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In the past, you have to upgrade your Spotify Free account to Premium if you want to play Spotify music on Sonos speakers through the Spotify app. But now, since the latest update, Sonos speakers start to support Free users to stream Spotify music on it. The reason for this change is that Spotify has 248 million monthly users and more than half of which stream Spotify music with a Free account. Sonos hopes to make Sonos speakers appealing to millions of Spotify Free users by adding to feature to support Spotify Free streaming.

Since the long-awaited feature added to Sonos speakers, both Spotify Premium users and Free users are allowed to play Spotify playlist directly from Spotify (using Spotify Connect) or via the Sonos app if you prefer. However, please note, you are limited to skip six songs per hour when listening to music with a Spotify Free account. But no worry, even the Spotify Free users are able to get rid of these limits as to enjoy Spotify music on Sonos like Spotify Premium users. Read on, below we are going to show you the detailed steps about how to stream Spotify music on Sonos speakers with or without Premium account.

How to Play Spotify Music on Sonos Speaker

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The Sonos app now has a new design for browsing Spotify that makes it more consistent with the actual Spotify app. Sonos says Spotify Free joins the 100+ streaming services available on Sonos.

You can control Sonos directly from the Spotify app, now we will show you how to do it.

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Step 1Fire up Sonos app on your phone, tablet or laptop. Set up your Sonos speaker on your Wi-Fi, following the steps in the app.

Step 2Turn on the option of Control Sonos from Spotify in Settings, then tap Add Music Services and select Spotify.

Step 3Open Spotify app on your phone, tablet, or laptop, and please make sure the device using Spotify is connected on the same WI-Fi network with Sonos.

Step 4Play a song and tap Device Available at the bottom of Now Playing screen, then select your Sonos speaker and start listening.

For Spotify free users, even though you can listen to artists, playlists, and albums on Sonos speaker, you can only skip no more than six songs per hour. Additionally, Spotify free users cannot download music, which will make you cannot listen to the music on Sonos speaker in some circumstances. To resolve the problem, we would like to provide you another way to play Spotify music on Sonos speaker.

First of all, we need a tool, called TunePat Spotify Converter, which can convert Spotify music to MP3, AAC, WAV, and FLAC format at 10X faster speed. It supports keeping the same level of audio quality as original music and saving the basic metadata information after conversion. The downloaded music can be played on any device including Sonos speaker or group. In the following article, we will show you how to use TunePat to convert Spotify music.

Key Features of TunePat Spotify Converter

TunePat Spotify Converter

• Download Songs from Spotify.
• Convert Spotify songs to MP3, AAC, WAC, or FLAC format.
• Easily download songs from Spotify to the local computer.
• Keep ID3 tags and preserve lossless audio quality.
• No need to install the Spotify app; support 10X faster conversion speed.

Step 1Launch TunePat and Customize Output Settings

Launch TunePat Spotify Converter on your computer, then click Settings button which shows as three horizontal lines at the upper left corner of the interface.

Step 2Add Spotify Songs to TunePat

Open one of playlists or albums and click Add button, TunePat will grab all the songs in the list, then select the songs you want to convert.

Step 3Start Converting Spotify Music

After selecting, directly click the Convert button to start converting, you will see the conversion processing of each song. Once finished, you can find the songs in Conversion History.

The songs are downloaded to your computer, now you just need to add the music files to Sonos speaker. Open Sonos app on your computer, go to 'Manage' > 'Music Library Settings', then click the 'Add' button, find the converted music and add to Sonos. After that, you can play Spotify music on Sonos without limiting.

Conclusion: Sonos allows people who use Spotify Premium and Spotify Free to stream music, but Spotify Free users don’t have the same right as Premium users. In this article, two methods are provided for people to play music on Sonos, especially the second one which is comparably affordable for people listening to music on Sonos.

Note: The free trial version of the TunePat Spotify Converter enables you to convert the first three minutes of each song and convert 3 music files at a time. You can unlock the time limitation by purchasing the full version.

Sonos Is A Great Sound System for Enjoy Streaming Music Services like Spotify

Sonos may be the most powerful wireless home sound system you can use for now. With built-in Amazon Alexa support, you can easily use your voice to play and control songs, playlists, radio stations, etc., fill your home with rich and crystal clear sound for music, TV, movies, video games, podcasts, audiobooks and radio using the incredible sounding speakers. Sonos has established good business relationships with more than 50 streaming music services all over the world, including Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Tidal, SoundCloud and more.

Play Spotify Music on Sonos with Spotify Premium Account

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.

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

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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.

Step 3: Choose Audio Format for Sonos

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

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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.

Step 5: Add Downloaded Spotify Songs to Sonos Controller App

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.