Companion App

If a device has a companion app, follow these design rules carefully to be certified by Spotify. 


Your companion app must include the Spotify Connect instructions.

The elements that need to be shown in this view are:

1. The Spotify logo
2. The line Ready to play some music? Listen on your speakers or TV, using the Spotify app as a remote 
The translation of this line to other languages can be downloaded here.
3. A learn more link to the URL spotify.com/connect.
4. A button saying OPEN SPOTIFY APP or GET SPOTIFY FREE. Here are the linking guideline and translations:

• If the user has Spotify installed, this button should say Open Spotify App and be linked to open Spotify app.
• If the user doesn’t have Spotify app yet, this button should say Get Spotify Free and link to a store where they can download Spotify.
• The translation of these lines to other languages can be downloaded here

If your device supports a Spotify voice integration, you must include these additional instructions:


Use your voice to control Spotify. Ask <voice assistant> to play your favourite playlists, artists and genres. For example, just say, <wakeword>, play Today’s Top Hits.

The translation of this line to other languages can be downloaded here.

When Spotify is playing on the device, it must always be correctly attributed with the Spotify logo. If the app supports “now playing” views, you must follow the below requirements.

There are five main elements that can appear in this view as shown in the graph below: the Spotify logo, the metadata, the cover artwork, a progress bar, a play/pause button.

1. Spotify logo

The Spotify logo has two parts: its round icon and the wordmark “Spotify”. When showing the Spotify logo, please be mindful of the “exclusion zone”, or margins around the logo. The downloadable logo file and the detailed logo guideline can be found here.

1. If there is enough screen real easte, please always show the full logo with its round icon and its workmark.
2. If the space doesn’t allow the display of a full logo, it is ok to only show the round icon.
3. The smallest round Spotify icon accepted is 42x42px including the exlusion zone. If space is smaller than this, skip the round Spotify icon and only display the word “Spotify”.

2. Metadata

The following metadata shall always be presented:

• For music, track title, artist name and album name.
• For podcasts, episode title and show name.

If you have a screen that supports showing images, you shall display the album artwork or the episode artwork respectively as well. If the space is limited, it is ok to show the metadata in one row and use “•” to separate them. 
If there is not enough space to show all the metadata at the same time, it should be scrolled automatically in a non-stop loop.

3. Cover artwork

The cover artwork should be shown in its original form. No manipulation such as trimming or animation is allowed.

4. Progress bar

A progress bar showing how far a song is played may be displayed in the companion app, however, it may not be interactable.

5. Playback control

The only playback control allowed in your companion app is play/pause. Any additional playback controls (e.g. seek using progress bar) need to be explicitly approved by Spotify. The reason is that the eSDK follows the current license applicable for the combination of user account, device, and possibly other factors. At any time, restrictions regarding the ability to move between and inside tracks may be applied.

In the “Now Playing” view, there must be a deeplink to Spotify.

1. If you show a cover artwork, it must link into the Spotify app.
2. If there is no cover art due to lack of screen real estate, the metadata can be used instead.
3. If the New Playing View is very small, we recommend to make the whole area of metadata together with the logo icon clickable as a link

The link should have the same logic as the OPEN SPOTIFY/GET SPOTIFY FREE button:

• If the user has Spotify installed, it should be linked to open Spotify app.
• If the user doesn’t have Spotify app yet, it should be linked to a store where they can download Spotify.