Spotify no longer working properly on Android Auto

[j-4526nwi3_q]

Hello,

Up until about a week ago, I used to be able to listen to podcasts in my car through Android Auto with no problems. I would download episodes of podcasts for off-line listening, and I would be able to listen to podcasts while driving off-line. I would be able to control spotify through the console in the car, as in selecting an episode, pressing play. Now I can't do that. I press play and nothing happens, can't select an episode.

Not sure why this is happening all of a sudden.

Plan

Free

Device

Samsung S24

Operating System

Android

[Ivelina · Accepted solution]

Hey @j-4526nwi3_q,

Thanks for posting this thread in the Community!

In case you've not done any troubleshooting so far, to start make sure that you're using the newest Spotify version and software versions on your devices. Additionally, you can give the app on your phone a clean reinstall as it helps with different performance issues. You can take a look at the steps here.

Keep in mind that your downloaded content will be removed after the reinstall and you'd have to re-download the podcast episodes (make sure you've got a stable internet connection). 

It'd be great if you could also test in case the same behavior happens if you're instead streaming the podcast episodes and not trying to play them downloaded.

Keep us posted 🙂

[j-4526nwi3_q]

Clean reinstall has seemed to work!

Hopefully won't have any more issues