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I have lots of chromecast devices including multiple Google Homes, Chromecast Audio, Chromecast and Chromecast Ultra. I've updated Spotify and it doesn't see any of them. They're all on the same WiFi network, and Google Home can see them just fine. I can even ask Google Home to play to them from Spotify and it works. I've done all the standard IT 101 stuff (turn it off, turn it back on again, update everything, reboot, etc).
However, it gets complicated trying to give Google Home instructions for playlists, etc. I'd rather just control it from my desktop. Why isn't it recognizing ANY of my chromecasts like it did a couple days ago?
Chromecast discovery and authentication is unfortunately not supported from Desktop at this time. Cast devices will appear in the Desktop device menu once you have started playback on them from a mobile device – even if you're not on the same WiFi. After you've stopped playing, they will disappear after a short while.
I have the same problem but on my android mobile samsung s7. Very very very annoying, google home on my s7 sees both devices, spotify completely at random. Can this be a wifi issue? I ve been looking for an answer online for weeks since I bought both chromecast (linked to Bowers Wilkins zeppelin and bw a5). Thx forhelping!
I'm having this issue now in 2018. Any chance of fixing this?
Same Here.
An hour ago it was just fine.
Now, it doesn't recognise not only 1 but my 3 Chromecast devices.
I want it back but how ???
Usualy I cast Spotify from my
Samsung Galaxy S7 (not edge) to Chromecast 2nd Generation (my 3 devices are from the 2nd Generation)
(Jan 15, 2018)
I have the same problem. It was all working perfectly this morning. I went to work, and when I got home this evening, nothing is working properly anymore.
I deleted everything, did factory resets on the devices, rebooted routers, rebooted computers, rebooted phone.
Nada. It is just not working anymore.
Windows 10
Android 6
2 Chromecast Audio devices
I've noticed that sometimes when there are lots of updates/firmware pushes, it makes the connectivity issues worse.
Samsung Smart Things did a push this weekend which broke my controller. This is a consistent problem, and sometimes it takes up to a week plus troubleshooting to get it back online. They sent me a replacement controller, but there's no way to migrate from the old controller to the new one without just starting from scratch and manually re-programming everything. This is a huge nightmare -a multi-workday project most likely. They don't seem to care. I'd love it if their product manager added "automated migration feature" to the top of their priority list -but from what I can tell they just don't plan to ever do that. I've been thinking of switching everything from Z-wave to WiFi to try to cut Samsung out completely, but that's a project also, and it's expensive.
For your purposes, when Google does an update but Spotify doesn't do one simultaneously, it can break the connectivity for a while in between. Even if Google doesn't do one, if Spotify does, they can introduce bugs that break connectivity.
All this stuff from all these different companies is patched together without strong standards and change management practices -if different teams at the same company can work on updates without talking to each other, then teams at different companies are definitely guilty. Everyone creates problems for someone else to solve, with the assumption that they will -and we're stuck with the frustrating mess.
Everything was working fine but today it stopped working, Spotify doesn't recognize or see the Chromecast device in my home network. I did extensive TS and nothing seems to work. This is really frustrating... Using LG G5 SE Android 6.0.1
@miltonayala_ wrote:Everything was working fine but today it stopped working, Spotify doesn't recognize or see the Chromecast device in my home network. I did extensive TS and nothing seems to work. This is really frustrating... Using LG G5 SE Android 6.0.1
Had a long support chat last night, and it seems Spotify is aware that there is a problem.
The relevant parts:
"We understand and thanks for reporting this. Our best tech folks are on the case as we speak. Hopefully we'll have a fix soon! /RB"
"There have been similar cases as yours, but we're still looking into this at the moment. Don't worry, we hope to have everything working right away. In the meantime, if you need anything else, give us a shout /RB"
"We understand how you feel. Rest assured, we're doing everything we can to get this sorted out right away. Just keep an eye out for updates /RB"
I realized almost the same. It occurred when I halted a track in pause for almost 10 minutes. Chromecast just turned back to the basic surface ( background images) instead of displaying the current track with cover. After it clicking on play on other devices brings up an explanation something how to play on TV, computer and WiFi sound device. Tried to reset Spotify and even uninstall but nothing. Anyone has an idea?
This is definitely a problem with the Chromecast/Spotify communication. I got it working again, was working fine for about a week, and now it has gone bad again. This happened again tonight, so now I'm going through the whole mess again to try and sort it out.
Very frustrating.
And once again it is all sorted out on my end. This time I didn't need to do anything, just went to bed and it was working again in the morning, so this is clearly stemming from a problem with the Spotify streaming service, and nothing to do with our own internal networks or devices.
I tweeted the helpdesk, and they once again said that they have engineers working on the problem, so they know there is a problem, although I doubt they are admitting how large or widespread it is.
Hopefully they will find the bugs and fix it permanently very soon.
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