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Connect - Autoplay DISABLED, but still ACTIVE

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Connect - Autoplay DISABLED, but still ACTIVE

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

Samsung Galaxy A51, Windows 10 notebook

Operating System

Android 11, Windows 10

My Question or Issue

I'm listening on several Sonos speakers via Connect. Recently, Spotify has started playing other music once the album I listen to has finished - i.e. it's using the Autoplay feature. Problem is: Autoplay is DISABLED on all devices, but it's still being used. How do I fix this? (I've already reinstalled Spotify on all devices.)

 

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@pss-p, I really hope that your workaround will keep on working for all Spotify subscribers. I can't check by myself as I do not use neither the app nor the web player as as paying subscriber anymore. I switched to another provider in November 2021, a little after this crappy feature had been enforced no matter your personal choice to set it on or off. And because Spotify remained unable to fix it in a few weeks. Good luck to all of you, Spotify fans!

This didn't work. I have autoplay, automix, and all other settings that could cause this to happen disabled on ALL devices and it still randomly plays songs.

Hey folks,

 

Thanks for all your replies.

 

@Primordial_Radiance, we'd like to confirm, is your account on free service? If yes, keep in mind our free experience on mobile is different: music on-demand is a Premium feature, so it's expected for the app to add suggested tracks within the same album/playlist. This is not the same as Autoplay. You can read more about it here. Keep in mind, these recommendations are going to appear, even if you disable Autoplay.
 

If your account is Premium, it'd be really helpful if you sent us a video recording of what's happening. You can attach the video to your next reply in mp4 format, or you can also upload it to YouTube or Google Drive and make it public, so we can visualize it.

 

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Hey bud. I'm still having this problem. The setting is turned off but still playing random songs. Sometimes more than one and in the middle of the playlist, but that part is more recent.

Me too

Broken here too. Paid account, all autoplay settings off, logged out and in again, and smart speakers connected via the desktop app still keep playing random stuff after the end of my queue.

This started happening again. Unacceptable! Get it sorted!

Please get this bug sorted once and for all. It obviously resurfaces every once in a while. Just remove this stupid and buggy feature if you can’t get it fixed. Please!

Hallo, ich wollte auch die Autoplay Funktion deaktivieren, weil ständig über Bluetooth das Handy sich mit dem Auto koppelt und dann Spotify sich öffnet und einfach den letzten Song abspielt. Ich habe in allen Einstellungen gesucht aber es gibt bi mir weder auf der App noch im Web die Funktion Autoplay, diese ist absolut nicht da. Ich brauche hilfe.

Plan

Premium

Country - Canada

Device

PC & Samsung S20 FE

Operating System

Windows 10

 

My Question or Issue

Hello, I searched on here and haven't found a solution to this specific issue. I have autoplay turned off, and this is usually fine except for when I am listening through the desktop app but controlling the playback on my android app (using the connect devices button). In this instance autoplay always acts like it is turned on. I do not want autoplay on, but I do like to listen from headphones connected to my laptop while still being able to skip songs on my phone. I don't know why autoplay is correctly disabled in all instances but this one. 

I wish Spotify would just remove "Next From" altogether. It's the most annoying and useless feature ever added to a mobile app. See this play list? It's for my son's bedtime. At the end, it's going to suddenly start blasting out Final Countdown. Like, that's going to help with falling asleep! Can I stop it? No I can't. Remove doesn't work and generally the more I mess with trying to remove it, the more likely I am to accidentally select something on the playlist and screw it up. I've already done that twice and I'm about to throw my phone out the window. And this is a good night. Usually there are dozens of tracks in the list, none of them added by me. At least tonight there's only one. 

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Can't speak for the others but I've already tried Amazon Music and it does the same thing. I think it must have something to with with income and royalties though I can't figure out what. There's a reason they have this stupid feature forced on you and it isn't to make their app more usable!

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