[Connect] Disable automatic switching between devices

[HidalgoF]

Spotify Connect is great but the automatic switching is not for everyone.

Please allow us to disable automatic switching between devices. I understand Spotify doesn't like user to play in more than one device and I am happy with that, but the application shouldn't switch devices if the user does not want to do this. It clearly creates frustration amongst users.

In my particular case I work from home listening to music on my computer. I find really annoying when I plug my headphones in my phone to take a call and suddenly the music starts playing in my headphones.

This is what happens step by step:

• Spotify is in my mobile running in the back.
• Spotify is playing in my computer.
• My phone rings.
• I take the call at the same time that I get my headphones on me.
• I listed to a combination of my client/colleague and the music that I was playing in my computer, usually very loudly.
• I stop the music.
• I comment with my client/colleague how bad is Spotify.
• I finish my call.
• I go to my computer, change the playing device on Spotify to my computer and play again.
• I do this a couple of times until I get fed up of Spotify and I play music from somewhere else.

This problem has been already described here: LINK  but it has incorrectly tagged as repeated (the problems and solutions suggested are different).

[HidalgoF]

Hey @50lwjk_-htbts!

Thank you for reaching out on the Community and sorry for the delayed reply.

It sounds like the playback of the music is changed back to the device connected to your phone via Bluetooth, which is expected at this point.

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[Jkmld]

I very deeply hate this and curse spotify pretty much daily for**bleep**.

[jamchi1804]

Spotify - this has not been resolved and is a Spotify issue.  When exiting the car it now continues playing on the phone.  This never happened before.  Seeing as my phone is wirelessly connected to the car it is not something you notice until you hear a noise coming from your pocket when it is quiet.  Please put in an option to disable this new Seamless feature which Spotify has added.

[Juli0vx]

I found this thread because I’m experiencing the exact same behavior in 2026. Spotify still starts playing automatically due to Bluetooth events, device switching, car controls or Android Auto — without me pressing play.

Seeing that this discussion goes back to 2020 and still has no solution is honestly discouraging. This affects daily use and breaks the basic expectation that audio should only start when explicitly requested.

After five years, it’s clear this is a persistent issue that many users consider a major UX problem. Please acknowledge that this is still happening and give users an option to disable this behavior.