Contributor III

Disabling Spotify Autoplay for Sonos

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May 6, 2019
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This question was asked a couple times a few months ago by others, but since I didn't see a response from anyone at Sonos, I thought I'd try again. When I ask Sonos to play a song (via Spotify) it plays the song and then it keeps playing other songs by other artists. In other words, even though I've disabled "Autoplay" in the Spotify app, the end result is the same as if Autoplay is enabled. When I ask my Echo Dot to play a song, it only plays the one song, which seems to indicate the problem is on Sonos's end--not Alexa.

I even tried adding the Echo Dot to my Sonos "Living Room" group in the Alexa app and using the Sonos as the Preferred Speaker. But even this doesn't work -- the Echo Dot correctly plays the music on the Sonos, but with Autoplay enabled.

Is this a recognized bug, and does Sonos have any plans to fix it?

Thank you.

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Smilja

I have the exact same issue. Asking Sonos One "Play song [songname]" results in the song being played, then the Spotify Song radio station continues playing after the song finishes. Only happens when using voice command, not when playing song by any other method or on any other Alexa device.Thank you! I was hoping someone else would speak up about this. I really hope Sonos responds to this thread with a solution or at least an acknowledgment that they are looking into the issue.

There is no issue, that's how Alexa works. Ask Amazon, if you don't believe me.

»And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

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Contributor III

There is no issue, that's how Alexa works. Ask Amazon, if you don't believe me.I'm not looking to start a debate here, but that's not how Alexa works, Smilja. As both thejoist and I pointed out, if you ask Alexa to play a song on Spotify through something other than a Sonos One (for example, an Echo Dot), it plays one song and then stops.

Smilja

There is no issue, that's how Alexa works. Ask Amazon, if you don't believe me.I'm not looking to start a debate here, but that's not how Alexa works, Smilja. As both thejoist and I pointed out, if you ask Alexa to play a song on Spotify through something other than a Sonos One (for example, an Echo Dot), it plays one song and then stops.

Why don't you ask Spotify or Amazon for assistance or explanation? Sonos is not responsible for this.

»And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

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UEF

Contributor I

Getting exactly the same issue. Amazon Music doesn’t so it, Spotify does.

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swarmer

Trending Lyricist I

I hate this too. The same thing happens with Google Assistant & Spotify, btw. It also happens when using Google Assistant & Spotify on my phone, without the Sonos speakers.

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HeyDood

Lyricist I

There is no issue, that's how Alexa works. Ask Amazon, if you don't believe me.I'm not looking to start a debate here, but that's not how Alexa works, Smilja. As both thejoist and I pointed out, if you ask Alexa to play a song on Spotify through something other than a Sonos One (for example, an Echo Dot), it plays one song and then stops.Why don't you ask Spotify or Amazon for assistance or explanation? Sonos is not responsible for this.

There is no issue, that's how Alexa works. Ask Amazon, if you don't believe me.I'm not looking to start a debate here, but that's not how Alexa works, Smilja. As both thejoist and I pointed out, if you ask Alexa to play a song on Spotify through something other than a Sonos One (for example, an Echo Dot), it plays one song and then stops.Why don't you ask Spotify or Amazon for assistance or explanation? Sonos is not responsible for this.

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HeyDood

Lyricist I

same thing happens to my sonos one. unlike my echo dot which only plays the specific song I requested, alexa on the sonos one keeps playing other songs from other playlists. only happens with the sonos one with alexa though. echo dot does not do that so I'm guessing it's something sonos has to look into.

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