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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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  • Daniel
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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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  • shahn321
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't see play button or progress bar

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceRedmi Note 8 ProOperating SystemAndroid 10 My Question or IssueI'm having some problems with the interface. As you can see in the attached image, the play/pause button is a big white circle (I can only briefly see the ic...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Redmi Note 8 Pro Operating System Android 10   My Question or Issue I'm having some problems with the interface. As you can see in the attached image...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Play button on the left? Previous/Next button in the middle? please help!

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA DeviceGalaxy S20 FEOperating SystemAndroid ver. 12 My Question or Issue I'm not sure why/when it happened, but today I noticed that the control buttons are rearranged! I've already tried reinstalling spotify, disable the ca...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA   Device Galaxy S20 FE Operating System Android ver. 12   My Question or Issue   I'm not sure why/when it happened, but today I noticed that t...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Play not working after some time

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceOnePlus 8 ProOperating SystemAndroid 11 When I don't use Spotify for some time, I can only play a song if I open the app. Even if the app is still opened in the task manager. Also I disabled all battery optimization...

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  • Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device OnePlus 8 Pro Operating System Android 11   When I don't use Spotify for some time, I can only play a song if I open the app. Even if the app is ...
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Inconsistency mobile/desktop app: Shuffle vs. Play button

PlanPremium FamilyCountryGermany DeviceSony Xperia X / Linux LaptopOperating SystemAndroid Oreo / openSUSE Linux 42.3 My Question or IssueHi! I don't understand the rationale why the Android app most of the time shows a big green "Shuffle" play butto...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country Germany   Device Sony Xperia X / Linux Laptop Operating System Android Oreo / openSUSE Linux 42.3   My Question or Issue Hi!   I don't understa...
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Solved!! PLAY intent doesn't work

Hi there,I'm trying to start the play button with an intent with tasker.The "NEXT" intent works fine but the "PLAY" intent doesn't work at all.Action: com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget.PLAYPackage: com.spotify.musicTarget: broadcast receiverAndroi...

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  • Hi there, I'm trying to start the play button with an intent with tasker. The "NEXT" intent works fine but the "PLAY" intent doesn't work at all. Action: com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.widget.P...
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Embedded Spotify Play Button can't open spotify app from android browser. intent: produces an error

On Android devices browsers, clicking on an embbeded Spotify Play Button should open native Spotify app. However, most times this does not happen because the browser throws an error: 'Page not available'. To test this please visit Spotify Play Button...

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  • On Android devices browsers, clicking on an embbeded Spotify Play Button should open native Spotify app. However, most times this does not happen because the browser throws an error: 'Page not a...
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Mobile App - Playback Controls

After a recent update, I no longer see any playback controls for the Spotify app. When I start a radio or a song, the music plays, but I am no longer greeted with an album cover or the standard play/pause skip and previous (I am currently using premi...

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  • After a recent update, I no longer see any playback controls for the Spotify app. When I start a radio or a song, the music plays, but I am no longer greeted with an album cover or the stan...
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Can't playing specific song

Hey everybody,I'm a premium user, and recently while I was trying to play a specific song from a Playlist (or even from search result) I couldn't play it. Meaning that there is no play button, instead the "right key" menu pops up as you can see in th...

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  • Hey everybody, I'm a premium user, and recently while I was trying to play a specific song from a Playlist (or even from search result) I couldn't play it. Meaning that there is no play button, inst...
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    Play Button
    Play Next
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Huawei devices - impossible control music via Bluetooth

I'm using Spotify on a huawei Ascend G7 and I can't control the play/pause, next and prevent functions with any Bluetooth device, even if the app is playing music.Is there a way to g

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  • I'm using Spotify on a huawei Ascend G7 and I can't control the play/pause, next and prevent functions with any Bluetooth device, even if the app is playing music. Is there a way to g
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    Play Button
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