I open my Spotify app on my iPhone and cast any song to my TV builtin Chromecast. In the meantime I am working on my Macbook Pro which also has the. This installs the app on your Mac. At this point, you should have your Chromecast plugged into your TV, the HDMI set to the correct input and the Chromecast installed on your computer. Launch the app to start the final steps in the process. The PC/Mac must be on the same network. Hi, I saw a couple of questions about the same issue I will describe here in the forum but I could not find a single good answer so let me try to give a few test cases to put a light on the problem: Scenario: I open my Spotify app on my iPhone and cast any song to my TV builtin Chromecast. In the meantime I am working on my Macbook Pro which also has the Spotify app always open. I am going AFK to get something to eat but I still want to listen for the current song playing on my TV. The problem: When my Mac goes into sleep mode to save battery the Spotify app sends a command to pause the song on the TV. Now correct me if I am wrong but if the Spotify app on the TV is streaming the song directly from Spotify's servers, why the app running on the Mac is sending a command to stop? I put in the scenario the original cast being started from the iPhone just to make it clear that this behavior happens even when the Mac app is not doing anything (it's just open and minimized). And by the way I can lock my iPhone and the song is not paussed. This only happens with the mac app. To avoid this pause I need to close the mac app everytime I am going AFK. Dear I am sorry to hear that this issue is still re-occuring. I haven't been able to find a solution to this issue. Please ticket and Spotify will get their software engineers to review the problem. When you fill out the report, begin the thread with [Chromecast] and be as specific as possible. The more details you provide, the quicker the issue can be fixed. ![]() Include: • The exact date and time that Spotify skipped/paused on your Chromecast • The exact version number of Spotify you're running • The device you're casting Spotify from • The exact version number of Chromecast you're running • The result from a 60 Ping test. Steps on how to do this. I shall close this thread, but if you would like any further assistance, reply below. Best, Carl:). Hi, Thanks for your post. There are two ways you can get a smart TV with a built in Chromecast to play music from Spotify. Using the Spotify app itself on the TV 2. You can stream the music from your Spotify app on a Phone, laptop or tablet by clicking at the botttom 'Devices available' and selecting your TV. I have a Sony Bravia Smart TV and mine appears as simply 'TV' but some may come up with its product name. This may not always be the case if you personalised the name of your TV (some manufacturers do offer this feature). If you want to prevent the sound from your TV from pausing when your laptop goes onto its screensaver, make sure you are using the Spotify app on the TV. I hope this helps, Let me know if you have any other questions Carl:). Dear I am sorry to hear that this issue is still re-occuring. I haven't been able to find a solution to this issue. Please ticket and Spotify will get their software engineers to review the problem. When you fill out the report, begin the thread with [Chromecast] and be as specific as possible. The more details you provide, the quicker the issue can be fixed. Include: • The exact date and time that Spotify skipped/paused on your Chromecast • The exact version number of Spotify you're running • The device you're casting Spotify from • The exact version number of Chromecast you're running • The result from a 60 Ping test. Steps on how to do this. I shall close this thread, but if you would like any further assistance, reply below. Best, Carl:).
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