Windows 10: Cortana Suddenly Tries to Access Groove Music Instead of Spotify

Up until a couple of days ago, I could say "Hey Cortana, Play Morph the Cat" and she would open the album up in Spotify. Suddenly, she will go to Groove Music, which doesn't work because there's nothing there. There are a few albums she will still reliably open in Spotify, although I can't see any method to this madness. I can get Cortana to play The Nightfly on Spotify (now) only by saying "Hey Cortana, play the album the Nightfly on Spotify."


I have a premium Spotify account, Spotify is connected / preferred (and only) service on the relevant Cortana skills card.


A trip to the "Answer Desk" at the Microsoft Store provided the answer that that's just the way it's always been and, anyway, it's not such a big deal to figure out the magic words to make Cortana do what ("you claim") she used to do simply and add "on Spotify." By "magic words," I mean if I say, "Hey Cortana, play The Nightfly on Spotify" I get a playlist with that name. So, now I have to specify "The Nightfly album on Spotify." I never had to put up with this before.


All I want is to make Cortana forget Groove Music again. I want this feature to work like it did before, like it does with my Invoke. "Hey Cortana, play the Nightfly," and boom, Spotify opens and it plays the album.


There are a million discussions about Cortana and Spotify and Groove, but I haven't seen this problem. I did everything right and it worked. I am looking for a fix for this annoying problem. (Bonus question, what is so important about Groove that it is not only still included, but undeletable?)


Surface 4 Windows 10 up-to-date through 2018-12 cumulative update (after which I started having the problems) and the security update that followed.


Thank you.

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Cortana to play Spotify instead of Groove

Hi,

Spotify is a digital music streaming app that gives you access to millions of songs, podcasts and videos from artists all over the world. To play music with Spotify, just connect Cortana to a Spotify Premium account. Here's how to connect your Spotify account
to Cortana:

• Open Cortana.
• Select Notebook , then Music.
• Choose Spotify, and enter your account information. Or, create an account.

If the above solution did not solve your concern, we suggest to check out this
help site for answers to your questions and to learn how to get the most out of Spotify and your music.

Feel free to contact us if you have other inquiries.

Regards.

 

Cortana to play Spotify instead of Groove

Hi

How can I change Cortana on Windows 10 Mobile to play Spotify by default? Currently, Cortana tries to play Groove, which is of little use since the Groove music library has not been available since 31/12/2017.

Thanks for your assistance.

 

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