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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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Musixmatch connection error

Hi all,I can't connect to Musixmatch app because an error advises me that I need a spotify premium account...but I am.I opened a ticket at Musixmatch forum and they investigated some things but they think the issue is related to spotify app.Any clues...

  • Regular
  • Hi all, I can't connect to Musixmatch app because an error advises me that I need a spotify premium account...but I am. I opened a ticket at Musixmatch forum and they investigated some things but t...
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Ipad to Apple TV has no sound

Hello, I can use my iPad for everything AirPlay and Apple TV related except for Spotify. Whenever I play songs with Spotify and I select Apple TV, the song shows up under now playing (on the TV) but there is no sound. I can't figure out how to get so...

  • Newbie
  • Hello,   I can use my iPad for everything AirPlay and Apple TV related except for Spotify. Whenever I play songs with Spotify and I select Apple TV, the song shows up under now playing (on the...
  • Taemoorae
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Superuser Contribution All of my downloaded songs are gone?

I use my Spotify on my IPhone, i have probably around 3000 songs downloaded. The other day all of them were suddenly off my phone, still saved but not downloaded to my device, it took all night but they eventually downloaded back to my phone. Now it'...

  • Casual Listener
  • I use my Spotify on my IPhone, i have probably around 3000 songs downloaded. The other day all of them were suddenly off my phone, still saved but not downloaded to my device, it took all night but t...
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  • Casual Listener
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Share button for twitter not working.

When I attempt to share to twitter the iOS dialog box pops up and crashes immediately so you are unable to share a song and tweet about it at the same time.This menu doesn't load appropriately. If Spotify is reinstalled the sharing reverts to the old...

  • Newbie
  • When I attempt to share to twitter the iOS dialog box pops up and crashes immediately so you are unable to share a song and tweet about it at the same time. This menu doesn't load appropriately. If ...
  • MauFonseca11
  • Newbie
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Spotify data usage suddenly way too high

Hi all,I've listened to Spotify on high quality on my iPhone for years and never had any problems, and now suddenly it uses like 30mb for ten songs on normal quality. That's 3mb per song. I drive an hour to and from work 3-5 times a week and I listen...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all, I've listened to Spotify on high quality on my iPhone for years and never had any problems, and now suddenly it uses like 30mb for ten songs on normal quality. That's 3mb per song. I drive...
  • bstock
  • Casual Listener
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Syncing local files to iOS

So I'm having a particular difficult time syncing songs I own (for example 4:44) from my macbook (where the local files are) to my iPhone. I've talked to 2 different folks at Spotify and done everything possible (restart; re-install). The last person...

  • Newbie
  • So I'm having a particular difficult time syncing songs I own (for example 4:44) from my macbook (where the local files are) to my iPhone.  I've talked to 2 different folks at Spotify and don...
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Can't open link on this device error

Getting the error below on my iPhone when I try to open Browse>Discover. Used to use this section all the time, any idea why this error is coming up?

  • Newbie
  • Getting the error below on my iPhone when I try to open Browse>Discover. Used to use this section all the time, any idea why this error is coming up?
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Superuser Contribution stopping

my spotify won't let me play only certain songs for no apparent reason. will sometimes only play first couple seconds.

  • Newbie
  • my spotify won't let me play only certain songs for no apparent reason. will sometimes only play first couple seconds.
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Old problem back again--Spotify playing songs on my iphone I didn't ask for

I thought I'd fixed this problem with the help of the moderators a few weeks ago, and now the same problem is back again on my iphone. Even with the Autoplay function and Suggested songs function turned off on both my phone and my mac I still get com...

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  • I thought I'd fixed this problem with the help of the moderators a few weeks ago, and now the same problem is back again on my iphone. Even with the Autoplay function and Suggested songs function tur...
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Solved!! my Spotify crashes everytime I open the app

it happens like once every 5 months. I open Spotify and it crashes and I try opening it again and it crashes again. I keep opening the app and it keeps crashing and then 2-3 months later I open the app again and it works like normal. I have over 800 ...

  • Casual Listener
  • it happens like once every 5 months. I open Spotify and it crashes and I try opening it again and it crashes again. I keep opening the app and it keeps crashing and then 2-3 months later I open the a...
  • jnorris170
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Login Fail on Mobile

So I can sign in online with email.But as soon as I try to use the app it won't let me saying the information is incorrect. I have tried changing the password, connecting my facebook as an option but it's not connecting to facebook on either mobile o...

  • Newbie
  • So I can sign in online with email. But as soon as I try to use the app it won't let me saying the information is incorrect.  I have tried changing the password, connecting my facebook as an o...
  • Maxim
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Cant find a song on my spotify

I cant find a song on search but when i go to youtube it shows me that the song is on spotify

  • Newbie
  • I cant find a song on search but when i go to youtube it shows me that the song is on spotify
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Superuser Contribution Local Files on app is missing

I updated my spotify last month on my phone and all of my local files are missing in my playlists. When spotify is connected to my computer and the song is being played, it'll say the same on my phone but when i click on the track it takes me nowhere...

  • Casual Listener
  • I updated my spotify last month on my phone and all of my local files are missing in my playlists. When spotify is connected to my computer and the song is being played, it'll say the same on my phon...
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Wrong Song

So my favorite song by the band Raubtier, titled Vapenbröder, is not playing correctly. Instead, it is playing the previous song on the album, Rebeller, again. How can I fix this?

  • Newbie
  • So my favorite song by the band Raubtier, titled Vapenbröder, is not playing correctly. Instead, it is playing the previous song on the album, Rebeller, again. How can I fix this?
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Spotify keeps skipping through songs

Please help! I've had premium for over a year now and am loving it but recently I'll go to play a song and it skips like a broken CD and goes through every song really quickly. Not even touching it. Then Siri keeps popping up when I'm not even using ...

  • Newbie
  • Please help! I've had premium for over a year now and am loving it but recently I'll go to play a song and it skips like a broken CD and goes through every song really quickly. Not even touching it. ...
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INTERRUPTIONS TO A CD ON PREMIUM

Hi. I hope someone can help me. I like to run whole albums. In this case, I was running the soundtrack to the movie Ben-Hur. Before I became a premium user, Spotify would play the overture, the first song, then play a song from a completely different...

  • Newbie
  • Hi.  I hope someone can help me.  I like to run whole albums.  In this case, I was running the soundtrack to the movie Ben-Hur.  Before I became a premium user, Spotify would play...
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Solved!! Playing via Bluetooth in car (BMW) meta data is working for first track only

This thread originates from , which is a different problem. As cgrex described it perfectly, the problem is still present, even with all components updated to newest versions. "When playing via Bluetooth to car, only the first track artwork and track...

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  • This thread originates from , which is a different problem.    As cgrex described it perfectly, the problem is still present, even with all components updated to newest versions. ...
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Right audio

My audio is playing only on the right side of the cars I play it in, whether it be Bluetooth or aux cord. It also only plays ont he right side of headphones, though that may be an issue with the headphones themselves. Either way, is there any way for...

  • Newbie
  • My audio is playing only on the right side of the cars I play it in, whether it be Bluetooth or aux cord. It also only plays ont he right side of headphones, though that may be an issue with the head...
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How to delete a song from a playlist without scrolling

Sometimes you have well over a thousand songs in one playlist that you've collected over the years. Now when I want to delete a song I have no other option (it seems) than to scroll thorugh the playlist until I find it among the thousand songs, press...

  • Casual Listener
  • Sometimes you have well over a thousand songs in one playlist that you've collected over the years. Now when I want to delete a song I have no other option (it seems) than to scroll thorugh the playl...
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