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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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Spotify plays wrong song

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone 8Operating SystemiOS 12.1.4 My Question or IssueI use Spotify Connect with my Amazon Echo. When I play a Playlist in shuffle mode, and add a Song to the queue with the Spotify iOS App, the Echo plays the wrong so...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone 8 Operating System iOS 12.1.4   My Question or Issue I use Spotify Connect with my Amazon Echo. When I play a Playlist in shuffle mode, and a...
  • Billy-J
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App crashes/bugs out (iOS)

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceiPhone 8 PlusOperating SystemiOS 12.1.3 My Question or IssueThe app on my phone freezes when I press a song to start playing. The app totally bugs out, until I close the app entirely. Then I start the app again and ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device iPhone 8 Plus Operating System iOS 12.1.3   My Question or Issue The app on my phone freezes when I press a song to start playing. Th...
  • Billy-J
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Discover weekly has not updated in a year

PlanPremium CountryUSA Device(iPhone 10xs, Ipad Pro) My Question or IssueI recently restarted my Spotify account. My Discover Weekly did not update today as I expected. The last time Discover Weekly updated was a year ago. Will it take time for the d...

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  •     Plan Premium   Country USA   Device (iPhone 10xs, Ipad Pro)   My Question or Issue I recently restarted my Spotify account. My Discover Weekly did not update ...
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Impossible to delete or redownload songless albums in my library.

PremiumusaIphoneMy Question or Issue - In my library in the albums section ALL the songs in every full saved album is gone. There is no option to delete the empty album . The download button is grayed out and won’t work. The text says “you haven’t sa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Premium usa Iphone My Question or Issue -  In my library in the albums section ALL the songs in every full saved album is gone. There is no option to delete the empty album .  The downl...
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Impossible to delete or redownload songless albums in my library.

PremiumusaIphoneMy Question or Issue - In my library in the albums section ALL the songs in every full saved album is gone. There is no option to delete the empty album . The download button is grayed out and won’t work. The text says “you haven’t sa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Premium usa Iphone My Question or Issue -  In my library in the albums section ALL the songs in every full saved album is gone. There is no option to delete the empty album .  The downl...
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Solved!! Music library missing on iOS

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone X Operating SystemiOS- current Not sure if this is an app update or what but I can only access playlists. My music library is missing?

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone X  Operating System iOS- current   Not sure if this is an app update or what but I can only access playlists. My music library is missing?
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  • Casual Listener
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Imposible abrir Spotify

Hola, desde ayer tengo este problema. En el iPhone se actualizó la aplicación de Spotify y desde ese momento no pude volver a abrirlo. Toco el icono y no pasa nada. Ya desinstalé y volví a instalar pero sigue igual. Alguien sabe cuál puede ser el pro...

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  • Hola, desde ayer tengo este problema. En el iPhone se actualizó la aplicación de Spotify y desde ese momento no pude volver a abrirlo. Toco el icono y no pasa nada. Ya desinstalé y volví a instalar p...
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Solved!! Songs will only download when I play them!

This is so frustrating. I upgraded to premium a couple hours before a long flight to download offline playlists. I waited a while. Just wanted to download about 300 songs... the grey arrow appears but not the green one. Only when I click on a song an...

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  • This is so frustrating. I upgraded to premium a couple hours before a long flight to download offline playlists. I waited a while. Just wanted to download about 300 songs... the grey arrow appears bu...
  • Jpgchief
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Ayuda!

Hola a todos, quisiera que me pudieran ayudar para solucionar este problema que tengo sobre mi cuenta que es premium pero cuando pongo canciones no me deja adelantar o atrasar la canción y también poner el playlist en aleatorio, saben cómo solucionar...

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  • Hola a todos, quisiera que me pudieran ayudar para solucionar este problema que tengo sobre mi cuenta que es premium pero cuando pongo canciones no me deja adelantar o atrasar la canción y también po...
  • Jpgchief
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Update

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 8 My Question or IssueAfter update, I lost my saved music tab and my entire list of artists. It now wants me to individually follow artists. I also had over 2,000 songs that are lost in the wind and now have to searc...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 8   My Question or Issue After update, I lost my saved music tab and my entire list of artists. It now wants me to individually follow artists. I a...
  • Maxim
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Bug - Left aligned text?

