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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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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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Synced songs deleted when SD card is dismounted (and mounted again).

How to reproduce the error:Set storage to SD card and sync some songs.Turn off the app.Dismount SD card.Mount SD card again.Change storage back to SD card (as storage apparently defaults back to device storage if you dismount the SD card).Even before...

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  • How to reproduce the error: Set storage to SD card and sync some songs. Turn off the app. Dismount SD card. Mount SD card again. Change storage back to SD card (as storage apparently defaults b...
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Solved!! Spotify on Galaxy Note 5

I'm not sure if this is an issue with the device itself or the Spotify app. When my cell syncs to the bluetooth of my car stereo, Spotify auto loads and starts playing. I can't find a setting where I can turn that off if possible. Thnx!

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  • I'm not sure if this is an issue with the device itself or the Spotify app. When my cell syncs to the bluetooth of my car stereo, Spotify auto loads and starts playing. I can't find a setting where I...
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Sou premium, mas só toca aleatório

Meu status no Spotify é premium, mensalidade devidamente pago, porém ao utilizar o app, só consigo ouvir os álbuns de forma aleatória como se estivesse na versão gratuita!!! Procuro uma solução pra esse problema!!!

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  • Meu status no Spotify é premium, mensalidade devidamente pago, porém ao utilizar o app, só consigo ouvir os álbuns de forma aleatória como se estivesse na versão gratuita!!! Procuro uma solução pra e...
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Spotify randomly stops

I have a Moto g 4 plus with Android 7.0 and the latest updates with Spotify and randomly being either a few minutes or an hour it will just stop playing in the background and disappear from the notification panel. Thanks in advance.

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  • I have a Moto g 4 plus with Android 7.0 and the latest updates with Spotify and randomly being either a few minutes or an hour it will just stop playing in the background and disappear from the notif...
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Missing songs in my library

I logged into my Spotify account on my phone yesterday and noticed songs and playlists I didn't add. I immediately logged out of all devices, changed my passwords, including facebook, and set up security measures. Today, I logged in to find almost my...

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  • I logged into my Spotify account on my phone yesterday and noticed songs and playlists I didn't add. I immediately logged out of all devices, changed my passwords, including facebook, and set up secu...
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NÃO FUNCIONA OFFLINE

EU TENHO UMA CONTA PREMIUM NO SPOTIFY MAS MESMO BAIXANDO AS MÚSICAS NÃO CONSIGO OUVIR AS MÚSICAS SALVAS QUANDO ESTOU OFFLINE. JA TENTEI FAZER DE TUDO MAS NÃO CONSIGO RESOLVER O PROBLEMA.GOSTARIA DE AJUDA

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  • EU TENHO UMA CONTA PREMIUM NO SPOTIFY MAS MESMO BAIXANDO AS MÚSICAS NÃO CONSIGO OUVIR AS MÚSICAS SALVAS QUANDO ESTOU OFFLINE. JA TENTEI FAZER DE TUDO MAS NÃO CONSIGO RESOLVER O PROBLEMA.GOSTARIA DE A...
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En mi plan familiar no tengo opción de guardar musica en la tarjeta sd

Hola, hace un par de días cambie mi cuenta premium a una cuenta familiar, y ahora no me aparece la opción de almacenamiento, que puedo hacer para solucionarlo? No puedo descargar musica si no puedo guardarla en mi tarjeta sd. Ayuda.

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  • Hola, hace un par de días cambie mi cuenta premium a una cuenta familiar, y ahora no me aparece la opción de almacenamiento, que puedo hacer para solucionarlo? No puedo descargar musica si no puedo g...
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Download Single Track?

Why have we lost the ability to download individual tracks? When I first signed up for Spotify, the Android app allowed for downloading: 1. Artist - Every track you had saved by an artist2. Albums - An entire album by an artist3. Individual songs For...

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  • Why have we lost the ability to download individual tracks? When I first signed up for Spotify, the Android app allowed for downloading:   1. Artist - Every track you had saved by an artist 2...
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adding local files to spotify library

HiI've added some songs onto Spotify from the local files section and am finding it difficult to move it onto the "songs" library. Previously I had to create a playlist and just listen to the songs I downloaded from my local files/computer through th...

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  • Hi I've added some songs onto Spotify from the local files section and am finding it difficult to move it onto the "songs" library.  Previously I had to create a playlist and just listen to th...
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Memoria

Buenos días, quería borrar todo el caché que tiene la aplicación, ya que ocupa el 609 MB. Me dice que me va borrar todo lo que tengo descargado, pero no tengo ningún tema! Tengo todo en la nube de spotify, ya, que lo uso para que no me llene la memor...

