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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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[COMPLETE GUIDE] How to fix most Android issues

Please read below for troubleshooting Spotify on your Android device. This guide contains fixes for most common issues as well as detail on how to create a new topic if you still are having problems. First thing to do before trying anything else is r...

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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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Spotify new interface/ui for android

Hey so about a month ago spotify rolled out with a new interface update where the album art stretched throughout the whole screen, there was a new search bar and everything, i really liked that look and want it but for some reason that interface comp...

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  • Hey so about a month ago spotify rolled out with a new interface update where the album art stretched throughout the whole screen, there was a new search bar and everything, i really liked that look ...
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Chance country

Im living in Italy but im speaking german and listen german music. But when i log in i get all the time charts from italy. How can i chance this that i get charts from germanyGreetings Tom

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  • Im living in Italy but im speaking german and listen german music.  But when i log in i get all the time charts from italy. How can i chance this that i get charts from germany Greetings ...
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Songs/ArtistsAlbums List Doesn't Update for Offline Use

I've done some research and troubleshooting based on others' solutions for similar topics, but haven't found something that works based on my exact situation yet. Here is my problem: When I save new songs into my 'saved music', the song will download...

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  • I've done some research and troubleshooting based on others' solutions  for similar topics, but haven't found something that works based on my exact situation yet.   Here is my problem: ...
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My immortal song

Does anyone else experience song change at around 2:30 seconds of my immortal by evanesance

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  • Does anyone else experience song change at around 2:30 seconds of my immortal by evanesance
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Superuser Contribution Not all of my daily mixes are showing up on my phone but are on my computer.

I was listening to one of my daily mixes on my chromebook (which is a totally different format than my phone) and tried to listen to the same daily mix on my phone, but didn't show up. I even tried to listen to the daily mixes on the chrome on my chr...

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  • I was listening to one of my daily mixes on my chromebook (which is a totally different format than my phone) and tried to listen to the same daily mix on my phone, but didn't show up. I even tried t...
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No way to prevent local caching or cache size android

Looking for an updated status on Spotify's plans to address the very painfully obviously missing feature that allows the spotify app to continuous save played songs to a cache that the user can't access as offline music and can result in the app reac...

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  • Looking for an updated status on Spotify's plans to address the very painfully obviously missing feature that allows the spotify app to continuous save played songs to a cache that the user can't acc...
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Downloaded songs won't play offline anymore

Hi, Since a few weeks i'm not able anymore to download/play songs offline on my Android device. When i make a playlist offline available the songs are downloaded to my SD-card (arrow turns green), but i am not able to play the downloaded songs when i...

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  • Hi,   Since a few weeks i'm not able anymore to download/play songs offline on my Android device. When i make a playlist offline available the songs are downloaded to my SD-card (arrow turns g...
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Can't play videos

I just can not find any videos on the spotify app. How can i find them? For example the denzel curry exclusive video.

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  • I just can not find any videos on the spotify app. How can i find them? For example the denzel curry exclusive video.
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Download

Hi.So i downloaded the latest update of spotify.Now i can't find the download button for the songs.

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  • Hi. So i downloaded the latest update of spotify. Now i can't find the download button for the songs.
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Solved!! There's Something on my Playlist Album Cover

When I opened up my Spotify app today I noticed something new: in the bottom right corner of the album cover for a playlist I made there is a blue circle with a white star in it. What does this mean? I've tried researching it and just get redirected ...

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  • When I opened up my Spotify app today I noticed something new: in the bottom right corner of the album cover for a playlist I made there is a blue circle with a white star in it. What does this mean?...
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Reproduccion de varias playlists aleatoriamente

Buenas tardes, quería saber si hay alguna forma de reproducir desde mi android varias listas de forma aleatoria? Se que en la aplicación de windows esto es posible, pero no se como se hace en el celular ... Desde ya muchas gracias, saludos; Gonzalo P...

