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Desktop: Jam now available

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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Desktop: 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. Together, the individually customizable design of these new views provides a richer experience, m...

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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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[Troubleshooting] Windows

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help get things working again. What to try first Perform a soft reset (generally rebooting the device will suffice). If that doesn’t help, try a clean reinstall. Be sure to l...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect on PC not detecting devices

PlanPremiumCountryThailandDevicePersonal ComputerOperating SystemWindows 10 22H2 My Question or IssueSpotify Connect on PC is not detecting devices or sync to other devices in same account at all. I saw that this problem occurs to many people on comm...

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  • Plan Premium Country Thailand Device Personal Computer Operating System Windows 10 22H2   My Question or Issue Spotify Connect on PC is not detecting devices or sync to other devices i...
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Superuser Contribution Repeat keeps disabling

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceSamsung S24Plush and Windows web player My Question or IssueThe Repeat button keeps disabling. Every time I open the web player or on my phone the button is disabled again. I just want the darn playlist to repeat, I don'...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Samsung S24Plush and Windows web player   My Question or Issue The Repeat button keeps disabling. Every time I open the web player or on my phone the b...
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Solved!! My entire systems audio starts to glitch whenever spotify is playing.

Whenever I play audio on spotify it begins to glitch out my entire systems audio, not just the sound coming from spotify. I have tried many thing to fix the issue such as, disabling and reenabling hardware acceleration, restarting spotify, restarting...

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  • Whenever I play audio on spotify it begins to glitch out my entire systems audio, not just the sound coming from spotify. I have tried many thing to fix the issue such as, disabling and reenabling ha...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911.

I would like to give feedback regarding Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911.I don't know if it was a deliberate update on your part, but when performing a search, I usually click on the back icon (<) until I return to the home p...

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  • I would like to give feedback regarding Spotify for Windows (64 bit) version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911. I don't know if it was a deliberate update on your part, but when performing a search, I usually cl...
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Superuser Contribution Why does Spotify on PC suck so bad?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm just here to complain about Spotify on PC in vain hopes that they might one day make it a...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I'm jus...
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Solved!! No G-SYNC Fix yet?

So, why has no fix happened with Spotify to fix the annoying flickering when a user is using GSYNC? Only way to keep it from happening is to turn off hardware acceleration which can affect sound quality.

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  • So, why has no fix happened with Spotify to fix the annoying flickering when a user is using GSYNC?  Only way to keep it from happening is to turn off hardware acceleration which can affect soun...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify lagging and making games lag, only when playing games!

My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and now it not only stutters but also makes the game l...

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  • My old crappy computer used to play spotify fine when playing full-screen online games. Upgraded my rig last week and now a few days ago I noticed it starts stuttering when I start playing a game and...
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Solved!! Weird Spotify sorting update

So, recently, I've been going through some artists I follow from bottom to top to check out music, always based on when they were uploaded. But recently over the past few days I've noticed some things have been out of place. That's when I figured out...

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  • So, recently, I've been going through some artists I follow from bottom to top to check out music, always based on when they were uploaded. But recently over the past few days I've noticed some thing...
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Не открывается вкладка браузера через приложение

Открыть браузер что бы войти (не перекидывает на ссылку браузера)

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  • Открыть браузер что бы войти (не перекидывает на ссылку браузера)
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Spofity will not stay pinned to Windows 10 Taskbar

At least monthly spotify becomes unpinned from my taskbar. It seems to happen everytime there is a new update to the app ready to install, but before it is installed. It only started happening 6 or so months ago when I switched to the Windows app.No ...

  • Gig Goer
  • At least monthly spotify becomes unpinned from my taskbar. It seems to happen everytime there is a new update to the app ready to install, but before it is installed. It only started happening 6 or s...
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Superuser Contribution Tracks are skipping 20-30 seconds ahead and skip to next with 3 minutes

Every track I play freezes and skips forward 20-30 seconds when it gets to about 1 minute and skips to the next track when it gets to about 3 minutes. I've already reinstalled the app, cleaned the cache and reduced the streaming quality, but nothing ...

