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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 ...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-09-24 10:26:17 AM
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sapmi
Music Fan
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Probelm with Spotify 8.5.16 (IOS) and BMW Apps

I have a BMW with CiC Navi Professional. Spotify with an iPhone 5 (IOS 10) via BMW Apps worked great until a few days ago. It will not work after updating the Spotify app. Other apps like TuneIn work. Spotify does not switch to this BMW mode anymore....

chrimoe
Casual Listener
I have a BMW with CiC Navi Professional. Spotify with an iPhone 5 (IOS 10) via BMW Apps worked great until a few days ago. It will not work after updating the Spotify app. Other apps like TuneIn work...
2019-07-27 6:31:52 PM
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Premium doesn’t play

I recently got premium a few day ago for my iPhone 6, when offline some songs weather it’s a on shuffle or chosen they just stay at 0:00. Someone had this problem previously the solution given was to reinstall and download songs did that and didn’t w...

Jensmiumiu
Casual Listener
I recently got premium a few day ago for my iPhone 6, when offline some songs weather it’s a on shuffle or chosen they just stay at 0:00. Someone had this problem previously the solution given was to...
2019-07-24 5:45:30 PM
2019-07-27 6:21:08 PM
Billy-J
Spotify Star
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Se borran todas las canciones descargadas

Me fui de iMusic de Apple justamente por este tema y resulta que en Spotify es 10 veces peor porque a los 10 días ya se borran las descargas!! Tengo espacio de sobra en el celular solo tengo 3 dispositivos con descargas y todo lo que Uds. dicen qué h...

Guggen
Visitor
Me fui de iMusic de Apple justamente por este tema y resulta que en Spotify es 10 veces peor porque a los 10 días ya se borran las descargas!! Tengo espacio de sobra en el celular solo tengo 3 dispos...
2019-07-27 1:34:24 PM
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Solved!! Problem Local Files Music

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceIphone XSOperating SystemiOS 12.4 My Question or IssueHello, I have put music from local Spotify files on my Windows 10 computer but I would like to listen to it on my phone in the Spotify application without even n...

VaCool
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Iphone XS Operating System iOS 12.4 My Question or Issue Hello, I have put music from local Spotify files on my Windows 10 computer but I woul...
2019-07-26 10:23:38 PM
2019-07-26 11:09:54 PM
Bethany_Dawn
Community Legend
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Spotify logging me out when reopening app.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 6S)Operating System(iOS 10.3.2) My Question or Issueive disconnected Facebook login, reconnected, tried email and pass. Switch accounts. Everytime I login, and check settings it says "unable to login either username...

MNum
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 6S) Operating System (iOS 10.3.2) My Question or Issue ive disconnected Facebook login, reconnected, tried email and pass. Switch accounts. Ev...
2019-07-26 5:26:22 AM
2019-07-26 8:21:10 PM
Geni2
Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Ugh, what did you guys do??

I can play an artist from my list (which is now a pain to navigate with the recent update) but when I go to home and see recent and click on the artist that I recently listened to it opens their artist page and if I hit shuffle play, it will play the...

vanhornsby
Regular
I can play an artist from my list (which is now a pain to navigate with the recent update) but when I go to home and see recent and click on the artist that I recently listened to it opens their arti...
2019-06-20 4:20:29 PM
2019-07-26 4:37:31 PM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
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2 replies
6 likes

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Album art thumbnails missing from Browse/Playlists/Etc on BMW Integration

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 6Operating SystemiOS 12.1My Question or Issue On Spotify version 7.x, when connected to BMW iDrive, the album art for every playlist showed when browsing. As of version 8.x this feature has been replaced by a generic...

swagon
Visitor
Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 6 Operating System iOS 12.1 My Question or Issue On Spotify version 7.x, when connected to BMW iDrive, the album art for every playlist...
2019-03-13 2:59:01 AM
2019-07-26 4:23:43 PM
dark423
Casual Listener
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1 replies
1 likes

633 Views
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Podcasts languages

Premium - between France/Germany/USMac Book Air 13" - 2 different ones / iPhone 6 S Hey there, So I think this might be related to the fact I use Spotify on 3 different devices and each of them as a different language setup - yeah...I sometimes have ...

