topic Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY in Desktop (Mac)

Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

solarwhale — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:59:41 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to change the output channel of the Spotify App. Does anyone know how to do this?

Please DO NOT tell me to change the default output device of my whole machine. Thats exactly what I do not want to do.

I want to be able to play spotify out through a specific device, or airplayed so it can play on the speakers in my house. Meanwhile I would like all the rest of the sound on the machine to be local to the machine, this is normally a very easy process with most apps that involve audio cause you can select the output source for the app. I do not want my skype calls, email pings, netflix, safari etc playing throughout the house.

If this is not currently available I would highly suggest this gets added. This is not an uncommon thing.

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

GenericBox — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:46:35 GMT

It's been 3 years, has there been an update on this?

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

rodrigofante — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:08:38 GMT

Same here, still waiting for a solution.

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

ubbjuntu — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 23:09:35 GMT

Upvote. The problem is that when I disconnect my headphones, and then reconnect them Spotify doesn't recognize the audio output device, so I have to kill Spotify, then kill my headphones, then start Spotify, then turn on my headphones again, then if it still doesn't recognize my headphones I have to do that again. And sometimes I have to do it several times before Spotify recognizes my headphones.

Just give me the option to choose which audio output device I want to use, for Pete's sake.

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

hoggz — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:05:59 GMT

5 years later and we got nowhere further with this. I am surprised this is so low rated.

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

AeroZ — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:34:37 GMT

I can reply with an answer that you would get from Spotify:

There’s a section called Ideas where you can share this idea if you think it should be implemented into the Spotify app.

Then maybe 5 years after that you might see it implemented but only if this idea has gathered thousands of votes.

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

cblomert — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:40:43 GMT

this is such an easy to implement feature - especially on osx with coreaudio - is there an actual reason to not add it? ... u being a multiple billion $ company and stuff...

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

murderbot — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:09:50 GMT

Why can't they add such a simple feature?

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

nixdee — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:15:08 GMT

Well, add this to the long list of simple "quality of life" improvements blatantly IGNORED by the industry leader that is Spotify.

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

OleksandrK — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:01:06 GMT

Still desired feature, please implement it!

I want to hear music as background on my bluetooth speakers while working on my laptop.

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

Fabou — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:13:44 GMT

Totally agree, Upvote, please devs, I'm pretty sure it's a less than a week feature 😛

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

bayukp — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 05:27:15 GMT

It's almost 2023 and Spotify it's the only app (and sadly it's a music app) that doesn't have this feature. Even Google Meet somehow has this feature while this music app that suppose to "Stream the music" can't

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

Sububu — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:55:27 GMT

It's been 11 months of war in Europe, and Spotify still doesn't have this feature. They even have a liquid-metal nano-robot which can go through prison bars, but Spotify still plays only through the default audio device.

Make Spotify Great Again!

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

chabou4242 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 15:47:07 GMT

Pleaaaase ! Really neeeeed this 🙂

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

Judas6000 — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:37:56 GMT

Madness that this still isn't an option

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

RBMRBM — Sun, 14 May 2023 12:02:34 GMT

SoundSource by Rogue Amoeba will do this most handily on a Mac:

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

mreuter — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 20:29:38 GMT

2024 and still you have to select the output manually. Is this company not listening to user requests? Apple Music looking better and better.

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

grayhammy — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:55:17 GMT

Basic need for any audiophile, who most likely has an advanced setup. Even Zoom has the ability to switch audio output devices. But Spotify, no. 😑

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

user-removed — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:08:18 GMT

Found this on Google, and found this issue exists since 2014. I find too much to pay 47$ for SoundSource App and then maybe every 1-2 years another 23$ for just upgrade to use it only for Spotify. So I decided to switch to Tidal..

Re: Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

k6ps — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 08:32:13 GMT

I'm using Tidal and I could change the output to use my headphones on Mac. I thought I'd try out Spotify but could not find the option for audio source and came here... I guess I'm not paying for this app then...