05-13-2020, 05:11 PM | #1 |
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Spotify / Connected Music Issue
I have logged in to my Spotify premium account through the Connected Music app. It works well, until someone else starts listening to Spotify remotely. For example, if I am in my car listening to the radio and my son at home starts listening to Spotify from his iPhone, my car will switch to Spotify and start playing whatever he is listening to. If I change back to my radio station, a few moments later the Spotify music returns. Can these music overrides be prevented? If not, how do I log out of Spotify in my car?
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05-15-2020, 10:08 AM | #2 | |
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To answer your question: How do I logout of Spotify? In Spotify playlist menu, select the “Option” button on the iDrive controller followed by “Logout”. Odd that after selecting the radio it rejoins to Spotify a few moments later. If both want to listen to your own music at the same time, you would each need to have your own Spotify account to avoid knocking each other offline, Spotify only permits a single instance of usage on a device (or device group). If you have a family account then you can have up to six users, each with their own login and each user can be listening to different content simultaneously. |
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05-19-2020, 08:24 AM | #3 | |
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05-21-2020, 11:30 PM | #4 |
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I believe there is also a similar bug in that signing in to the iDrive app and your CarPlay iOS app can cause a conflict
See this thread which describes a similar bug: https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1722853 |
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05-22-2020, 09:16 PM | #5 |
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I have solved this (for now) by signing out of the iDrive Spotify app and just using CarPlay. There must be a conflict between the two.
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06-05-2020, 01:53 PM | #6 |
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Thank you for the replies. I realize that I cannot listen to Spotify at the same time as someone else. What happens is that when I am listening to something other than Spotify (e.g., local radio station or XM radio), and then someone not in the car (e.g., at home) starts listening to Spotify, my car switches from my radio station to the Spotify music that is being listened elsewhere. My guess is that this a glitch in the car's software on how it works with Spotify.
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06-05-2020, 04:58 PM | #7 | |
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As a work around attempt (because life is short), maybe try dedicating a Spotify userid JUST for your personal use and nowhere/no one else at all. That way, no one else could possibly trigger Spotify playback except you. You can share playlists between userids if necessary.
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- listening to Spotify at home on Sonos via my iPhone. - hop in my car to head out and Spotify would automatically start playing in my car. Since I almost always listen to Spotify in the car I just assumed it was the Spotify iDrive app controlling the play back. - go to switch songs/Playlist and Spotify Carplay would try and boot up. - everything goes to shit. What I realized was happening is that when I would get into my car, my iPhone would connect to my cars Bluetooth. So it wasn't my iDrive or CarPlay controlling the playback, it was really my phone. Once I realized this, I simply grabbed my phone and in the playback settings switched it from "BMWxxx" to "This Phone" and everything worked itself out. Hope this helps ppl down the road. |
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04-28-2022, 06:56 AM | #9 | |
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04-28-2022, 03:17 PM | #10 |
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I think this is a Spotify account issue. Any user who accesses the same Spotify account will disconnect you and connect themselves to the service. If you have other people that need to access your Spotify and you don't want them to affect you then you need to subscribe to a Spotify duo account (adds around $2-3) or get them a separate Spotify account.
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