Veraneweimei
Visitor
Premium - between France/Germany/US Mac Book Air 13" - 2 different ones / iPhone 6 S Hey there, So I think this might be related to the fact I use Spotify on 3 different devices an...
2019-07-26 4:14:28 PM
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Superuser Contribution Latest update

PlanPremiumCountry US DeviceiPhone Two of my most common flows are broken by the new update:1. Going from Artist that I saved a song of to an album that I saved and then to a song (I normally open Spotify and say, I want to listen to muciaian X, let ...

Nivak
Newbie
Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone Two of my most common flows are broken by the new update: 1. Going from Artist that I saved a song of to an album that I saved and ...
2019-06-23 3:40:18 PM
2019-07-26 4:05:58 PM
Katerina
Spotify Legend
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3 replies
2 likes

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New UI unusable

Hi, I’m using Spotify on my iPhone and a bunch of various Macs as well as an echo dot. There is nothing better than Spotify Connect out there right now. I really want to love Spotify and continue to use it but the new interface completely ruins the e...

greghodorek
Visitor
Hi, I’m using Spotify on my iPhone and a bunch of various Macs as well as an echo dot. There is nothing better than Spotify Connect out there right now. I really want to love Spotify and continue to ...
2019-07-19 11:20:45 PM
2019-07-26 3:45:40 PM
Deepjhl
Newbie
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1 replies
7 likes
new UI
Update

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A Playlist of Local Files will not sync to my iPhone

Dear Spotify Community, I am having a hard time downloading local files I have purchased / created from my Mac Pro to my iPhone XR. My steps are:On my Mac Pro: I make a playlist with local filesI go to the top righthand side of the screen while in th...

chromoprinter
Music Fan
Dear Spotify Community, I am having a hard time downloading local files I have purchased / created from my Mac Pro to my iPhone XR. My steps are: On my Mac Pro: I make a playlist with loca...
2019-07-20 5:01:18 PM
2019-07-25 7:56:20 AM
thomas106
Visitor
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[iOS][Music] Always On feature no longer working

My iPhone 8 no longer stays on when playing music and the display is on the track, even when plugged in. It's been pretty annoying recently because I tend to use it when driving, so that considerably reduces the amount of buttons to press. It also ha...

zoees
Visitor
...onsiderably reduces the amount of buttons to press. It also happens when viewing Behind the Lyrics or a Storyline, so I can't even read them. It may be because I'm on the iOS 13 public beta but none o...
2019-07-21 7:38:41 PM
2019-07-25 1:59:48 AM
rickhamilton620
Newbie
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2 replies
2 likes
iOS
music

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Podcast do not continue playing where it stop after broadcasting to google Home

PlanPremiumCountry USA DeviceIphone XROperating SystemiOS 12.2App version 8.5.1.1085My Question or Issue There is something that is annoying me everytime when I play a podcast.If I am at home, I like to broadcast to my google home and let it playing ...

krlosrb
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Iphone XR Operating System iOS 12.2 App version 8.5.1.1085 My Question or Issue There is something that is annoying me everytime when I play...
2019-04-24 5:18:42 PM
2019-07-24 10:43:28 PM
DeMantis
Casual Listener
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1 replies
2 likes
podcast googlehome

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Lyrics problem with iPad

I'm using iPad and I don't know why the lyrics feature is disabled. I already used Live Chat to report this problem more than once but no relevant answer after all. The lastest update is about 1 month ago, feel like spotify never really care about th...

dravil29
Casual Listener
I'm using iPad and I don't know why the lyrics feature is disabled. I already used Live Chat to report this problem more than once but no relevant answer after all. The lastest update is about 1 mont...
2019-07-03 6:43:24 AM
2019-07-24 6:58:10 PM
DanifC
Composer
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3 replies
2 likes

5024 Views
3 replies
2 likes

Alphabetical scroll bar

Hello,A couple hours ago, my iOS devices updated my Spotify app to the new look. As much as I enjoy the new update, I have one problem: the alphabetical scroll bar is gone. Do you know if it is just because I don't have enough tracks in my library, o...

