Roku devices got support for Spotify years ago, but lost it in 2017 due to technical issues. That’s about to change, though, as Roku pushes out Roku OS 9, which will include Spotify support, according to the release notes. Not all Roku devices will get the support, but the ones that do will be able to access both the free service and Spotify Premium.
The company published its Roku OS 9 release notes today, saying that the software is currently rolling out to its wireless speakers, streaming devices, and smart TVs. A variety of changes come with the new software, including the addition of Automatic Volume Leveling for certain models, improvements to performance, and more.
The Spotify channel on Roku is old and clunky, but it still is highly usable. The casting app on AFTV is not, and AFTV's premium add-on for Spotify is barely usable. That said, I would love for Spotify to update the Roku channel (and the AFTV app while they're at it). Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs. Spotify is all the music you’ll ever need. Listening is everything - Spotify. On a supported Roku ® streaming player or Roku TV ™, Spotify lets you discover, manage and share over 35 million songs for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including improved sound quality and ad-free listening. Once Spotify is installed on your Roku device, you can control music playback using your Roku.
- Spotify Roku Update Option. The Spotify Roku update option lets you update the app for streaming the latest music tracks.Before you start performing the update, make sure that the internet connection you are using is active. Spotify, the best Roku music channel that provides you access to a wide variety of music tracks.Start streaming the new releases and have a wonderful streaming experience.
- Many channels on the Roku platform are developed and maintained by the channel provider directly, and they'll be able to best assist. If other channels are working correctly, and you only experience this issue on the Spotify channel (app), that is likely an indication that the issue lies within that particular channel.
- My only pet peeve about Roku is the fact that the YouTube TV app will keep using bandwidth and play in the background forever, even after you fall asleep or switch inputs. I noticed that Roku will go into 'idle' mode on my network and not hog bandwidth if I manually close the app. If I leave it open it will draw 10mbps until I stop it.
Nestled within the release notes is a bit about Spotify; the company reveals that some Roku devices will regain Spotify support with this update. Both free users and Spotify Premium customers will be able to access their favorite music from the service using their Roku device.
The new ability will be present in Roku OS 9 and will include support for the Roku remote and launching through Spotify Connect (via a tablet, laptop, etc). Once someone with a supported device gets the Roku OS 9 update, the company says they’ll be able to find the Spotify app within the Roku channel store; it’ll be listed under “music.”
Spotify will also be supported on Roku TV models that are running software version 8.2, according to the company. The full list of Roku streaming devices receiving the OS 9 update are below:
Roku Streaming Players – 4661X, 4660X, 4640X, 4630X, 4620X, 4400X, 4230X, 4210X, 4200X, 3921X, 3920X, 3910X, 3900X, 3810X, 3800X, 3710X, 3700X, 3600X, 3500X, 3420X, 3400X, 3100X, 3050X, 3000X, 2720X, 2710X, 2700X, 2500X, 2450X, 2400X. Roku TV – All Roku TV models are expected to receive Roku OS 9
SOURCE: Roku
“Can I get Spotify on Roku TV now? I know that previously Roku TV had the support of Spotify. However, Roku removed Spotify from its streaming boxes in December 2017. Is there any information on when Spotify will return to Roku? When will Spotify going to be available on Roku again? How do you get Spotify on Roku TV? Do I need to download Spotify songs for Roku TV or can I directly get Spotify on Roku now? Please show me how to do this.”
Such questions are not rare on both Roku and Spotify communities. People who listen to Spotify a lot have the needs of streaming Spotify songs over Roku TV. If you happen to wonder how to get Spotify on Roku, this guide would be exactly what you need. We would like to provide effective solutions to help you listen to Spotify songs over Roku TV.
