@pendojoshua maybe the second real-world user here 
I just installed it and by following your instructions, it’s really easy and not that much of extra work. The extra 1 minute work is worth just to have the album art and more control over my speakers 
Couple of things I have seen:
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If you could change the name so that we can easily distinguish the two Spotify app would be welcome. When adding a new device, this is what I see:
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I assume this is because Google Nest hub is NOT a Spotify connect speaker but instead use Google Cast (Google doing their Google 
), but I can’t see the album art when using a Google Speaker. I think this is expected but just wanted to confirm it with you.
I’ll keep using it and provide feedback if I can see anything.
Great work Joshua! Thanks
Knowing your use case I get the disadvantage of the Sonos app. But since my version would do the exact same calls via the Sonos API I don’t see any way or workaround that is able to fix this. I’m looking into adding the playtime/-state card for you to this app but it will only work for the Spotify Connect speaker.
Feel free to message me privately if you think I’m missing something that could work. I guess that’s easier in Dutch for the both of us.
@Didier_SmartHome glad to have you on board as user! Welcome 
I’ll check into the name (and icon) in the next version. It was supposed to be called “Spotify Connect” already, like the app name. But I must have missed the naming somewhere right before releasing. I will also update the device icon and let it have a black circle so it matches the app cover image.
My guess is that the Google device uses Chromecast as back-end for the speaker. Which, similar to Sonos, allows the device to turn up as a Spotify Connect speaker but won’t work with the Spotify API (which is the backbone of this app).
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