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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 Won't Sync Local Tracks On My Phone

I am a Spotify Premium user and I cannot get any of my local tracks to sync onto my phone. I just recently brought a new Galaxy Note 3. I have the phone and the computer on the same WiFi network and have the playlist downloaded on the phone and mark ...

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  • I am a Spotify Premium user and I cannot get any of my local tracks to sync onto my phone. I just recently brought a new Galaxy Note 3. I have the phone and the computer on the same WiFi network and ...
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Spotify premium deleted my "Offline music"

I just renewed my premium subscription, but I just realized that all the music that I downloaded was deleted, and is downloading again, the problem is that the music that was deleted continues to fill the space as if it were still there . Is there no...

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  • I just renewed my premium subscription, but I just realized that all the music that I downloaded was deleted, and is downloading again, the problem is that the music that was deleted continues to fil...
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Sd card not recognized by the phone after spotify syncing

Hi. I use a Galaxy Note 8 Android 7.1.1. I have a 128gb sd card. Normally is works fine. I have my media on it. After downloading my Spotify songs to the sd, the sd card is not round by the phone. Already tried reinstalling and formatting sd card 4 t...

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  • Hi.  I use a Galaxy Note 8 Android 7.1.1.   I have a 128gb sd card. Normally is works fine. I have my media on it.   After downloading my Spotify songs to the sd, the sd card is n...
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Superuser Contribution USB-C 3.5 headphone adapter, 8.0 Oreo and Pixel audio problems

Is anyone else having issues with USB-C to 3.5 audio problems with third party (non Google) apps? When the adapter is in and connected to the 3.5, audio still plays through the phone. I was originally convinced it was a hardware issue, but an adapter...

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  • Is anyone else having issues with USB-C to 3.5 audio problems with third party (non Google) apps? When the adapter is in and connected to the 3.5, audio still plays through the phone.   I was ...
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Superuser Contribution offline Playlist wird gelöscht

Bei mir wechselt Spotify fast jede Woche den Speicherort von meiner SD Karte (64gb) auf das Handy(fast voll)! Wenn ich den Speicherort wieder auf die SD Karte einstelle bleiben meine Playlists verschwunden! Wenn ich mir die Speicherkapazität der SD K...

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  • Bei mir wechselt Spotify fast jede Woche den Speicherort von meiner SD Karte (64gb) auf das Handy(fast voll)! Wenn ich den Speicherort wieder auf die SD Karte einstelle bleiben meine Playlists versch...
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Solved!! 7 day free trial

I just wanna ask if what will happen if the 7 day trial is done ? Will I still be able to listen offline ? Or not ? Please hear me out . I want to know . Thanks for noticing !

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  • I just wanna ask if what will happen if the 7 day trial is done ? Will I still be able to listen offline ? Or not ? Please hear me out . I want to know . Thanks for noticing !
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Solved!! "Playing music is not yet supported" - Google Assistant

I'm going crazy trying to get assistant to work with Spotify. I have linked it, but now it just says "Playing music is not yet supported". I'm using a galaxy s8. Has anyone figured it out?

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  • I'm going crazy trying to get assistant to work with Spotify. I have linked it, but now it just says "Playing music is not yet supported". I'm using a galaxy s8. Has anyone figured it out? 
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Again more problems

I'm tired of the app in my phone. Every time I try to download my songs I can't since download stops saying I don't have enough space in my memory (I have a 16GB SD card). I check on settings and "Storage" has disappeared, as always. Next day all the...

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  • I'm tired of the app in my phone. Every time I try to download my songs I can't since download stops saying I don't have enough space in my memory (I have a 16GB SD card). I check on settings and "St...
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Is there a limit/threshold for how many songs you can download?

Hi everyone Is there a limit/threshold for how many songs you can download on an Android & Desktop?

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  • Hi everyone   Is there a limit/threshold for how many songs you can download on an Android & Desktop?
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Refuses to download playlists, Storage "full"

I've recently had my Xperia XZ repaired, for whatever reason the engineers decided to wipe my phone and start anew. I downloaded spotify once again and logged in just fine, I forgot I needed to redownload all my songs again so I hit the "download pla...

