Spotify Connect Free Sonos

About two days ago (Aug 8th 2019), Spotify no longer connects to my Sonos speakers. This has been working up until then. Logged in to Spotify, I see my Sonos speakers, try to connect and nothing happens. Using Apple phone, Windows 10 Surface. Removed the Spotify service on Sonos and re. The process is a bit different for Bose and Sonos speakers, which instead use Spotify Connect via the Spotify app to stream music, but the end result of free ad-supported music is exactly the same. As far as Bose and Sonos smart speakers and soundbars are concerned, Spotify Free can now be cast to the speakers using the Spotify Connect casting technology, Spotify didn’t make clear whether.

partnership reached between Spotify and Sonos means you do not need to listen to their songs via the dedicated Sonos app, but use Spotify app instead to control your Sonos sound systems directly. But this connection is only available for Spotify Premium subscribers, and the limited beta version is available for any Sonos owner.


So how can you play Spotify music on Sonos if you are free users or just want to keep Spotify music playable after the cancellation of subscription? Here just take a look at how to play Spotify music on Sonos speakers directly through Premium subscription, and the useful tips to keep Spotify music playable if you are free user.

Method 1: Play Spotify Music Straightly to Your Sonos Speaker

Method 2: Play Spotify Music on Sonos If You Are Free User

Method 1: Play Spotify Music Straightly to Your Sonos Speaker

It is super easy to set up as the steps below.

Step 1 Launch Sonos app on your phone if you have installed it (https://www.sonos.com/en-us/controller-app), and set up Sonos speakers on your Wi-Fi by following the steps in the app.

Step 2 Tap 'Add Music Service' button and select 'Spotify' and please make sure that Control Sonos from Spotify is turned on in Settings.

Step 3 Launch Spotify Music app on your mobile phone, computer or tablet. And please make sure that your devices opening Spotify are connected the same Wi-Fi with Sonos system.

Step 4Play a song on Spotify and select Devices Available, then select Sonos speaker and start listening.

Method 2: Play Spotify Music on Sonos If You Are Free User

As we mentioned before, the connection between Spotify service and Sonos speakers is only available for Spotify Premium subscribers, even though the limited beta version is provided. As the most popular paid streaming music service, free user has no authority to download music as local files, but there is a solution available to make the Spotify music as local files, then you can easily play Spotify music on Sonos Speakers.


Here Sidify Music Converter is your saver to make this happen and it is specially developed for Windows and Mac users to losslessly convert Spotify music to the plain audio formats as MP3, AAC, WAV and FLAC at 5X faster speed. If you have added multiple songs on your Spotify music library, just turn to Sidify Music Converter to download them to your local folder. Furthermore, all the ID3 tags and metadata will be preserved to help you organize music library.


Here we will show you how to download Spotify music to formats as MP3, AAC, WAV or FLAC on Windows PC and stream the converter Spotify music on Sonos for playback. And you could perform the same operation on Mac.

Step 1 Launch Sidify Music Converter on PC

Download and install Sidify Music Converter on PC, then launch it. And Spotify Music app will be launched automatically.

Step 2 Add Spotify Music to Sidify Music Converter

Just go to Spotify Music app and search for the music or playlists you want to download, then right-click it and click 'Share' to copy the music URL.

Then you can click on button on Sidify Music Converter to paste the music URL. Or you can Drag & drop a song or a playlist from Spotify to Sidify directly.

Click 'OK' to finish importing Spotify music. And you continue the same steps to add more Spotify music for batch downloading.

Step 3 Customize the Output Setting

You can click on button to choose the output formats (MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC), output quality and conversion mode. To help you organize the music library after finishing downloading, Sidify program supports saving the output audio into Artist, Album, Artist/Album or Album/Artist folder for meeting various user's needs.

Step 4 Start Download Spotify Music to the Format You Chosen

Now, you can start downloading Spotify music to the audio format you choose by clicking 'Convert' button. And you can click on 'Converted' button to find the output files after the dowloading process completed.

Now just import the Spotify music you downloaded by Sidify Music Converter to Spotify Music app or other music apps supported by Sonos like Google Play Music, Amazon Music etc, then pick a song and hit play via Sonos speaker in your room. Just choose what to play, where to play, and how loud in one room or all over home.

Note : The free trial version of Sidify Music Converter enables us to convert 3-minute sample to evaluate the final outcome for each audio file, you can unlock the time limitation by purchasing the full version.

