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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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I cant login on my phone

Hi, I have been trying to login into my account but for some reason, it won't let me. I tried connecting on my desktop and it's ok. I tried resetting my phone, tried uninstalling/installing the app and taking my sd card out but still no way to log in...

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  • Hi,   I have been trying to login into my account but for some reason, it won't let me. I tried connecting on my desktop and it's ok. I tried resetting my phone, tried uninstalling/installing ...
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How to change pause / auto shut off time

So after Spotify is paused for x amount of time it automatically shuts off. Is there a way to turn this off or change the length of time the app waits before shutting off? I use the app Zombies, Run! which pauses music periodically to play little sto...

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  • So after Spotify is paused for x amount of time it automatically shuts off. Is there a way to turn this off or change the length of time the app waits before shutting off? I use the app Zombies, Run!...
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Solved!! bluetooth auto play doesnt work in car :/

hi i find that the Spotify apps doesnt like to auto play much - sometimes it might but mainly not poweramp works ok i use the app in offline mode when in car - maybe it relates to this? ie app is trying to go online thanksdan using htc m8 4.4.2 and v...

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  • hi   i find that the Spotify apps doesnt like to auto play much - sometimes it might but mainly not   poweramp works ok   i use the app in offline mode when in car - maybe it rel...
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Spotify Downloads take up space on two devices

Hi Spotify Team, I have two android devices (my phone and my tablet). My phone doesn't have an sd card slot, so my storage is limited, but my tablet has plenty of storage. Therefor I download alot of music on my tablet. But the storage taken up by th...

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  • Hi Spotify Team,   I have two android devices (my phone and my tablet). My phone doesn't have an sd card slot, so my storage is limited, but my tablet has plenty of storage. Therefor I downloa...
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Videos won't play on android

I have an s7 edge that is up to date and I have reinstalled the phone, deleted and reinstalled spotify, but I can not view videos when I click them. I don't get an error message. It just takes me to a gray screen. Any ideas on what is wrong?

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  • I have an s7 edge that is up to date and I have reinstalled the phone, deleted and reinstalled spotify, but I can not view videos when I click them. I don't get an error message. It just takes me to ...
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Spotify crashes on Android

Hi, Spotify systematically crashes on my Android phone after 20 to 30 minutes of usage. Every single time. This started in mid February somewhen. The fist time it crashed during playing a long track (1h+ from Spotify - not my own). Since then it got ...

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  • Hi,   Spotify systematically crashes on my Android phone after 20 to 30 minutes of usage. Every single time.  This started in mid February somewhen. The fist time it crashed during playi...
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Spotify connect: Sonos devices not found

Hi all I'm at wit's end. I've tried everything barring a downgrade of the APP, but it's now been several months where I'm unable to control my Sonos devices through Spotify Connect. If I have other devices (i.e. a desktop or laptop) running Spotify, ...

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  • Hi all   I'm at wit's end. I've tried everything barring a downgrade of the APP, but it's now been several months where I'm unable to control my Sonos devices through Spotify Connect. If I hav...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify causes the SIM Card to be ejected

Hello everybody, i m having trouble with my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 for a few weeks by now. I thought it was caused by a defective SIM Card or Android OS, so i replaced the SIM Card with a new one and reseted my System and reconfigured it from scratch....

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  • Hello everybody,   i m having trouble with my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 for a few weeks by now.   I thought it was caused by a defective SIM Card or Android OS, so i replaced the SIM Card w...
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One track at a time!

I like Spotify, I really do, but only when using it on my laptop. Had an issue for over a year now. On my Android phone I can only play one track at a time, unless I happen to have the screen on for some reason. This means I can't listen to my tunes ...

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  • I like Spotify, I really do, but only when using it on my laptop. Had an issue for over a year now. On my Android phone I can only play one track at a time, unless I happen to have the screen on for ...
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Normalize volume causes quality reset

Hello!Some time ago i have found bug with "Normalize volume" option. After i switch it on, music quality settings resets. For example, we can change "streaming" to high and "download" to extreme. After that, we need to switch on "Normalize volume". S...

