I have noticed most of my music is no longer saved to my playlist. Anybody else had this problem? 
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Superuser Contribution App hogs phone storage, reinstall wont solve.

Spotify hogs gigs of phone memory and ive never gone into offline mode. Reinstalling wont fix, just wipes the memory for awhile until a month later, over a gig eaten by Spotify android once again. Very disappointed that this still happens on the plat...

  • Casual Listener
  • Spotify hogs gigs of phone memory and ive never gone into offline mode.  Reinstalling wont fix, just wipes the memory for awhile until a month later, over a gig eaten by Spotify android once aga...
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problemas de reproduccion

Estoy sufriendo frecuentes cortes en la reproduccion de musica a traves de una tablet basica como control remoto por wifi sobre un reproductor yamaha. He probado de todo en la configuracion de la aplicacion y no se resuelve, tambien ocurre con el mob...

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  • Estoy sufriendo frecuentes cortes en la reproduccion de musica a traves de una tablet basica como control remoto por wifi sobre un reproductor yamaha. He probado de todo en la configuracion de la apl...
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storage issue, proble a de almacenamiento

mi potify se actualizò a la ultima versiòn disponible en play store, pero ya no puedo almacenar mi musica en la SD, por que? My spotify app get update to the latest version on play store, but now i cant save my music in external storage. why?

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  • mi potify se actualizò a la ultima versiòn disponible en play store, pero ya no puedo almacenar mi musica en la SD, por que?   My spotify app get update to the latest version on play store, bu...
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Superuser Contribution Albums randomly added to play queue

Has any one experienced the android app adding albums to your play queue? been hapening the last couple of days now and very frustrating.

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  • Has any one experienced the android app adding albums to your play queue?  been hapening the last couple of days now and very frustrating.    
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Superuser Contribution Unable to log in on Android.

Yeah, I'm not happy at all. Spending 30 minutes trying to log into my spotify account on my phone, tapping the log in icon and it does nothing. Using email and username, neither worked, resetting password doesn't work as well, even looking up the sol...

  • Casual Listener
  • Yeah, I'm not happy at all. Spending 30 minutes trying to log into my spotify account on my phone, tapping the log in icon and it does nothing. Using email and username, neither worked, resetting pas...
  • Melody
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Descarga lenta con wifi excelente.

No es la primera vez que me pasa, ni en el mismo dispositivo, ¿muchas veces los servidores de Spotify están saturados no ?no es cosa mía, ya probé desinstalar, probar otro dispositivo, mirar velocidad de conexión y nada. Cuando tengo que bajar un núm...

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  • No es la primera vez que me pasa, ni en el mismo dispositivo, ¿muchas veces los servidores de Spotify están saturados no ?no es cosa mía, ya probé desinstalar, probar otro dispositivo, mirar velocida...
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Loud sound at start of song

I have used Spotify premium for approxinately 10 months and over the last few days I have developed a problem. Whenever a new song starts approximately 1-2 seconds in I get a sudden burst of very loud noise. This is regardless of streaming or a previ...

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  • I have used Spotify premium for approxinately 10 months and over the last few days I have developed a problem.   Whenever a new song starts approximately 1-2 seconds in I get a sudden burst of...
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Solved!! My friends can't see what I'm listening and Last.fm scrobbling doesn't work

I updated Spotify on Android and now the songs I'm listening doesn't go on friends feed and last.fm. But on desktop for windows it works. What can I do? All the settings are right. Feels stupid to pay for premiun when my most important qualitys does ...

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  • I updated Spotify on Android and now the songs I'm listening doesn't go on friends feed and last.fm. But on desktop for windows it works. What can I do? All the settings are right. Feels stupid to pa...
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Local files always play from start regardless of where you click

For some reason, as of yesterday whenever I'm listening to local files offline, if I try to skip part of the song (play from the middle, go back to my favourite part or whatever) it just won't do it. It will either just restart the whole song and go ...