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Play Spotify Music on Sonos with Spotify Premium Account

/if-i-have-a-hulu-is-spotify-free.html. Spotify, as the most popular streaming music service, can be easily set up with Sonos as long as you are using Spotify Premium. To get Sonos and Spotify Premium playing together, install both the Sonos and Alexa apps in your mobile phone, then link your Spotify account in both of them, and set Spotify as your default music service.

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To get started, go to 'Settings' in the menu of your Alexa app, scroll to 'Accounts' and select 'Music & Media', select 'Choose default music services', choose Spotify under 'Default music library' and tap done.

As longs as your Sonos system and mobile phone are using same Wifi connection, you can now play Spotify music on Sonos by following the simple steps. Open your Spotify app on your phone, tablet or computer, play a song and select Devices Available and select a Sonos speaker to start listening.

Play Spotify Music on Sonos with Spotify Free Account & Spotify Music Converter

Many Sonos users who are also using Spotify Free find that Spotify music can't be played on Sonos with a free account. Many questions and complaints were found on both Sonos and Spotify communities.

User Sean_39 asked: Is there anyway to stream Spotify without upgrading to a 'premium' Spotify account?
Maybe I just missed it in the sales literature and my pre-purchase research..but I'm surprised (disappointed really) to find out during Sonos installation that it requires a 'premium' spotify account to stream spotify content in Sonos. Are there any workarounds? Thank you.

User jmed999 asked: Do I need Spotify Premium to play Spotify songs on my Sonos?
The payment method for my Spotify premium service expired and I didn't change it because I just want the free Spotify version. Now I'm trying to play my Spotify playlist in the Sonos app. It keeps saying ..
'Spotify on Sonos requires a Spotify Premium Account. Upgrade at..'
Is it true? Do I need a premium acct to play Spotify on Sonos now?

To solve such a problem, you can download Spotify tracks and save as local MP3 or M4A files you can play on Sonos. Fortunately, TuneMobie Spotify Music Converter is right here for you.

TuneMobie Spotify Music Converter can easily download Spotify songs, albums and playlists to PC or Mac, save as MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC with ID3 tags and 100% original audio quality kept in only a few clicks. Spotify Music Converter is very easy-to-use and fully compatible with latest Windows 10 and macOS Catalina.

To download Spotify music with Spotify Free and play downloaded songs on Sonos, simply follow the steps below.

Step 1: Launch TuneMobie Spotify Music Converter

Launch Spotify Music Converter and Spotify application will be automatically opened as well. Please keep running Spotify when using Spotify Music Converter

Step 2: Add Your Favorite Spotify Songs, Albums or Playlists

You can use drag & drop or copy & paste to add Spotify songs, albums or playlists. With Spotify and the converter opened in the same screen, drag any songs, albums or playlists from Spotify and drop on the converter. Or right-click on the songs, albums and playlist to get corresponding link, then paste to the search bar in the bottom of the program.

Spotify Music Converter will immediately detect the songs and pop up a dialog to ask you to choose what songs to download. By default, all the songs in the album or playlist will be checked.

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Step 3: Choose Audio Format for Sonos

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Spotify Music Converter can download Spotify tracks as MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC. According to Sonos support center, Sonos supported audio formats are MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF and WAV. As WAV only supported limited metadata and FLAC may take up lots of storage, we recommend you use MP3 or M4A for Sonos.

Step 4: Start Downloading Spotify Music with Free Account

Now, simply click Convert button to start downloading Spotify music to computer as MP3 or M4A. Spotify Music Converter will preserve all ID3 tags like song title, album, artist, artwork, etc. After downloading, you can click History button and open the output folder to locate output songs.

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Step 5: Add Downloaded Spotify Songs to Sonos Controller App

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Download the Sonos Desktop Controller App for Mac or PC and install it on the computer, launch it after installation, from the 'Manage' menu, select 'Music Library Settings', click + (plus) on a Mac or 'Add' on Windows to add the output folder you set in Spotify Music Converter. Depending on the size of your downloaded Spotify songs, it may take a few minutes to finish. Once downloaded Spotify songs are imported, you can play them on Sonos without any limitation.

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If you are a Spotify free user and have got Sonos sound system, and want to enjoy Spotify music on Sonos, Spotify Music Converter is absolutely the best helper. Download the free trial version to have a try now.