Wear OS app not adding to playlist

[kirk781]

Plan

Premium

Country

India

Device

Galaxy Watch 6

Operating System

Wear OS 5

My Question or Issue

If I am playing music either via an app on my laptop or official Spotify app on Android and try to click on plus symbol in Wear OS app, it auto adds to liked songs [till now all is good]. However, if I click again and uncheck the Liked songs playlist and add it to another custom playlist I created, the song never gets added.

I thought this problem persisted for all custom playlists except liked songs but I was wrong. After fiddling with it sometime, when I had unpinned the Liked Songs and Spotify decided to put another frequently used playlist at the top [since I was adding songs recently to it via mobile], the Wear OS app worked correctly for that given custom playlist as well that was at the top.

But it never worked for any custom playlists that are NOT at the top. Connectivity is ruled out as an issue since songs can be added to liked songs. I tried clearing cache and basically re-installing Spotify app for Wear OS and re-logging but the bug persists. Since it happens both with my laptop and mobile [when connected to Wear OS via Spotify Connect], it must be an issue with how Wear OS app is handling the requests.

Both apps on mobile and Wear OS are at their latest versions.

[Ivelina]

Hey @kirk781,

Thanks for posting this thread in the Community and for providing these details. It helps us with the investigation.

To start, did you notice when this behavior started for the first time and if it was after an update for example?

It's great that you've already performed some troubleshooting steps and made sure you're using the latest software versions. 

You mentioned that this happens when you're playing music either via the app on your laptop or the app on Android, but could you let us know if the same behavior occurs on the watch itself (when you're not using Connect to control Spotify from the watch on to another device)? What happens if you try to add a track to a playlist (not Liked Songs) on the watch, without it being connected to another device?

What comes to mind as another troubleshooting step is to disconnect and re-pair the watch and laptop/mobile to see if that'll make any difference. Additionally, it would be great if you could ask a relative or a friend to pair their account to your watch in case this is an account-related issue.

Appreciate the cooperation and hope to hear from you soon.