Shazams from Apple Watch or iPhone action button don't go to My Shazam Playlist in spotify

[AppleWatchMan]

Shazams from within the Shazam app itself go straight to My Shazam playlist in spotify. Brilliant. However, if I Shazam a song from my Apple Watch, iPhone action button or from the control center whilst these songs show in the Shazam app they do not go to My Shazam playlist in Spotify. Only songs shazamed from within the open app do. I have spoken with Apple support and tried everything including turning off/on appropriate iCloud sync settings, disconnecting and reconnecting spotify with Shazam, updating both apps and iOS software, removing VPNs and even a full phone reset.

Nothing works. Will spotify fix this? There is no point shazaming anything from my watch or quickly from action button if the songs do not go to spotify playlist. 

Device

iphone 16 Apple watch series 10

Operating System

latest ios/watch (updated to try and fix problem)

My Question or Issue

[AppleWatchMan]

Hey @AppleWatchMan,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community and welcome. 

Since 2022, Spotify is deprecating software that prohibits 3rd party apps from integrating with Spotify. This change affects different apps such as SoundHound, Nike+Running and others. 

Keep also in mind that Shazam is not an official partner, so the behavior you're describing could be expected. Spotify is always testing things by adding or removing features to make the app better overall, so you or someone else may see something new or get a limited feature temporarily on the app. We’re sorry that this means you’re not able to use the feature like you wish to do at the moment.

Hope this helps. If anything else comes up, the Community will be here for you.

[OscarDC]

Hey @AppleWatchMan,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community and welcome. 

Since 2022, Spotify is deprecating software that prohibits 3rd party apps from integrating with Spotify. This change affects different apps such as SoundHound, Nike+Running and others. 

Keep also in mind that Shazam is not an official partner, so the behavior you're describing could be expected. Spotify is always testing things by adding or removing features to make the app better overall, so you or someone else may see something new or get a limited feature temporarily on the app. We’re sorry that this means you’re not able to use the feature like you wish to do at the moment.

Hope this helps. If anything else comes up, the Community will be here for you.

[AppleWatchMan]

Appreciate your help, Oscar - thank you!!! Apple are not playing nice now they own Shazam. Sadly I will probably leave for Apple Music as I use Shazam a lot to build playlists and discover new music. 

[anonymousdjay]

Hello all,

I know there are a few posts and guidelines about this subject but none worked for me at all. I live in the US and use an OnePlus Open with the most recent updates installed. Android version 15 and both Shazam and Spotify (Free plan) apps are up-to-date. I've gone through all possible solutions with no luck. Signing out and signing back in, clearing cache, restarting my device, uninstalling and re-installing, disconnecting and reconnecting, removing Shazam access and granting access again, removing/renaming "My Shazam Tracks" playlist on Spotify and etc. My Shazam library contains around 1k songs and adding 1000 songs manually takes a lot of time. Does anyone have the same issue yet? Any suggestions or ideas? Can anyone help?