Volume buttons on device don't work when casting

[PeterPan58]

As of Spotify 8.9.xx and newer I can't control the volume on my iPhone when casting to a Chromecast device. I need to go into the slider inside the Spotify app to change the volume.

This is not an iOS or apple issue:

My non working version of Spotify is 8.9.16.556 and just today updated to 8.9.18.xx which has the same bug.

On another iPhone a WORKING version of Spotify is 8.9.14.526

The latter works perfectly fine. It is not a iOS problem but a Spotify bug!

Both iPhones run iOS 17.3.1

If this is not being actively solved by Spotify I'm sorry to say I will cancel my subscription and change to Tidal. This is a CORE functionality.

[PeterPan58]

Hey folks,

Thanks again for raising this to the community.

Spotify is rolling out a new way to control your volume when listening via Spotify Connect on your iPhone. Instead of using the hardware buttons on the side of your iOS device, you will now need to use the volume slider within the Spotify app. This change is a result of Apple discontinuing the technology that powers some of Spotify’s volume controls.

We'll be here if anything else comes up.

[maceoparker]

Plan

Premium

Country

Sweden

Device

iPhone 13 Pro

Operating System

iOS 17.6.1

My Question or Issue

What sort of nonsense is this? Has the option to adjust the volume with the physical device volume buttons (when playing Spotify from you iPhone to a Spotify Connect-device) been removed?

Before the last update, I could adjust the volume with the buttons, with Spotify in the background as well as in the foreground. Not anymore.

Whenever I try now, with Spotify open in the foreground, a stupid onscreen volume slider pops up, asking me to adjust the volume there. If I don’t have Spotify open in the foreground, trying to adjust the volume with the physical device buttons (while Spotify plays in the background) accomplishes nothing.

This is a major hassle. Especially when listening to music while working out, having to go into the phone, open the Spotify app up to the foreground and then adjusting the volume with the onscreen touch-controls, instead of just quickly pressing the volume buttons a couple of times.

Did someone at Spotify have a brain aneurysm or what happened?

[NPG6]

Absolutely horrible change. Change it back. Obviously you can. This is ridiculous.