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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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Superuser Contribution Unrecognised playlists playing without permission or order

For the past few months, some indian songs started showing up in my playlists without me hearing or listening to indian songs and it is ruining my playlists and preferences.Yesterday i was driving and without me trying to move into another playlist i...

  • Casual Listener
  • For the past few months, some indian songs started showing up in my playlists without me hearing or listening to indian songs and it is ruining my playlists and preferences. Yesterday i was driving ...
  • Dian
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Solved!! Applying images to some songs through itunes had made songs that had worked originally stop working

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceIpad 9th Generation Iphone 14 pro MaxOperating SystemIOS 15.6.1 for the IPAD IOS 16.1.2 for the Iphone My Question or IssueI added images to songs that I downloaded that had worked before I added images with similar file si...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Ipad 9th Generation Iphone 14 pro Max Operating System IOS 15.6.1 for the IPAD IOS 16.1.2 for the Iphone   My Question or Issue I added images to songs ...
  • Kayzei
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Superuser Contribution Someone took over my playlists

My phone began to play other people’s music and I couldn’t disconnect to other speakers while out in the wilderness. I turned off wifi and Bluetooth yet still connected to a laptop and a pixel phone repeatedly. I don’t want the share speaker feature....

  • Visitor
  • My phone began to play other people’s music and I couldn’t disconnect to other speakers while out in the wilderness. I turned off wifi and Bluetooth yet still connected to a laptop and a pixel phone...
  • AlejaR
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Superuser Contribution Local files not syncing to iPhone!!!

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSADeviceiPhone XR, MacOperating SystemiOS 15.2, MacOS 12.0.1 Monterey My Question or Issue After 100 years of trying to figure out how to get Spotify on Desktop to actually display the album art in the local files I was impo...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Family Country USA Device iPhone XR, Mac Operating System iOS 15.2, MacOS 12.0.1 Monterey   My Question or Issue   After 100 years of trying to figure out how to get...
  • haoui
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Sharing to Instagram stories no longer provides link to song on Spotify

Before it used to have a link to click thru to the song on Spotify when you shared it to Instagram stories. Sometimes it would even play a preview of said song on stories. It now just basically functions as a screenshot of what you’re listening to an...

  • Visitor
  • Before it used to have a link to click thru to the song on Spotify when you shared it to Instagram stories. Sometimes it would even play a preview of said song on stories. It now just basically funct...
  • Yordan
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Superuser Contribution Device control on iPad app closes 1 second after opening it

On the Spotify app on iPad (10th gen, iOS 16.3.1), when I open device control (bottom left), it closes by itself after one second.

  • Visitor
  • On the Spotify app on iPad (10th gen, iOS 16.3.1), when I open device control (bottom left), it closes by itself after one second.
  • Joan
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Superuser Contribution Apple Watch Bug

Found an Apple Watch bug with the new Spotify app update that allows the user to select the podcast speed in increments of 0.1. What happens is that if the speed is not in the same increment as the old speeds (1.2,1.5,etc.), it gets blanked out from ...

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  • Found an Apple Watch bug with the new Spotify app update that allows the user to select the podcast speed in increments of 0.1. What happens is that if the speed is not in the same increment as the o...
  • AlejaR
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Superuser Contribution Account

hi I need help from a Spotify member.. I used distrokid to publish music and they automatically made a Spotify music account for me but I don’t have the login info and I need it because I switched to TuneCore and I’m trying to get myself verified

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  • hi I need help from a Spotify member.. I used distrokid to publish music and they automatically made a Spotify music account for me but I don’t have the login info and I need it because I switch...
  • Joan
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Superuser Contribution Haven’t received the new Home Hub for a year

PlanPremiumCountryEstonia DeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 14.5 My Question or IssueI’ve been waiting for the new home hub that Spotify announced in March 2020 for a year now. About a week ago they also announced an update to that home hub. The onl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Estonia   Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 14.5   My Question or Issue I’ve been waiting for the new home hub that Spotify announced in March 2020 for a...
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Superuser Contribution Feature Request: Play on multiple devices(Cross-Platform)

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevice: iPhone 14 (Latest IOS Version)My Question or IssueI want the ability to play Spotify across all my devices in my home all at once or by selecting each as a checkbox. I have devices from multiple manufacturers, Google/Amazo...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device: iPhone 14 (Latest IOS Version) My Question or Issue I want the ability to play Spotify across all my devices in my home all at once or by selecting each as a che...
  • AlejaR
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Superuser Contribution Can’t sort playlist by date added

Plan/PremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone SE 2022)Operating System(iOS 16.3.1 My Question or IssueThe songs in my playlists on my phone used to be sorted by date added, with the newest ones first. But now it’s the reverse. I don’t like it bc I want to hear...

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  •   Plan /Premium Country USA Device (iPhone SE 2022) Operating System (iOS 16.3.1   My Question or Issue The songs in my playlists on my phone used to be sorted by date added, wit...
  • Novy
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Liked Songs re-shuffles when app close on iPhone

PlanPremium DuoCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 16.3.1 My Question or Issue Every time I close the app on my phone the shuffled queue I had re-shuffles. When it re-shuffles it does not do a full re sorting of all the songs, but seems t...

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  • Plan Premium Duo Country Canada Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 16.3.1   My Question or Issue   Every time I close the app on my phone the shuffled queue I had re-shuffles....
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Superuser Contribution My blend playlist are not working they’re freezing

I’ve made blends with my friends and when I click on them to listen they freeze to a black screen and the music that I’m hearing stops playing

  • Visitor
  • I’ve made blends with my friends and when I click on them to listen they freeze to a black screen and the music that I’m hearing stops playing
  • Eni
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