Part 1: Brief Introduction to Spotify and Roku
It’s necessary to know what Spotify and Roku are before we could go any further. As one of the biggest online streaming services, Spotify provides millions of music, podcasts and audiobooks of artists all over the world to worldwide customers. It has both Free and Premium subscription services, both of which enable you to browse and search desired music, create stations and playlists, get recommendations from custom features like Discover Weekly, see what your friends and others are listening to, etc. The differences between Free plan and Premium plan lie in that the Free plan comes with ads, while the Premium plan has ads-free streaming service, allows you to set Spotify songs into Offline Mode for offline listening on no more than 3 devices, but costs you $9.99 per month. Spotify is now available on multiple platforms via Spotify Connect feature.
On the other hand, simply put, Roku allows you to watch free and paid video content on your TV via the Internet. TV and Movie streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Sling TV, YouTube and more are loaded on the Roku similar to how apps are loaded onto a smartphone. Roku TV delivers the best smart TV experience on the market, with a simple, responsive user interface, thousands of apps and constant feature upgrades.
Previously, Roku had Spotify included. However, in 2017, Roku removed support for Spotify, which had brought quite great inconvenience. The latest news from Roku officials is that since October 31st, 2018, the world’s most popular music streaming service made its highly anticipated return to Roku players and Roku TVs. Therefore, you could now actually directly get Spotify on Roku TV. In the below content, we would like to show you different ways to get Spotify on Roku TV.
Part 2: How to Add Spotify onto Roku TV
As mentioned above, you could now actually add Spotify on your Roku TV easily. Installing or reinstalling Spotify on Roku TV is very simple. Both paid Spotify subscribers and free users can install the updated app on to their Roku devices. The below steps would show you how to get Spotify on Roku app and device respectively.
1. How to Add Spotify From Your Roku Device
To stream Spotify over Roku TV now, you can use your Roku remote for a device or your TV remote for a Roku TV to navigate your Roku and install the Spotify app from the Roku Channel Store.
1. On your Roku home screen, search for and select Streaming Channels.
2. Search for the Spotify app.
3. Select the Spotify app, then select “add channel”.
4. Enter your PIN if you are asked to.
5. Select “add channel” again to confirm.
6. The newly added Spotify app will be at the bottom of your channel list.
7. Once Spotify is on your Roku TV, you can easily navigate to it from your remote and stream music, music videos, and other content on the app.
You could see how easy it is to add Spotify from the Roku devices now.
2. How to Add Spotify from the Roku App
You can also use the Roku mobile app to install Spotify. Any changes you make from the mobile app should automatically show up on your TV home screen.
1. Open the Roku app on your smartphone and select Channel Store.
2. Search for 'Spotify' or browse the Channel Store to find the Spotify app.
3. Select the Spotify app, then select add channel.
4. Enter your PIN, if prompted.
5. With your Roku remote, go to the Roku home page on your TV to find the newly added Spotify app at the bottom of your channel list.
The operations are quite similar for adding Spotify app from Roku devices and Roku app. No matter you are a free or Premium subscriber, you could easily stream Spotify songs over Roku TV as you like.
As mentioned above, Spotify Free plan streams with ads, while Spotify Premium plan streams without ads but costs $9.99 per month. Is there any way to get Spotify songs onto Roku TV without listening to the ads and paying $9.99 per month? Check the below solutions.
Part 3: How to Get Spotify onto Roku TV with Leawo Prof. DRM
Leawo Prof. DRM, which features with a professional Spotify DRM removal and Spotify music downloader, could help you easily download and convert Spotify music to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, FLAC files, so that you could then freely import the downloaded Spotify songs to Roku TV as you usually do for importing local files to Roku TV for playback for unlimited ads-free offline listening, no matter you are using Spotify Free or Spotify Premium plan.
Download and install Leawo Prof. DRM on your computer. The below steps would show you how to download and convert Spotify songs for streaming over Roku TV.
Note: You need to download and install Spotify app on your computer. Make sure you have logged in with your Spotify ID account and password.
