[All Platforms][Connect] re-categorise podcasts as AUDIO so they play on Connect devices

[itsmrjack]

Podcasts will not play on audio-only Connect devices because Spotify has labelled them as "mixed-media". They are not mixed media, they are audio files.

This is an issue that has been noted by the community for some time (around 18 months at least) and not addressed by Spotify in any serious way. It is not a niche problem as it will affect ALL users who listen to podcasts and own an audio-only Spotify Connect device. In other words, potentially millions of people globally. Please Spotify, rectify this issue as a matter of urgency. I for one am a regular podcast listener who bought an audio-only Connect device so that I could play podcasts through it, only to find that I cannot because of a categorisation error on your part.

To further elucidate the issue, and Spotify's lack of action on it, I point to an earlier (now closed) idea post submitted by another user (charango88) https://community.spotify.com/t5/Closed-Ideas/All-Platforms-Connect-Make-Podcasts-playable-on-audio-...

The advice given to this Spotify user was that this is "an issue that's worth investigating" and for them to find relevant help topics. However no relevant help topics exist for this problem.

[rawndieveyea]

Totally agree with this. I’m used to listen to podcasts at home. But I cannot do it with my spud system because of this bug. This is very annoying for me.

[mjs21]

Spotify have closed this request as insufficient demand 😠. No idea how to
get it made a priority...

[mouthman]

I think this case is closed, please reopen.

[mouthman]

I think this case being closed is bizar, please reopen.

[DoctorLecter]

I found out that for sone reason the Teufel „Raumfeld Connectors“ can play podcasts via Spotify Connect. 
🤷‍♂️

[mjs21]

Up to Spotify- unless they get enough votes, they just ignore it. No idea
how to get this fixed now and neither does anyone else who has replied!

[mouthman]

My god how many years has this been going on five or so?

[pedral]

I'd like to add myself to the list of people stuck not being able to listen to podcasts on audio-only connect device, please spotify get us a fix

[mjs21]

It’s a closed issue as far as Spotify is concerned- not enough people voted
to get it on their list 😩. Even though it is a bug in my opinion.

[richtiff]

So interestingly some podcasts do play through Sonos and other connected speakers, just some that don't. I wonder if it's actually an issue with how the individual podcast producers label/tag their content. 

It is still annoying/strange that not all content can be streamed, but it's definitely not the case that all podcasts are treated the same at the moment.