I keep hearing this but the thing is, I build raspberry pi streamer computers using DACs and screens and every one of the OSes I use for this have a place or a plugin where I can connect to Spotify natively(Not through Spotify Connect though that is usually also an option). HiFiberry has it albeit a but clunky as does Volumio. It has been a while but I believe Balenaâs solution also has it.
The Mycroft team is remaining silent on this. About all you can get out of them is some direction on flashing classic core. I am guessing the tactic is to avoid any legal dust ups but that is just a guess.
I filed an FTC complaint as this is a bait & switch tactic - illegal in the US and many other countries. More people need to file complaints if they feel they have been sold a different product from what was described at time of purchase.
To file an FTC complaint, you can go here. It takes less than 5 minutes to do and will go a long way in forcing Mycroft to either make good on the product promised or offer a refund.
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Hifiberry and Volumio both use the same Spotifyd / Raspotify underneath as what I was talking about.
As showcase;
Or
Showcase of the MPRIS open standard included within
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Iâm from the EU so the ftc wonât do much for me
Iâll likely Flash classic core as neon ai seems to be a bit slow when it comes to understanding and then outputting audio
I still hope that they get their stuff together although hearing that the lead developer for dinkum left makes me feel a bit uneasy
Really wanting this product to work
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Nice. spotifyd works well for my usage. I just need to display album art and control the music. I would prefer to control by voice but if I have to use the screen or a phone, I will live with that for the time being.
Ah well! Worth asking. If anyone else reading is interested, please let me know. 
Yes, weâre focusing on Napster because they have kept their API public.
Seems like the Mycroft2 will never do what I want it to do then. I have an entire family on Spotify and they arenât going to want to move to Napster. I am still gonna play with Neon and OVOS for a bit to see if I can salvage this for anything(maybe for a recipe machine in the kitchen) but I feel like I am just going to end up parting it out or using it as something it was not intended to be used as like a drive-in movie screen for my daughterâs toy dolls.
@AlertSubject Here are lots of answers, sorry about the WOT 
We at Neon are glad you feel some customer support coming from us. If youâve heard the saying âa rising tide lifts all boatsâ, we feel strongly that supporting our community benefits us all.
Is neon ai just a fork of mycroft core?
We started off that way back in 2017, but we have a lot more to offer now.
Do all skills work?
Iâm thinking you mean the Mycroft skills? Weâve done our best to stay compatible with Mycroftâs âClassic Coreâ and community built skills as various updates have come along.
How about mimic support?
Yes, we use Mimic and others in our on-device TTS processing. If you drop in to one of our Matrix rooms, our tech team can help you with more details for specific applications. My understanding is weâre actually getting better results than Mimic alone by using Coqui and other speech processing weâve been working on in-house.
Does it handle processing locally?
Yes it can - though Iâm not sure exactly which processing youâre referring to, it was critically important to us to provide the option for complete data privacy, which means local processing.
Can the device be managed via web interface? (as with mycroft currently)
Yes
Did I understand that correctly that homeassistant is not yet working on neon? Because that was pretty much one of the main reasons for me to get a mycroft.
Two people that I know of have gotten it to work, one on here - https://matrix.to/#/#NeonMycroft:matrix.org - and Daniel our tech lead. However, itâs not yet the sort of quick & easy process a non-developer would want. Weâve also offered a skill bounty (a Mark II device) in hopes that someone has time to work on the skill sooner than we can get to it.
Iâve looked at your website but it feels a bit overloaded with information left and right.
Itâs been very helpful to get so much input recently into what information is important to our users. We want all the information to be available - the trick of course is to organize it so that you donât have to wade around looking for answers. Of course we also have a lot of information on there that is oriented toward corporate clients. Weâve started some user documentation on Github, and would be very happy to have community members contribute there. If there are specific changes that you think would benefit our website, please do send me an email.
My understanding too is that this issue isnât at Mycroftâs feet - Spotify revoked the API key that was being used for the Spotify skill, even though the Spotify skill only worked if you had a Premium subscription. There is a thread on this over on the Spotify forum.
You can still have people create their own key. There is a 3rd party plugin for Volumio that does that very well.
When I download this and try to install, it fails. I just get a lot of command line errors. I would try to get those errors for reporting but I cannot get SSH working using the Mycroft instructions.
Possiblly this bug:
where Mycroft II does not accept valid keys.
(Yes, I opened the bug against the âhardwareâ repo - there were no other Mycroft II repos at the time.)
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I had problems with ssh too, itâs picky about line feeds. What worked for me is to have the ssh-rsa then carriage return, then key and the comment canât have any spaces in it.
When i first booted the pre-installed image of dinkum I had the option to change to beta track, see the status of ssh and automatic updates. After playing around with other Installations I wanted to try Dinkum again for comparison.
After installing I no longer see those options available in the web interface. Even though both installations are Dinkum.
What am I doing wrong?
In mine I go to devices > edit and then I have a software release section on mine. Iâm on version 21.2.1
I can see these options on my connected device that had the pre-flashed firmware
The device that i flashed dinkum on does not have these options
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Thatâs troubling.
And youâre on the same version 21.2.1? Have you created a github issue?
Yes they are both on the same version
But I havent created a github issue
I received my Mark IIs today.
Iâve currently only unpacked one.
My findings so far:
- How do I know Dinkum is installed? When I ask the device what OS itâs running on, it tells me something about Redox, not Dinkum.
- Although some skills work (I can ask about Abraham Lincoln, the weather, and the Radio does seem to work as well), the touch screen isnât as reactive as Iâd like.
- As previously mentioned everywhere: thereâs woefully little documentation in the box⌠As a result, Iâm pulling life-support from the device to turn it off⌠What else am I expected to do?!
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