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Spotify in Home Assistant

spotify part of Home Assistant since 0.43

Cloud, polling Set up in the user interface

Spotify is an official Home Assistant integration for Media player. Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Cloud, polling – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Online service
Installations
33,053 (4.8 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Media player
Provides
Diagnostics, Media player
Maintained by
@frenck, @joostlek
Python packages
spotifyaio==2.0.2

Setup

  1. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  2. Click "Add integration" and search for Spotify.
  3. Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.

Add to my Home Assistant

The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Matching add-ons

Add-ons that declare a connection to this integration in their own configuration.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Script Spotify Select Player ♥ 2 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

9 open issues and 4 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Spotify in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.9.0.

Open

  • open Reported problem #165877 since March 18, 2026 · 3 reactions · 5 comments · #165877
  • open Reported problem #159761 since December 25, 2025 · 2 reactions · 5 comments · #159761
  • open Reported problem #163711 since February 21, 2026 · 1 reaction · 6 comments · #163711
  • open Reported problem #165116 since March 8, 2026 · 1 reaction · 5 comments · #165116
  • open Reported problem #176784 since July 18, 2026 · 0 reactions · 4 comments · #176784
  • open Reported problem #181964 since September 11, 2026 · 0 reactions · 2 comments · #181964
  • open Reported problem #181111 since September 2, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #181111
  • open Reported problem #177215 since July 25, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #177215

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 14, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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