Was racking my brains as to why Spoify is not appearing in Galaxy Store but eveything has been resolved. On the watch, go to the Samsung music icon. Click on the 3 dots on the right side, click on the Music player Icon, scroll down to Spotify and click on the Spotify dot. Come out and go to Galaxy App Store on your watch and then search Spotify. Samsung will cancel orders of its Galaxy Fold phone at the end of May if the phone is not then ready for sale. The $2000 folding phone has been found to break easily with review copies being. Now here’s the good news. After tinkering with our Galaxy S10 for an hour or so, we found a way to restore lockscreen control for Spotify: Open Settings. Search and select Optimize battery usage. Tap the drop-down menu in the upper-left corner, then change the option from Apps not optimized to All.
The new Spotify for Android app has been widely praised (not least by me) but there were some features from the previous version that were either dropped completely or hidden away. Fear not though as there are some workarounds you can try: read on to find out how!
How to Play Local Music Files
Spotify on Android used to have a Local Files area that listed all the MP3s and other non-Spotify music files stored on your phone. You could then use Spotify like any other music player. The new version of Spotify has removed the Local Files list, but you can still play MP3s by adding them via the desktop:
- Start Spotify on your phone.
- Now start Spotify on the desktop then drag-and-drop the MP3s you want to a new playlist.
- Select your phone from the Devices list, locate the playlist then set it to sync. The MP3s will be downloaded from your PC to the phone.
Most of these mixes are MP3s downloaded from my PC to my phone.
Of course this is a bit of a long-winded workaround and might seem daft if you already have the MP3s on your phone in the first place. But it does work! Just be sure your phone is on the same WiFi network as your PC and that you let the files finish syncing before you quit Spotify on the desktop or phone.
How to Play Your Entire Library
Spotify’s Android app used to have a Library area that alphabetically listed all of the tracks in all of your playlists. People liked to play this on shuffle and it also had a handy hidden filter to search only songs you’d added (not the entire Spotify catalog). The new Spotify for Android removed the Library view for whatever reason. But you can still play your entire library if you make use of playlist folders. Here’s how:
Every playlist folder has an “All Tracks” link at the top. This lets you add all the songs in every playlists in that folder to the queue, which you can then shuffle if you like.So to play your entire library, organize your playlists something like this then click All Tracks:
Click All Tracks within any folder to play all tracks.
In this example:
- The top All Tracks link will play everything in every playlist in every folder in the folder called Folder With All My Playlists.
- If you click Folder A then click the All Tracks link in there it will play everything in every playlist in Folder A.
- If you click Folder B then click the All Tracks link in there it will play everything in every playlist in Folder B etc.
Once the first track starts you can click the Shuffle button (bottom-left) to shuffle the music.
How to Exit Spotify
The old version of Spotify on Android had an Exit option from within the app. These days most Android apps don’t bother with Exit buttons: you just use the Back button instead and let the operating system handle running apps as it sees fit. Some people really want to be able to exit Spotify though, so to do that:
- Long-press (press and hold) your phone’s Home button to display recent apps.
- Click Task Manager.
- Find Spotify in Active Applications then click Exit.
How to Set the Cache Location
Most Android phones let you add microSD cards to give you more storage space. With the previous version of Spotify you could tell it to cache the music on your SD card instead of the phone’s internal memory. Unfortunately there’s no in-built way to do this with the new version, but you can still set the location as follows.
There are a couple of workarounds that might work for you. Firstly, try temporarily downgrading to the old version (i.e. uninstall Spotify then install an older apk), setting the storage location like you used to (press Menu from the login screen), then upgrade to the new version again. This method worked for me!
A second option is to use a 3rd-party app called DirectoryBind to create a symbolic link from the Spotify cache folder on the phone to one on the SD card. CAUTION! This technique requires some technical knowledge as well as a rooted phone: attempt at your own risk! See this page on XDA Developers for details.
How To Use Spotify on Android To:
- Work in Landscape Orientation
- Add a Whole Album to an Existing Playlist
- Create a Playlist Folder
- Rearrange the Order of Playlists
- Rearrange Songs in a Playlist
- Search For a Playlist
- Search for a Song Within a Playlist
Spotify, the music streaming app is one of the most used apps on any platforms, including mobiles, desktop & even wearables. The app is available to download in Apple App Store, Android Play Store, Apple Watches & Wear OS smartwatches. It launched on Samsung Gear wearables 2 years ago with Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch. Now it is must have app in the Gear Store/Galaxy Store and used by millions of users. Spotify app on smartphones is much easier to use and navigate but on smartwatches with the tiny screen it is difficult. To overcome this situation Samsung & Spotify both launched better version of it on Gear S3 Frontier & Gear S3 Classic models and later on Gear Sport wearable.
Now the Spotify app is available for Samsung Galaxy Watch to serve thosands of songs to music lovers. To give better services Samsung & Spotify have tied up to give some exclusive offers for Galaxy Watch customers. The first offer is every Samsung Galaxy Watch users will get free access to Spotify music library for first 6 months from the date of sign-up. That means, on Spotify for the first 6 months you don’t have to pay for any premium services.
The free 6 months subscription is now available for Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10e & Galaxy S10+ customers. Any users with any of these smartphones can get free services from Spotify. If you have paired Galaxy Watch with new Galaxy S devices then you can sync any songs. The same offer is now released by Google on its YouTube Premium & YouTube Music for Galaxy S10 users, where they can use free 4 months of premium services.
The second benefit for user is that they can save Spotify songs in offline mode to listen them when there is no internet connection. Users can save favorite tracks offline to listen them later and thanks to 4GB internal storage on the watch you can save songs till maximum limits. After the promotional offer ends you can pay for premium services or you can go with free services. In the free services you can listen songs but it will show you some ads or for the trouble-free music buy premium contents with their different plans.
The Spotify has huge library of different songs, most of the songs are available in English language though you will get lots of other songs. You can search your favorite music by genre, artist, category or language. This is best companion app for Apple Music, Google Play Music, Pandora & Hungama so you can use it. To download Spotify app on Samsung Galaxy Watch, go to Galaxy Store and install it.
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About The Author
Madhav Biradar
Madhav Biradar started his career in technology back in 2011, where he covered mobile & gaming articles. He is an enthusiast in smartphone & wearable gadgets. In his free time, he likes to read about new tech gadgets and watch movies.
7 CommentsBarlasGreat app but stupid distribution. Why isn’t it listed on Galaxy Store in many huge countries?
AmanWhy it is not in India, although Spotify has already been launched in India. Please bring it to galaxy store in India so as to use Spotify on galaxy watch.
CurrerNo spotify on app store. One of the main reasons I wanted the watch. Definitely not a “territory” issue as a friend has it on hers. She got the watch a few mths before me.
Barry
Where is the Spotify app for the Samsumg Galaxy Watch? It isn’t in the store and Samsumg support simply say that if its not there then it’s not availability in my territory – the UK.
KeskiThis information is completely wrong and misleading. The Spotify app has been removed. Don’t confuse us with false information, Tizen is annoying enough as it is.
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ScottHave you guys seen that the Spotify app appears to have been removed from the Galaxy app store?
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Anurag A SSpotify App Missing From Galaxy Store Locator
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