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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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( Android ) Spotify Music Cuts Out Completely

I've been using Spotify Premium for nearly a year now. Only a month ago, whilst offline, my music started to cut out, it would cut out at different points on different songs.Some songs would play smoothly, most songs would cut out completely. While o...

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  • I've been using Spotify Premium for nearly a year now. Only a month ago, whilst offline, my music started to cut out, it would cut out at different points on different songs. Some songs would play s...
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Headset - Triple-press button for "Previous song"

I have a Sennheiser MM70s single-button earphone headset. The standard button presses are: Single - Play/Pause Double - Next song Triple - Previous song/return to start of current song On my other music apps this works fine, but on Android Spotify th...

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  • I have a Sennheiser MM70s single-button earphone headset.   The standard button presses are: Single - Play/Pause Double - Next song Triple - Previous song/return to start of current so...
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Solved!! How to install spotify on foreign android phone (I have premium swedish account)

I live in both Sweden and Thailand (officially in Sweden) and have a Spotify premium account with my Swedish address. I am currently in Thailand where I purchased an Android phone. I obviously use a Thai carrier while I am in Thailand. I now try to d...

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  • I live in both Sweden and Thailand (officially in Sweden) and have a Spotify premium account with my Swedish address. I am currently in Thailand where I purchased an Android phone. I obviously use ...
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Songs vanished from playlist???

Hey guys,earlier I opened my Spotify and as I looked at my favourite playlist I missed many songs in it. How could that be?

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  • Hey guys, earlier I opened my Spotify and as I looked at my favourite playlist I missed many songs in it. How could that be?  
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Discover weekly not updating

Hello! My Discover Weekly playlist hasn't updated for a few weeks now. I'm on a Pixel 2 XL with all the latest software installed. Have logged out and logged back in, uninstalled and reinstalled, unfollowed and refollowed the playlist etc. Nothing is...

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  • Hello!    My Discover Weekly playlist hasn't updated for a few weeks now. I'm on a Pixel 2 XL with all the latest software installed. Have logged out and logged back in, uninstalled and r...
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Superuser Contribution Chinese language in Huawei Honor lite8

HiMy device is Huawei honor 8 lite and for some reason the app is showing in chinese although my device is fully in english in all apps and the system itself.I couldnt find a way to change it.Any ideas? Attached a screenshot

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  • Hi My device is Huawei honor 8 lite and for some reason the app is showing in chinese although my device is fully in english in all apps and the system itself. I couldnt find a way to change it. A...
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Searching a song in the filter messes the whole queue

So I'm listening to a playlist in shuffle and I want to add a song to the queue/play next so I type in the filter "cold", it appears all the songs with the word cold, right? So I add the song I wanted and DELETE the word from the filter but when I go...

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  • So I'm listening to a playlist in shuffle and I want to add a song to the queue/play next so I type in the filter "cold", it appears all the songs with the word cold, right? So I add the song I wante...
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Removing/Deleting Credit Card Information

Hi, How do I remove/delete my credit card information? I can only edit the credit card information but cannot remove it entirely. Thanks,

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  • Hi,   How do I remove/delete my credit card information? I can only edit the credit card information but cannot remove it entirely.   Thanks,
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Rated -100 toilet

im **bleep** spotify making me redownload my freaking offline playlist on mobile net i cant plan **bleep** with this **bleep**ing app, i wont keep paying for this **bleep**.this is a social brain washing company anyways.

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  • im **bleep** spotify making me redownload my freaking offline playlist on mobile net i cant plan **bleep** with this **bleep**ing app, i wont keep paying for this **bleep**.this is a social brain was...
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Descarga error

Tengo un problema con mi Android porque cuando activo la descarga para un album aparecen todas las canciones descargadas pero cuando desactivo las descargas se desaparece el signo verde que indica que esta descargada la cancion y no puedo oirla, me g...

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  • Tengo un problema con mi Android porque cuando activo la descarga para un album aparecen todas las canciones descargadas pero cuando desactivo las descargas se desaparece el signo verde que indica qu...
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Spotify won't open on android

I just got a Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime. It seemed that spotify was already installed. I went to go and log in to my premium account, but when I opened the app, it was a gray loading screen for a half a second and then it went to the Google play store, ...

