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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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My Spotify homepage isn't showing, the playlists, homepages, aren't working

My Chromebook (laptop) has Linux installed, since last week, the homepage isn't showing. I can use the queue, I can search stuff up, and it works on my other devices. But I can't access the homepages, nor the playlists as-is, and the Chromebook and S...

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  • My Chromebook (laptop) has Linux installed, since last week, the homepage isn't showing. I can use the queue, I can search stuff up, and it works on my other devices. But I can't access the homepages...
  • ribezaz
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Can't join a JAM from linux client.

Plan PremiumCountry Brazil Device Non-apple PCOperating System Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS My Question or IssueI simply cannot join any Jams on Linux, at all. Whenever I click on a Spotify Jam link, my browser (chrome) gets opened, which then instructs me to ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device Non-apple PC Operating System Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS   My Question or Issue I simply cannot join any Jams on Linux, at all. Whenever I click on ...
  • milvl
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ubuntu snap starts with touch ui

PlanFree/PremiumCountryDEDeviceDell XPS 15"Operating SystemUbuntu 24.10 My Question or IssueThe snap package from the Ubuntu snap somehow seems to be starting with the mobile UI. There's only a fullscreen mode and everything is *huge*, like zooming i...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country DE Device Dell XPS 15" Operating System Ubuntu 24.10   My Question or Issue The snap package from the Ubuntu snap somehow seems to be starting with the mobile...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle and playback broken even after clean reinstall

Hey,Since about two (?) days ago, the shuffle function in spotify entirely started to break more and more on my Desktop.So it always worked as usual, even with the whole "Enhancing" or later "Smart shuffle" (which seems like it's unstable at this poi...

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  • Hey, Since about two (?) days ago, the shuffle function in spotify entirely started to break more and more on my Desktop. So it always worked as usual, even with the whole "Enhancing" or later ...
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Randomly jumping seconds

Hello everyone,Some days ago Spotify started to randomly skip seconds of a song. It's not happening on every song neither at every moment of the song. It's just happening at any moment that the song jumps for example from second 0:21 to second 0:27 w...

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  • Hello everyone, Some days ago Spotify started to randomly skip seconds of a song. It's not happening on every song neither at every moment of the song. It's just happening at any moment that the son...
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Can't click anything Spotify Arch Linux

Plan: PremiumCountry: United States of America Device: PC with RX 6800, Ryzen 7 3700x, and 64GBs of RAMOperating System: Arch Linux My Question or IssueFor some reason clicking seems either super delayed or broken in Spotify, I am not sure what cause...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: United States of America   Device: PC with RX 6800, Ryzen 7 3700x, and 64GBs of RAM Operating System: Arch Linux   My Question or Issue For some...
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Solved!! [LINUX][PODCASTS] Playback speed cannot be changed

PlanPremium StudentCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemLinux Mint 22 Cinnamon My Question or IssueI'll keep it short: I have an issue with playback speed. If i try to change the playback speed for podcasts to my favorite (3.5x), it stays...

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  • Plan Premium Student Country Germany Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon   My Question or Issue I'll keep it short: I have an issue with playback speed. If i t...
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System goes to Standby while playback of Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceFujitsu LifeBook E744 / Dell Latitude D630Operating SystemLinux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon 64bit / MX-Linux 21.3 Wildflowerspotify --versionSpotify version 1.2.11.916.geb595a67, Copyright (c) 2023, Spotify Ltd My Issue:System g...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Fujitsu LifeBook E744 / Dell Latitude D630 Operating System Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon 64bit / MX-Linux 21.3 Wildflower spotify --version Spotify version 1....
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Search field jitter

PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceAll laptops I ownOperating SystemFedora, Arch, Ubuntu My Question or IssueWhen you type in the search bar, sometimes some of the text disappears, especially when you type faster, which is really annoying. It happens on ...

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  • Plan Premium Country France   Device All laptops I own Operating System Fedora, Arch, Ubuntu   My Question or Issue When you type in the search bar, sometimes some of the text di...
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Solved!! Media keys stopped working after latest update(1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de)

I am running the Spotify Snap with a premium account directly from the Snap store on Ubuntu 20.10. Media keys from my keyboard(Das Keyboard 4 Pro) have always worked perfectly with the Spotify Snap. With the most recent update, 1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de, ...

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  • I am running the Spotify Snap with a premium account directly from the Snap store on Ubuntu 20.10. Media keys from my keyboard(Das Keyboard 4 Pro) have always worked perfectly with the Spotify Snap. ...
  • Creww
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Wireshark

In wireshark don't see the tcp.port==4070, spotify working. Which is your ip addresses and ports?

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  • In wireshark don't see the tcp.port==4070, spotify working. Which is your ip addresses and ports?
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Weird file appearing on linux in home directory

After the last update, i keep seeing a weird file with name explicit_filter.restore in my home directory. After a bit of investigation, i figured out that this file appears every time i skip or set a track, no matter is it explicit or not, but this f...

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  • After the last update, i keep seeing a weird file with name explicit_filter.restore in my home directory. After a bit of investigation, i figured out that this file appears every time i skip or set a...
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Why I can't hide/remove song on desktop?

I am using the desktop version before there was like and dislike button, which removes the song from the playlist but now there is no hide or dislike button. This is very annoying for me to play the songs that I don't like. Please fix this ASAP.

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  • I am using the desktop version before there was like and dislike button, which removes the song from the playlist but now there is no hide or dislike button. This is very annoying for me to play the ...
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Solved!! Doesnt show what a song play now in minimize window

Plan PremiumCountry UkraineOperating System Linux Mint 19.3 MATE After update client version Spotify to 1:1.1.67.586.gbb5ef64e, i cant see what a song playing in minimize window. Clear cache and config - doesnt solve.

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  • Plan Premium Country Ukraine Operating System Linux Mint 19.3 MATE   After update client version Spotify to 1:1.1.67.586.gbb5ef64e, i cant see what a song playing in minimize window. Clear...
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Command Line not complet

I wanted to know the current playing track and I usedqdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Metadata The response (even with literal option) is not complet. The key xesam:artist must have two artist...

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  • I wanted to know the current playing track and I used qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Metadata   The response (even with literal opt...
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Spotify Web Player just won't keep me logged in.

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceLinux PCOperating SystemLinux Mint 22 My Question or IssueWhenever I log into my Spotify account on the Web Player and close my browser, I get logged out the next time I access the site. I have tried two browsers (LibreWolf...

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  • Plan Free Country France Device Linux PC Operating System Linux Mint 22   My Question or Issue Whenever I log into my Spotify account on the Web Player and close my browser, I get logg...
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i want downloaded sportify

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Will not play music or open pages (program)

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceZorin laptopMy Question or IssueWill not open pages or play music at all on the program but everything is fine on the browser version.I tried reinstalling from the snap directory and several sources and nothing works.My lib...

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  •   Plan Free Country France Device Zorin laptop My Question or Issue Will not open pages or play music at all on the program but everything is fine on the browser version. I tried reins...
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[Desktop] Native client for Linux

PlanPremiumCountryAzerbaijanOperating System(Fedora 40, Android 14) My Question or IssueThe lack of a native desktop client for Fedora (and other Linux distributions) is unacceptable. As a paying subscriber, I shouldn't have to resort to workarounds ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Azerbaijan Operating System (Fedora 40, Android 14)   My Question or Issue The lack of a native desktop client for Fedora (and other Linux distributions) is unaccept...
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Solved!! Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Som

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