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Submitted by on ‎2013-07-24 09:51 PM
Status: Implemented

Will you be adding support to the ChromeCast that Google announced today? Would be great to be able to easily stream music from all my devices to my receiver and tv.

 

Please see the Api information here: https://developers.google.com/cast/

 

Update: implementing ChromeCast is superior to using the Chrome browser plugin to move a tab with the Spotify web interface to your TV for multiple reasons. Most importantly:

 - You can stream higher fidelity

 - You can stream from every device, not only from a computer/laptop

 - You can control from multiple devices (so if I leave the room my wife can control Spotify with her phone)

 

If implemented correctly this would match the functionality of Sonos for a much lower price.

 

Update February 4th 2014: Okay, so Google has released the SDK now. Please start working on the functionality or at the very minimum give an update to the status...

 

Update February 19th 2014: 2,000 kudos, hundreds of replies (with more than a handful of cancelations). Apparently Spotify Germany has confirmed Chromecast support is coming. An update would be nice

 

Update March 24th 2014: 2,500 kudos and still no update. Cancelled my subscription today. Sorry, but if you don't listen to your paying customers we will have to speak with our wallets.

Updated: 2015-10-22

In collaboration with Google, we’re thrilled to announce one of your most requested features here in The Spotify Idea Exchange is here. Spotify now works with your Chromecast.

With Chromecast, listening at home is easy. Simply plug in and cast music directly from your phone or tablet. Play, skip, browse and search using the Spotify app--all Spotify users will get the on demand experience on Chromecast. Oh, and feel free to make calls, watch a video or play games - the music will keep playing. Even if your battery runs out.

 

To learn more about how you can listen at home, head over to www.spotify.com/at-home.

 

Spotify on Chromecast from SpotifyCares on Vimeo.

Comments
Quinten
Newbie
2014-04-24 02:18 PM

yes please, sooner rather than later.

Have to work with both play music and spotify right now 😞

ssincp
Newbie
2014-04-24 05:18 PM

I terminated my Spotify subscription two months ago in favor of Google Play for this reason. I can now use Chromecast to play music  wirelessly on my home audio system. Couldn't do that with Spotify.

pearsco
Newbie
2014-04-25 01:46 AM

Sonos just implemented chromecast support and yet they thumbed their nose at Spotify Connect. This says alot about where Spotify Connect is headed, hope you're listening Spotify ..........

michel225
Newbie
2014-04-25 12:04 PM

Any updates on Spotify for Chromecast. I really would like to stream my music. If not with Spotify then with a other service.

desht
Newbie
2014-04-25 03:22 PM

Yet another vote for Chromecast support here.  I'm a satisfied premium user for now but I have no interest in Spotify Connect and an awful lot of interest in Chromecast support.  I think I'll be reconsidering my subscription quite soon since there are quite a few competing services out there now without their heads in the sand...

 

Frewald
Newbie
2014-04-26 10:23 AM

Hi

Chromecast just got launched in Denmark, and we a lot of people that are buying them now.

Im using the webplayer in order to use it right now, but I will change to a different musicsupplier if you dont wont support it soon.

 

Wilde-Man
Newbie
2014-04-26 10:40 AM

I am considering to cancel my subscription soon because of this (I'm an early adopter of spotify and have paid roughly €500,= in subscription fees...) Chromecast is superb and very simple to implement for Spotify. (You already have a webplayer, opening this for Chromecast shoud be a piece of cake, building a sender app in current clients shouldn't be too much of a hassle either) The built-in spotify player in my Onkyo A/V Receiver is rubbish. Any alternative that streams good enough to Chromecast is a better alternative than Spotify at the moment. 

 

Bottom line. Give your paying customers something worth paying for. There free (ad supported) subscription plan currently almost offers the same service as the premium plan. (Which is ridiculous IMHO)

chrisandersson
Newbie
2014-04-26 02:02 PM

I'm a long time subscriber to Spotify but I am now canceling my subscription in favor of Google Music which has Chromecast support.

MasterUK
Newbie
2014-04-26 07:20 PM

I support this idea!

Rwmoran
Newbie
2014-04-26 09:47 PM

Why hasn't this happened yet? I love Spotify, but if similar services can stream using chrome cast, why not spotify? Don't really want to go about switching services, but come on now...