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  • Buenos días, quería borrar todo el caché que tiene la aplicación, ya que ocupa el 609 MB. Me dice que me va borrar todo lo que tengo descargado, pero no tengo ningún tema! Tengo todo en la nube de sp...
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Spotify plays random rap and pop music I didn't select

This has happened to me before and I think I fixed it by turning my phone on and off. It's happening again and won't change this time. What happens is when I select and artist to shuffle play, it plays music from completely different bands and genres...

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  • This has happened to me before and I think I fixed it by turning my phone on and off.  It's happening again and won't change this time.  What happens is when I select and artist to shuffle ...
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Notification hard to read on dark theme

Spotify's text is almost unreadable on the android notification bar when I have a dark theme on, as it is dark letters on dark background. Other apps (such as phonograph for example) show just fine and adjust themselves to the theme being dark or lig...

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  • Spotify's text is almost unreadable on the android notification bar when I have a dark theme on, as it is dark letters on dark background. Other apps (such as phonograph for example) show just fine a...
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Spotify will stop playing any song after 3 seconds

I have a problem with Spotify on my phone (Galaxy S7 Edge). The problem is, that any song I play stops playing after 3 seconds. I have cleared my cache 3 times and reinstalled the app 2 times. I even changed the 'saves' directory onto another card. I...

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  • I have a problem with Spotify on my phone (Galaxy S7 Edge). The problem is, that any song I play stops playing after 3 seconds. I have cleared my cache 3 times and reinstalled the app 2 times. I even...
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Spotify doesn't seem to be storing music on sd card

Hi everybody, I have a Moto G4 Plus running under Nougat. I'm not quite sure Spotify saves my offline music on my sd card (used as an external storage device). Although I tried a clean reinstall (by also deleting any remaining Spotify folder on the s...

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  • Hi everybody,   I have a Moto G4 Plus running under Nougat. I'm not quite sure Spotify saves my offline music on my sd card (used as an external storage device). Although I tried a clean reins...
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Playlist shows songs on desktop but not Android.

This is the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/emacdo02/playlist/5TyC4RJrI5P75QQGEIsU9G It's the first time this has ever happened.

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  • This is the playlist:   https://open.spotify.com/user/emacdo02/playlist/5TyC4RJrI5P75QQGEIsU9G     It's the first time this has ever happened.  
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Playlist shows songs on desktop but not Android.

This is the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/emacdo02/playlist/5TyC4RJrI5P75QQGEIsU9G It's the first time this has ever happened.

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  • This is the playlist:   https://open.spotify.com/user/emacdo02/playlist/5TyC4RJrI5P75QQGEIsU9G     It's the first time this has ever happened.  
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Error al descargar musica

Tengo un Xperia Xa Ultra, con a Android 7.0 Al descargar musica la descarga de pausa llegando al %10 y si reinicio la aplicación, la opción de almacenamiento desaparece, al reiniciar el teléfono, se selecciona por defecto el almacenamiento interno . ...

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  • Tengo un Xperia Xa Ultra, con a Android 7.0  Al descargar musica la descarga de pausa llegando al %10 y si reinicio la aplicación, la opción de almacenamiento desaparece, al reiniciar el teléfo...
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Suggested music is all foreign language songs

I am a native English speaker, and generally listen to very few foreign language songs, but this week my release radar is filled with songs from various other languages with performers that I have never heard of.. How can I fix this and get back to n...

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  • I am a native English speaker, and generally listen to very few foreign language songs, but this week my release radar is filled with songs from various other languages with performers that I have ne...
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Can't delete Spotify Radios

So whenever I listen to a radio, it won't let me delete from my library. Ive tried going to my radio section but that doesn't solve anything, it doesn't list the radios I have in my library so I can't delete them. They don't have the little three dot...

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  • So whenever I listen to a radio, it won't let me delete from my library. Ive tried going to my radio section but that doesn't solve anything, it doesn't list the radios I have in my library so I can'...
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Música más rapida

Hace poco empecé a notar que la música empieza a reproducirse más rápido que lo usual o sea que las canciones aumentaron su velocidad de la nada para algunos puede ser imperceptible pero como suelo escuchar listas de reproducción note que las cancion...

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  • Hace poco empecé a notar que la música empieza a reproducirse más rápido que lo usual o sea que las canciones aumentaron su velocidad de la nada para algunos puede ser imperceptible pero como suelo e...
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