Spotify Across Devices Using Different Accounts

Mohammed Brückner
6 min readJan 15, 2025

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One of the frequent hiccups when engaging with the music devices starts with having several Spotify accounts. Or even only several family members with different taste in music and able to stream in parallel on multiple Amazon Echo devices.

Have you ever wondered, as you stood amidst the Discworld, if the trolls could use Spotify? Okay, they probably would have no clue what that even means, but if they had it they’d probably still play very loud heavy metal songs, that’s how they are. For us mortals, using such mystical device — sorry, just a regular music service with different accounts across various talking gadgets — might be perplexing at first. Let us explore what we have before us with all the humor we can find, shall we? It involves, of course, understanding that those so called digital assistants are not tiny gnomes locked in a box, waiting for our bidding. Though one might wonder sometimes.

Let’s make no mistake about this. In a world where we command music from a device smaller than a well-worn book, the complexity can make a wizard blush. You may think it’s like summoning demons or brewing powerful potions. But relax, it is all rather mundane in fact.

Now, picture the scene, You’ve got your personal playlist with all your favorite folk tunes and the kids’ collection featuring catchy and annoying sing-along children songs. The challenge is in ensuring that when you yell at the device to “play some happy melodies,” the right thing pops out of the speakers. Otherwise, a quiet morning could quickly degrade into something not unlike a battlefield when you get loud children tunes during your yoga class. We don’t want such disturbances in the cosmic fabric of life. The basic issue can be boiled down to this: It’s less a matter of whether your digital friend knows what “Hedgehog in the Fog” means, but more that it actually checks its address book (so to speak).

Here is the thing with your music subscription: it is the key to access songs. Those devices can get confused sometimes. For example, consider that the Spotify account you use on your main phone is, different than the Spotify account you want to connect on the wizard — sorry assistant — device in the kitchen. In this situation, connecting the skill in an arbitrary way will get you to have random playlists all over the place! A recipe for musical chaos for certain.

The process of tying those accounts together on any specific gadget resembles, if anything, correctly identifying the correct pigeon for your message to make sure it lands at the correct destination. When you’re making such important links for each piece of wizard hardware make certain you have picked the right account! On your devices go to your accounts, find where the settings are, make a big deal about it. That small process helps you avoid getting the music from that “other” account in the device when you don’t want to.

Setting It Straight

So how might you pull this off in practice? Let us walk together into the mechanics behind the scene: First you need to grab your chosen device, the one where you want to listen to that relaxing guitar tunes that will mellow you. Have that device in the same hand, as you make sure you also know what the linked-in Spotify Account is on your mobile phone! Yes you need two devices in most cases — technology at work! Then look at that small software assistant thing in front of you. We can do a quick search for something like “Add Music services” or “Link my accounts” — those sorts of things, that will guide you to the desired outcome of hooking up everything together. We all love magic, however, this thing requires some specific rituals too — like following these simple setup rules.

Each one of those devices needs to be paired up and hooked in individually. If it helps imagine a bunch of lemmings lining up in order to receive an order — from their great leaders — each one needing its own set of instruction. Do not think, in all honesty, that that is totally wrong metaphor, and some software products often feels like being run by those furry creatures… So the moment to bind your account has come, do pay close attention! During the process you will be presented with different options. In that moment you want to make sure to chose wisely which musical access will end up being linked. Not just pick the most shiny icon. No, pay attention to the account you intend to actually use in that gadget. One thing to also look out: some setups want a complete password retype before finally linking, it’s never as straightforward as one may wish! The trick is to look carefully at those account details displayed, ensuring the correct Spotify account gets hitched up to that hardware gadget.

Consider this, for a moment: that device, when instructed to make music, does in fact not read your mind, as much as you would wish to be the case. The software reaches over into a far distant cloud and has a chat with those mysterious data centers. Those facilities hold millions of tracks of all imaginable kind of music. It is through the linkage and those settings you previously set, that device can start producing the precise melody requested. To summarize it for all, what it matters is a good connection and having configured correctly! And remember: if it doesn’t sound as it should… Well you now know where to look first!

Tales of Synchronization

Now let’s venture beyond the basic device connections. Let’s say, you do wish for multiple people to enjoy their own accounts. This can get tricky as a flock of geese, to be quite honest! With the proper configurations you might achieve a semblance of order and musical coherence across the whole house ( or the kingdom or whatever the physical space might be). Family plans or multiuser options are usually provided to sort this. Think about a team of dwarves who together organize the gold collection at the bottom of some vast mine — the goal being the proper distribution and usage and so on. In fact setting things up like that will avoid fights between everyone at your place! This usually involves, a bit more of digging deeper, in order to see how these various plans work together. Also, it never harms to pay attention at any software updates at your gadget. Yes, new version are normally meant to address existing problems, or add new magical options — this includes also connection between hardware, so watch out! It also avoids musical anomalies in a world that is becoming stranger by each and every single software update… And of course remember each individual connection must also be reviewed. For each device at your realm! Just to make everything flow in an efficient, and non chaotic, order! It never gets easier as it goes, does it?

And finally one last tip: consider labeling all your different gizmos. Just a small note saying what account is linked. Because there is no better moment than a quiet sunday, with the right music in the background… And I’m speaking for experience here. That small visual indicator will bring more order to all of us!

When it comes to handling accounts on such tech it resembles much like an ancient quest that involves understanding not just how each cog fits together, but which part belongs where! It’s an endless struggle against technology, sometimes it makes you wonder where is all this leading, where will technology take us? Still music makes the heart beats at an exact tempo, does it not? And with the proper accounts we can control, at least in this aspect of existence, our musical experience. And now: off you go into a life lived with proper musical equipment ready to go!

The wise person learns that what can be automated is not necessarily what should be automated. But let your musical choices never be the source of confusion, and if chaos should descend, take it in a stride and be ready for a journey! It will always bring you on the path to a better life!

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Mohammed Brückner
Mohammed Brückner

Written by Mohammed Brückner

Authored "IT is not magic, it's architecture", "The Office Adventure - (...) pen & paper gamebook" & more for fun & learning 👉 https://platformeconomies.com !

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