# Casting Chromecast enabled speaker

**URL:** <http://support.symfonium.app/t/casting-chromecast-enabled-speaker/15196>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** handled\
**Created:** [September 26, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/casting-chromecast-enabled-speaker/15196 "2026-09-26T12:47:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![morty](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@morty](http://support.symfonium.app/u/morty)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/casting-chromecast-enabled-speaker/15196/1 "2026-09-26T12:47:11Z")

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### App version

Production

### Issue description

Once the speaker has been chosen for chromecasting music, and the handoff occurs, does the app still retain control over playing the music?  
As well, when the music session has ended, does the Chromecast connection automatically terminate or does it have to be manually ended?

### Device type

Phone

### Media provider

Local device

### Steps to reproduce

Samsung Galaxy phone with music library on drive and Samsung studio speaker with Chromecast enabled

### I searched existing issues first

on

### I understand that logs are mandatory

on

### Log upload name / description

N/a

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**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/casting-chromecast-enabled-speaker/15196/2 "2026-09-26T14:53:12Z")

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Yes. Once casting starts, you can still use Symfonium on your phone to control playback, including pause, skip, seek and volume. Since the music is stored on your phone, the speaker also needs to be able to reach the phone while playing.

By default, finishing the queue stops playback but does not automatically disconnect the Cast session. To disconnect manually, open the output picker and select **Local device**. If you want that to happen automatically when you stop playback or the queue ends, enable **Stop casting on stop** in the speaker’s settings in the output picker.

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**Author:** ![morty](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@morty](http://support.symfonium.app/u/morty)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/casting-chromecast-enabled-speaker/15196/3 "2026-09-26T17:16:06Z")

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Thanks very much for the prompt reply.

So the casting handoff is different than let’s say YouTube, where you can actually turn your phone off and the session will continue. In this instance, the phone must remain on and within the Wi-Fi network in order for the music to continue playing if I understand correctly.

As well, I assume that if casting is not terminated at the end of a music playing session, it could drain the battery of the phone.

The alternative, fewer steps, would be to simply play the music with a Bluetooth connection although there are some drawbacks there as well compared to chromecasting.

Appreciate your insights and advice, thanks