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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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New Test Update

Is there any way to opt out when spotify tests a new update on my account? They recently are testing one that I really dislike. It has several problems including not shuffling full playlists or being able to follow my friends. Before, the shuffling p...

KaelaWilliams
Newbie
Is there any way to opt out when spotify tests a new update on my account? They recently are testing one that I really dislike. It has several problems including not shuffling full playlists or being...
2018-01-16 3:55:45 AM
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Can't play Spotify via Bluetooth headset

Whenever I pair my bluetooth headphone (Remax RB - S5 ) with my phone (P9). Spotify doesn't play via the headphone, instead the audio can be heard on the phone speaker. It's quite odd, why there's a need for me to reboot my phone first for me to hear...

kraddy
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Whenever I pair my bluetooth headphone (Remax RB - S5 ) with my phone (P9). Spotify doesn't play via the headphone, instead the audio can be heard on the phone speaker. It's quite odd, why there's a ...
2018-01-15 12:47:28 AM
2018-01-16 2:34:41 AM
kraddy
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Solved!! Spotify instantly pausing

So I could be listening to music when it suddenly stops playing. I click resume and it can instantly pause or pause after 1 or 2 seconds. **bleep** is going on here???I reinstalled cleared cache and log out. Restarted phone and it stil happens

user-removed
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So I could be listening to music when it suddenly stops playing. I click resume and it can instantly pause or pause after 1 or 2 seconds. **bleep** is going on here??? I reinstalled cleared cache an...
2018-01-14 1:56:10 PM
2018-01-16 1:47:15 AM
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Spotify app nail-bitingly slow on Android

So since a few months my Spotify app has gotten extremely slow. It's super annoying, it takes ages to load my list of albums and when I scroll too fast through this list (before all the thumbnails are loaded) the app crashes. Same goes for playlists....

ar1g3
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So since a few months my Spotify app has gotten extremely slow. It's super annoying, it takes ages to load my list of albums and when I scroll too fast through this list (before all the thumbna...
2018-01-16 1:18:45 AM
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HELP ABOUT STORAGE PLEASE :)

Hello dear Spotify community, I was wondering, does the same music in multiple playlists will take more storage? (I'm talking about Local Storage, not about the Internet Data it takes to download same song several times.) So, if I download, for Offli...

Orth0
Newbie
Hello dear Spotify community, 🙂 I was wondering, does the same music in multiple playlists will take more storage? (I'm talking about Local Storage, not about the Internet Data it ta...
2018-01-15 10:51:29 PM
2018-01-15 11:02:17 PM
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Spotify Android Auto issue

Hi, i have an issue with Android Auto and Spotify and, the problem is, when i set the play button on Spotify app into Android auto and the song finishes, the next song in the playlist don't beggins, changes the song but stops and i have to press play...

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Hi, i have an issue with Android Auto and Spotify and, the problem is, when i set the play button on Spotify app into Android auto and the song finishes, the next song in the playlist don't beggins, ...
2018-01-15 10:49:35 PM
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Superuser Contribution Deleting songs does not clear space from phone.

Hello. I have a problem with premium spotify. I have downloaded a lot of songs to spotify. Now i want to delete some songs. When i remove them from spotify the songs are removed from playlist and i can not listen them offline. The problem is that, on...

Constantinos
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Hello. I have a problem with premium spotify. I have downloaded a lot of songs to spotify. Now i want to delete some songs. When i remove them from spotify the songs are removed from playlist and i c...
2017-05-23 9:21:12 PM
2018-01-15 9:39:25 PM
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Spotify para de tocar quando sai do aplicativo.

Quando estou escutando uma música e saio do spotify, a música deveria continuar tocando em segundo plano mas ela para e só volta se eu entrar no app de novo e clicar no play.

Stephwk
Newbie
Quando estou escutando uma música e saio do spotify, a música deveria continuar tocando em segundo plano mas ela para e só volta se eu entrar no app de novo e clicar no play.
2017-06-26 4:07:29 AM
2018-01-15 8:02:35 PM
Dauan
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Daily Mixes not loading

First off, it's bull that it took me so long just to find this page. Spotify doesn't care about their paying customers clearly. Secondly, my daily mixes are refusing to load. Two of them have only had one song in them for days now. Going to be cancel...

user-removed
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First off, it's bull that it took me so long just to find this page. Spotify doesn't care about their paying customers clearly. Secondly, my daily mixes are refusing to load. Two of them have only ha...
2017-08-21 3:41:05 PM
2018-01-15 7:52:56 PM
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Annoying cache issue

Im on a Motorola G4 and experience issues with the spotify caching of files. Sometimes even though specified to cache to sd-card, it starts caching on my system "disk" and I get a message that my system partition is almost full. When I look in Spotif...

moksha_1
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Im on a Motorola G4 and experience issues with the spotify caching of files. Sometimes even though specified to cache to sd-card, it starts caching on my system "disk" and I get a message th...
2018-01-15 1:49:59 PM
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Unable to get beyond login screen

I am unable for several days now to get to the usual Spotify screen for searching, playlists etc. Differently to before I am asked to login upon opening the App. I have reset the passwords and so I know this is not the issue. When logging in I only s...

