Auto android voice command suddenly stopped working

[flying_a_hull]

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

Samsung Galaxy 9, Auto Android

Operating System

My Question or Issue

Up until recently, when operating my vehicle with Auto-Android engaged, I used to be able to give the voice command "Spotify, play xxx", and the song xxx would come on.  Now when I do that, I get audio feedback similar to "Got it, playing xxx on Spotify".  But the Spotify ignores the command and continues to play the same song.  I've uninstalled and reinstalled both Spotify and Auto-Android on multiple occasions to no avail.  Something changed for the worse, and I don't know what.  Is this only me or pervasrive everywhere?  If just me please advise how to rectify.  If pervasive, I'd appreciate knowing if it is being worked.  Thank you

[Dessi]

Hi there @flying_a_hull,

Thanks for reaching out!

We haven't seen any recent reports about this, so for now we can't say for sure if it's a bigger issue. To double-check if it might be device-related, it'd be great if you can ask a friend or a relative to test this out on their own device in your car. Another thing you can try is toggling between wired and wireless Android Auto.

As a workaround, you might want to give this a shot using Google Assistant directly instead and trying “Hey Google, play xxx on Spotify” without saying "Spotify" first to see if that works.

Keep us posted.

[YoHan-Solo]

I have the exact same issue. BMW i4 MY2023, Samsung galaxy S24.

Android Auto version 15.7.654634-release

Spotify version 9.1.6.145. 

Have rebooted the Car MMI (IDrive 8), and the phone. No resolve.

The voice command works, and the google assistant says "Playing xx song on spotify", but nothing happens. It just keeps playing whatever song is already playing.

It started happening every now and then a few weeks ago, and now it is completely broken.

I just noticed there is a Spotify version 9.1.12.226 now. I will update and see if anything changes tomorrow.