Spotify Investigates Google Cast and Chromecast Dropout — Spotify Not Working

Spotify not working reports have centered on Google Cast and Chromecast devices that are not showing up in Spotify Connect when people try to start playback on a nearby speaker. Spotify says the problem is being looked into, and the issue appears across all Spotify apps, not just Android.

Google Cast in Spotify Connect

Some users first noticed that Google Cast devices would not appear in Connect at the moment they wanted to choose a speaker. That leaves Nest speakers and Chromecast Audio among the affected device types, so the issue reaches beyond one hardware family.

Spotify’s 2024 thread

The discussion thread Spotify used to address the problem started in 2024, and users have intermittently noticed the issue since then. Comments on that thread and on other forums such as Reddit have increased over the past couple of weeks, which suggests the disruption is drawing fresh attention rather than fading out.

All Spotify apps

The broader complication is that the problem seems to affect all Spotify apps. That makes this less like a single-device bug and more like a connectivity problem somewhere between Spotify Connect and Google Cast support, with no specific fix yet named.

For now, affected listeners can only wait for Spotify to push a fix or provide a clearer workaround, because the company has said only that the problem is being looked into.