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  • I've recently had my Xperia XZ repaired, for whatever reason the engineers decided to wipe my phone and start anew. I downloaded spotify once again and logged in just fine, I forgot I needed to redow...
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Notifications cutting out music

Whenever I play music and receive a notification, the music dips down in volume, or cuts out completely. That is seriously annoying. I'm reading from a Google search that the only way to correct that is to turn on Do Not Disturb, on my phone, and the...

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  • Whenever I play music and receive a notification, the music dips down in volume, or cuts out completely. That is seriously annoying. I'm reading from a Google search that the only way to correct that...
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Playback slow on my samsung mobile

Hi. Streamed and downloaded songs playback really slowly like speed has been slowed down. Tried restarting phone....re installing .. clearing cache... and installed on another phone with my account and worked fine. Tried another free account on my ph...

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  • Hi. Streamed and downloaded songs playback really slowly like speed has been slowed down. Tried restarting phone....re installing .. clearing cache... and installed on another phone with my account a...
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cannot login

i use android v. 4.1.2 and when i try to login to my account the app closed it self how can i solve this

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  • i use android v. 4.1.2 and when i try to login to my account the app closed it self how can i solve this
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Can't download local files on oneplus5

I've had the files downloaded and all was working fine but for no apparent reason the files were removed and I can't download the again. Not on wifi and not on cellular. It just keeps saying waiting to download.... Any ideas?

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  • I've had the files downloaded and all was working fine but for no apparent reason the files were removed and I can't download the again. Not on wifi and not on cellular. It just keeps saying waiting ...
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Offline music automatically deleting

Disclaimer: my daily driver is a OnePlus 5, 6GB My entire library of music (1,000 plus songs) is downloaded to my phone using the offline feature. This feature has been working fine up until a month ago when I updated my phone to the latest version o...

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  • Disclaimer: my daily driver is a OnePlus 5, 6GB   My entire library of music (1,000 plus songs) is downloaded to my phone using the offline feature.   This feature has been working fine...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Deja de reconocer la sd

He intentado todas las soluciones que han publicado, cuando porfin creo que funcionó, se traba la aplicación y se borra todo y peor aún, no reconoce la sd. Llevo una semana intentando arreglarlo y nada PORFAVOR AYUDA!!! ya estoy desesperada, enserio ...

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  • He intentado todas las soluciones que han publicado, cuando porfin creo que funcionó, se traba la aplicación y se borra todo y peor aún, no reconoce la sd. Llevo una semana intentando arreglarlo y n...
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Ok google play opens the artist on spotify, but no music

Hello When i say "ok google play elvis"Spotify opens with the elvis page, but the music wont automaticly start I already cleared the cache from the google cache and the spotify cache And restarted my phone.

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  • Hello   When i say "ok google play elvis" Spotify opens with the elvis page, but the music wont automaticly start   I already cleared the cache from the google cache and the spotify ca...
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Superuser Contribution Downloaded songs won't play on offline mode

I have an Android phone and I have been struggling all day trying to get a downloaded playlist of 200+ songs to work on offline mode. It pulls up the song on offline mode, but the "downloaded" song refuses to play. This phone is fairly new and I have...

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  • I have an Android phone and I have been struggling all day trying to get a downloaded playlist of 200+ songs to work on offline mode. It pulls up the song on offline mode, but the "download...
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Can't find artist

Hey, I am trying to listen to some songs by an artist named EGOIST. I live in Italy and my best friend can listen to their songs without any problems, while I can't even fine her on the android app(he also uses android). Any help?

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  • Hey, I am trying to listen to some songs by an artist named EGOIST. I live in Italy and my best friend can listen to their songs without any problems, while I can't even fine her on the android app(h...
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App deleted all my downloaded songs?

I was on my way to work, and I pulled up Spotify to play music. The app was slow from the get-go and wouldn't let me access my 'Artists' page in my 'Library.' I toggled my data on and back off, assuming that my phone was just slow (I'm on Premium, an...

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  • I was on my way to work, and I pulled up Spotify to play music. The app was slow from the get-go and wouldn't let me access my 'Artists' page in my 'Library.' I toggled my data on and back off, assum...
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