Google Casting to Smart Speakers constantly interrupted/stopped for no reason

[MrGlenn]

Plan

Premium

Country

Netherlands

Device

Google Pixel 6 Pro

Operating System

Android 14

App Version

8.8.92.700

My Question or Issue

Since there is no specific place for feedback/issues about Assistant/Google Casting integration I will put it here:

Since a while now (longer than a month) Google Casting to any Smart Speakers in my house is constantly being interrupted for no reason without any audible warning. It happens both on single Speakers and also in Speaker Groups.

Specifically the following things are occurring often:

• The sound just stops midway through a song, Spotify and Google Home app still show the music is active but there is no longer any sound coming from the Speakers.
• Playback just stops at the end of a song and it refuses to skip to the next song. Spotify and Google Home app show the song is active but goes beyond the maximum duration (screenshot attached).
• The music playback stops entirely. Spotify app no longers shows Speakers as active, but Google Home still shows them as Casting...

Resetting Speakers, App, WiFi, Rebooting does not make a difference at all. What is going on? I constantly have to restart playback this way which is super annoying!

[MrGlenn · Accepted solution]

My issue turned out to be an issue with the specific Soundbar I am using (Fidelio FB1). It cannot handle spotify playback while any HDMI/ARC input is active, or even connected, they conflict with each other. Playback works fine if I switch away from the HDMI/ARC input manually before starting Spotify.

So for me the issue turned out not to be on the Spotify-side. Unfortunately the supplier doesn't acknowledge the issue either, so I'm just gonna get rid of it and get a better Sound system.

[lachik]

I have the same issue.

Casting to JBL Link Portable + Google Nest speakers. MixCloud, SoundCloud, BBC Radio, Bubble UPNP, Hi-Fi Cast and Yandex Music are playing fine .. while ONLY Spotify is freezing in the middle of every other track for no obvious reasons.

Same issue when casting from Samsung S20+ and Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.

Also Spotify is the only app that takes around 20 seconds to even start casting while the track is already playing, so that you can't listen to any track from the start 😞