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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 How to turn off podcast video in the mobile app?

Ever since the Ramsey Show Highlights added video it causes subsequent podcast in the “Your Epidodes” list to not play. I send Spotify to the background, but the video embedded Ramsey podcast still kills the other podcast episodes. It is worse and mo...

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  • Ever since the Ramsey Show Highlights added video it causes subsequent podcast in the “Your Epidodes” list to not play. I send Spotify to the background, but the video embedded Ramsey podcast still ...
  • kkamileq7
  • Casual Listener
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Apple Watch cannot adjust volume

Plan: PremiumCountry: US Device: iPhone 11 Pro, Apple Watch Series 5Operating System: iOS 14.2, WatchOS 7.1 My Question or IssueWhile listening with AirPods, I can control song playback but cannot adjust volume using the watch. I have confirmed that ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Premium Country: US   Device: iPhone 11 Pro, Apple Watch Series 5 Operating System: iOS 14.2, WatchOS 7.1   My Question or Issue While listening with AirPods, I can control s...
  • anthonyr1965
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Way to see unplayable tracks without scrolling thru playlist?

I'm a premium user and I put all of my songs in one giant playlist with about 3500 songs in it at the moment...I'm much too unorganized to make tons of different playlists! So, I've found that many times after adding some songs to my playlist, they l...

  • Music Fan
  • I'm a premium user and I put all of my songs in one giant playlist with about 3500 songs in it at the moment...I'm much too unorganized to make tons of different playlists! So, I've found that many t...
  • Soch
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Play Queue list won’t allow editing of play order

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 12Operating SystemiOS 14.8 My Question or IssueSome time after update to version 8.8.62 I lost the ability to change the play order of my queue. Songs are now locked into the order they were queued in. UI of the q...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 12 Operating System iOS 14.8    My Question or Issue Some time after update to version 8.8.62 I lost the ability to change the pl...
  • Q1372
  • Newbie
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Superuser Contribution [iOS][iPhone 16 Pro Max] - skips automatically podcast episode

Steps to reproduce:1. Run podcast episode with video2. Swipe down to minimise video to the bottom panel3. Swipe Up using iOS gesture to go to the Home Screen (podcast is still working in the background)3. Lock your iPhone by Power Button4. After few ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Steps to reproduce: 1. Run podcast episode with video 2. Swipe down to minimise video to the bottom panel 3. Swipe Up using iOS gesture to go to the Home Screen (podcast is still working in the ba...
  • MihailY
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle Sucks

Shuffle will repeat a song 3 times during at 30 minute drive from my playlist of 1,000+ songs. Why would this ever be the case? I should be able to listen for 63h1m with no repeats! This is incredibly frustrating. I just made a 20 hour drive across t...

  • Newbie
  • Shuffle will repeat a song 3 times during at 30 minute drive from my playlist of 1,000+ songs. Why would this ever be the case? I should be able to listen for 63h1m with no repeats!   This is ...
  • Odoyosi2000
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Speeding up podcasts on Apple Watch SE6 with Spotify

PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceApple Watch SE6Operating SystemLatest My Question or Issue What can be done to change the speed of podcasts streamed on the watch through Spotify? The speed dial is greyed out. Surely it can be done?

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  •   Plan Premium Country Spain   Device Apple Watch SE6 Operating System Latest   My Question or Issue   What can be done to change the speed of podcasts streamed on th...
  • paddyinpdx
  • Newbie
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Superuser Contribution Jumping/skipping during songs

Hi, Lately Whenever I stream anything, Spotify will skip/jump throughout the entirety of a song. I’m not sure why this has started to occur as nothing on my end has changed (to my knowledge). I’m on a premium account and stream songs both through cel...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, Lately Whenever I stream anything, Spotify will skip/jump throughout the entirety of a song. I’m not sure why this has started to occur as nothing on my end has changed (to my knowledge). I’m on ...
  • Lovemusic8
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How can I report a podcast on mobile?

There is a creator who is spreading misleading information as well as involved me without consent on their platform which I would like to report.

  • Visitor
  • There is a creator who is spreading misleading information as well as involved me without consent on their platform which I would like to report.
  • MateusM
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Superuser Contribution Daylist change times are no longer accurate

I loved the addition of the curated Daylist. I use it frequently and I'm grateful to have figured out that I can save the playlist as a permanent list in my library, however it seems to me that the times the list is said to change are no longer accur...

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  • I loved the addition of the curated Daylist. I use it frequently and I'm grateful to have figured out that I can save the playlist as a permanent list in my library, however it seems to me that the t...
  • missburden
  • Newbie
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Superuser Contribution Can't log in on app but can online...

Plan-duo planFree/PremiumCountry-usa Device iphone (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System-(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI was logged into spotify on my sons account so I logged out and tried ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan-duo plan Free/Premium Country-usa   Device iphone  (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System- (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My...
  • MihailY
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Solved!! Can’t edit my playlist.

PlanFreeDevice(iPhone 6s plus and iPad Air 2)Operating System(iOS 15.8.3) My Question or IssueI used to be able to edit my playlist without issues, yet today when I tried to edit it today it doesn’t let me save the changes. I press edit playlist and ...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free Device (iPhone 6s plus and iPad Air 2) Operating System (iOS 15.8.3)   My Question or Issue I used to be able to edit my playlist without issues, yet today when I tried to edit...
  • Mjsfo
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps adding songs to my playlist and I HATE IT!!!

Plan:FreeDevice:Apple iPhone SE 2nd GenerationOperating System:IOS 15So I’m trying to memorize one song and one song only. So naturally I made a playlist with that song in it thinking that would be the end of it. But then I see that Spotify has add a...

  • Music Fan
  • Plan: Free Device: Apple iPhone SE 2nd Generation Operating System: IOS 15 So I’m trying to memorize one song and one song only. So naturally I made a playlist with that song in it thinking t...
  • Toad987654321
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution on iPhone 14 Spotify playback music pauses after 30secs and disappears from device

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Won't let me synch specific playlists on iPhone

Hello, Long time fan, first time complainer. Using my iPhone Spotify app for the first time I wanted to synch specific playlists to my iPhone, to save on space but each time I click on my specific playlist it just continues to synch everything - whic...

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  • Hello,   Long time fan, first time complainer.   Using my iPhone Spotify app for the first time I wanted to synch specific playlists to my iPhone, to save on space but each time I c...
  • Christine12341
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay not working at all

Same song replays over and over, despite having autoplay turned on. I have obviously tried turning it off and on.

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  • Same song replays over and over, despite having autoplay turned on. I have obviously tried turning it off and on.
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Solved!! iPhone Constantly Pauses Play and is Driving Me Insane!

My Spotify Premium will not stop auto pausing constantly and the only remedy has been to manually hit play?! Why does this do this, and more importantly how do I make it stop -- or soon to forever cancel Spotify Premium as this is too much to pay for...

  • Casual Listener
  • My Spotify Premium will not stop auto pausing constantly and the only remedy has been to manually hit play?! Why does this do this, and more importantly how do I make it stop -- or soo...
  • Fyoundyrmfmama
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