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If you don't mind waiting until near-future for support for devices to actually support these, the group that's building out the Matter spec just confirmed yesterday[0] they're also working on casting functionality, and for audio in particular the Bluetooth ecosystem is slowly inching toward LE Audio.

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/9/22824559/matter-tv-stream...

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> Matter TV, as we’ll call it for wont of an official name, will allow control of a television’s core functions — volume up / down, changing the channel, controlling inputs and outputs, and switching between HDMI ports.

This is the key for me. There are plenty of ways to play audio over bluetooth, but not enough ways to control which speakers are active from my phone.

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