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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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Stockage important

BonjourL'appli Spotify utilise 10 Go sur ma carte SD alors que je n'ai telecharge aucun titre, tout juste une dizaine d'album sauvegarde dans mes playlists. Je suis loin des 1Go preconises.Merci de votre aide.Willy

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  • Bonjour L'appli Spotify utilise 10 Go sur ma carte SD alors que je n'ai telecharge aucun titre, tout juste une dizaine d'album sauvegarde dans mes playlists. Je suis loin des 1Go preconises. Merci ...
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Spotify connect problem but only with my account

My spotify connect is not working properly - i use my android phone to connect to various devices, and can start the music but after some time (usually after switching to another app and back to spotify), the playback controls within the spotify app ...

  • Casual Listener
  • My spotify connect is not working properly - i use my android phone to connect to various devices, and can start the music but after some time (usually after switching to another app and back to spot...
  • Elplutoniano
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Lost a song that I added

I added a song a few days ago that I thought was really good to my saved songs (clicking the check). I guess the internet swapped later on during the day and when my phone went to offline mode it deleted the song from the list. The song was in my Dai...

  • Casual Listener
  • I added a song a few days ago that I thought was really good to my saved songs (clicking the check). I guess the internet swapped later on during the day and when my phone went to offline mode it del...
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Dots for information are too close to scroll bar

So the dots to look into the songs settings on the mobile app are so close to the scroll bar that when you go to click them the page jumps super far down. Simply adjusting where the little dots go could help make this not be so annoying to users on t...

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  • So the dots to look into the songs settings on the mobile app are so close to the scroll bar that when you go to click them the page jumps super far down. Simply adjusting where the little dots go co...
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Solved!! Android - Volume?

Hi,Have searched and do not find an answer. Using V8.4.39.673 on a Galaxy S5 I do not see where to turn up the volume. Have looked in settings, on the track where the album art shows...cannot find it. Help please

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  • Hi, Have searched and do not find an answer. Using V8.4.39.673 on a Galaxy S5 I do not see where to turn up the volume. Have looked in settings, on the track where the album art shows...cannot find ...
  • Noah
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Podcasts no longer save how much you've listened to

I've been listening to podcasts through Spotify for nearly a year now, and in the last few weeks, the feature has been pretty much completely broken. If I listen to some of a podcast, close the app, then begin listening to the podcast again, it start...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been listening to podcasts through Spotify for nearly a year now, and in the last few weeks, the feature has been pretty much completely broken. If I listen to some of a podcast, close the app, ...
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Android Auto: Annoying message during scrolling

Hello Spotify,I'm using Android Auto in my VW Golf 7. When I connect my Galaxy S8 to Anroid auto and start spotify I'm getting the following problem:When I switch playlist or scroll within a playlist during drinving I get the following message (trans...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello Spotify, I'm using Android Auto in my VW Golf 7. When I connect my Galaxy S8 to Anroid auto and start spotify I'm getting the following problem: When I switch playlist or scroll within a play...
  • Notta79
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Superuser Contribution Move songs to SD card and delete original download on phone memory

Hi there. I have moved my downloaded songs from the phone's internal memory to my SD card. The songs are now on my SDcard but it seems that Spotify made a copy and left the original downloads on the phone's memory. How can I be sure the songs are not...

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  • Hi there. I have moved my downloaded songs from the phone's internal memory to my SD card. The songs are now on my SDcard but it seems that Spotify made a copy and left the original downloads on the ...
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Download to SD card

I have a nokia 6. I just got a 200gb SD card and I would like to store my Spotify music on it because the internal storage of my phone is not big enough. I have tried downloading older versions of Spotify that were supposed to allow you to change the...

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  • I have a nokia 6. I just got a 200gb SD card and I would like to store my Spotify music on it because the internal storage of my phone is not big enough. I have tried downloading older versions of Sp...
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Local File Sync on Android

So im trying to download a 4 song album on my android smartphone that I imported on my PC. I have been up and down this topic on the community for hours and nothing seems to work. If anyone knows how to sync music on an Android device, I am all ears....

  • Casual Listener
  • So im trying to download a 4 song album on my android smartphone that I imported on my PC. I have been up and down this topic on the community for hours and nothing seems to work. If anyone knows how...
  • Bassplayer96
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Ability to see which of my playlists a song is in

Hello I have noticed recently that when creating new playlists from the "add to playlist" function, the playlist name does not autocomplete with the band/album name. This has been a feature since Spotify first began but all of a sudden it's stopped. ...

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  • Hello   I have noticed recently that when creating new playlists from the "add to playlist" function, the playlist name does not autocomplete with the band/album name.   This has been a...
  • Chriso234
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Why did my uhq and tube amp features stop working?

I have premium and all of a sudden my sound quality enhancer stopped working? Anybody know what to do?

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  • I have premium and all of a sudden my sound quality enhancer stopped working? Anybody know what to do?  
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Solved!! Deleting music listening history

I let my sister use my Spotify account for the better part of a year while I was not using it, and we listen to vastly different music. I am now the sole user of the account and I loved the features where I could get weekly recommendations from Spoti...

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  • I let my sister use my Spotify account for the better part of a year while I was not using it, and we listen to vastly different music. I am now the sole user of the account and I loved the features ...
  • georgekaz
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Chromecast audio - can't connect from Android

I can connect from any other audio app to chromecast every time but Spotify doesn't connect 99% of the time. Have tried the usual things, uninstalls etc, and can only conclude its a bug. Any tips? Android 7.0. Samsung S8

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  • I can connect from any other audio app to chromecast every time but Spotify doesn't connect 99% of the time. Have tried the usual things,  uninstalls etc, and can only conclude its a bug. &nbsp...
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Solved!! How to turn on notification bar controls

Subject pretty much sums it up. I'm on the galaxy s7

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  • Subject pretty much sums it up. I'm on the galaxy s7
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Solved!! no me deja entrar a mi cuenta

de la noche a la mañana mi spotify me dice que no puedo entrar porque estoy entrando desde otro pais y no me he mudado o movido, como puedo arreglarlo?

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  • de la noche a la mañana mi spotify me dice que no puedo entrar porque estoy entrando desde otro pais y no me he mudado o movido, como puedo arreglarlo?
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Full playlist won't shuffle

I have a playlist of 225 songs. But when I try to shuffle it, only the first 50 or so songs are able to appear in the shuffled playing list.I pay for premium, so this is super annoying

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  • I have a playlist of 225 songs. But when I try to shuffle it, only the first 50 or so songs are able to appear in the shuffled playing list. I pay for premium, so this is super annoying
  • patbit60
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Spotify closes when opening a app

So when listening to my music I go to the home page and open a game or look at articles while while trying to listen to music but Spotify just closes instantly or closes during a song and have to start from the beginning this is frustrating to me. An...

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  • So when listening to my music I go to the home page and open a game or look at articles while while trying to listen to music but Spotify just closes instantly or closes during a song and have to sta...
  • amirism
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On my android mobile my session closes

On my android mobile my session closes and only I can enter again if I delete the data of the apliccation. This is happening every week or two or three days in a week.

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  • On my android mobile my session closes and only I can enter again if I delete the data of the apliccation. This is happening every week or two or three days in a week. 
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