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceiPhone 6Operating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssueThe player has suddenly started displaying song info left-aligned as opposed to Centre-aligned. I can’t imagine this is a design choice because no other text is left-aligned...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device iPhone 6 Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue The player has suddenly started displaying song info left-aligned as opposed to Centre-aligned. ...
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New UI is Inconvenient, Not Geared Towards Listeners

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 6S PlusOperating SystemiOS 12.1.4My Question or IssueThis topic has been posted before, and I have already made an idea page (as have quite a few others), but I feel that it is best to share this critique on multiple...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 6S Plus Operating System iOS 12.1.4 My Question or Issue This topic has been posted before, and I have already made an idea page (as have quite a few o...
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Popular Songs

iOS PlanPremium My Question or Issue Is there a way to see the most popular song on an album on Spotify like how Apple Music adds a star next to the most popular songs on the album?

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  • iOS   Plan Premium   My Question or Issue   Is there a way to see the most popular song on an album on Spotify like how Apple Music adds a star next to the most popular songs on...
  • katiek_
  • Composer
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Spotify on iPad dysfunctional

I search an artist and expect to find the artist with a list of the artit’s available albums and songs. Instead, my only search results are a few random playlists related to my search (with the name of artist in playlist name). Other issue: I try to ...

  • Visitor
  • I search an artist and expect to find the artist with a list of the artit’s available albums and songs. Instead, my only search results are a few random playlists related to my search (with the name ...
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Unrelated songs after one playlist/radio song

Trying to listen to a Merle Haggard playlist and it plays one song then starts shuffling my son's hip-hop. I don't mind the hip-hop but don't want it at the moment. Have tried logging out and back in. I turned autoplay off and on. I also tried severa...

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  • Trying to listen to a Merle Haggard playlist and it plays one song then starts shuffling my son's hip-hop.  I don't mind the hip-hop but don't want it at the moment.  Have tried logging out...
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Awful new UI

Hello, The new user interface of Spotify is horrible.I never had a reason to complain about Spotify for the last 5 years. I always used the app, and it’s the first time I feel compelled to come here and spend my time to complain about it. The latest ...

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  • Hello,   The new user interface of Spotify is horrible. I never had a reason to complain about Spotify for the last 5 years. I always used the app, and it’s the first time I feel compelled to...
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I don’t get new Daily Mixes on iPad Pro.

Hello, I’ve been using Spotify (free) on my iPad Pro for more than a year; but I’ve only got two Daily Mixes! A few days ago, I logged in Spotify on my iPhone, and I had about four or five Daily Mixes on it, but only two of them appear on iPad.Does a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I’ve been using Spotify (free) on my iPad Pro for more than a year; but I’ve only got two Daily Mixes! A few days ago, I logged in Spotify on my iPhone, and I had about four or five Daily Mixe...
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Can’t control play list

hi There, I’m in th UK with iPhone X on the latest iOS it’s a simple one buy annoying. Spotify premium works perfectly on the iPhone but when usb connected to the car I cannot see play lists that are on my phone, I can only see recently played and th...

  • Visitor
  • hi There, I’m in th UK with iPhone X on the latest iOS  it’s a simple one buy annoying.  Spotify premium works perfectly on the iPhone but when usb connected to the car I cannot see play l...
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IPad 2 , iOS 9.3.5 , have Spotify premium

My Question or Issue WHAT DO I NEED TO DO.....,!?!jus going in circles.....any help would be appreciated.

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  •     My Question or Issue   WHAT DO I NEED TO DO.....,!?! jus going in circles..... any help would be appreciated.      
  • Maxim
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Pause button on ODT Chips doesn't work - music just keeps playing

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone X,Operating System(iOS 12.bla.bla.blaMy Question or IssueI have an older pair of Bluetooth Outdoor Tech Chips that sit in my ski helmet ear pads. They have been great for years but somehow can no longer stop the musi...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone X, Operating System (iOS 12.bla.bla.bla My Question or Issue I have an older pair of Bluetooth Outdoor Tech Chips that sit in my ski helmet ear pads. T...
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