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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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  • sapmi
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Songs play and stop after 10 seconds

I have been using Spotify premium for quite some time and since yesterday the songs start playing and then stop after 10/20 seconds and then play again. There is an interruption on all the songs when using chrome cast audio. I have tried the followin...

  • Casual Listener
  • I  have been using Spotify premium for quite some time and since yesterday the songs start playing and then stop after 10/20 seconds and then play again. There is an interruption on all the song...
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Spotify slow on IPhone

Hello, everything worked fine till now:I have an iPhone 5s with IOS 11.1.2.Spotify is really slow on everything: loading a song, loading album images etc. even if my connection is fast on everything.when a song is playing (after a while) the time inf...

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  • Hello,   everything worked fine till now: I have an iPhone 5s with IOS 11.1.2. Spotify is really slow on everything: loading a song, loading album images etc. even if my connection is fast o...
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Marking podcast as played

I've been trying out the podcasts feature on the iOS app, and I can't seem to find a way to mark a podcast as played. I can't find a "mark as played" option, and even when I filter by unplayed episodes, it still includes episodes I've listened to ful...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been trying out the podcasts feature on the iOS app, and I can't seem to find a way to mark a podcast as played. I can't find a "mark as played" option, and even when I filter by unplayed episod...
  • Devooo
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Solved!! Why are my song titles overlapping like this?

Can anyone tell me why my playlists are showing up like this on my Iphone 7 Plus?

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  • Can anyone tell me why my playlists are showing up like this on my Iphone 7 Plus?
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push notifications not working ios

Notifications for new music from artists I follow, playlist etc are not working on ios version 8.4.22. However they havent been working for months, maybe even years.All the right settings are switched on on my phone, and on my online profile so that ...

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  • Notifications for new music from artists I follow, playlist etc are not working on ios version 8.4.22. However they havent been working for months, maybe even years. All the right settings are switc...
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Solved!! Not given the option to make playlists secret

Can someone please help? When I select the three dots it gives me a few options, but not how to make a playlist public or secret - I'm not sure why or how to fix it. I have Premuim for Family

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  • Can someone please help? When I select the three dots it gives me a few options, but not how to make a playlist public or secret - I'm not sure why or how to fix it. I have Premuim for Family 
  • Luke
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Solved!! Just my music?

Hi. I like to listen to my music and in the order I like (I'm that kind of person) and I got the iOS app today and I realized that you can't just listen to the music you selected, there's always some recommended song. They're usually good because Que...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi. I like to listen to my music and in the order I like (I'm that kind of person) and I got the iOS app today and I realized that you can't just listen to the music you selected, there's always some...
  • YoMamasTacos
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Impossible to skip songs

Hi all. I'm a free user, and i got this problem after the last update.A few days ago, i was using the app as usual. I skip the songs and i wait for one hour to get the new 6 songs to skip, as written in the faq for free user.The problem is that still...

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  • Hi all. I'm a free user, and i got this problem after the last update. A few days ago, i was using the app as usual. I skip the songs and i wait for one hour to get the new 6 songs to skip, as writt...
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Jumbled together titles

Words are all jumbled together help. I have already deleted and re down led the app.

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  • Words are all jumbled together help. I have already deleted and re down led the app. 
  • Kaay1893
  • Newbie
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Spotify on Apple Watch

Any word on any updates a spodify app for premium users with the apple watch cellular service. I really dont want to cancel my premium plan with spodify. Ive been paying for years and i love spodify. I absolutely hate apple music wish spodify had an ...

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  • Any word on any updates a spodify app for premium users with the apple watch cellular service. I really dont want to cancel my premium plan with spodify. Ive been paying for years and i love spodify....
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Can't Log in because Spotify thinks my American iPad is Dutch and currently abroad

I can't figure out why Spotify thinks my American account is Dutch, this past 14 days, and now will not let me log in because the "14 days abroad are up." Completely bizarre, as I have not left the US in a year and was never in Holland, nor were any ...

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  • I can't figure out why Spotify thinks my American account is Dutch, this past 14 days, and now will not let me log in because the "14 days abroad are up." Completely bizarre, as I have not left the U...
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Solved!! Only play song on shuffle play

I am using iPhone 4s and Spotify app is latest version but no songs will play unless I press shuffle play. Click on the songs does literally nothing.

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  • I am using iPhone 4s and Spotify app is latest version but no songs will play unless I press shuffle play. Click on the songs does literally nothing.
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Bluetooth problem

Hey spotify, so since i upgraded my iphone 7+ software to ios 11 i cant shuffle or replay my music/playlist when its connected to my car, just one certain car and its a 2014 mazda cx-5, and it works normally on other cars just on mazda when it doesnt...

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  • Hey spotify, so since i upgraded my iphone 7+ software to ios 11 i cant shuffle or replay my music/playlist when its connected to my car, just one certain car and its a 2014 mazda cx-5, and it works ...
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35 seconds of listening and it skips either to the next songs or to weird yoga radios (not mine)

Hi Since this morning, I can't get more than 35 seconds listening to songs, either from my playlists or from radios, before it skips either to the next one (on my own playlists), or to a weird yoga music playlist if I'm trying to listen to a radio. I...

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  • Hi  Since this morning, I can't get more than 35 seconds listening to songs, either from my playlists or from radios, before it skips either to the next one (on my own playlists), or to a weird...
  • ChristelleG
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Remove podcast from song playlist

Spotify sometimes create custom playlist based in what i listen, but they include podcast on it. Podcast isnot song. Is there any way to avoid it?

  • Casual Listener
  • Spotify sometimes create custom playlist based in what i listen, but they include podcast on it. Podcast isnot song. Is there any way to avoid it?
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Spotify on IOS 11 freezer when i share a Music to facebook

Hey there when i Will share a Music to facebook Spotify freezer and i Can only close or reboot ny iPhone X i have the laste ios and new version of Spotify and are Premier member so Can Any here help ny out here

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  • Hey there    when i Will share a Music to facebook Spotify freezer and i Can only close or reboot ny iPhone X   i have the laste ios and new version of Spotify and are Premier memb...
  • Davirman
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iPhone Spotify in-car

Hi all, Having a problem palying music from iPhone 6S to my Alpine CDE-175BT headunit. When I am connecting iPhone via USB cable at the start of the trip, iPhone automatically opens Music app and starts playing songs from Music app. Then I manually c...

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  • Hi all,   Having a problem palying music from iPhone 6S to my Alpine CDE-175BT headunit.   When I am connecting iPhone via USB cable at the start of the trip, iPhone automatically opens...
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Google assistant not opening Spotify app

Google Assistant for IOS suddenly started opening The Spotify browser version instead of launching the Spotify app. This has been going on for a few days. It means the music doesn’t auto play anymore, and introduces the need to a few more clicks to o...

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  • Google Assistant for IOS suddenly started opening The Spotify browser version instead of launching the Spotify app. This has been going on for a few days. It means the music doesn’t auto play anymore...
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Spotify not downloading in the background

I noticed that downloading stops when spotify runs in the background. Is this normal?

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  • I noticed that downloading stops when spotify runs in the background. Is this normal?
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Spotify says off line

Spotify says it's offline on iPhone 5. Internet works fine with everything else on iPhone. Have never been on Facebook. Yeah I'm that old. But still like good music. Spotify online on PC. Any ideas? Thanks

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  • Spotify says it's offline on iPhone 5. Internet works fine with everything else on iPhone. Have never been on Facebook. Yeah I'm that old. But still like good music. Spotify online on PC. Any ideas? ...
  • Luke
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