topic Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums in Android

Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

Apfel2aft — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:49:17 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

Audi MMI

Operating System

Android Auto

My Question or Issue

Hi, bought an Audi A3 from 2018 with the MMI and Android Auto.

Everything works, I can listen to my music. What's odd, if I browse Spotify by artist on my car's screen it only shows the three newest album's of said artist and I can't seem to find a way to show all album's of an artist.

Is this an odd security feature or a bug or am I doing smt. wrong?

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

Dian — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 05:42:31 GMT

Hey @Apfel2aft,

Thanks for posting in the Community.

We're not sure how the app looks like exactly on your car head unit, but we're certain the app on the head unit will probably not have the full functionalities of the mobile app.

If you want the full functionalities of the mobile app in your car, you can connect your mobile device with the car radio per Bluetooth.

As we continuously strive to improve the user experience in our app, we hope to see the ability to scroll the full artist discography on car head units aswell some day.

Hope this clears things a bit,

Cheers!

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

debodan — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 14:02:49 GMT

Hi,

Any update on this? Would love to be able to see and select from all albums in an artists discography via the Android auto Spotify app in the stereo head unit.

We can only see the 3 most recent albums for each artist added to a library.

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

Muxe80 — Thu, 11 May 2023 20:04:40 GMT

This is an issue for me on the 2023 Mazda 3 carbon edition. Why is there no way to see all the albums on spotify android auto?!?!

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

kirenida — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:38:26 GMT

+1 for this

I have the latest versions of Spotify and Android Auto on my phone.

I was also able to see only three (probably random) albums when browsing by artist, but even that has been removed now.

I really find it hard to believe that nobody at Spotify is using Android Auto and hasn't noticed this.

Also, I don't think that choosing an album you want to listen to is some "extra functionality" for a music player.

Finally, we can say that Spotify doesn't care about their users security while driving, as the standard reply is "just use your phone".

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

perera_eu — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:52:47 GMT

Exactly. I took the time to browse to an artist on the letter S on Android Auto only to find... About 5 of their songs? Why would I ever use Android Auto to select a single, specific song to play? Should that even be a thing? Having albums makes way more sense for someone that is driving.

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

beleafer84 — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 02:56:50 GMT

Does anyone know of a fix for this issue?

Thanks!

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

kirenida — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:08:33 GMT

Any updates on this issue?

I checked a few days ago, and I can still only see 3-4 albums of each artist.

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

Peter_Stadtler — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 06:42:37 GMT

Hi liebes Spotify Team !

Bei meinem Skoda Superb Bj. 2024 gleiches Problem, Handy über Android Auto verbunden, mit der Suchfunktion am Touchscreen im Auto über Spotify etwas gesucht und bei mir pro Kategorie auch immer nur 2 Ergebnisse, also 2 Alben, 2 Künstler, 2 Playlists ....... suche ich direkt am Handy funktioniert alles einwandfrei und ich bekomme hunderte Ergebnisse pro Kategorie.

Bitte dringend um Lösung des Problems da sonst die Bedienung am Auto Touchscreen keinen Sinn macht !!!

LG Peter

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

DaH301 — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 16:46:02 GMT

Hi,

I'm really wondering why this issue is not fixed yet!? It can't be too complicated to make it possible to see all albums of an artist and choose one for hearing when using android auto. Why is there a limit? Please Spotify fix this issue asap.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Spotify on Android Auto only shows the three latest albums

Xenomorph80 — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 02:28:44 GMT

+1 for this.

The app is useless in Android Auto if I still need to use my phone to search for any older albums.

People have been asking for this for years, is there any plans to update it?