Autostart/autoplay/resume not working anymore

[dafrizz]

Plan

Premium

Device

Samsung A52

Operating System

Android Oreo

My Question or Issue

Up until recently (fee weeks ago), I would see the following behaviour when connecting my phone to a Bluetooth device:

- when connecting to my car, Spotify would start and resume play where I last left off, usually a playlist

- when connecting to my Bluetooth headphones, I would press the play button on my headphones and Spotify would start and then resume playback (as above)

This is now no longer the case. I have to start Spotify on my phone and then I can start playback. I did not change any settings and can not find any settings that would influence this behaviour.

Anybody know what is happening ? Thanks.

[dafrizz]

Hi folks,

Thank you for your replies.

We've consulted about this with the teams in charge and in turn, they made the proper investigations backstage. In this case, we can confirm that this behavior is expected due to how the specific Bluetooth device is designed to interact with the Spotify API and how the operating system presents notifications, specially on Android 10 and 11.  However, we’re constantly optimizing our app, so this behavior might change in future updates.

@TheCheat54 About the two instances of Spotify, we suggest you take a look at this thread which has handled that specific issue and shares a possible solution. 

We thank you all for your reports, please make sure to always keep your app up to date so you don't miss any important updates or fixes.

Let us know if you have any questions.

[Scientist1]

I’ve been having this exact problem on my iPhone 8 for the past six months. When starting the car, Spotify connects but starts playing Spotify Radio instead of resuming from the playlist that I was listening to when I last used Spotify (even if it was less than an hour since I used the app). When is Spotify going to fix this issue? I always keep the app updated.