Spotify

Spotify comes as a plugin. Once it's installed, you can play Spotify on your device in two ways:

• From the Spotify app: pick your device as the speaker, as with any Spotify Connect device.

• From Volumio: browse your playlists, albums and favorites in Browse → Spotify, once you've authorized the device.

You need a Spotify Premium account.

Install Spotify

1. Open your device and go to Settings → Plugins → Available.

2. Find Spotify and press Install.

If you don't see the plugins, sign in to MyVolumio first: you need an account to install plugins.

Play from the Spotify app

1. Connect your phone to the same network as your device.

2. Open the Spotify app and start a song.

3. Tap the devices button at the bottom of the player and choose your device.

Authorize Spotify on your device

Authorize the device once to browse Spotify from Volumio and play without picking it in the Spotify app every time.

1. Go to Settings → Plugins → Installed and press the settings button next to Spotify.

2. Under Spotify account, press Authorize.

3. Step 1: sign in to Spotify in the page that opens.

4. Step 2: press Open the approval page and approve your device. If Spotify asks for a code, type the one shown under Code, if Spotify asks for one:.

5. When you see Spotify authorized, you can find your music in Browse → Spotify.

You have 5 minutes to approve the device. The authorization stays even after a restart.

To sign out, go back to the same page and press Remove authorization.

Spotify settings

On the same page, you can also change:

• Bitrate: the streaming quality, from 96 kbps to 320 kbps.

• Device Icon: the icon your device shows in the Spotify app.

• Enable autoplay: plays similar songs when your music ends.

Troubleshooting

Spotify isn't in Browse

1. Go to Settings → Plugins → Installed and check that Spotify is on and Active.

2. If it's on, authorize the device.

Your device doesn't show up in the Spotify app

1. Check that your phone and your device are on the same network, without VPN.

2. Go to Settings → Plugins → Installed and check that Spotify is Active. If it shows Stopped, turn it off and on again.

3. Close the Spotify app completely and open it again.

4. Restart the device.

The authorization doesn't finish

If you see Sign-in was not completed, The device was not approved in time or Authorization did not complete, press Authorize again and complete both steps within 5 minutes.

Spotify doesn't play, or stops after a few songs

1. Check that your Spotify plan is Premium.

2. Spotify plays on one device at a time for each account: if someone else uses your account on another device, playback stops on yours.

3. Go to Settings → Plugins → Installed and update Spotify if Update shows up.

4. If the device uses Wi-Fi, move it closer to the router or connect it with an Ethernet cable.

5. If you see Spotify is not connected, authorize the device again, or choose it in the Spotify app.

For issues common to all streaming services, see Streaming service issues.