MI Box Oreo + Google Assistant and problem with Spotify music

by melgurth

Hi.

With Oreo update comes support for Google Assistant.
Generally it is working fine but I have problem with launching music from Spotify .
I have Spotify App installed and Spotify account is linked with Google Assistant .

When I ask Google Assistant "play XYZ on spotify" - it displays and speaks confirmation like "ok, playing XYZ on spotify" ...

... but nothing happens.

Anyone have similar problem? Maybe is there some known solution for this?

Camelfrog

Have you opened up the spotify app first?

I found it had to be opened once and then everything works.

ajwongy

I'm facing something similar on my Mibox. After the latest system upgrade, the same thing happens to me with Spotify and TuneIn. It doesn't even open the app.
It just says "ok, playing XYZ on spotify" or "streaming station on TuneIN Radio", but nothing happens. Before the upgrade it still worked. I tried factory resetting the device a few times, and it seems to work fine at first, but then I get the problem again after an hour or so. Wonder if there's something in the background that's causing this to happen. Opening the app first doesn't seem to help.

The OS is Android Oreo 8.0. Google app for Android TV (Android TV) 3.4.1.204310203

Anybody else have that issue?