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  • I just got a Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime. It seemed that spotify was already installed. I went to go and log in to my premium account, but when I opened the app, it was a gray loading screen for a half a...
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Wrong titles shown when playing in car via Bluetooth A2DP

Hello,I have a trouble that the wrong title is shown on the car media screen when playing Spotify from my mobile phone. When I start playing the first title is right, but when the next song is playing the title won't change. When the third song is pl...

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  • Hello, I have a trouble that the wrong title is shown on the car media screen when playing Spotify from my mobile phone.  When I start playing the first title is right, but when the next song ...
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Solved!! Trying to download songs to external sd card

My cellphone's internal memory is almost full, is there any way that I can save my downloaded music to my sd card? I read a guide on the help section of the website (https://support.spotify.com/us/article/storage-and-data-information/?ref=related), h...

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  • My cellphone's internal memory is almost full, is there any way that I can save my downloaded music to my sd card? I read a guide on the help section of the website (https://support.spotify.com/us/ar...
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can't put more than 3400 songs in playlist

Hello everyone, I'm not on here very much as I haven't really had any issues with Spotify. Upon trying to add more songs to my playlist it says that I have reached maximum amount. I don't know how this can be as I am only at around 3400 songs (close)...

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  • Hello everyone, I'm not on here very much as I haven't really had any issues with Spotify. Upon trying to add more songs to my playlist it says that I have reached maximum amount. I don't know how th...
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Access to shazam

I have shazam and have premuim spotify too.I could add shazam track to spotify at last.But now i dont see "connet to spotify" in "Myshazam" list. I dont have "streaming" section in my shazam list . How can i integrate this two.I dont have any granted...

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  • I have shazam  and have premuim spotify too. I could add shazam track to spotify at last. But now i dont see "connet to spotify" in "Myshazam" list. I dont have "streaming" section in my shazam...
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Getting my android phone to recognise local files copied from desktop to android

I recently upgraded to a new phone, and on one of my playlists I have some local files from my desktop, which I then moved to my phone. The problem is, the files on my phone are greyed out, so I can't play them when I'm offline on my phone.Does anyon...

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  • I recently upgraded to a new phone, and on one of my playlists I have some local files from my desktop, which I then moved to my phone. The problem is, the files on my phone are greyed out, so I can'...
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Not able to download songs

I am using a Samsung Note 8 (on TMobile). I was trying to download a playlist and when I hit the "Download" slider, I kept getting a message at the tope of the screen that says "Go to Settings to download using cellular" but yet I am on WiFi. Also, w...

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  • I am using a Samsung Note 8 (on TMobile).  I was trying to download a playlist and when I hit the "Download" slider, I kept getting a message at the tope of the screen that says "Go to Settings ...
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Android Auto Search

Hi everybody,I just got a new car in which I can use Android Auto.Spotify works great on it - but I can't see any option to actually search for music on Spotify.I just can use saved playlists and radio channels.Is this work as designed or a bug?If th...

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  • Hi everybody, I just got a new car in which I can use Android Auto. Spotify works great on it - but I can't see any option to actually search for music on Spotify. I just can use saved playlists...
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Auto Download New Podcast Episodes

Would love to see a feature added that allows you to have new podcast episodes downloaded as they come out for podcasts you follow. This would let me have all my new episodes for the day preloaded while I was connected to WiFi and then listen offline...

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  • Would love to see a feature added that allows you to have new podcast episodes downloaded as they come out for podcasts you follow. This would let me have all my new episodes for the day preloaded wh...
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Solved!! Cannot send message to or share music with another user

Hello,I'm using the Android app version 1.5.0.739 & my Android is 4.4.2.Here is my problem: I try to send a music track on Spotify to another user. I "click" on the three dots beside the track's name and the "Share" > "Send to". I enter the user's us...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I'm using the Android app version 1.5.0.739 & my Android is 4.4.2. Here is my problem: I try to send a music track on Spotify to another user. I "click" on the three dots beside the ...
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