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  • Every track I play freezes and skips forward 20-30 seconds when it gets to about 1 minute and skips to the next track when it gets to about 3 minutes. I've already reinstalled the app, cleaned the ca...
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can't add songs to public playlist

public playlist shared with me via link by a friend i'm following. cannot add songs to the playlist via desktop app or mobile app. no option appears to add to playlist. dragging song to playlist does not work: playlist greys out when attempting this.

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  • public playlist shared with me via link by a friend i'm following. cannot add songs to the playlist via desktop app or mobile app. no option appears to add to playlist. dragging song to playlist does...
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Canvas is crashing my monitor

Hi, every time I open the app on my desktop, it crashes my external monitor. The issue seems tied to the Canvas feature. When a song with Canvas enabled plays, the crash happens immediately. I disabled Canvas for songs, but the home screen also uses ...

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  • Hi, every time I open the app on my desktop, it crashes my external monitor. The issue seems tied to the Canvas feature. When a song with Canvas enabled plays, the crash happens immediately. I disabl...
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Superuser Contribution my home screen is black and my search screen doesn't refresh on windows 11

my search screen only displays my most recent searches, going back about 3 days. My home screen is also not loading at all. I need to force-close the app to get it to reload.

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  • my search screen only displays my most recent searches, going back about 3 days. My home screen is also not loading at all. I need to force-close the app to get it to reload.
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Superuser Contribution Sound issue with some games

PlanPremiumCountryJapanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 Pro 64-bit (23H2, Build 22631.4317) My Question or IssueSince update 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f, audio from some games disappear completely when playing a music through de windows App, sound comes b...

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  • Plan Premium Country Japan Device PC Operating System Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (23H2, Build 22631.4317)   My Question or Issue Since update 1.2.48.405.gf2c48e6f, audio from some game...
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My spotify suddenly low sound and starts playing a really weird playlist

This is actually very weird and it happens always when i listen to spotify in my pc, suddenly sound goes off and start playin a astist ive never searched before, artist name is Justin.Paris.2222, please solve this i really started thinking my spotify...

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  • This is actually very weird and it happens always when i listen to spotify in my pc, suddenly sound goes off and start playin a astist ive never searched before, artist name is Justin.Paris.2222, ple...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify app crashing my games

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktop pc, Intel i7 137000, and a 4070 super gpuOperating Systemwindows 11 My Question or Issuewhenever i use spotify, around every 20-30 minutes my spotify will play a repeating 2 seconds on whatever it got glitched on, com...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop pc, Intel i7 137000, and a 4070 super gpu Operating System windows 11   My Question or Issue whenever i use spotify, around every 20-...
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Superuser Contribution PC UYGULAMASINDAN ŞARKI AÇMAYA ÇALIŞTIĞIMDA EKRAN KENDİLİĞİNDEN KAPANIYOR

Bilgisayarımda windows uygulaması yüklü ekranı açtığımda sürekli kapandığı için silip tekrar yükledim ancak sorun giderilmedi. Hala uygulamayı açtığımda ekran kendiliğinden kapanıyor.

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  • Bilgisayarımda windows uygulaması yüklü ekranı açtığımda sürekli kapandığı için silip tekrar yükledim ancak sorun giderilmedi. Hala uygulamayı açtığımda ekran kendiliğinden kapanıyor.
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So tired of hearing the same songs over and over

I'm getting more and more bored of Spotify. I feel like i've been hearing the same songs of my favorite artists in the daily mixes. I guess Spotify is more targeted towards people who listen to pop music. Pop music is more a market than an actual art...

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  • I'm getting more and more bored of Spotify. I feel like i've been hearing the same songs of my favorite artists in the daily mixes.   I guess Spotify is more targeted towards people who listen...
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