How to Add Spotify to a Roku Device

Stream your favorite Spotify playlist on Roku with a few easy steps

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by Fionna Agomuoh
Fionna Agomuoh is a former freelance contributor to Lifewire. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, International Business Times, and others.
Updated June 24, 2019

Installing or reinstalling Spotify on your Roku device or Roku TV is very simple. Both paid Spotify subscribers and free users can install the updated app on to their Roku devices. Read on you learn the different methods of adding Spotify to a Roku device.

All Roku TVs and Roku streaming devices with the model number 3600 or higher are compatible with the new Spotify app. Roku devices running Roku OS 9 or Roku TVs running OS 8.2 can use these installation methods.

How to Add Spotify From Your Roku Device

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. Search for and select Streaming Channels from your Roku home screen.

    Roku Streaming Channels
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  2. Search for the Spotify app.

  3. Select the Spotify app, then select add channel.

  4. Enter your PIN, if prompted.

  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 device or TV, you can easily navigate to it from your remote and stream music, music videos, and other content on the app.

    You can even use Roku Connect to link the Spotify app to your Roku TV from another device, such as a smartphone.

  8. That's it!

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.

    Roku mobile app
    Roku

  2. Search for "Spotify" or browse the Channel Store to find the Spotify app.

    You can find Spotify under the Music, Most Watched, or New & Notable categories.

  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.

    If the app doesn't show up on your home page after installing from your phone, check to see if your Roku device requires an update and install the latest software. To check for an update on the Roku, go to Settings > System > System update.

  6. That's it!