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Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

chada398 — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:42:54 GMT

Recently Spotify on my Xbox has stopped playing 5.1 surround audio. I've got an optical cable out of the console to my surround receiver. Before, Spotify would output 5.1. Now it only plays out of the front speakers.

I've played with every setting, but can't get it back to playing 5.1 sound other than switching to prologic on the receiver.

I understand some prefer stereo output but personally I love 5.1.

Can you make an option within the app so the user can choose stereo or 5.1 upmix?

Thanks

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

Yordan — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 07:11:23 GMT

Hello there @chada398,

Thanks for the post.

Currently, the app is set to output audio in Stereo, so if you'd like to up-mix the audio to 5.1 or even 7.1, you'll have to configure this in the AVR for the time being.

Rest assured though that our internal teams are working together with Microsoft on implementing an option to up-mix audio in the future. We'll post an update on our For the Record blog when we have any new info to share about this.

Hope this clears things up. Cheers!

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

Kris1Son — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:29:19 GMT

Hi Yordan,

Have you and your team made any progress on this?

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

ironfaz — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:50:46 GMT

Also waiting on a response on this! I don’t have the same issue with the PS5

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

chada398 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:35:47 GMT

It used to be 5.1 output from Spotify by default but it was changed to stereo. If you can bring the 5.1 back as an option that would be great

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

Orbsitron — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 06:30:36 GMT

I would love a surround sound output option from the Spotify app on XBOX

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

Ryguyj — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:37:06 GMT

Any update on this? Its been over a year since issues have been brought up and I'm still experiencing the same issue as OP

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

Abraham_Arana — Mon, 13 May 2024 19:35:43 GMT

Any update on this? I would like to have Spotify Music 5.1 on Xbox, please

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

SeanFloyd — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:53:12 GMT

Any update on this? Experiencing the same issue on PS5 Spotify app

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

theo36ve — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:54:17 GMT

Still no 5:1 I'm trying to listen to my music in 5:1 please what is the update

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

pink33n — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 06:46:19 GMT

It's not possible to enable upmix on the receiver. Xbox sends multichannel audio with all channels except FL/FR quiet thus from the AVR's point of view there's nothing to upmix. That is the core of the problem. Depending on the setup (like in my case) there is no bass (subwoofer is quiet) because the explicitly sent LFE channel contains only silence. Spotify on xbox is useless in this case because one would need to change global xbox audio output setting to stereo every time.

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

pink33n — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 06:49:18 GMT

I search for a solution like twice a year for the past few years and still nothing. Quite frankly as a dev myself I find this embarassing.

Re: Xbox Spotify App Stereo / 5.1 toggle

Abraham_Arana — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:05:47 GMT

Hi Spotify Support team

Any update on this? I would like to have 5.1 audio on XBOX Spotify

Regards,