https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Can-t-Select-Playback-Device-Before-Playback-Commences/m-p/4324578#M124070 <P>Why must I start playback on the phone before I can then select the preferred playback device? In this case an Arcam SR250.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So the choices are to faff about playing something you don't want to listen to, select the correct playback device &amp; then go find what you DO want to listen to.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>or</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Miss the first few seconds of what you want to listen to, have it start playing on the preferred device &amp; then have to recue the track.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Really annoying to the point of considering cancelling purely because of this.</P> Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:18:54 GMT RBZ5416 2018-01-09T17:18:54Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Can-t-Select-Playback-Device-Before-Playback-Commences/m-p/4324578#M124070 <P>Why must I start playback on the phone before I can then select the preferred playback device? In this case an Arcam SR250.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So the choices are to faff about playing something you don't want to listen to, select the correct playback device &amp; then go find what you DO want to listen to.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>or</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Miss the first few seconds of what you want to listen to, have it start playing on the preferred device &amp; then have to recue the track.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Really annoying to the point of considering cancelling purely because of this.</P> Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:18:54 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Can-t-Select-Playback-Device-Before-Playback-Commences/m-p/4324578#M124070 RBZ5416 2018-01-09T17:18:54Z