topic Google Assistant not working with spotify 2021 in Android

Google Assistant not working with spotify 2021

thomasdilts — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:38:43 GMT

There are many posts about problems between Google Assistant and spotify but they are usually from 2018 so the software was completely different back then.

The problem however is the same. Suddenly after days of happy "spotify on google assistant" then google replies to "play Music" with the normal "Playing Music on spotify" but nothing plays.

I solved it by the following steps however many of these steps may be unnecessary so I would like comments from people who could get it working easier than this.

1. Remove and re-add Spotify to the phone. This is most likely unnecessary but I did it.

2. Go to settings->apps and Notifications->click on spotify and make sure you have "unlimited data access" and that you can access "Storage, microphone, camera". Do the same thing for the (Google)Home app. Again this is probably unnecesary but I did it because this was the recommendations from 2018 posts.

3. A restart of your phone is probably smart here at some point.

4. This last step is what seemed to really make it start working. I started the (Google)Home app and in it click on "media" and then "Music" and then remove the link to Spotify. Then I re-added the link to spotify.

Yes! It started working at this point once again. I suspect also that a major problem could be not having the right to "unlimited data access." I think it just went over the limit of allowed data access and then stopped working but I am not sure.

Re: Google Assistant not working with spotify 2021

scottreadman — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:59:11 GMT

This has made no difference on my pixel4 or Samsung.

Re: Google Assistant not working with spotify 2021

dyljohbar — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:30:05 GMT

This started happening to me over the last couple of months. I just tried uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify on my Pixel 3 XL and it works properly now.

Re: Google Assistant not working with spotify 2021

ziampee — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:07:49 GMT

Thanks, I had this issue with the Google assistant and I noticed it in my car, but then I realised it also happened directly with the phone, it opened Spotify but nothing was played. After uninstalling and installing again the app it seems to be working now in my Huawei p30! Tomorrow I'll check if it works in the car again, but it should! So many thanks.

Re: Google Assistant not working with spotify 2021

ReckerAGR — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:25:57 GMT

I found more annoying problems too. When I ask Google assistant to play my daily mix or weekly discover it plays an album that some clever but annoying fellow added like if it was on purpose. Here are the links I want this fixed since I don't like tapping on the phone while driving. https://open.spotify.com/album/6LxBbtZzMG7sfcBql8cKq4?si=Cy2BfbZJS9iXOTNfTt66Gg&utm_source=copy-link

https://open.spotify.com/album/0qKAjBnrI3B0HVEV1lmEQp?si=0fMRt3vYS7iy1zjy8pYCAQ&utm_source=copy-link