Spotify starts playing automatically when a bluetooth device is connected and phone makes a sound

[jazengo]

Plan

Premium

Country

Norway

Device

Samsung S9

Operating System

Android 11

My Question or Issue

Whenever a bluetooth device is connected to my phone, Spotify automatically starts playing the last song it was paused on if my phone makes any "noise". If I recieve a Messanger message, it starts playing as soon as the "bing" sound is over. It starts playing automatically after I've hung up a call, etc.

I've disabled auto play, I've reinstalled the app and cleared cache.
Under "car view", both "Turn on automatically" and "Always on" is disabled.

I'm unsure what more I can do.

[Ks999]

This reply is garbage.  Everyone tries to reinstall and it fixes nothing.  Spotify will take over and there is nothing we can do to stop it.  Stop treating customers like idiots and fix your app 

[FreshLeaf]

Such**bleep** response. Firmware? Really? We know your company is trying to force us to use Spotify. Just utter nonsense.

[Pixel8Pro]

April 2025 and still going. Please fix or provide a clear reason this isn't possible on Android, so we can bug the right person. 

[NormanSawyer]

On my Google 9, home page , hold finger on Spotify app, menu drop down, click on "Pause App"!!!!

[NormanSawyer]

On my Google 9 home page, hold finger on Spotify app until drop down menu appears, click "Pause Spotify".

[mko098]

Having almost the same issue:

• Android 12 phone
• Car Bluetooth 
• No Android Auto
• If Spotify is running, whatever was playing autoplays
• No other music player (e.g. VLC) does that 
• If Spotify was previously force interrupted, it won't play
• Couldn't find any Android or Spotify option to block it.

Can any of the mods acknowledge the problem exist and engage the eng team please?

[NormanSawyer]

So I found how to temporarily shut Spotify app down. Go to phone page where
app is , hold down on app til drop down box appears, press pause, go to
notification page ( drop down on phone) and clear Spotify off screen.