chrome cast audio not actually supported well

[murenrb]

Just another mention here about how poorly chromecast is supported by spotify. In addition to this issue which everybody seems to be experiencing, I get all sorts of other problems. Most notably, I am always needing to restart spotify on my android device (Nexus 5X android 6.0.1) when I want to connect to my chromecast audio. Here is a screen shot of what my "devices availible" tab looks like often. When I click on any of those "nearby devices" it asks me to reenter the device pin, but anything I enter is not accepted.

This seems to happen most reliably when I am listening to some music and then pause it for a while then come back to my phone to put it back on, but sometimes it happens when I get home from work and try to put something on. Almost always restarting Spotify fixes the issue, so I am fairly sure it is a Spotify issue. 

[Finísima-Music]

I´ve experienced a similar issue when wifi is turned off, but if you´re on the same network of the Chromecast you should be able to see only your Chromecast and its name should display too. Hope this helps.

- FM

[murenrb]

Thanks for the response! Unfortunately I am on the same wifi. The thing that fixes it most of the time is closing spotify and re-opening which should not effect the wifi. 

However, maybe this means they are related. IE, restarting spotify could be refreshing it's own internet connection? Next time I will try turning the wifi on and off and seeing if that has some effect.