Device

Macbook Pro with MacOS 10.13 / Samsung Galaxy S7 with Android Oreo

I connect my phone to my bluetooth speakers and while at home I play music through there, so I don't have to listen to all my computer sounds through the speakers.

The problem is that as soon as Spotify is no longer in the foreground in my phone, it greys out in the connect menu, and I can't see any information of what's playing or control the phone.

HOWEVER, the weird thing is, if I start playing music on my laptop, it stops in my phone, so it cannot be a technical limitation that's preventing the computer from controlling the phone, so why the **bleep** is it disabled?