  • Casual Listener
  • For some reason, as of yesterday whenever I'm listening to local files offline, if I try to skip part of the song (play from the middle, go back to my favourite part or whatever) it just won't do it....
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Superuser Contribution Songs keep skipping and pausing randomly

I'm having this issue on my Samsung Galaxy S8 ever since the most recent update. Can you let us know what operating system and Spotify version you're currently using? Android 8.0 Does this happen when trying to stream music through 3G/4G or on WiFi? ...

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  • I'm having this issue on my Samsung Galaxy S8 ever since the most recent update. Can you let us know what operating system and Spotify version you're currently using?  Android 8.0 Does t...
  • Melody
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App uses 3.8gb on phone, but no downloaded content

as above. Memory usage is massive compared to app size, but when I set to only show downloaded content, nothing is visible. Any thoughts? Thanks

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  • as above. Memory usage is massive compared to app size, but when I set to only show downloaded content, nothing is visible.  Any thoughts?  Thanks
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Can not find the next on shuffle button on my playlist

On the Last spotify update their was an option for me to see what was playing next on my playlist when it was on shuffle and it gave me all the songs that have not played yet on shufle on my spotify playlist on the recent update that was today I coul...

  • Casual Listener
  • On the Last spotify update their was an option for me to see what was playing next on my playlist when it was on shuffle and it gave me all the songs that have not played yet on shufle on my spotify ...
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New Android user trialing Premium is the last update causing my problems?

I'm not liking Spotify but how could it be so popular with all these issues I read about? I used Apple music on my iPhone, but I want to use Android auto because it supports Waze. Now I need a streaming app. Currently, playlist don't shuffle, request...

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  • I'm not liking Spotify but how could it be so popular with all these issues I read about?  I used Apple music on my iPhone, but I want to use Android auto because it supports Waze.  Now I n...
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Volume Issues New update

With the Latest Spotify update for Android I have noticed a decrease in the Volume of the music, what gives?!?!?! Please fix it!

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  • With the Latest Spotify update for Android I have noticed a decrease in the Volume of the music, what gives?!?!?!    Please fix it!
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cache cleared

I cleared the cache on spotify when I uninstalled it accidentally on my phone. I have slow data, so any songs that aren't cached on my phone load very slowly and I can't listen to them. Is there any way to cache them all quickly?

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  • I cleared the cache on spotify when I uninstalled it accidentally on my phone. I have slow data, so any songs that aren't cached on my phone load very slowly and I can't listen to them. Is there any ...
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Spotify breaks when I play Periphery Heavy Heart

Every time when I start to play Heavy Heart by Periphery, the Android app breaks itself. The app will go blank with only the background and will take 5 minutes to skip ahead 4 songs on my playlist while on random shuffle on repeat playlist. At first ...

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  • Every time when I start to play Heavy Heart by Periphery, the Android app breaks itself. The app will go blank with only the background and will take 5 minutes to skip ahead 4 songs on my playlist wh...
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Solved!! Musicas com som estalando

Prezados, boa noite. Gosto muito do Spotify, contudo desde a última atualização às músicas estão com som ruim. Como se estivesse estalando no ritmo da música. Percebi que a culpa não é da minha caixa de som, já que a mesma música toca perfeitamente p...

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  • Prezados, boa noite. Gosto muito do Spotify, contudo desde a última atualização às músicas estão com som ruim. Como se estivesse estalando no ritmo da música. Percebi que a culpa não é da minha caixa...
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Superuser Contribution La app no detecta la conexion wifi

Buenas noches. Tengo la suscripcion Familiar y de movil un android, concretamente un One Plus 3. Mi problema es que la app no detecta la conexion wifi (Movistar). Funciona perfectamente, ya que he probado la misma, con otras plataformas de musica (qu...

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  • Buenas noches. Tengo la suscripcion Familiar y de movil un android, concretamente un One Plus 3. Mi problema es que la app no detecta la conexion wifi (Movistar). Funciona perfectamente, ya que he pr...
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