Choose between Google Cast and Spotify Connect

[misio1]

Plan

Premium

Country

Poland

Device

Pixel 7 Pro / Samsung S22

Operating System

Android 16

My Question or Issue

I've been using spotify to stream to my NAD C338 via spotify connect for couple of years now.

Recently it stopped working - only google cast option is currently available on the newest spotify app.

As a part of troubleshooting I downloaded older spotify APKs and installed on my android phone to see if it helps - it did! The latest version of spotify app which shows spotify connect option to my NAD is 9.0.78.1116, starting from version 9.0.82.1008 the spotify connect is not available, just google cast.

Can the app be fixed so that I have spotify connect option back available on my NAD C338 please?

[beto_player]

Hello! I have a problem that is part of those Spotify bugs. I'm on a Samsung A56 Android 16 and when using it on the JBL Boombox 3 Wifi speaker, Google Cast doesn't work, only Spotify Connect. I prefer using Google Cast, which is already integrated into this JBL speaker model. Before, I could choose which device I wanted to connect using the arrow in the Spotify app, that is, I could choose between Spotify Connect or Google Cast (Chromecast).

I downgraded to Spotify version 9.0.76.1115 and the problem went away. In other words, I found the APK on the uptodown.com website. I have an open support ticket with Spotify, I sent screenshots and everything, but so far nothing has been done to solve this simple functionality problem. There was an update in December, but nothing has solved it, we've been waiting for a long time, since November 20th. I'm disappointed with this. I'm a new subscriber, I used YouTube Music before. Please Spotify, fix this soon, we just want the functionalities to return to normal in the current versions of the app. Thank you!

[picht]

Yep. They don't gonna fix it any time soon

Why they claim it is working good is a mystery to me.

Why on earth is the behavior described below is intented?

If you have only one device which capable of spotifyconnect and chromecast. You dont have the option for googlecast. 

If you have more then one spotify connect and chromecast capable device then googlecast is the only thing you can select.

Very logical.....