I have this exact problem on my paid account when trying to play it over Google Home speakers from the phone app.  It has been going on for three years now.  It does work to play it on the phone.  It does work to ask Google Home to play it over the speakers.  But I can't control the playback with my phone.  Please fix this.  Three years is stupid long for this to still be broken! ... View more

I've been having this exact   problem for a year now.  Two different phones: Pixel 5 and now a Pixel 8 Pro.  I've attempted all the fixes suggested in this thread, as well as others. The "it fixed itself" does not work for me.  And yesterday, asking Google Home to cast to a specified set of speakers, resulted after the fourth try (the first three not working) in the cast going to the speaker I asked, as well as the intended target.  But two different music streams, which after a couple hours Pandora shut down because I'm only allowed one stream on my plan.  Please help me to fix this. ... View more