---
title: "Spotify"
description: "How to install Spotify on your Volumio device, authorize it with your Spotify account, and fix the most common issues."
url: https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/181-spotify
collection: "Getting started"
updated: 2026-11-13
language: en
---

# Spotify

How to install Spotify on your Volumio device, authorize it with your Spotify account, and fix the most common issues.

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`.
    

> **Tip:** If you don't see the plugins, [sign in to MyVolumio](https://help.volumio.com/articles/204-myvolumio-account) 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](https://help.volumio.com/articles/197-connection-issues), 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](https://help.volumio.com/articles/200-streaming-service-issues).

## Related

- [Nova and Volumio 4](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/172-nova-and-volumio-4.md)
- [Volumio app](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/173-volumio-app.md)
- [Volumio in a browser](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/174-volumio-in-a-browser.md)
- [Inputs and outputs](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/175-inputs-and-outputs.md)
- [Power and standby](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/176-power-and-standby.md)