New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on December 14, 2021) follows:
Spotify is undoubtedly one of the most popular audio streaming services in the world. With millions of users worldwide, Spotify features more than 70 million songs.
Similar to other audio streaming services, Spotify has its fair share of bugs and glitches that sometimes makes it impossible for subscribers to listen to their favorite music.
Moreover, since it operates in more than 180 countries, the company has to factor in some licensing restrictions that lead to some songs being unavailable in specified regions.
Talking of licensing, many Spotify subscribers on iOS are now reporting that they are unable to listen to their music collection since it is now greyed out. Spotify usually greys out when it is not available in certain regions.
People are confused and wondering why their favorite music on Spotify has suddenly greyed out. Some are also saying that they are facing trouble logging in to their account.
In addition to Spotify songs being greyed out, it looks like many are unable to see any of their friend activity, rendering the feature useless.
With Spotify yet to comment on either of the issues, it looks like users will have to wait for a while before the developers fix the greyed out songs bug. Nonetheless, we will be keeping an eye out for more information and update this space as and when required.
Update 1 (December 16)
01:20 pm (IST): Spotify has acknowledged the issue where Friend Feed is not updating or showing. They have also highlighted some requirements for this function to work.
Moreover, the team is currently investigating the issue, however, they did not provide ETA.
Update 2 (December 23)
06:10 pm (IST): Spotify confirmed that the friend feed is now working as expected. And the default setting to share listening activity has been globally set to off.
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