Routine to play radio plays Spotify instead

[christicles]

Recently we've had an issue where instead of playing the radio station set in the play radio step it will play an album/single from Spotify with a similar name. It's not every time, but it's happened at least 3 times in the last week. 

The routine is set to play radio with "BBC Radio 2" set as the text command, however it will sometimes now start paying and album on Spotify called "Live from BBC Radio 2" by First Aid.

[Ainsteinium]

This happened to me too and it started recently as well! Hope someone has a solution

[Naom1]

This is happening to me too and the beginning of that song is beginning to drive me INSANE

[Juni]

Hi folks,

Thanks for reaching out and letting us know about your routine concern. We'll work together to identify the cause of the problem and find a solution. A few questions: what Nest speaker or display do you own? Were there any recent changes made? Also, what troubleshooting steps have you taken so far?

Try to refresh your devices and observe if it makes a difference. First, reboot your Wi-Fi router, and once the network is back up, do the same thing to your Google Nest speaker.

Regards,

Juni

[JamieColclough]

Hi Juni,

I am having this exact same problem (even playing the same song!!)

I am using a Google Home Mini, Firmware version 384934

Restarting doesn't do anything.

Hopefully a reply to me will help the other people in this thread!

[Juni]

Hi JamieColclough,

Thanks for posting. You can delete the routine and create a similar one then observe if it makes a difference.

Keep me posted.

Best,

Juni

[JamieColclough]

Hi Juni,

I just did this and the same problem happened, so changing the routine doesn't fix anything.

Please suggest next steps.

Thanks,

Jamie 

[Jono16]

Also have exact same issue and restarting devices doesn’t change anything 

[Emay7]

We also have exact same issue with multiple routines. They play Spotify everytime instead of BBC Radio 1.

[JASCAD]

Have the same problem too and now media alarms are not possible its infuriating. Another reason to head to the alexa system i feel

[madeirabhoy]

did anyone ever find a solution (that didnt involve buying an alexa)

[Jono16]

I set custom command instead of play radio and wrote “play radio 4”. Has been working perfectly since 

[madeirabhoy]

thanks just tried it and it works

[pandawilks]

you are an absolute star!  WHY it doesn't work as media only Google knows but your suggestion worked perfectly.  Thank you!

[Donostio]

Me too. It's infuriating. 

One speaker only. 

To others don't need a routine to play radio 4. One Nest is playing a band called 'radio 4''s album on Spotify. 

I've tried a routine with radio outcome and free word outcome.

E.g. play BBC radio 4 on the BBC

Play BBC radio 4 on the BBC sounds app

Play BBC radio 4 live.

But it will only open the BBC sounds app, and /or continue playing the last podcast I had open. 

[christicles]

And almost like it's seasonal, it started doing it again this morning. Instead of streaming BBC Radio 2, my routine started playing "Live From BBC Radio 2" by the Artist First Aid Kit. Same routine that has been working for months playing BBC Radio 2  just randomly started playing Spotify instead, even though the Play Radio Command is the only thing being used.

[christicles]

Screenshots of the routine from this morning 

 

 

 

 

[pandawilks]

Bizarrely we have a very similar routine, playing BBC Radio 2, and it is working (currently!). The only difference is we do not use the radio function.  We just have it set up as an additional action and then in the action put 'PLAY BBC RADIO 2'.  Might be worth a go

[Sal1425]

Had the same issue where a R1 alarm would randomly turn into a Spotify playlist. Fix for me was to switch default music service to no default from Spotify. Seems my son playing music from his phone via Spotify may have changed this during the day. Only seems to happen when Spotify is selected as default. Can still select Spotify as I don’t remove the link just switch. Google home/settings/music. 

[Londonmagical21]

Just come on to find a solution for this for exactly the same reason with BBC Radio 2 - mine ends up playing some strange German band on Spotify instead. Some mornings it works fine others it does the random playlist.