Currently on Galaxy S7 Edge but have encountered this issue in several android phones. The widget goes blank after a while if music is not playing. This may be related to android ram management but Spotify should make it persistent (only the homescreen one, the one on the notification bar should be optional if possible). What's the point of having the shortcut if I have to open the app and play music there first in order to make the widget useful? Killing the app shouldn't make it useless (Competition doesn't have this issue) Not to mention that even within the app, Spotify sometimes fails to keep track of previously played playlists and songs, I'd like to open the app, press play and continue from where I left before, instead I find myself having to select a song or playlist again and again several times a week. Needless to say, it's annoying.