(01-25-2020, 10:04 AM)thoughtfission Wrote: I want to be able to start Spotify on my pi the walk away from it without anything running on my phone/laptop.
Yes that's how Spotify Connect works.
The Spotify app hands over the queue and streaming duties to the connected player then basically becomes a remote control. You can power off whatever's running the Spotify app and the player will keep playing the assigned queue.