"Currently Playing" notification

[cbpvsu_-st8xw]

Plan

Premium

Country

 USA

Device

Samsung Galaxy S8

Operating System

Android Oreo

My Question or Issue

Copied from original post that was closed:

 "I've noticed a recent "feature" that will display a "Now Playing" notification on my phone when I have the desktop app playing on a computer (doesn't care what OS, and it shows the computer name at the top). I can't seem to find a way to turn that off, and it's really annoying when I have to keep clearing that notification over and over because it returns constantly. Is there a way to turn off this feature??"

Please help! This is still happening, and now I encounter situations where I can't clear the notification. I want to turn this feature off while I'm listening on desktop, but keep the notification when listening on my phone. I don't want to have to disable/enable it every time.

[jsannn · Accepted solution]

Hi @cbpvsu_-st8xw

This is not recent, it is been like that since Spotify introduced "Spotify Connect" 5 years ago. Unfortunately, there is no way to turn it off.

[cbpvsu_-st8xw]

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@jsannn wrote:

Hi @cbpvsu_-st8xw

This is not recent, it is been like that since Spotify introduced "Spotify Connect" 5 years ago. Unfortunately, there is no way to turn it off.

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Perhaps I've just had old phones/OSes in the past, because I hadn't encountered this until I switched to the Galaxy S8. Thanks for the information. Maybe I could submit a request to the devs to add a toggle switch for this feature?

[jsannn · Accepted solution]

The idea to make it optional exists here. You can vote for it if you want, but currently, it is marked as "Not right now" 😞

[cbpvsu_-st8xw]

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@jsannn wrote:

The idea to make it optional exists here. You can vote for it if you want, but currently, it is marked as "Not right now" 😞

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Thank you, I did! Hopefully it can gain some traction, as it's been a while and would be worth implementing.

[jsannn]

🙂

https://open.spotify.com/track/5Em4p6DHTRFjfBp66mGzJh