Wynian
Casual Listener
Hello, A couple hours ago, my iOS devices updated my Spotify app to the new look. As much as I enjoy the new update, I have one problem: the alphabetical scroll bar is gone. Do you know if it is jus...
2019-06-13 3:28:32 PM
2019-07-24 9:38:33 AM
Blistic_1
Newbie
1214 Views
6 replies
3 likes

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6 replies
3 likes

Song Queue Display Issue

This issue pertains to Spotify build version 8.5.15.681 for iOS. When adding songs to the queue and then viewing the queue, the amount of space displayed is for n songs, while the amount of text groups displayed is for n-1 songs. If I had to guess th...

wtoll
Visitor
This issue pertains to Spotify build version 8.5.15.681 for iOS. When adding songs to the queue and then viewing the queue, the amount of space displayed is for n songs, while the amount of ...
2019-07-24 5:17:43 AM
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8.5.15.681
bug
Detailed
iOS
queue

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Solved!! Impossible to download my playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceiPhone XrOperating SystemiOS 12 and 13 My Question or IssueHi guys ! I just bought a brand new iPhone Xr and I would like to download my playlist but i've got a problem ! When I leave the application or when the iPhone shut ...

maklesim
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country US Device iPhone Xr Operating System iOS 12 and 13 My Question or Issue Hi guys ! I just bought a brand new iPhone Xr and I would like to download my playlist bu...
2019-07-23 1:54:42 PM
2019-07-23 10:33:45 PM
DanifC
Composer
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4 replies
0 likes

774 Views
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Solved!! Don't play this song / artist missing on premium

Hi. After switching to premium, I've lost the functionality "stop playing this artist" on this account.This will force me to switch back to free, as it makes bad experience of really unwanted artists being pushed to discover weekly, etc. DeviceiPhone...

Jesaul
Casual Listener
Hi. After switching to premium, I've lost the functionality "stop playing this artist" on this account. This will force me to switch back to free, as it makes bad experience of really unwan...
2019-01-03 11:09:23 AM
2019-07-23 9:57:58 PM
Jesaul
Casual Listener
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2 replies
2 likes

3260 Views
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Missing list of artists

Hello My list of artists has recently disappeared. If I select it all I get now is the text, "Your favorite artists will appear here. Go to Browse page to find amazing playlists for every mood and moment" with a "Go to Browse" button. Nothing appears...

Mike_00
Newbie
Hello My list of artists has recently disappeared. If I select it all I get now is the text, "Your favorite artists will appear here. Go to Browse page to find amazing playlists for every mo...
2019-07-01 9:13:48 PM
2019-07-23 7:08:11 PM
philipollas
Visitor
2048 Views
12 replies
2 likes

2048 Views
12 replies
2 likes

Unliked songs not excluded from My Albums

Since a recent upgrade, when I play an album from the My Albums tab in My Library, the songs that I have unliked in the past are no longer excluded. I have noticed this since 3/15, but I think it may have started earlier than that and I just hadn’t b...

Gallivan61
Casual Listener
Since a recent upgrade, when I play an album from the My Albums tab in My Library, the songs that I have unliked in the past are no longer excluded. I have noticed this since 3/15, but I think ...
2019-03-17 7:25:57 AM
2019-07-23 6:21:17 PM
Nolan93
Casual Listener
1086 Views
2 replies
3 likes

1086 Views
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3 likes

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