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Chromecast audio not in Devices Available list on Android

I am a Spotify premium user and have been streaming via two Google Chromecast Audios successfully for at least a year. Recently connection to the Chromecasts has become more difficult as they do not always appear in the Devices Available list on the Android app. The non-appearance in the list now seems to be normal, meaning of course that I can't use Spotify on the Chromecasts from my phone without a great deal of workaround e.g. restarting the phone, rebooting the Chromecasts, removing and reinstalling the Chromecasts on my home WiFi network. Once connected Spotify mostly works successfully, with the server updating the app as one music track finishes and the next starts, but sometimes the app does not show these updates and control of the music stream from the phone becomes impossible. 

 
I have no problems when I use the same phone to stream music from Google Play Music and from BBC iPlayer Radio. In these apps the Chromecasts always appear and connecting to them is immediate. 
 
I am using Android 8.1.0 on a Google Pixel 2. The Spotify app is at version 8.4.46.575 armV7. Google Home is at version 1.28.27.3. Chromecast Audio firmware version on both devices is 1.30.111140. The Pixel 2 and both Chromecast Audios are on the same WiFi network. 
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