topic Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes in Desktop (Windows)

Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

aeroflyluby — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 15:04:48 GMT

Hi,

I face rather odd issue, and its happening since today, maybe it's some last update.

Basically, without any relation to what I play on spotify, it seems to sometimes, after for example 10 minutes, or a hour, randomly, switch to phone and really play the music though the phone instead.

What can I do to at least prevent it from happening?

The phone is Google Nexus 5X on Android 7.1.1, on Wi-Fi, and PC is Windows 10 Pro.

Cheers!

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

BlastToyz — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 16:44:56 GMT

Same issue here, I think the bug is in the phone app because when i try to switch it back from my phone to my laptop it keeps asking me if i want to play it on my laptop. Using a workaround by logging out of all my devices and only use my laptop now.

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

achinmishra — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:46:02 GMT

HI,

I am facing a similar issue. The spotify client running on my laptop switches to my phone and starts playing on my phone without my consent. Is that a bug with their latest update?

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

maxubachs — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:23:56 GMT

Same problem here, pc still thinks its playing through pc at that point, any solutions except for logging out?

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

weezilla — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:56:28 GMT

This issue has been affecting me for about a week. It's getting pretty frustrating, as the desktop client tends to become unresponsive on the backend (so I can't even use it to change the song). It seems to happen more frequently when both devices are on wifi (or possibly, exclusively).

Windows Client: 1.0.52.725.g943b26a8

Spotify Android: 8.3.0.681armV7

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

aeroflyluby — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 08:08:20 GMT

For me this bug stopped occuring

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

user-removed — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 21:15:02 GMT

I can confirm this with the latest Spotify software in my Google Pixel and OSX installed. Happens now for about a week or so.

Spotify Mobile: 8.4.0.439 armV7

Desktop: 1.0.53.758.gde3fc4b2

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

Sundbe — Tue, 02 May 2017 20:33:25 GMT

Same here.

Listening on Windows 10 Desktop app -

All of a sudden the music starts playing through the speakers of my S7.

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

smljsph — Tue, 02 May 2017 20:45:25 GMT

having the exact same issue, seems to be more for Android though. I've noticed the spotify widget will come up even though it's not active on my phone or even open and then my spotify will cut from my mac/pc and start blasting from my phone.

Really great when you're working in a quiet af office.

seen posts about this for weeks but so far no fix.

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

user-removed — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:13:30 GMT

This issue was fixed ~ a month after my previous reply. Thanks but I doubt that anybody from Spotify even reads the messages here.

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

limesfar — Fri, 06 May 2022 00:55:39 GMT

Having this issue in May 2022..

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

Dian — Sat, 07 May 2022 05:59:53 GMT

Hey @limesfar,

Thanks for posting in the Community.

We'd need some more details on the issue you're facing, so we can find the best possible solution. Could you describe it in more detail?

Also tell us the brands/models and operating systems of the affected devices, which you're using with Spotify Connect.

Keep us posted,

Cheers!

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

limesfar — Sat, 07 May 2022 06:08:01 GMT

Hi Dian, thanks for the reply.

I use Spotify on my Pixel 4 XL using Android 12, and on my desktop PC running Windows 10. I switch back and forth between the two during the day while listening to Spotify

The past week or so I have been having this issue where I am listening to Spotify on my phone, and then sit down at my computer and switch to listening on my computer. Then, at random times, such as like, after 20 minutes, the music will cut out on my computer and Spotify will say it's playing on my phone. I switch it back to my computer, and it will do it again at random, or just work for the rest of the day. When this happens I'm not using my phone, it's just closed sitting on my desk. I've tried closing the Spotify app on my phone but it will still happen. It's very annoying.

Let me know if you need more info. Thanks

Andrew

Re: Spotify automatically switch playback to phone sometimes

Yordan — Sun, 08 May 2022 06:47:54 GMT

Hi @limesfar!

What you can try is preventing Spotify from autostarting on your phone. This is usually found under Battery in your phone's settings, but this may vary depending on the manufacturer. Try searching Autostart in your phone's settings and make sure Spotify is excluded, so that it won't run in the background after you close the app.

Cheers!