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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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  • jt120
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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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  • Android
    Guide
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • shahn321
  • Casual Listener
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The same radio from song playlist sync with delay on windows and android

When I go to song radio on pc (Windows 10) and phone (Realme 6 pro, android 10), on phone I can see that song that plays on pc are not in the song radio on mobile. This leads to problem that if you choose on pc to play song on mobile and choose song ...

  • Newbie
  • When I go to song radio on pc (Windows 10) and phone (Realme 6 pro, android 10), on phone I can see that song that plays on pc are not in the song radio on mobile. This leads to problem that if you c...
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  • Android Auto Songs Playlist
    syncing issue
    Windows
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Superuser Contribution Sorting by genre from phone and playing song to desktop breaks the app.

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePhone: Google Pixel 6 ProComputer: Windows 10, AMD processor/GPU (if for any reason it would matter)Operating SystemAndroid 12 and Windows 10 My Question or Issue When sorting by genre on my phone and using my des...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Phone: Google Pixel 6 Pro Computer: Windows 10, AMD processor/GPU (if for any reason it would matter) Operating System Android 12 and Windows 10 &n...
  • Jeremy
  • Spotify Legend
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  • Android
    genre
    Windows
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Superuser Contribution Connect - volume and timeline greyed out on Windows when playing through Android

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceiBasso DX300 and Samsung S2 tabletOperating SystemAndroid 7 and 9, Win10 My Question or IssueWhen controlling on Win10 and playing through Android the volume and timeline sliders are greyed out. I think they worked before. T...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...he volume and timeline sliders are greyed out. I think they worked before. The controls are ok if I play through Alexa. I have followed instructions for a clean install on Windows and Android. &n...
  • Ver
  • Spotify Legend
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  • 4 replies
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  • Android
    Connect
    Windows
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay not working on playlists (Android + Windows)

PlanPremiumCountrySerbiaDeviceSamsung Galaxy S10/ASUS LaptopOperating SystemAndroid 10/ Windows 10 My Question or IssueMy account is set to "autoplay" and although I read that it works on playlists AND radio, on both my phone and laptop, when I reach...

  • Regular
  • Plan Premium Country Serbia Device Samsung Galaxy S10/ASUS Laptop Operating System Android 10/ Windows 10   My Question or Issue My account is set to "autoplay" and although I read t...
  • Miljan1982
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  • 3455 Views
  • 11 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Android
    autoplay
    Playlists
    Windows
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Why can't I choose a specific song in a playlist when I play music on another device? Can only skip.

I have Spotify Premium. Whenever I cast/connect to another device (all through the Spotify app, so no mirroring), I can't select a specific song. This only occurs in one of my playlists, but all of the others are not affected. In the other playlists,...

  • Newbie
  • I have Spotify Premium. Whenever I cast/connect to another device (all through the Spotify app, so no mirroring), I can't select a specific song. This only occurs in one of my playlists, but all of t...
  • boydliggitt
  • Regular
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  • 1 replies
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  • Android
    Samsung
    skipping
    Spotify
    Windows
    Windows 10
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Superuser Contribution Ear deafening ads

Android, windows 10, xbox one (all the same loud ads) Location Netherlands. Dear Spotify,I have been using your service for a while now and i love it (but I am not able to pay for premium at this moment) and recently you have been hurting my ears wit...

  • Casual Listener
  • Android, windows 10, xbox one (all the same loud ads) Location Netherlands.   Dear Spotify, I have been using your service for a while now and i love it (but I am not able to pay for p...
  • Belgmeister
  • Newbie
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  • 3 likes
  • Android
    Free
    Windows
    xbox
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Play FOLDER on android

PlanPremiumCountryFrance DeviceOnePlus 5 last update on PlayStore Operating SystemAndroid 9.0 My Question or IssueHello, how to Play FOLDER playlist (as on the desktop application) ?thank you

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country France   Device OnePlus 5 last update on PlayStore  Operating System Android 9.0   My Question or Issue Hello, how to Play FOLDER playlist (as on the de...
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  • Android
    folder
    folders
    Oneplus
    Spotify Premium
    Windows
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Saving album not working correctly

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceOnePlus 6Operating SystemAndroid 9 My Question or IssueSince the last 2 weeks im not able to save an album to my songs like i did before. The save album button just doesnt do anything. I have to manually save the songs ...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...ave album button just doesnt do anything. I have to manually save the songs whenever i wanna save the whole album. This behaviour is happening on my phone and on Windows. I think its like that since S...
  • QualiAwe
  • Composer
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  • album
    Android
    saving
    Windows
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Push notifications not working

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 5S, Windows 10 app from MS store, MacOS app from spotifyOperating SystemiOS 12, Windows 10 1803, MacOS High Sierra My Question or Issue I have ALL the push notifications turned on, but on all devices in all operat...

