Lack of this feature will prevent me from ever using Spotify for anything other than exclusives. By letting this feature sit unimplemented Spotify is clearly indicating their lack of concern for member satisfaction in this space. I would not be surprised if there is already a pull request to merge in this feature and for some reason someone is not pushing the button. What a ridiculous thing for Spotify to refuse to implement. And this is obviously a clear refusal. As noted several times in these comments this feature should be trivial to implement. There is obviously a business or political reason Spotify is making the conscious decision to ignore their users in this respect.
Well Apple are now offering a better streaming service so I'm going to find out how it works with Andoid Auto and will likely shift my subscription to that one if it does what I want.
came on here specifically to request this as not only is the Podcast option missing from Android Auto it also doesn't show up when browsing library from WearOS 😞
Is there an update on the status of this issue? I am frustrated that I am unable to listen to podcasts on Android Auto using Spotify. What is the point of having Spotify Premium if you are unable to use it?
Updated on 2018-09-28
Marked as new idea, which is a repost of this inactive idea.