Voice search on Android doesn't play songs (Google Assistant AND Google Now)

[ljuborados]

From a few months ago, playing songs through google now or google assistant does not work.
You can say "play [Artist name] on Spotify" and it's going to play it, you can also say "play [Album name] on Spotify" and it's going to play it, but if you use "play [song name] on spotify" it's just going to open the Spotify app and stop there, it won't search for the song and play it like it used to.

As far as I can tell, Google Now/Assistant are sending correct intents to the Spotify app, but the app is not interpreting it correctly.

I am attaching the screenshot from the Google Now app as well.

I have confirmed the issue on Samsung Galaxy Note 4 running Marshmallow, as well as Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Samsung Galaxy S4 and LG G5.

This might not seem like a big problem but it really is, inability to play songs without typing while driving, running or doing whatever is a real problem, and what makes it even worse is it was working without a problem in the past.

It's making me reconsider my music streaming service, and I am a premium user.

I'm available for any more information you may need.

Thanks!

[Tams33]

I want to be clear if this doesnt work with google assistant I will be cancelling my spotify 

[Grolf]

Yeah, I have the same problem, Samsung galaxy A5 2017. Playing albums or artists work fine, but not artists. So its got to be on Spotify to fix it, not google

[Avalala]

Same issue here, on google pixel 2 running Android 8.1 and Spotify version 8.4.38.621. I ask assistant to play a song, it opens Spotify but on main home page, doesn't play song or show artist page. It was working fine a week ago. 

[Arteleon]

It still persists.. 

[sliceofportion]

Have a look at this thread.. I managed to fix it...

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Google-Assistant-ok-google-still-not-working/m-p/4370246#M1...

[tgcaylon]

Comigo acontece o mesmo, porém não para por aí, as vezes quando pesso pra reproduzir uma música específica ele me responde dizendo que só é possível para assinantes do spotify, coisa que claramente eu sou.