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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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I want to stop my phone showing what I am playing...

I am not sure, but it feels like spotify syncing to my PC is using battery. Is there a way to turn off the syncing? I am talking about, when your phone shows what is playing on the computer. Not sure what they call it. Any help appreciated

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  • I am not sure, but it feels like spotify syncing to my PC is using battery.   Is there a way to turn off the syncing? I am talking about, when your phone shows what is playing on the computer....
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Keep losing my offline songs

Hi, I've been having this problem for two weeks or so. Every two days I have to redownload my songs because I open Spotify and it turns out they are not available offline anymore. Anyone having the same problem? Solutions?

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  • Hi, I've been having this problem for two weeks or so. Every two days I have to redownload my songs because I open Spotify and it turns out they are not available offline anymore. Anyone ha...
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Solved!! New phone all playlists are gone

Can you help? I've bought new s8 transferred all data but Spotify playlists are gone on my new phone and cannot open the app on the old phone

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  • Can you help? I've bought new s8 transferred all data but Spotify playlists are gone on my new phone and cannot open the app on the old phone
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Superuser Contribution No puedo cambiar de canción PREMIUM

Al intentar cambiar de canción me sale el mensaje de cambiate a premium, pero mi cuenta ya es premium puedo descargar y usar el modo fuera de linea, esto paso de repente espero puedan ayudarme

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  • Al intentar cambiar de canción me sale el mensaje de cambiate a premium, pero mi cuenta ya es premium puedo descargar y usar el modo fuera de linea, esto paso de repente espero puedan ayudarme
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Spotify perdendo a referência das músicas baixadas

Sou Premium, utilizo o Spotify no Samsung Galaxy S7 e não estou conseguindo ficar com as músicas baixadas no celular. Baixo as músicas, ouço normalmente enquanto estou offline, mas depois de um tempo preço as músicas que baixei e não consigo ouvir of...

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  • Sou Premium, utilizo o Spotify no Samsung Galaxy S7 e não estou conseguindo ficar com as músicas baixadas no celular. Baixo as músicas, ouço normalmente enquanto estou offline, mas depois de um tempo...
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Non si sente la musica

Ho spotify Premium con le canzoni scaricate ma quando seleziono la canzone questa parte ma non si sente. Qualcuno può aiutarmi per favore.

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  • Ho spotify Premium con le canzoni scaricate ma quando seleziono la canzone questa parte ma non si sente. Qualcuno può aiutarmi per favore.  
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Spotify shuffle button not working at all

Hey so I hopped on to spotify to listen to my playlist and clicked shuffle play because it usually just plays random songs, not play one song after another as they are in the playlist. I tried using the small shuffle button on the play bar too. I'm a...

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  • Hey so I hopped on to spotify to listen to my playlist and clicked shuffle play because it usually just plays random songs, not play one song after another as they are in the playlist. I tried using ...
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Quiet Max Volume - Oxygen 7.1.1 (OnePlus 5T)

I recently purchased the OnePlus 5T running Android Oxygen and the max volume when playing songs through Spotify is significantly quieter than when using the native music player or any other audio application. I have no EQ enabled, and it is quite cl...

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  • I recently purchased the OnePlus 5T running Android Oxygen and the max volume when playing songs through Spotify is significantly quieter than when using the native music player or any other audio ap...
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Share button not working

When I touch the share button (after the '+' symbol) to share a song, it freezes for 5 seconds and then restarts the song. I'm using a Nexus 6P with the latest updates

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  • When I touch the share button (after the '+' symbol) to share a song, it freezes for 5 seconds and then restarts the song. I'm using a Nexus 6P with the latest updates
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Custom character, can't log in on Samsung Gear S3

Hello.I'm experiencing a rather stupid and really annoying "bug" at the moment.I can't log into Spotify on my Gear S3 because of my weird character ô in my name. I can't log in with my email either. I would like some help on how I should go about thi...

