topic Re: How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV in Android

How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV

Djabo — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 09:53:00 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

Philips 55POS5002 Android TV(TPM171E)

Operating System

Android TV 8.0.0

Spotify App Version

1.83.3

My Question or Issue

The new video playback feature seems like a nice idea but my TV stops playback and needs to buffer if a video is playing.

To disable videos I have to manually switch to music playback when a video is playing this settings stays until I reboot the device.

If the first song in a playlist has no video I have to first skip to a song with video, switch to music and go back to the song I want to start.

I would like to have an option to permanently disable videos on TV so I don't have to do it every time I start a Playlist.

Re: How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV

JSK1995 — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 17:47:22 GMT

I have the same issue, and even though I click "switch to audio" it will go back to video after a few tracks.

I have Canvas switched off in my account.

It is really annoying when you just want music on, because with the videoclips on the music often has little breaks in them.

Re: How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV

OscarDC — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:26:57 GMT

Hey folks,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community.

Currently, Spotify doesn't have an option to turn off videos in the settings. A similar idea has already been suggested here - feel free to add your vote to show your support for it by hitting the “Thumbs up” button as Spotify will check it out if it reaches the necessary amount of votes.

If you think your idea should be considered separate, feel free to submit it again highlighting how your idea is distinct from the existing one.

Hope this helps. If anything else comes up, don't hesitate to ask.

Re: How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV

legidstyles — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:11:08 GMT

My TV keeps crashing every time a video plays so i do not even have the option to disable the stupid (and distracting) music videos. The solution i have come up with is making only playlists with video free music, but that excludes a lot of popular music sadly.

Re: How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV

Fabioaa — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 16:04:18 GMT

So you're just saying "don't use Spotify". Because it's impossible to linten to music when every music is a stuttering bad quality video.

Spotify on Android TV defaults to Video instead of Audio

Potato95 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:00:16 GMT

Plan: Premium

Country: Brazil

Device: Philips Android TV

Operating System: Android 11

My Question or Issue

Title says enough. Even if I start a song with no video, the next one that has a video attached will switch to it.

Re: How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV

cankoklu — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 08:50:16 GMT

You can't.

This is a super easy function for spotify to implement and they refuse to do it because video is more addictive than music for children.
The only solution is to cancel your subscription.

Re: How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV

whobki — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:59:24 GMT

they won't fix it because they make more money by adding stupid reels to spotify

Re: How to permanently disable Videos on Android TV

Starmaster — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:26:03 GMT

This deters me from connecting my Spotify session to my TV app, and I'll have to set up a direct Bluetooth link with the speakers.