Plan: Premium

Country: UK

Device: OnePlus 6t

Operating System: Android Pie

Spotify Version: 8.5.20.857

I've been using Google Maps for navigation for some time with no issues. However, over the past few days whenever I start to use Navigation, I immediately get a notification saying " Spotify Connections", even if I don't have Spotify open.

This notification has no further info and does nothing if I tap it but remains there until I restart the phone. Force closing Spotify and/or Google Maps does not make it go away. In addition to this, if I select the Spotify icon while in Google Maps it says "unable to connect to spotify" and I am not able to control Spotify through Google Maps.

I tried simply hiding the notification (through the notifications menu) but the problem is it is obviously doing something as whenever I do this (even after force closing all applications so nothing is running) I get horrendous battery drain with Spotify running down approx 15% per hour even when it isn't running. The Spotify Connections notification (or whatever it represents) is obviously trying to do something continuously in the background and draining the battery even when neither Spotify noer Google Maps is running.

I have tried removing Spotify from Google Maps and reconnecting, I have deleted cache and app info from both Spotify and Google Maps and I have completely reinstalled Spotify and Google Maps too. I have also tried removing associated devices from my Spotify account as per guidance from other similar posts.

Even if I do not have Spotify connected to Google Maps at all, it still triggers every time I try to navigate using Google Maps.

Please, does anybody have any advice on how I can fix this? I am now at the point where I need to restart my phone every time I use navigation in Google Maps and it is driving me insane! I'm happy to provide any further information or screenshots if needed.