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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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Superuser Contribution Can't use my Premium Account

Hey therei Can chose songs but cant skipi Can Download Songs but why i Cant skip??i have Premium

  • Newbie
  • Hey there i Can chose songs but cant skip i Can Download Songs but why i Cant skip?? i have Premium 
  • Jack
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Superuser Contribution Spotify is shuffling only albums in my playlists

I have a few albums in one of my playlists, and I would like to shuffle all the tracks instead of the albums. Is this possible?

  • Newbie
  • I have a few albums in one of my playlists, and I would like to shuffle all the tracks instead of the albums. Is this possible?
  • Jack
  • Roadie
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Mobile Suggestion: Music Discovery

I have a feature suggestion for the mobile Spotify app. Please add a music discovery feature, similar to Shazam. It would add the discovered songs to a playlist, would also work offline like Shazam does. Spotify would have the added feature of automa...

  • Visitor
  • I have a feature suggestion for the mobile Spotify app.   Please add a music discovery feature, similar to Shazam. It would add the discovered songs to a playlist, would also work offline...
  • Jack
  • Roadie
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Superuser Contribution New Phone - Songs Missing

I just swtched phones (both iPhones), and now ~70% of my saved music is gone. Playlists are still there, but many artists now only have 1-2 saved songs when I had full albums. I may have been close to the 10,000 song limit before, but now I'm nowhere...

  • Newbie
  • I just swtched phones (both iPhones), and now ~70% of my saved music is gone. Playlists are still there, but many artists now only have 1-2 saved songs when I had full albums. I may have been close t...
  • Jack
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Superuser Contribution NEW MUSIC WONT SHOW UP

Post Malone just dropped a new song and I cant find it however it shows up on my friends spotify, help pls

  • Newbie
  • Post Malone just dropped a new song and I cant find it however it shows up on my friends spotify, help pls
  • Jack
  • Roadie
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Superuser Contribution Ipod won't play offline

Hello, I have an ipod touch and Spotify premium.The problem I have is that I download my music at home and want to access it at work where I have no internet access,I choose all my albums to play offline when I download them.When I get to work and tu...

  • Newbie
  • Hello, I have an ipod touch and Spotify premium. The problem I have is that I download my music at home and want to access it at work where I have no internet access, I choose all my albums to play...
  • Jack
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Superuser Contribution İ download songs and spotify deletes

İ download songs to hear offline, i close the app and sometimes when i open the app again open songs on my iphone and it cant find my songs and just says ee couldnt find your songs click "search". İ got 3.000 songs and it really makes me sick everyti...

  • Newbie
  • İ download songs to hear offline, i close the app and sometimes when i open the app again open songs on my iphone and it cant find my songs and just says ee couldnt find your songs click "search". İ ...
  • Jack
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Superuser Contribution List of Artists I Follow

Is there any way to see a list of artists I have followed. The list of artists in my library includes every artis I have ever listened to. Not very helpful.

  • Newbie
  • Is there any way to see a list of artists I have followed. The list of artists in my library includes every artis I have ever listened to. Not very helpful.
  • Jack
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Spotify stops playing between each song.

Hello, Starting this morning, I began having a problem with the iPhone spotify app STOPPING BETWEEN EACH SONG played in a playlist. At the end of each song the album artwork changes and the new status bar comes up but the small circle never showsup a...

  • Regular
  • Hello,   Starting this morning, I began having a problem with the iPhone spotify app STOPPING BETWEEN EACH SONG played in a playlist. At the end of each song the album artwork changes and th...
  • velvet-leopard
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Solved!! Streaming Quality 'Automatic' option ??

In setttings under Streaming Quality there is a new option labeled 'Automatic (recommended)'. What exactly does this option do? I've seen some people suggest that is lowers the quality to normal while using cellular data, and raises it while on wifi....

  • Regular
  • In setttings under Streaming Quality there is a new option labeled 'Automatic (recommended)'. What exactly does this option do?   I've seen some people suggest that is lowers the quality to no...
  • anugrahandi
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Music cuts off

Whenever I click out of the app my music stops playing 

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  • Whenever I click out of the app my music stops playing  
  • Swanny
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Solved!! Local Files to my phone

I'm trying to convert some youtube songs into Spotify and i got them into my PC. I'm adding the songs to my main playlist, but the song is no where to find on my playlist at my phone. My pc are using a internet cable and my phone are connected to wir...

