After many, many years, you can now initiate a Chromecast stream from the Spotify app for desktop. You’ve long been able to control Chromecast streams that were initiated from the iOS and Android apps (via Spotify Connect), but now you can initiate those streams directly from your Windows or Mac desktop.
The news comes via Spotify Rock Star MattSuda — as they note, you’ll find the feature in desktop app version 1.1.38. In this version, you can simply use the usual “devices available” menu to see available Chromecast devices.
Good news!
No download button spotify desktop. You can now find Chromecast in the connect “devices available” menu in the Spotify desktop app and browser web player. Now you can cast your music to Chromecast from the desktop app without having to use the iOS or Android app. Xbox 360 music download free.
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Alexa would have to be on the same LAN as your Chromecast device however and also do the heavy lifting of running a Google Cast sender app and automate the management of Google Cast receivers in order to start a Plex streaming session to your Chromecast device without an intermediary Plex media player. The same goes for Google Home assistant. Google Chromecast lets you play Spotify from your phone, tablet, desktop, or web browser to a TV. For help setting up, visit the Google Chromecast support site. To use your phone or tablet as a remote with your Chromecast device, check out Spotify Connect. Cast live stream of sports, music and tv shows to streaming devices (i.e. Chromecast, Fire Stick). Then you can enjoy media on TV well. Cast to TV & Cast to Chromecast Easily cast to tv with Cast Web Video. Cast to Chromecast, and enjoy videos on big screen easely. You will never regret trying this smart cast to tv app. You can stream Netflix, YouTube, Spotify – even Amazon Music – directly to it. You can use an Amazon Alexa device as an audio-based Chromecast, but there’s a catch – it only works with Amazon. To cast to Chromecast with Spotify, you can remote control the playback of Spotify music on Chromecast devices with the Spotify desktop app after connecting your Spotify mobile app with Chromecast. Start the Spotify app on the same WiFi network as your Chromecast device. Launch the Spotify desktop app and log in with your Spotify account.
This feature is a long time coming. If you’re a regular Chromecast user — as I am — you’ll probably relate to the frustration of not being able to start a Chromecast stream from your desktop. In fact, this was one of the benefits of running the Spotify mobile app in Chrome OS desktop, and running the iOS version on an Apple Silicon Mac would have allowed this functionality as well.
Thankfully, it looks like we’ll all forever be able to start those Cast streams straight from the desktop — no workarounds required.
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