Spotify App Issues with Chromecast Audio -- Lose Ability to See/Control What is Playing

[dwolin1]

I'm using the OnePlus 5T.  I just updated today to Android 8.0. Oxygen OS 5.0.3.

When I open the Spotify app and connect to Chromecast Audio, music starts playing, but the app still tells me it is working on a connection.  Then music continues playing, and the Spotify app goes back to showing "Devices Available" instead of telling me I'm connected.  Music keeps playing, and oddly I can adjust the Chromecast volume just by hitting the rocker up or down buttons.  But the Spotify app stops reflecting what song is playing. And I can't skip songs or change anything without re-connecting to Chromecast.

For obvious reasons, this is really, really frustrating.  I hear music I like and don't know what it is.  Please, please, please work with me on a fix!  I dreaded and delayed updating the OS for weeks because I was concerned there would be some issue.  And, here it is 😞

[Thorplay]

I have posted about this as well last week, and have seen others with simlar issues.

Sadly nothing from spotify help, clearly there is a problem here and its not specific to just one user. Trying to play to chromecast is a nightmare and this all started for me last week after using chromecast for Spotify streaming for at least 2 years.

[dwolin1]

What's the link to your post?  I will +1

[dwolin1]

Looks like this may have been fixed with today's update to Oxygen 5.0.4.  It's working ok for me now.