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.
Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices let you play Spotify from your phone, tablet, or web browser (Chrome only) to a TV, speaker, or stereo. To do that, all you need is the Spotify app and a Chromecast or Chromecast Audio device hooked up to your TV or speaker. Users can now initiate a Chromecast stream directly from Spotify’s Mac and Windows desktop apps, as first reported by 9to5Google. Although users have always been able to control Chromecast streams that were initiated from the iOS and Android apps through Spotify Connect, you now have the ability to initiate streams straight from the desktop apps.
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!
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.
Make sure your Spotify desktop app is up to date
Stream Spotify Chromecast Mac App
- The Chromecast app is slick and intuitive, which makes finding compatible apps to stream from and the actual set up a breeze. If you stream 320kbps from Spotify for instance, it sounds on a.
- Try using Soundcast to send your Mac's audio to Chromecast Audio. It sends all audio, so it works with any program. I've used Soundcast to play music from spotify, amazon music, itunes, youtube, etc.
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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Spotify users on both Mac and Windows will now be able to cast Music directly from your desktop as the music streaming giant has added support for Google Chromecast to its desktop app. In order to be able to cast your Spotify music from your Windows or Mac desktop, you’ll need the Spotify version 1.1.38 installed on your desktop. Spotify Rock Star MattSuda was the one that posted about the feature on Spotify community forums earlier today.
Good news!
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.
Make sure your Spotify desktop app is up to date
Spotify for both Android and iOS already has for Google Chromecast, meaning you can cast your music to Google Home or other smart speakers if you own an iPhone or an Android phone. And now, with Chromecast support coming to the Spotify desktop app, desktop users will also be able to stream music from their desktop to their smart speakers. To cast music to your smart speaker, you can simply use the usual “devices available” menu to see available Chromecast devices(via 9to5google).
Stream Spotify From Mac To Chromecast
How many of you have been waiting for Chromecast support in the Spotify desktop app? Are going to use the feature to stream music from your desktop to your smart speakers? Let us know in the comments below.