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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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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...

  • Visitor
  • 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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...

  • Visitor
  • 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. ...
  • AppleG
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 ...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • jri45
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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.

  • Visitor
  •     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...
  • Juritescu
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Spotify keeps skipping beginning and end of each song

My Spotify keeps skipping the beginning and end of each track. Like when on shuffle, it will start the song at like 15 seconds and skip to the next song when there is still 15-20 seconds left of the song. then the next song starts at like 15 seconds ...

  • Casual Listener
  •  My Spotify keeps skipping the beginning and end of each track. Like when on shuffle, it will start the song at like 15 seconds and skip to the next song when there is still 15-20 seconds left o...
  • Bittencourt
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Solved!! where to find downloaded songs on iphone

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone xrOperating System(iOS 12.1.4 My Question or IssueWhere can I find what songs/playlists I have downloaded to be able to play offline? I recently got a new phone and can't remember what playlists I have downloaded. I...

  • Visitor
  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone xr Operating System (iOS 12.1.4   My Question or Issue Where can I find what songs/playlists I have downloaded to be able to play offlin...
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Solved!! Text does not appear in filter textbox, Spotify iOS

PlanPremiumCountryU.SDeviceiPhone 8 PlusOperating SystemiOS 12 My Question or IssueWhen typing into the filter textbox, no letters appear. Functions correctly otherwise. If you leave and return to the app, the letters will return but seem shifted up....

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  • Plan Premium Country U.S Device iPhone 8 Plus Operating System iOS 12   My Question or Issue When typing into the filter textbox, no letters appear. Functions correctly otherwise. If y...
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Saved Music by Artist

For some reason, the latest update took away the most useful feature of Spotify: Saved music listed by artist. This is the most used way that myself and most Spotify users would search their music, and the removal of this feature is extremely frustra...

  • Casual Listener
  • For some reason, the latest update took away the most useful feature of Spotify: Saved music listed by artist. This is the most used way that myself and most Spotify users would search their music, a...
  • nigelje
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Spotify on iPhone no longer works with BMW Connected Drive

Up until late last year, the Spotify app on my iphone worked nicely with my BMW Connected Drive (a 2014 3-series). I could load the app and have full control from the car's media system (I used the wired USB connection). Now the car will not show the...

  • Casual Listener
  • Up until late last year, the Spotify app on my iphone worked nicely with my BMW Connected Drive (a 2014 3-series). I could load the app and have full control from the car's media system (I used the w...
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Radio only showing "recommended stations," not letting me choose other options.

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceiPhone Xs (Also doing this on Desktop for Windows.)Operating SystemiOS 12.1.2 (Also in Windows 10 and Windows 7 Enterprise [work computer].) My Question or Issue When I go to the Radio tab to try to listen to a radio stati...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA   Device iPhone Xs (Also doing this on Desktop for Windows.) Operating System iOS 12.1.2 (Also in Windows 10 and Windows 7 Enterprise [work computer].) ...
  • MarshallD
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Discover tab is not refreshing

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceiPhone 7Operating Systemios12.4 My Question or Issuenew releases is updated on Friday but everything else has been stagnant for a few weeks.

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device iPhone 7 Operating System ios12.4   My Question or Issue new releases is updated on Friday but everything else has been stagnant for a few weeks. ...
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