Spotiy stops when unlocking phone

[Kmoore7580]

Plan

Family/Premium

Country

USa

Device

Samsung Note 8

Operating System

Android 9 (pie)

My Question or Issue

When streaming music at work on my bluetooth Gear Icon X, if i reach for the phone and unlock it using either the home buttoon or finger print reader, the music stops and I have to go to the notification panel and resume playing.

This happens on wifi and LTE.

This happens before and after a clean install and cache wipe.

This happens both on "optiomized" mode (with Spotify not set to sleep) and also on high power mode which doesnt disable any apps.

Can't seem to figure this out.

Help!

[Joshs77]

Exact same thing is happening to me on a Samsung Galaxy S8. Any time I unlock the screen, the music auto-pauses. I've adjusted all battery, power, and sleep settings. Nothing addresses it. Is there a fix for this?