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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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Unable to listen to selected music

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 7Operating SystemiOS 13.1.3 My Question or IssueI want to listen to a certain album. I want to listen to only that album and only those songs. If I listen for over about thirty minutes, it prevents me from lis...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free Country United States Device iPhone 7 Operating System iOS 13.1.3   My Question or Issue I want to listen to a certain album.  I want to listen to only that album and on...
  • Bethany_Dawn
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I was about to hit a pedestrian because of Spotify app's BMW Safety Notice. How can I disable it!!

Life needs to be smooth. So is listening to music. I'm not a person who plays with his phone during driving. When I hear the incoming email or SMS sound, I don't even look at my phone until I'm at the work or back at home. However, almost everytime I...

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  •   Life needs to be smooth. So is listening to music.   I'm not a person who plays with his phone during driving.  When I hear the incoming email or SMS sound, I don't even loo...
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I NOW UNDERSTAND THE UPDATE, LET ME HELP YOU.

So i just figured out the whole spotify update thing and why it happened.It is a game! You now have to play the memory game and remember every artist name you like and every album and song name! Dont want to play??? Too bad, we here at Spotify dont c...

  • Gig Goer
  • So i just figured out the whole spotify update thing and why it happened. It is a game! You now have to play the memory game and remember every artist name you like and every album and song name!&nb...
  • user-removed
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Sleep timer or iPhone

Planpremium CountryAustralia DeviceiPhone XsOperating systemiOs12 My Question or Issue why did the sleep timer option disappeared? It worked perfectly fine last week and now there is no option for me to turn on the timer. It’s simply gone. How can I ...

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  •   Plan premium  Country Australia   Device iPhone Xs Operating system iOs12   My Question or Issue   why did the sleep timer option disappeared? It worked perfec...
  • MattSuda
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Discord status won't show up

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiPhone 7+Operating SystemiOS 13 My Question or IssueNo matter what I try (reinstalling both apps, removing and redoing the connection) I cannot get my spotify to show up as my status on mobile, it works for a second if I red...

  • Visitor
  •   Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone 7+ Operating System iOS 13   My Question or Issue No matter what I try (reinstalling both apps, removing and redoing the connection) I can...
  • MattSuda
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Spotify complication Apple Watch

Plan: PremiumCountry: RomâniaDevice #1: Iphone 8 PlusOperating System: iOS 13Device #2: Apple Watch Series 5Operating System: WatchOS 6.0.1 My Question: Hello. Is there any option to stream song title on Spotify complication like Apple Music complica...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: România Device #1: Iphone 8 Plus Operating System: iOS 13 Device #2: Apple Watch Series 5 Operating System: WatchOS 6.0.1   My Questio...
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I have nearly 20 songs in my likes songs and playlists and it’s still putting random songs?

BasicFreeCanada Device(iPhone Operating System(iOS 13.1.2) My Question or Issuerecently, I have been using Spotify and it suddenly began adding songs into my playlists. I checked online and made sure to have at least 15 songs in my playlists and like...

  • Casual Listener
  • Basic Free Canada   Device (iPhone 😎 Operating System (iOS 13.1.2)   My Question or Issue recently, I have been using Spotify and it suddenly began adding songs into my playlists...
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Auto play not working on iPhone

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  
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Solved!! Album cover missing

Hi there, since at least the last three app updates, in the first view, the album cover image is not displayed on left navigation site. After album is started to play, the cover field is empty. When I rotate the device from portrait to landscape mode...

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  • Hi there,    since at least the last three app updates, in the first view, the album cover image is not displayed on left navigation site. After album is started to play, the cover field ...
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Can’t get artist info or select tracks and on premium?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  
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iPhoneXR, iOS 13.2, Free Plan. Home page won’t load but other pages work.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  
  • Loxer
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Premium, and still plays music outside of playlists

PlanPremium w/ Hulu Iphone 8Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or IssueAlright, so I was listening to some music off of an album, my likes, or whatever, and after each song I choose it keeps changing songs and going into a queue. I've tried going i...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium w/ Hulu   Iphone 8 Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue Alright, so I was listening to some music off of an album, my likes, or whatever,  and after ea...
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Solved!! How to Access Hulu on iphone?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 8Operating System My Question or IssueJust subscribed to the premium/Hulu bundle. Hulu works fine on my Windows laptop through Spotify, but I can't access it on my iphone. The Hulu app says my Spotify login info is i...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 8 Operating System     My Question or Issue Just subscribed to the premium/Hulu bundle. Hulu works fine on my Windows laptop through Spotify...
  • HemantKulkarni
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Can find artist but not their songs

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceiPhone XSOperating SystemiOS 13.2 My Question or IssueHello, when I started spotify this evening (I just got it), I could find artists and see their songs. 10 minutes later, I have this problem where I cannot see any son...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country France Device iPhone XS Operating System iOS 13.2   My Question or Issue Hello, when I started spotify this evening (I just got it), I could find artists and see t...
  • ggiggigg
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i can’t see the albums or songs of the artists.

PlanPremiumCountryMéxicoDeviceiPhone 5sOperating SystemiOS 12.2 My Question or Issue the only songs that i can listen to are the ones in my library, and to listen to new ones i have to go to the search bar and download them from there. also, i can’t ...

  • Newbie
  •   Plan Premium Country México Device iPhone 5s Operating System iOS 12.2   My Question or Issue   the only songs that i can listen to are the ones in my library, and to lis...
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Es vergonzoso que una App de pago funcione tan mal como lo hace Spotify, él i+d es penoso.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Changes in interface

PlanFree/PremiumCountryMexico DeviceIphone X Operating SystemiOS 10, My Question or Issue With the latest update where you changed totally the interface, the usability has gotten incredibly down, you removed the categories: Songs, Artists, Albums; an...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Free/Premium Country Mexico    Device Iphone X   Operating System iOS 10,   My Question or Issue   With the latest update where you changed totally ...
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Why doesn't Spotify have certain albums by well-known artists?

Why isn't Real by Belinda Carlisle on Spotify? Seriously you have all her other albums but this is probably one of her BEST albums and you don't have it. I thought by buying your Premium subscribtion I'd get to listen to this album (which is greyed o...

  • Visitor
  • Why isn't Real by Belinda Carlisle on Spotify? Seriously you have all her other albums but this is probably one of her BEST albums and you don't have it. I thought by buying your Premium subscribtion...
  • Loxer
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Superuser Contribution [Mobile][Playlists] Force playlists into chronological order on mobile

It was this way until a week or two ago, and then suddenly all the playlists on mobile are in.... random order? Possibly by how much playtime they've gotten, it's unfathomable. The problem is that not only is everything out of order, but that playlis...

  • Newbie
  • It was this way until a week or two ago, and then suddenly all the playlists on mobile are in.... random order? Possibly by how much playtime they've gotten, it's unfathomable. The problem is that no...
  • Peter
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