  • Newbie
  • I'm trying to convert some youtube songs into Spotify and i got them into my PC. I'm adding the songs to my main playlist, but the song is no where to find on my playlist at my phone. My pc are using...
  • Swanny
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is there a way to escape german songs?

We (Venezuelan/Austrian couple) are new on Spotify.I assume living in Austria brings automatically the german version of the iOS app.Sadly, many lists are german-based and (for our taste too) many german songs pop up during shuffle playback.Is there ...

  • Newbie
  • We (Venezuelan/Austrian couple) are new on Spotify. I assume living in Austria brings automatically the german version of the iOS app. Sadly, many lists are german-based and (for our taste too) man...
  • SaraiSound
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Solved!! Spotify running has disappeared

It seems that with the last update of the app on IOS, "Spotify running" has disappeared, i mean the possibility to set a tempo for running by hearing an automatic choosen playlist. For you also ??

  • Newbie
  • It seems that with the last update of the app on IOS, "Spotify running" has disappeared, i mean the possibility to set a tempo for running by hearing an automatic choosen playlist. For you also ??
  • NiekVI
  • Casual Listener
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Volume Problem on JBL Headphones [FIX]

Hi guys!For those who managed to bump on this problem. The solution worked for JBL Bluetooth Headphones on Spotify(iOS):Gear Icon > Stream Quality > Change to Extreme Qualityand thats it!

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  • Hi guys! For those who managed to bump on this problem. The solution worked for JBL Bluetooth Headphones on Spotify(iOS): Gear Icon > Stream Quality > Change to Extreme Quality and tha...
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Volume on Bluetooth Headphones too low on iPhone

When I use my bluetooth headphones on my iPhone, the sound is too low. Even on max volume it isn't as loud as it is on my computer. I've checked lots of settings and nothing seems to have worked. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

  • Newbie
  • When I use my bluetooth headphones on my iPhone, the sound is too low. Even on max volume it isn't as loud as it is on my computer. I've checked lots of settings and nothing seems to have worked. Any...
  • M48277
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No metadata over bluetooth in 2014 Honda Civic

Hi Spotify! So I have a 2014 Honda Civic EX with the HondaLink touchscreen system. It supports bluetooth audio and seems to work great with other music services (Pandora, iTunes Radio, etc...) however when using Spotify the system sees all music as "...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi Spotify!   So I have a 2014 Honda Civic EX with the HondaLink touchscreen system. It supports bluetooth audio and seems to work great with other music services (Pandora, iTunes Radio, etc...
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Recently played artist takes me to album, not artist page

Hi Spotify! I have an issue in the iOS app. When I tap an artist in the "Recently played" list it very often takes me to a list of songs from just one album by that artist. Mind you, this is not a recently played item labeled as "Album • by …". It's ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi Spotify!   I have an issue in the iOS app. When I tap an artist in the "Recently played" list it very often takes me to a list of songs from just one album by that artist. Mind you, this is...
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Podcasts don't work on iPad? How can this be?

I would like to liste to podcasts on my (new) iPad and error message says they can't be played on the device. Software is latest for iPad and Spotify? What is going on? Why doesn't Spotify acknowlege this? Where is the fix? I've seen other threads wh...

  • Newbie
  • I would like to liste to podcasts on my (new) iPad and error message says they can't be played on the device. Software is latest for iPad and Spotify? What is going on? Why doesn't Spotify acknowlege...
  • IAreSkissors
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Playlist playing songs not in it

Recently, I made a new playlist with 50 songs in it. Although I put in two albums by the same artist, the reat of the songs I put in varied. However, Spotify still plays other suggested songs. I find it super annoying, since I bear with the barrage o...

  • Newbie
  • Recently, I made a new playlist with 50 songs in it. Although I put in two albums by the same artist, the reat of the songs I put in varied. However, Spotify still plays other suggested songs. I find...
  • Bittencourt
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