Google routines no longer recognising my Spotify requests

[laurenjy26]

for months now I've had issues with my daily routines suddenly not playing the requested Spotify playlists, instead I am getting songs that have vaguely similar titles to the playlist I requested. this is not a voice issue, I'm predominantly having this problem with the routine function as set up on my phone! I've had these routines for years and have never had an issue before, all of a sudden now nothing is working! I've tried changing playlist names, resetting and rebooting my devices, and even uninstalling both Spotify and google and nothing is making a difference! this is these devices main function for me: if I can't use them for this then there's no point in my using them at all ! please help fix this I can't wake up to random drum and bass music any more !!!

[Jimh23]

I'm having the same issue. Something has broken in the API call between Google Home automation and Spotify, something which I have been using since 2020. It's been breaking regularly for a while now but Google doesn't care in the slightest.

[Anarchocommi]

Same. For the last month or so, my Google Nest Mini has stopped playing the Spotify playlists in my morning routines, and I’ve seen countless threads on here discussing this. This makes my Google Nest Mini obsolete not only because this is the only reason I use it, but also because it ruins my Spotify taste profile because now it doesn’t play my routine playlists which were excluded from my taste profile.

Device: Google Nest Mini

Country: United States

Purchased: United States

Voice command: None

Automation ‘What music would you like to play?’: “xxxxxxxxxx summer routine”

Saying “hey Google play ‘xxxxxxxx summer routine’ playlist” also doesn’t work

The playlists used to be just called ‘podcast routine’ and ‘summer wake up routine’ and those stopped working.

I ensured that the Google account linked to the speaker is the same one on my phone.

I offloaded and reloaded the Google Home app to clear the cache.

I unlinked and relinked Spotify as my default service.

I had recently turned off the microphone on the Nest so I re-enabled it to see if that would fix it but it didn’t.

I reset and repaired the speaker, which caused it to update in the process, but this didn’t fix it either.

My Google Home app is up to date.

I filled out the contact form today.

Technical information

System firmware version: 468362

Cast firmware: 3.75.468362