Step 1: Open Leawo Spotify DRM Remover
Launch Leawo Prof. DRM and then click the “Spotify DRM Remover” option. Spotify app would then be automatically launched or relaunched.
Step 2: Add Spotify music to Spotify DRM Remover
Then, directly drag and drop Spotify songs to Spotify DRM Remover for downloading and converting.
Or, you could also copy and paste the URL of Spotify playlist or album for downloading directly. Just click “Add Files” button, copy and paste URL of Spotify playlist or song here and then click “OK” button.
Step 3: Set output format and audio quality
Click the pencil icon in each loaded Spotify music title to enter the “Edit” panel. You could then choose output format from MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, etc. in the “Format” box and adjust audio parameters including Channel, Sample Rate, and Bit rate. Click “Apply to All” button afterwards for time saving.
Step 4: Set output directory
After setting output format and parameters, set output directory in the “Output” box to save final downloaded Spotify music files.
Step 5: Start to download and convert Spotify songs
Finally, press the blue button “Convert” at the bottom right to start to download Spotify music and convert Spotify songs to DRM-free audio files.
The DRM removal happens in the background. After the downloading and conversion completes, you could then transfer the downloaded Spotify songs to Roku TV for unlimited ads-free offline streaming.
Besides acting as a Spotify DRM Remover to download and convert Spotify songs to DRM-free audio files, Leawo Prof. DRM is also a comprehensive DRM removal and converter tool that could help you convert iTunes DRM M4V video to DRM-free MP4 video, convert iTunes DRM M4P music to DRM-free MP3 file, convert iTunes/Audible audiobooks to DRM-free audiobooks, and convert eBooks from Kindle, Kobo and Adobe Digital Edition.
Part 4: How to Get Spotify to Roku TV with TunesKit Spotify Music Downloader
Besides, you could also try TunesKit Spotify Music Downloader to download and convert Spotify songs to DRM-free audio files for Roku TV or other Roku devices you have. TunesKit Spotify Music Downloader is quite similar to Leawo Prof. DRM in Spotify music downloading and converting. It could also help you remove DRM protection upon Spotify songs, download Spotify songs and then convert Spotify songs to DRM-free audio files for streaming over Roku TV freely.
The below steps would show you how to download and convert Spotify songs for Roku TV and other Roku devices.
1. After launching TunesKit Spotify Converter, it will load Spotify app automatically on your computer. Then log into your Spotify account and browse the store to find out the songs or playlists you want to download. Drag them to TunesKit main window.
2. Navigate to top menu - Preferences to select the output format from AAC, M4A, MP3, M4B, FLAC and WAV.
3. Meanwhile, on the same interface, customize the output audio quality, including codec, bit rate, sample rate, conversion speed, etc.
4. Then, set the output directory at the bottom in the 'Output' drop-down box.
5. Now click Convert button at the bottom right to let the program begin to download the Spotify tracks.
After downloading and converting Spotify songs, now you could freely add Spotify to Roki TV or other devices in the way as you usually do. Then, you will be able to listen to Spotify songs on Roku TV freely.
Spotify Roku App
Part 5: A Comparison between Above Solutions
Spotify Roku App Update Android
The below table would show you the differences and features of the 3 solutions mentioned above.
Spotify Roku App
Leawo Prof. DRM | TunesKit Spotify Music Downloader | Spotify app on Roku | |
Play Spotify music over Roku | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Play Spotify music over other speakers | Yes | Yes | No |
Download and convert Spotify music | Yes | Yes | No |
Convert iTunes DRM video, music and audiobooks | Yes | No | No |
Convert Audible audiobooks | Yes | No | No |
Convert eBooks from Kindle | Yes | No | No |
Convert eBooks from Kobo | Yes | No | No |
Convert eBooks from Adobe Digital Editions | Yes | No | No |
Retain subtitles and audio tracks for iTunes videos | Yes | No | No |
Select audio parameters | Yes | Yes | No |
Download and install | Yes | Yes | yes |