Sadly the M3 does not support Spotify Connect.

And even sader - you can not expand the session/join in on the M3, when Spotify Connect is used on another product/the M3.

Why this is so, I don’t know.

Is that on purpose from B&O.....leaving Spotify (Connect) users in the rain, or?

Only way(s) to use the A9/M3 combo with Spotify is to use ChromeCast and make a group or to use AirPlay 2.....

.....which joth leads us totally out of the Bang & Olufsen app interface.

Funny - because you can Join-in from a NL tv with no problems, and these does not support Spotify Connect either.

P.S. Even worse - it is rumoured the the BS Edge will not have support for Spotify Connect either 🤔😏🙄

MM

I must correct myself.

There is one more way to do it - which let us use the B&O app/NL to some extend.

If you have activated the ‘Use AirPlay in NL’ function in the settings of the A9, you can do it.

Then you can AirPlay from Spotify to the A9 and join in on the M3.

This is - in my eyes - is a workaround. Good, but not as good as using the original Spotify Connect version.

And it involves the device, that is sending the stream (it has to be active) - whereas Connect lets the device fetch the stream.

MM

Yeah... its strange isn´t ...

One usecase would be to wakeup the M3 (palying Spotify) in the bedroom, and then join that experience on A9. That will not be possble then.

Would be cumbersome to use the phone.

The other usecase would be to start Spotify in the A9a and join M3 to that experience. That will not be possible either, right? 

No, there are only the above three ways to do it.

Here - from my setup.

Spotify Connect version is playing on my Essence 2nd gen.

I can add my tv’s, but not my M3.

P.S. If this is really important to you, you will have to go for the M5 (which is much, much better anyway).

But it would be nice to hear an official statement for not adding Spotify Connect to the M3.

MM

I bet Chromecast and Airplay 2 will be the way forward also for coming products. Guess B&O do not trust in continued support for Connect from Spotify. Maybe they even pay royalty to Spotify? 

But that would mean a goodbye to the Bang & Olufsen app.

Why should we need that, then?

Well, maybe for setting up the products ;-)

MM

Millemissen wrote:

But that would mean a goodbye to the Bang & Olufsen app.

Why should we need that, then?

Well, maybe for setting up the products ;-)

MM

Yes, for Spotify users I would agree. Not much use for the app.

For others (like myself) using Deezer , DLNA and so on, the app is still relevant.

/C

Yes, of course....talking about Spotify user - but there are many out there.

MM