Make Android endpoint selection the same as the iOS version

[dagiles]

Current situation:

- device which supports both Google Cast and Spotify Connect (eg, Wiim Pro)

- latest versions of Spotify app on both Android (Google Pixel) and iPad

When connecting to the Wiim endpoint, the iOS app will show a 'Choose how to connect' menu on the ellipsis for the device (image attached).

This menu is not available on the Android application - the only option available is 'Log out'.

Impact

- if only one Google Cast device exists on the network the Spotify Connect endpoint will be available (img01)

- if there is more than one Google Cast device on the network (ie, a Wiim Pro and a Chromecast Audio), the Spotify Connect endpoint for the device disappears and is replaced with the Google Cast endpoint (img02)

As the menu option to switch endpoint for the device does not exist (unlike the iOS Spotify app) the end user is made to use Google Cast (not lossless or gapless) instead of Spotify Connect (lossless/gapless).

Testing

- start Wiim Pro, wait

- start Spotify app on Android device

- Wiim Spotify Connect endpoint is available

- start Google Chromecast Audio device

- menu options on Spotify app will switch from Spotify Connect to Google Cast

As the Chromecast Audio device is starting there is a brief point where both endpoints (Spotify Connect and Google Cast) are visible in the Spotify app.

This is an issue in the Spotify application. If the option to change the endpoint was available the end user would be able to switch between Spotify Connect and Google Cast.

Checking the strings.xml for the text 'Choose how to connect' (which is the option now missing in the Android app), it looks like the connect_device_choose_connection string was removed between 9.0.94 and 9.0.96:

david@mac01 APK % diff 9.0.94.173_base/resources/res/values/strings.xml 9.0.96.437_base/resources/res/values/strings.xml
...
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< <string name="connect_device_choose_connection">Choose how to connect</string>
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< <string name="connect_device_connection_updated">Connection Updated</string>
...
< <string name="martini_card_disclaimer">This content was generated using AI.</string>
3609a3616
> <string name="martini_card_third_party_sources_disclaimer">Summarized from 3rd-party sources</string>
...
5463c5471,5472
< <string name="settings_item_audio_stream_quality_very_high_quality_not_available">Very High music quality not available on this plan</string>
---
> <string name="settings_item_audio_stream_quality_lossless_quality_not_available">Lossless quality not available on this plan</string>
> <string name="settings_item_audio_stream_quality_very_high_quality_not_available">Very High quality not available on this plan</string>
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> <string name="settings_item_download_quality_lossless_quality_not_available">Lossless download quality not available on this plan</string> 

...so it looks like this option has been removed.

[Diego038]

I don't understand why this is still completely broken. It really can't be that difficult - it's been like more than half a year. I have cancelled and restarted my Spotify subscription THREE TIMES since this issue began and same as the last couple times - soon as I saw I still wasn't even able to play Lossless audio through my speakers because of this Google Cast nonsense, I again cancelled my subscription. 

Literally seems they don't even care about losing customers. I was ready to come back to Spotify - but they're doing everything they can to make me change my mind. What's going on?

[Bonfire55555]

2026-04-09 Same issue with WiiM Pro Plus and WiiM Ultra streamers.

• The Spotify Connect option is not available when using the latest Spotify app on an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S24).
• The only available option for these two streamers is Google Cast (which is NOT lossless)
• The workaround is to use an iOS device or the Spotify app on a PC.

That is unacceptable for Android users, since it was working great before Spotify updated the android app.

Please fix it ASAP.

[nuomybsbw7x5dkwgkws8]

Please, get that done very soon, Spotify

[criminalcabbage]

To those that this issue is still affecting, roll back your Spotify app (where possible) to 9.0.78.1116 and turn off automatic updates. This will give you the option back

[Jay160]

Please make ikke possible for the user to turn Google cast option off completely, or choose per device (and remember the setting

[tcugma]

Seems to be fixed now with version 9.1.42.2058 😃

See other thread: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Choose-between-Google-Cast-and-Spotify-Connect/m-p/7415691