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  • Hello. I'm experiencing a rather stupid and really annoying "bug" at the moment. I can't log into Spotify on my Gear S3 because of my weird character ô in my name. I can't log in with my email eith...
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Cómo puedo agregar música local en Android?

Tengo música descargada música en mi sd de mi Android y quiero saber cómo puedo reproducir está música desde Spotify

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  • Tengo música descargada música en mi sd de mi Android y quiero saber cómo puedo reproducir está música desde Spotify
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New phone

I got a new phone and downloaded spotify, it says that I don't have a premium account (which is not true I was charged for it this week) and everything is gone like a made a new account. I've logged in and out plenty of times and nothing is changing ...

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  • I got a new phone and downloaded spotify, it says that I don't have a premium account  (which is not true I was charged for it this week) and everything is gone like a made a new account. I've l...
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No puedo descargar me sigue diciendo que me suscriba a premium y ya lo hice y no me deja cambiar de cancion ni para atras ni para delante ayudaaaa

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  • No puedo descargar me sigue diciendo que me suscriba a premium y ya lo hice y no me deja cambiar de cancion ni para atras ni para delante ayudaaaa   
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Starting over

I have wrote other post and no one seems to care. I am on the family plan and have been a paying customers for almost a year. I lost 1200 songs the other day and I had to start all over even erased the app as well. I went to use Wi-Fi to get my music...

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  • I have wrote other post and no one seems to care.  I am on the family plan and have been a paying customers for almost a year.  I lost 1200 songs the other day and I had to start all over e...
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Download to SD-card

Heya folks! I am currently using an Android phone (Huawei Honor 8 Lite, don't know if that info is important or not...) and my problem is that the Spotify app doesn't recognize my Sd-Card and therefore will not display the option to chose where to st...

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  • Heya folks!   I am currently using an Android phone (Huawei Honor 8 Lite, don't know if that info is important or not...) and my problem is that the Spotify app doesn't recognize my Sd-Card an...
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local files won't play on desktop or android

SO I downloaded music from spinrilla and it appears in my download files. After that it appaers in my local files on spotify and for some reason I am unable to play the music. on my phone the songs aer greyed out.

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  • SO I downloaded music from spinrilla and it appears in my download files. After that it appaers in my local files on spotify and for some reason I am unable to play the music. on my phone the songs a...
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Saved songs folder deleted

From one moment to the next the entire "songs" folder was empty. I didn't delete anything on purpose. Anyway I can restore that? Can only find how to restore playlists.

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  • From one moment to the next the entire "songs" folder was empty. I didn't delete anything on purpose. Anyway I can restore that? Can only find  how to restore playlists.
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Solved!! Adding local music on android device

How does this work? I read through the information on help page (https://support.spotify.com/ee/learn-more/guides/#!/article/Listen-to-local-files/?in=search). It tells me to tal on local files in step 6. But i do not have this option. Does this real...

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  • How does this work?   I read through the information on help page (https://support.spotify.com/ee/learn-more/guides/#!/article/Listen-to-local-files/?in=search). It tells me to tal on local fi...
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When I try to share a track, Android app stops playing and share fails

I'm on Spotify version 8.4.22.857 armV7 on a Pixel 2016 running Android 8.0.0 (security patch 5 October 2017). I'm not having the issue on my Nexus 7 tablet on the same version. So it seems device specific.Whichever way I try to share a track, when I...

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  • I'm on Spotify version 8.4.22.857 armV7 on a Pixel 2016 running Android 8.0.0 (security patch 5 October 2017). I'm not having the issue on my Nexus 7 tablet on the same version. So it seems devi...
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Unable to share songs

I'm on Android 8.0 and every time I hit the share button Spotify restarts itself. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I have also tried restarting my phone. Please help

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  • I'm on Android 8.0 and every time I hit the share button Spotify restarts itself. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I have also tried restarting my phone. Please help
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