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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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Arch linux

How do you get the app for arch linux (via pacman)?

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  • How do you get the app for arch linux (via pacman)?
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Spotify starts with volume at 100% (Linux Fedora)

Everytime I startup Spotify, it's volume is up at 100%, even though it should save PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemFedora 40 with GNOME 46 My Question or Issue

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  • Everytime I startup Spotify, it's volume is up at 100%, even though it should save   Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Fedora 40 with GNOME 46   My Question or Issue &...
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Spotify pauses every few seconds while the tor browser is open

On Arch Linux the Spotify app pauses every seconds while the tor browser is open in the background, this may effect other platforms.

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  • On Arch Linux the Spotify app pauses every seconds while the tor browser is open in the background, this may effect other platforms.
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Linux desktop client creates a lot of sinks

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice & Operating System $ flatpak list | grep -i spot Spotify com.spotify.Client 1.2.11.916.geb595a67 stable system **bleep**+` ---------------- `ooo/ OS: Arch Linux x86_64 `+oooo: Host: Z590M-ITX/ax `+oooooo: Kernel: 6.4.1...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device & Operating System   $ flatpak list | grep -i spot Spotify com.spotify.Client 1.2.11.916.geb595a67 stable system     **bleep...
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Superuser Contribution Queue on Linux app does not keeps playing

PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemLinux (Spotify Flatkak app) My Question or IssueHey, I was using the Spotify desktop app (Flatpak) without issues. But today it started stopping my queue. I mean, I add tracks to queue and when a track finishes the ...

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  • Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Linux (Spotify Flatkak app)   My Question or Issue Hey, I was using the Spotify desktop app (Flatpak) without issues.   But today it starte...
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Solved!! High frequency noise during ads

I'm currently using spotify free and during the ads there is a high frequency noise. The ads are separated into music and some guy talking and it's when the guy's talking that I hear the noise in the background. The ads are in swedish and I hear the ...

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  • I'm currently using spotify free and during the ads there is a high frequency noise. The ads are separated into music and some guy talking and it's when the guy's talking that I hear the noise i...
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Flatpak Spotify is official?

Is the flatpak version of spotify made directly by the developers of spotify and is the snap version the only official one? Operating System(Linux)

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  • Is the flatpak version of spotify made directly by the developers of spotify and is the snap version the only official one?   Operating System (Linux)      
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Wrong rendering in artist font

PlanPremiumCountryESDeviceLG GRAMOperating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueI'm using the web player on a fresh install of Arch Linux + Google Chrome, and I'm facing a strange issue. It seems like the font used to display the song artist renders ...

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  • Plan Premium Country ES Device LG GRAM Operating System Arch Linux   My Question or Issue I'm using the web player on a fresh install of Arch Linux + Google Chrome, and I'm facing...
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Spotify Unusable After Update

I just updated Spotify to 1.2.31 over 1.2.26. Now when I close the Spotify window or minimize it there is no way to open it back up without fully closing it via the icon in the top right. The only right click option is close and double clicking the t...

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  • I just updated Spotify to 1.2.31 over 1.2.26. Now when I close the Spotify window or minimize it there is no way to open it back up without fully closing it via the icon in the top right. The only ri...
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Cannot re-open spotify after closing to tray

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PCMemory: 16.0 GiBGraphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3060Operating SystemUbuntu 23.10GNOME Version: 45.2Windowing System: X11Kernel Version: Linux 6.5.0-21-generic My Question or IssueWith the option "Close button sho...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop PC Memory: 16.0 GiB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3060 Operating System Ubuntu 23.10 GNOME Version: 45.2 Windowing System: X11 Kernel Versi...
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Unable to download debian packages

PlanPremium CountryUSA DevicePC - Ryzen 5950xOperating SystemUbuntu 22.04 My Question or Issue Error reading from server. Remote end closed connection [IP: 108.138.101.34 80] E: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-cl...

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  •   Plan Premium   Country USA   Device PC - Ryzen 5950x Operating System Ubuntu 22.04   My Question or Issue   Error reading from server. Remote end closed con...
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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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  • 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. &...
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Linux Mint freezing for ~+10 seconds at each track change

Premium member on Linux Mint 21.3 with Spotify version 1.2.31.1205.g4d59ad7cAt a recent update, and sometimes at certain versions then seeming like it goes away then comes back differently, this happens now: - In a playlist, I reach the end of one so...

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  • Premium member on Linux Mint 21.3 with Spotify version 1.2.31.1205.g4d59ad7c At a recent update, and sometimes at certain versions then seeming like it goes away then comes back differently, th...
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Multiple Authentication keys on my "Authentication key" section after installing Spotify Public Repo

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevice(Lenovo G50-70)Operating System(Linux Mint 21.3 "virginia") My Question or IssueHello everyone! i'd like to ask there's any solution to a stuff I'd realised on my "Authentication key - Software Origin" section. In particu...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device (Lenovo G50-70) Operating System (Linux Mint 21.3 "virginia")   My Question or Issue Hello everyone! i'd like to ask there's any solution to a stuff I...
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Spotify client can't search after suspend

Premium account in USA with Dell Inc. Latitude E7270 - Fedora Linux 39It seems in the last year, the Spotify client behaves differently after the computer had been suspended (entered sleep mode). What works: Playback of tracks Lyrics viewWhat doesn't...

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  • Premium account in USA with Dell Inc. Latitude E7270 - Fedora Linux 39 It seems in the last year, the Spotify client behaves differently after the computer had been suspended (entered sleep mod...
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No track will play. It tries then skips to another song that also doesn't

Web player, Manjaro Linux, Firefox, Spotify PremiumTrying to play any track doesn't work, it just skips to new tracks continuously not playing any of them. I do have a pi hole which might be stopping it from loading some tracker, but if I'm paying fo...

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  • Web player, Manjaro Linux, Firefox, Spotify Premium Trying to play any track doesn't work, it just skips to new tracks continuously not playing any of them. I do have a pi hole which might be stoppi...
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Please provide https connection for the application's deb repository

The installation for debian / ubuntu from the cli references a unsecured connection for the repository: Here the guide:https://www.spotify.com/de/download/linux/ Here the code where the repository is mentioned (http://repository.spotify.com).curl -sS...

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  • The installation for debian / ubuntu from the cli references a unsecured connection for the repository:    Here the guide: https://www.spotify.com/de/download/linux/   Here the co...
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Superuser Contribution "Spotify can't play this right now" on local files

Plan: Premium, although that doesn't matter for local filesOperating System: Debian bookworm/sid $ spotify --versionSpotify version 1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819, Copyright (c) 2022, Spotify Ltd Spotify can't play local files anymore (new laptop). They are be...

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  • Plan: Premium, although that doesn't matter for local files Operating System: Debian bookworm/sid   $ spotify --version Spotify version 1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819, Copyright (c) 2022, Spotify Ltd ...
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History gone from desktop player (at least on Linux) and web.

There seems to be no more ways to access play history on the Desktop app, at least in Linux, nor on the web page player either (there's still a queue button, with only what's playing and/or in queue).If I want to check what something that played was,...

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  • There seems to be no more ways to access play history on the Desktop app, at least in Linux, nor on the web page player either (there's still a queue button, with only what's playing and/or in queue)...
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Thank you!

Hi all, I don't have a complaint or even a suggestion - I just want to say thanks to the engineers for developing a Linux app. I'm thrilled to have been able to download and use it on Kali. Keep up the good work!

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  • Hi all, I don't have a complaint or even a suggestion - I just want to say thanks to the engineers for developing a Linux app. I'm thrilled to have been able to download and use it on Kali. Keep up t...
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