topic Re: Spotify not playing through my speaker. in Desktop (Windows)

Spotify not playing through my speaker.

jazmynshinae — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:55:26 GMT

I am BEYOND frustrated at this point. My speaker works perfectly fine. Youtube videos and even Spotify's online player works fine. When I try to play music from the Spotify app, nothing plays. Yes, my volume is up within the app. Yes, I have tried restarting my laptop. Yes, I have tried reinstalling Spotify. NOTHING works and I can't find any solutions. Please help.

Plan

Free

Country
Australia

Device

ACER

Operating System

Windows 10

Re: Spotify not playing through my speaker.

tissueturtle — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:04:53 GMT

Hi jazmynshinae,

Try pressing the V beside your username on the Spotify App on the top right, press settings, scroll down and press Show Advanced Settings, then scroll down and press Enable hardware acceleration.

Please let me know if it works. Thanks

Re: Spotify not playing through my speaker.

sheeeesh — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:33:39 GMT

Go to START on your pc > audio settings > scroll down to ADVANCED SOUND SETTINGS and set the device you want spotify to play through

Re: Spotify not playing through my speaker.

DDD014 — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 10:33:49 GMT

Hello, i know my reply is very late but try this. Search on window, Sound settings>App volume and device preferences>Spotify>Set output and input to Default or prefer device

Re: Spotify not playing through my speaker.

jazmynshinae — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 02:12:33 GMT

this didn’t end up being the fix but still a very useful tip. thank you!

Re: Spotify not playing through my speaker.

whadnow — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:36:16 GMT

I FOUND IT!!!!

go to your sound settings

more sound settings or adavnced sound setting (i hane windows 11 in Greek so...) anyway a window sould open that shows you all you sound devices

click on your pc spekers and turn them off , your speaker should then play,

then activate your pc speaker again dont be afraid this wont unfix this problem.

and all this wont effevt you pc at all. Hope it works , i had the same problem , i found your question trying solving it and surfing around the sound setting somehow i managed to fix it. Have a nice year !

Re: Spotify not playing through my speaker.

walkerm1986 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:15:11 GMT

right click on sound icon (open sound settings) app volume and preferences and click (reset)

Ran an update; now my speakers don't play Spotify

NancyMac120 — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:16:13 GMT

Plan

Free/Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

Had to do an update on my desktop. Now my music plays VERY FAINTLY on my external speakers. Not a speaker issue; YouTube plays fine.

Re: Spotify not playing through my speaker.

Haley0honey — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:12:01 GMT

Go to your settings, click system, then sound. Scroll to the bottom, click "advanced sound options." Make sure spotify is playing so it'll show up. At the right side of the spotify section it should have two boxes. Make sure the top one is your speakers. (This should work for any sound that isnt working)