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  • Buenas tardes, quería saber si hay alguna forma de reproducir desde mi android varias listas de forma aleatoria? Se que en la aplicación de windows esto es posible, pero no se como se hace en el celu...
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Weird Stereo problem

When I am listening to spotify with my phone it occasionally seems to only play in side of the stereo track. For instance when I was listening to a Scott Bradley song and I could here the acoustics but not the lyrics. I was wearing both headphones, a...

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  • When I am listening to spotify with my phone it occasionally seems to only play in side of the stereo track. For instance when I was listening to a Scott Bradley song and I could here the acoustics b...
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Losing downloaded musics on SD card

Hi! Some times, and with a high frequency now, I am losing all my downloaded musics on my SD card. I don't know exactly what is happening, but, when it happen, on preferences, I realized that SD card is no more configured to be used. When I try to ch...

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  • Hi!   Some times, and with a high frequency now, I am losing all my downloaded musics on my SD card.   I don't know exactly what is happening, but, when it happen, on preferences, I rea...
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Solved!! Crossfade doesnt work on local files

Hey Hey,I cutted some songs on my desktop and loadet them up on my Samsung S7, but crossfade doesn't work.. all other songs are still running with crossfade and yess, i diseabled gapeless and on my desktop Pc crossfade workes with my locale songs... ...

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  • Hey Hey, I cutted some songs on my desktop and loadet them up on my Samsung S7, but crossfade doesn't work.. all other songs are still running with crossfade and yess, i diseabled gapeless and on my...
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When using Chromecast audio, app closes randomly

Good day, I'm new to this forum, but I have been using Spotify Premium for 2 years now. The biggest advantage is to use Spotify with my Chromecast audio. But I have been experiencing some issues with it in the past months. When I'm listening music on...

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  • Good day,    I'm new to this forum, but I have been using Spotify Premium for 2 years now. The biggest advantage is to use Spotify with my Chromecast audio. But I have been experiencing s...
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Shuffling albums messed up (after update?)

A couple of days ago, the shuffle function in my Spotify app (Android) suddenly got messed up - possibly after an update that took place right around that time. Before when I chose an album and hit shuffle, it would shuffle all the tracks on the albu...

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  • A couple of days ago, the shuffle function in my Spotify app (Android) suddenly got messed up - possibly after an update that took place right around that time.   Before when I chose an album ...
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Cannot log in Spotify Android app

I have a Xiaomi Mi Mix2 (MIUI 9.5), I cannot log in the app.Upon clicking on the "login" button (after writing my username and the correct password) the button becomes "logging in" for a fraction of second and then turns back to be "login". Nothing h...

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  • I have a Xiaomi Mi Mix2 (MIUI 9.5), I cannot log in the app. Upon clicking on the "login" button (after writing my username and the correct password) the button becomes "logging in" for a fraction o...
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Superuser Contribution Downladed music disappears after rebooting

Sup dear community, I am using Spotify Premium with my Family. Everyone is able to use the download function without any issues. If I download something and it is done, it disappears if I do restart my phone - every single time. Could someone show me...

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  • Sup dear community,   I am using Spotify Premium with my Family. Everyone is able to use the download function without any issues. If I download something and it is done, it disappears if I do...
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Superuser Contribution How to add friends on spotify

So i found my friend on spotify by typing spotify:user:(their username code) and i can see and like their playlists but there is no button to add them and see what they are listening to. Any tips?

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  • So i found my friend on spotify by typing spotify:user:(their username code) and i can see and like their playlists but there is no button to add them and see what they are listening to. Any tips?
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Solved!! Google Assistant specific song

Google Assistant understands my song requests (via voice command) and even repeats the song name back to me along with adding the artists name and "Playing on Spotify". See attached screenshot for an example. But Spotify doesn't actually start playin...

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  • Google Assistant understands my song requests (via voice command) and even repeats the song name back to me along with adding the artists name and "Playing on Spotify". See attached screenshot for an...
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