Connect Spotify App To Sonos

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Easily find and play the music you love with Spotify and Sonos. What’s more, you can voice control your tunes with Alexa.

Note: If you can’t find your Sonos speaker in your Spotify Connect list of devices, update your Sonos speaker.

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Mobile and tablet

Ever since my app updated to S1, I have not been able to use it. It will not connect to Spotify for some reason. Have tried resetting Wi-Fi and Sonos equipment by unplugging, but this did not work.

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  1. Download and open the Sonos app.
  2. Tap More, then Add Music Services.
  3. Select Spotify, then Add Account.
  4. Enter your Spotify account details.

Desktop

  1. Download and open the Sonos app.
  2. Click Add Music Services on the right and select Spotify.
  3. Click Next, then Add Account.
  4. Enter your Spotify account details.

Follow our steps for linking your Spotify account to Alexa

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Once you’ve linked your accounts, you can start playing! Connect wirelessly with Spotify Connect or Airplay. Control your tunes with the Spotify app, Sonos app, or with your voice using Alexa.

Need help?

Mobile and tablet

  1. Open the Sonos app.
  2. Tap More, then select Settings.
  3. Tap My Services, then select Spotify.
  4. Tap Remove Account.

Desktop

  1. Open the Sonos app.
  2. Select Manage, then Service Settings.
  3. Select Spotify and click the minus (-) button.

For help setting up and troubleshooting, check out the Sonos support site.

Check out other articles on our support site for help with your Spotify account and payments, listening offline, or if you can’t play music.

Last updated: 01 June, 2020

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1. Stream Spotify Music to Sonos with Premium Account

Spotify and Sonos will allow access to all of your existing Spotify playlists and their entire catalogue in every corner of your home. The steps to get Sonos and Spotify Premium playing together are really easy and the process takes just a couple of minutes. Note that you need a Spotify Premium account to do this, so unfortunately free users are out of luck. The following will be the detailed steps.

Step 1 Install and fire up the Sonos app on your phone, tablet or laptop.

Step 2 Set up your Sonos speakers on your Wi-Fi, following the steps in the app.

Step 3 Tap Add Music Services and select Spotify. (Make sure Control Sonos from Spotify is turned on in Settings.)

Step 4 Make sure your Sonos system and device using Spotify are on the same Wi-Fi network. Then fire up the Spotify app.

Step 5 Play a song and tap on the button marked Devices Available beneath the playback bar.

Step 6 Select a Sonos speaker and start listening.

2. Play Spotify Music on Sonos without Premium Account

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