Bookman2468
Newbie
I am unable for several days now to get to the usual Spotify screen for searching, playlists etc. Differently to before I am asked to login upon opening the App. I have reset the passwords and so I k...
2018-01-15 12:09:42 PM
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Stop Spotify from taking control of headphone button ?

I've only been able it find posts about trying g to get Spotify to work with external headphone buttons. My problem is the opposite; it works too well. I use both Spotify and Aimp to listen to different sets of music. A lot of the things I listen to ...

FluffyXai
Casual Listener
I've only been able it find posts about trying g to get Spotify to work with external headphone buttons. My problem is the opposite; it works too well. I use both Spotify and Aimp to listen to...
2018-01-15 11:02:15 AM
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How to automatically pause Spotify when listening to WhatsApp audio message

Hi all I have a Samsung Galaxy S8. Prior, I exclusively used an iPhone. With my iPhone, when I was listening to Spotify, if a WhatsApp audio message was received and I listened to it, Spotify would automatically pause to allow me to listen to the mes...

snoozysu
Newbie
Hi all I have a Samsung Galaxy S8. Prior, I exclusively used an iPhone. With my iPhone, when I was listening to Spotify, if a WhatsApp audio message was received and I listened to i...
2018-01-15 9:21:49 AM
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Offline Mode is wonky as bleep with local files

I mostly wanted to post this to also vent my feelings towards the system to the staff/moderators - why is offline mode so wonky, convoluted, and flawed? Are there any plans to improve it? It's been like this since I first started my premium account a...

rajikaru
Newbie
I mostly wanted to post this to also vent my feelings towards the system to the staff/moderators - why is offline mode so wonky, convoluted, and flawed? Are there any plans to improve it? It's been l...
2018-01-15 7:53:29 AM
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It wont play music unless you push the shuffle

My music won't play unless you push the shuffle button and it won't let me choose it.

Babyzmw
Newbie
My music won't play unless you push the shuffle button and it won't let me choose it.
2018-01-15 5:15:30 AM
2018-01-15 6:49:17 AM
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Cant turn autoplay off?

I have a free account and sometimes it's nice to have autoplay on so I can listen to new artists, but sometimes I just wanna listen to an album or playlist itself. I turned off autoplay but still found that I would get suggested music to the point wh...

belavelle00
Casual Listener
I have a free account and sometimes it's nice to have autoplay on so I can listen to new artists, but sometimes I just wanna listen to an album or playlist itself. I turned off autoplay but still fou...
2018-01-15 4:58:45 AM
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Premium

My Spotify works perfectly up until I try to go premium. Ive never had a problem with the upgrade before but now when I go to the page to select the offers it doesn't fully load and shows like a 'chached' version of the page and says that I need Java...

abigaily_
Newbie
My Spotify works perfectly up until I try to go premium. Ive never had a problem with the upgrade before but now when I go to the page to select the offers it doesn't fully load and shows like a 'cha...
2018-01-15 2:37:51 AM
2018-01-15 4:12:30 AM
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Spotify keeps stopping

My Spotify stops playing every time I open a different app. I used to be able to play Spotify while on other apps e.g Facebook, Internet browser. Please help me find a solution to this Not sure what caused this change. Thanks

Meriel
Casual Listener
My Spotify stops playing every time I open a different app. I used to be able to play Spotify while on other apps e.g Facebook, Internet browser. Please help me find a solution to this Not sur...
2018-01-14 10:38:49 PM
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musicas saltando android 7.0

As musicas saltam nunca tocam ate ao fim o que faco? Samsung S7 edge

Astalajian
Newbie
As musicas saltam nunca tocam ate ao fim o que faco? Samsung S7 edge
2018-01-14 9:54:22 PM
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Google Maps Assistant

Hi, if I use google maps and say ,,ok google, play music by .'' it plays music with Play Music, if I start the Assistant manually with the homebutton and say ,,play music by .'' it plays music with spotify, how can I make google maps playing music wi...

hanswu
Newbie
Hi, if I use google maps and say ,,ok google, play music by <bandname>.'' it plays music with Play Music, if I start the Assistant manually with the homebutton and say ,,play music by <bandn...
2018-01-14 9:24:16 PM
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