Spotify I can't switch between Wiims streaming from spotify

[zeke]

I have 2 Wiims, a mini and a pro. I want to switch between them and play from one at a time. Using the wiim app, this is easy to do when streaming from my home music share. Using the required Spotify app to stream from spotify, the app shows a perpetual "Connecting" status when trying to switch to the pro. I'd appreciate any suggestions as to how to get this to work.

 

[zeke]

I figured out a solution. I don't exactly know what Google cast does, but disabling it on the pro removed my issue. Im going to guess that the pro's default settings are slightly different from the mini because of the wired vs. wifi connection to my LAN for the two models.

 

[Mr Ee]

You may have read about the ongoing issues with spotify and chromecast vs spotify connect.
The mini doesn't have chromecast so works well
imo, v. unlikely to be due to wired vs wireless.

 

[mcmidi]

I figured out a solution. I don't exactly know what Google cast does, but disabling it on the pro removed my issue. Im going to guess that the pro's default settings are slightly different from the mini because of the wired vs. wifi connection to my LAN for the two models.

How did you disable Google cast? In my app it is not enabled, but Spotify shows only my Pro via Google Cast. So no connection to Spotify possible.

 

[huw]

How did you disable Google cast? In my app it is not enabled, but Spotify shows only my Pro via Google Cast. So no connection to Spotify possible.

You need to enable Google Cast in order to access the screen with the toggle to disable it.

Post in thread 'How to disable Chromecast'

Sep 3, 2025

So, it turns out Google Home wasn’t the issue, and I was never actually able to solve the problem. I recently upgraded to the WiiM Amp Ultra and was extra careful not to enable Chromecast during setup… but it still shows up in every app that supports Chromecast.

Which leaves me wondering: is it even possible to truly disable Chromecast? What does that toggle actually do?

In my case, if I turn off 'Allow Google Cast Service' in the Google Cast section of the WiiM app, it will no longer appear in the Chromecast device list.



Does your Amp Ultra still appear in the...

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I also never enabled Google Cast but my WiiM Pro still advertised _googlecast._tcp. via mDNS/DNS-SD before I turned it off with that option. It's possible enabling Google Cast (which involves agreeing to Google terms of service/privacy policy) is required to actually use Google Cast (I never tried) but the service is running by default. The toggle shown in the screenshot in the linked post stops the service running.