Problems with Spotify connect and Sony Android TV

[SonyCPH]

With Android 7 Spotify was allways running in the background, allowing my phone to find and stream to Spotify connect.

With Android 8 the TV shuts down Spotify connect when using other apps. That means that only Chromecast streaming is available for streaming music.

Any suggestions on how to install Spotify connect as a Service or any other suggestions on how to keep Spotify running

[Kuschelmonschter]

Yes. I made the same experience. Oreo improves performance quite a bit by killing/suspending background apps much more often than Nougat in order to free up resources.

[SonyCPH]

Solved it by using the app "Launch on boot" 

This autostarts any selected app.

The Spotify connect service isn't killed/suspended even if I stress the OS heavily 😃 

Spotify has however introduced a new issue:

When starting the Spotify app, autologon is disabled, so you have to tap ok to start the app, so whenever I turn on my TV, it will be stuck on the Spotify login screen awaiting a button press.