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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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can't access local files on this computer

I have enable Local Files in settings and added two sources, but cannot find them within my Spotify app or the Spotify web page.

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  • I have enable Local Files in settings and added two sources, but cannot find them within my Spotify app or the Spotify web page.
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Please recommend the flatpak

This page doesn't recommend the flatpak (https://www.spotify.com/uk/download/linux/) (Said flatpak pkg https://flathub.org/apps/com.spotify.Client) Flatpak is better than snap because;- Faster- There's the ability to host custom repos (On snap there'...

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  • This page doesn't recommend the flatpak (https://www.spotify.com/uk/download/linux/) (Said flatpak pkg https://flathub.org/apps/com.spotify.Client)   Flatpak is better than snap because; - Fa...
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Illegal instruction (core dumped)

PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueRunning spotify either as re-packaged spotify for linux via aur helper or spotify-launcher doesn't work spotify --show-console --debug-level=MAX16:34:56.744 E [f:25 ] TCPServe...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue Running spotify either as re-packaged spotify for linux via aur helper or spotify-launcher doesn't ...
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jjjjjjNone of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, ...

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  • jjjjjjNone of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.                   &...
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Rapsberry pi native Spotify player?

Rapsberry Pi My Question or IssueHi! Happy New Year I’m looking for some user friendly app or better whole system for playing the stream music on rapsberry pi. It should work as a native spotify player and no in „Spotify Connect” mode. Is there one?T...

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  • Rapsberry Pi       My Question or Issue Hi! Happy New Year 🙂   I’m looking for some user friendly app or better whole system for playing the stream music on rapsberry pi. ...
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Flathub

Really love how simple it is to use flathub to install on linux... Is there any cahnce of this becoming an official release?

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  • Really love how simple it is to use flathub to install on linux...   Is there any cahnce of this becoming an official release?   
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Superuser Contribution Wayland support

Hi,Can you release a linux package with ozone support built so that we can use the client under Wayland? There have been posts requesting this in the past because it is highly anticipated. It shouldn't be that complicated it seems:https://www.collabo...

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  • Hi, Can you release a linux package with ozone support built so that we can use the client under Wayland? There have been posts requesting this in the past because it is highly anticipated.   ...
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Spotify binary frequently crashing and dumping core (Ubuntu binary + Snap)

Hi! The spotify binary frequently dumps core on my Gentoo Linux laptop (x86_64, glibc-2.40, kernel 6.1.119). It seems to only affect some child process, as Spotify itself (main window) keeps running and playing music. Spotify binary (1.2.48, see http...

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  • Hi!   The spotify binary frequently dumps core on my Gentoo Linux laptop (x86_64, glibc-2.40, kernel 6.1.119).   It seems to only affect some child process, as Spotify itself (main wind...
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Solved!! Spotify on Linux cant be updated or installed due to a missing Pubkey on the repository

Same as what the Subject says. Terminal error output :Err:9 http://repository.spotify.com stable InReleaseThe following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY C85668DF69375001W: GPG error: http://repository...

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  • Same as what the Subject says. Terminal error output : Err:9 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO...
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Forward and back keyboard shortcuts no longer working

Hello,It's probably a duplicate of Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working on Mac, but I cannot longer use Ctrl + Left Arrow and Ctrl + Right Arrow to change tracks on Linux. The regression seems to have appeared on version 1.1.6...

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  • Hello, It's probably a duplicate of Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working on Mac, but I cannot longer use Ctrl + Left Arrow and Ctrl + Right Arrow to change tracks on Linux....
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Latest Spotify Snap app update crashes Ubuntu with illegal instruction, core dumped

The Ubuntu snap store just updated my Spotify version to 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f and the application won't open. Terminal states this error:ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (failed to map segment from shared ...

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  • The Ubuntu snap store just updated my Spotify version to 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f and the application won't open. Terminal states this error: ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD ca...
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incorrect instructions for non-snap ubuntu/debian installs

Operating Systemubuntu 22.04My Question or Issueas of approximately today (Dec27), the instructions for command-line install of the non-snap spotify at the "Spotify for Linux" page (in Canadian English) are incorrect (I suspect the other English page...

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  • Operating System ubuntu 22.04 My Question or Issue as of approximately today (Dec27), the instructions for command-line install of the non-snap spotify at the "Spotify for Linux" page (in Canadian...
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Cannot connect from command line

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePC Operating SystemLinux MintWindows 11 Family My Question or Issue My credentials work in the app (with redirection to spotify website), but don't work on the commandlinespotify --versionSpotify version 1.2.50.335.g5e28...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device PC  Operating System Linux Mint Windows 11 Family   My Question or Issue   My credentials work in the app (with redirection to spotify we...
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New public key

My Question or IssueIt looks like the key used to sign Debian releases has updated, but there doesn't yet seem to be a way to download the new public key. The old key can be downloaded at https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg, but t...

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  • My Question or Issue It looks like the key used to sign Debian releases has updated, but there doesn't yet seem to be a way to download the new public key.   The old key can be downloaded at ...
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New video banner keeps pausing music.

Since release of the update that brought video banners, where queue usually is, the music gets randomly paused, any unpause will get paused immediately, until the video banner has been closed.

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  • Since release of the update that brought video banners, where queue usually is, the music gets randomly paused, any unpause will get paused immediately, until the video banner has been closed.
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My songs are pausing while i play them

I tried it on both my phone and my browser,It still stops while the song is going on and i have to manually play the song>

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  • I tried it on both my phone and my browser,It still stops while the song is going on and i have to manually play the song>
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Ads won't play on desktop?

Whenever I'm listening on the webpage, and an ad plays, it just pauses, it won't play. Even if I press the play button, it says the length of the ad is zero. And if I double tap a song to play that instead, nothing happens. So everytime I get an ad, ...

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  • Whenever I'm listening on the webpage, and an ad plays, it just pauses, it won't play. Even if I press the play button, it says the length of the ad is zero. And if I double tap a song to play that i...
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