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!