  • Regular
  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 5S, Windows 10 app from MS store, MacOS app from spotify Operating System iOS 12, Windows 10 1803, MacOS High Sierra   My Question or Issue &n...
  • funkthew0rld
  • Regular
  • 954 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Desktop
    iOS
    macOS
    Windows
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Superuser Contribution Why to use "Spotify connect" if doesn't save the same song history?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry MXDevicePc and AndroidOperating System My Question or Issue I don't know if there's a solution to choose to not connect to other dispositives while using Spotify from Pc. I can't stop it from connecting to my phone and vice ve...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free/Premium Country  MX Device Pc and Android Operating System     My Question or Issue   I don't know if there's a solution to choose to not connect to other dis...
  • TomLegend
  • Spotify Legend
  • 831 Views
  • 3 replies
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  • Android
    PC
    Windows
    Windows 10
    Windows 10 Creator
  • 831 Views
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Superuser Contribution spotify connect pauses for no reason

worked always fine with Samsung HW-K950 from all devices (Android and W10) - recently it pauses after an unpredictable amount of time - seconds or minutes, can start again but pauses again after a short time later

  • Casual Listener
  • worked always fine with Samsung HW-K950 from all devices (Android and W10) - recently it pauses after an unpredictable amount of time - seconds or minutes, can start again but pauses again after a sh...
  • tlevenpar
  • Casual Listener
  • 1049 Views
  • 3 replies
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  • Android
    Samsung HW-K950
    Windows
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"Choose as current playlist"

When will this feature be brought back? It is sorely missed from the android app and is a reason to stick with old desktop versions. Please bring it back!

  • Roadie
  • When will this feature be brought back? It is sorely missed from the android app and is a reason to stick with old desktop versions. Please bring it back!
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  • Windows
  • 432 Views
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Spotify resets phone and removes all downloads

On my android phone, I have about 1,300 songs saved. One day, spotify restarted my phone while I was listening to music and all my saved songs were gone, like someone went and manually unselected all my playlists' "download" button. This happened on ...

  • Newbie
  • On my android phone, I have about 1,300 songs saved.  One day, spotify restarted my phone while I was listening to music and all my saved songs were gone, like someone went and manually unselect...
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  • Android
    Desktop
    Garbage
    Windows
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Spotity new interface

Hi! Well, I see in a Latin playlist (I'm argentinian) this interface:*Edit: In Windows I found the same interface too*Android:Android playlist viewAndroid playing viewWindows 10:Windows 10 playlist viewWindows 10 playing view But only can see this be...

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  • Hi! Well, I see in a Latin playlist (I'm argentinian) this interface: *Edit: In Windows I found the same interface too* Android: Android playlist view Android playing view Windows 10: Windows...
  • Maxim
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  • 2146 Views
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  • Android
    Interface
    Windows
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Cell Phone Space

First of all, if this issue has been discussed before and you can please place me in the right direction to find an answer to this, I will really appreciate it.I have a Samsung Galaxy S6, I have seen that saving or "favorite" songs, uses memory in my...

  • Newbie
  • First of all, if this issue has been discussed before and you can please place me in the right direction to find an answer to this, I will really appreciate it. I have a Samsung Galaxy S6, I have se...
  • Bonsai
  • Roadie
  • 370 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Windows
  • 370 Views
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Problème d'ouverture de l'appli

Bonjour,J'ai récemment essayer de transférer le stockage des données de l'application sur ma carte SD (je suis sous Android). Malheureusement, la procédure s'est stoppée en cours de déroulement en m'affichant un message comme quoi il y a avait un pro...

  • Casual Listener
  • Bonjour, J'ai récemment essayer de transférer le stockage des données de l'application sur ma carte SD (je suis sous Android). Malheureusement, la procédure s'est stoppée en cours de déroulement en ...
  • trackers-fr
  • Casual Listener
  • 851 Views
  • 2 replies
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  • Windows
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"Starred" playlist is only visible on Spotify web view not mobile or desktop app

I have tried everything. I've been emailing support but they could not fix it. The problem is that a while ago Spotify had a star system where if you Starred a song it got added to a playlist called "Starred". For whatever reason they removed stars f...

  • Visitor
  • I have tried everything. I've been emailing support but they could not fix it. The problem is that a while ago Spotify had a star system where if you Starred a song it got added to a playlist called ...
  • Docisgod
  • Casual Listener
  • 615 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Mobile Phone
    WebPlayer
    Windows
  • 615 Views
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Spotify Search Option Is Gone

On my Samsung phone, I went to go search for some songs to add to my playlist when I realized that the actual 'search' option wasn't there. I made a new account to see if that was the problem but it still isn't there. I don't know what happened, any ...

  • Newbie
  • On my Samsung phone, I went to go search for some songs to add to my playlist when I realized that the actual 'search' option wasn't there. I made a new account to see if that was the problem but it ...
  • LordRollin
  • Community Legend
  • 513 Views
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  • Windows
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spotify skipping ahead songs

I pay Premium but lately my spotify has had fits of only playin 1-5 secs of a song then skipping ahead when using the android app on my HTC one phone. This happens with synch, playlists and regular streaming with and without headphones. Have tried fa...

  • Casual Listener
  • I pay Premium but lately my spotify has had fits of only playin 1-5 secs of a song then skipping ahead when using the android app on my HTC one phone. This happens with synch, playlists and regular s...
  • DVelasquez79
  • Casual Listener
  • 2486 Views
  • 4 replies
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  • Windows
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Spotify queue glitch?

Since a few weeks ago Spotify on my android phone, plays the start of every song in the queue if i skip more then 2 song in the queue.Does someone know how to fix this problem its a big buzz kill...( sorry for bad english)

  • Casual Listener
  • Since a few weeks ago Spotify on my android phone, plays the start of every song in the queue if i skip more then 2 song in the queue. Does someone know how to fix this problem its a big buzz kill.....
  • kingshadylp
  • Casual Listener
  • 711 Views
  • 2 replies
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    Mac
    Windows
  • 711 Views
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