Spotify Through Sonos App


In the past, you have to upgrade your Spotify Free account to Premium if you want to play Spotify music on Sonos speakers through the Spotify app. But now, since the latest update, Sonos speakers start to support Free users to stream Spotify music on it. The reason for this change is that Spotify has 248 million monthly users and more than half of which stream Spotify music with a Free account. Sonos hopes to make Sonos speakers appealing to millions of Spotify Free users by adding to feature to support Spotify Free streaming.

Dec 08, 2016 Firstly, make sure you have the latest version of the Sonos app – the 7.0 version has the required update, and ensure Spotify is up-to-date. After launching Sonos, you should see a short animation. Spotify Free streams can be played through Sonos speakers directly from Spotify (using Spotify Connect) or via the Sonos app if you prefer, just like Spotify’s ad-free Premium accounts that.

Since the long-awaited feature added to Sonos speakers, both Spotify Premium users and Free users are allowed to play Spotify playlist directly from Spotify (using Spotify Connect) or via the Sonos app if you prefer. However, please note, you are limited to skip six songs per hour when listening to music with a Spotify Free account. But no worry, even the Spotify Free users are able to get rid of these limits as to enjoy Spotify music on Sonos like Spotify Premium users. Read on, below we are going to show you the detailed steps about how to stream Spotify music on Sonos speakers with or without Premium account.

How to Play Spotify Music on Sonos Speaker

Method 1: Play Spotify Music on Sonos Speaker Directly

You can control Sonos directly from the Spotify app, now we will show you how to do it.

Step 1Fire up Sonos app on your phone, tablet or laptop. Set up your Sonos speaker on your Wi-Fi, following the steps in the app.

Step 2Turn on the option of Control Sonos from Spotify in Settings, then tap Add Music Services and select Spotify.

Step 3Open Spotify app on your phone, tablet, or laptop, and please make sure the device using Spotify is connected on the same WI-Fi network with Sonos.

Step 4Play a song and tap Device Available at the bottom of Now Playing screen, then select your Sonos speaker and start listening.

  1. You can control Sonos directly from the Spotify app, now we will show you how to do it. Step 1 Fire up Sonos app on your phone, tablet or laptop. Set up your Sonos speaker on your Wi-Fi, following the steps in the app. Step 2 Turn on the option of Control Sonos from Spotify in Settings, then tap Add Music Services and select Spotify.
  2. Connecting with a Spotify Premium Account Open the Sonos app on your phone From the bottom of the screen, find the Settings tab and click it. This will open the Settings menu. Find the Services tab with a music-mic icon and click it. Scroll to the very bottom of the options until you come across.
  3. Most of the time, this concern is account-related, so we need to ensure that the Spotify account added to Sonos is the right account. You may also try to remove and re-add your Spotify account through the Sonos app, please see this article Add a music service to Sonos for more information.
  4. Open the Spotify app. Go to the Now Playing screen. At the bottom of the screen, tap Devices Available and select your Sonos speaker or group.

Method 2: Play Spotify Music on Sonos Speaker without Premium Account

For Spotify free users, even though you can listen to artists, playlists, and albums on Sonos speaker, you can only skip no more than six songs per hour. Additionally, Spotify free users cannot download music, which will make you cannot listen to the music on Sonos speaker in some circumstances. To resolve the problem, we would like to provide you another way to play Spotify music on Sonos speaker.

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First of all, we need a tool, called TunePat Spotify Converter, which can convert Spotify music to MP3, AAC, WAV, and FLAC format at 10X faster speed. It supports keeping the same level of audio quality as original music and saving the basic metadata information after conversion. The downloaded music can be played on any device including Sonos speaker or group. In the following article, we will show you how to use TunePat to convert Spotify music.

Key Features of TunePat Spotify Converter

TunePat Spotify Converter

  • Download Songs from Spotify.
  • Convert Spotify songs to MP3, AAC, WAC, or FLAC format.
  • Easily download songs from Spotify to the local computer.
  • Keep ID3 tags and preserve lossless audio quality.
  • No need to install the Spotify app; support 10X faster conversion speed.

Step 1Launch TunePat and Customize Output Settings

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Launch TunePat Spotify Converter on your computer, then click Settings button which shows as three horizontal lines at the upper left corner of the interface.

Step 2Add Spotify Songs to TunePat

Open one of playlists or albums and click Add button, TunePat will grab all the songs in the list, then select the songs you want to convert.

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Step 3Start Converting Spotify Music

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After selecting, directly click the Convert button to start converting, you will see the conversion processing of each song. Once finished, you can find the songs in Conversion History.

The songs are downloaded to your computer, now you just need to add the music files to Sonos speaker. Open Sonos app on your computer, go to 'Manage' > 'Music Library Settings', then click the 'Add' button, find the converted music and add to Sonos. After that, you can play Spotify music on Sonos without limiting.

Conclusion: Sonos allows people who use Spotify Premium and Spotify Free to stream music, but Spotify Free users don’t have the same right as Premium users. In this article, two methods are provided for people to play music on Sonos, especially the second one which is comparably affordable for people listening to music on Sonos.

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Note: The free trial version of the TunePat Spotify Converter enables you to convert the first three minutes of each song and convert 3 music files at a time. You can unlock the time limitation by purchasing the full version.

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Video Tutorial: How to Convert Spotify Music to MP3?

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