Zumo 396 LMT-S and Spotify

[destes]

Hello,

I'm looking for someone that has actually used the 396 LMT-S with Spotify. Specifically, I'd like to know how much control you have over playlists on Spotify. Can I change playlists or select an album on the Garmin unit? I currently have the non -S version and I can listen to music from the phone, but can only start/pause/stop music on the Garmin unit itself. So instead, I currently use the Spotify Car Thing to control Spotify so I can keep my phone in my pocket. The issue is that come December, Spotify is discontinuing support for the Car Thing and they're going to actually brick the unit so it'll no longer works. I'm thinking about switching to the -S version, but if' it doesn't give me access to playlists or albums, then I don't see a reason to switch and I'll have to figure out another workaround. Thanks for your help.

[jfheath]

Welcome to the forums !

I cannot speak for your 396, but the spotify app is present on the Zumo 595, and at some point it stopped working - either after an upgrade from Spotify or an upgrade from Garmin. It was never fixed. But it will still control playlists that are playing on spotify through the play, pause, skip forward and skip back. It will also control stop - but that leaved the dilemma of how to get it going again !

Hopefully someone with the 396 will be able to provide a much better answer.

[jfheath]

I just looked back at this - its been 2 years since this was last discussed - as far as I can see.

So I experimented. The Spotify App on the 595 still fails to work - but someone in the thread below asked a question - 'I wonder if it is an Apple vs Android' Issue. The couple of replies came from Android people. So I tried it with my Ipad connected.

And that worked perfectly OK - just as I remember that it used to with Android.

That link is here. viewtopic.php?t=1778&start=20 - pointing to my recent reply.


I know you have a 396 - but that device came out about the same time as the 595 as slightly less expensive alternative. There will be other differences, but the Spotify App is likely similar.