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Defess
Contributor I
January 13, 2023
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Sonos app versus spotify app on Android

Hi All

 

Is it just me or i’m I right? songs from Spotify sounds much better when I use Sonos app instead of Spotify app on my Andoid Samsung???

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Mr. T
Mr. TAnswer
January 13, 2023

In the Spotify app, I would check under Settings > Audio Quality as you can set different streaming qualities for both WiFi and cellular streaming that would apply when using the Spotify app with a Premium account.

The settings include the following options:

  • Automatic
  • Low
  • Normal
  • High
  • Very high

 

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Corry P
Corry P
Sonos Staff
January 13, 2023

Hi @Defess 

Welcome to the Sonos Community!

Although you didn’t state it, I’m going to assume you meant playing from the “Spotify app on your Samsung Android to the Sonos speaker”. Otherwise, it’s an unusual question 😁

The only reason I can think of as to why Spotify would sound better from the Sonos app versus the Spotify app playing to Sonos is if the Spotify app is signed into a Spotify Free account, whereas Sonos is signed into a Premium tier account. The Premium tier plays at 320kbps maximum, whereas the Free tier plays at 160kbps maximum. Even if Sonos has a Premium account set up on it, when the Spotify Connect session starts, the Spotify app gives account details to the Sonos speaker which it uses for that session, so they’d be using the same account and tier. Therefore, the bitrate, in this case, could be limited as compared to using the Sonos app with it’s associated Premium account.

I don’t have the Spotify app, but a colleague did a comparison test for me and could not discern a difference - though he’s using the same account each time.

I hope this helps.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
    Mr. T
    Mr. TAnswer
    January 13, 2023

    In the Spotify app, I would check under Settings > Audio Quality as you can set different streaming qualities for both WiFi and cellular streaming that would apply when using the Spotify app with a Premium account.

    The settings include the following options:

    • Automatic
    • Low
    • Normal
    • High
    • Very high

     

      Corry P
      Corry P
      Sonos Staff
      January 13, 2023

      Thanks @Mr. T!

      Spoken like someone who has seen the Spotify app in the last 3 years!

      I should have remembered that, however.

      "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
        DefessAuthor
        Contributor I
        January 13, 2023

        Hi all

         

        Thanks for you help. Thatcher works well now

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