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  • Hello! Some time ago i have found bug with "Normalize volume" option. After i switch it on, music quality settings resets.   For example, we can change "streaming" to high and "download" to e...
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Spotify just deleted ~20GB of offline playlist data on my mobile - THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Yesterday I updated Spotify on my Android 2.3.4 Motorola Defy+. I had downloaded around 20GB of music to my mobile. This was annoying as hell because Spotify would stop synching sometimes and I had to restart it many times. So today I listened to my ...

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  • Yesterday I updated Spotify on my Android 2.3.4 Motorola Defy+. I had downloaded around 20GB of music to my mobile. This was annoying as hell because Spotify would stop synching sometimes and I had t...
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Can I use my own music (on sd card) to play on Spotify?

In using a Samsung s8+ and have a load of songs on my sd card that I can't find on Spotify. Is there a way to conbine them to play in spotify?

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  • In using a Samsung s8+ and have a load of songs on my sd card that I can't find on Spotify. Is there a way to conbine them to play in spotify? 
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When will Spotify make their data on Android removable/deletable?

I wonder when this will happen. It is absolutely unacceptable to just say "It's Google's fault, sorry you have to format your SD card to remove our data."If Spotify does not fix their problems, I will stop paying them. Period.

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  • I wonder when this will happen. It is absolutely unacceptable to just say "It's Google's fault, sorry you have to format your SD card to remove our data." If Spotify does not fix their problems, I w...
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Solved!! Doesn´t play the next song

I have spotify premium. I'm getting tired of the problems that it has. More and more problems with the playlists or that they stop being available offline, etc. The actual problem is that when I play my playlist, suddenly, with some songs, it just do...

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  • I have spotify premium. I'm getting tired of the problems that it has. More and more problems with the playlists or that they stop being available offline, etc. The actual problem is that when I pl...
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Auto play on Android Auto

When my phone connects to the car via Bluetooth, it automatically resumes playback of the last playing track and playlist on Spotify, but I can't get this to work when connecting the same phone to the same car via usb and android auto. Every time I u...

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  • When my phone connects to the car via Bluetooth, it automatically resumes playback of the last playing track and playlist on Spotify, but I can't get this to work when connecting the same phone to th...
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PODCAST channels are missing

Hi all,I couldn't find a better plase to submit my quesstion so I hope you all bare with me I am moving from other podcast app to spotify but it seems that some of them are not available here... why? any way to update?Thanks,

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  • Hi all, I couldn't find a better plase to submit my quesstion so I hope you all bare with me 🙂 I am moving from other podcast app to spotify but it seems that some of them are not available h...
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Android connessione offline

L'applicazione ha fatto il log out dall'account dopo un aggiornamento automatico, mentre era impostata sulla modalità offline. Ora quando cerco di fare l'accesso (sia usando facebook che con l'accesso tramite username), dopo aver inserito i dati mi c...

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  • L'applicazione ha fatto il log out dall'account dopo un aggiornamento automatico, mentre era impostata sulla modalità offline. Ora quando cerco di fare l'accesso (sia usando facebook che con l'access...
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Spotify doesn't save place in podcasts

I use Spotify daily for podcasts and use it for music at night. For a month or two (not sure when this started), Spotify has not been saving my position in a podcast. I'll start a podcast episode, listen for a while (e.g. my commute to work), then pu...

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  • I use Spotify daily for podcasts and use it for music at night. For a month or two (not sure when this started), Spotify has not been saving my position in a podcast. I'll start a podcast e...
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Can't skip or play any song i want

I don't know if this is an update just for Android, but I don't like it. It won't let me skip or play any song I want that's in my playlist unless I upgrade to premium. This just made me start to hate this app. I was loving it more than other apps, n...

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  • I don't know if this is an update just for Android, but I don't like it. It won't let me skip or play any song I want that's in my playlist unless I upgrade to premium. This just made me start to hat...
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Ainda não consegui ativar o premium

Já tentei ativar o premium varias vezes, em diferentes navegadores, e não consigo. Eu testei a um tempo atrás um período grátis e não contratei naquela época. Agora diz que já utilizei o período de testes e que devo clicar em "continuar" para procede...

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  • Já tentei ativar o premium varias vezes, em diferentes navegadores, e não consigo. Eu testei a um tempo atrás um período grátis e não contratei naquela época. Agora diz que já utilizei o período de t...
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