Over the past few hours, owners of the Chromecast (2nd gen) and Chromecast Audio haven’t been able to Cast any audio or video content.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40385572

If you’re getting “Untrusted device” on your Chromecast today, you’re not alone. It looks like an expired cert.

  • semEnglish
    4·
    7 hours ago

    I bought a Chromecast Audio right before they were discontinued, trying to get in while I still could. It’s the only way I cast to a wired speaker system from the 80s that works reliably.

    I loved the convenience but I will not go along with their cash grabs. I will not buy their new product because they took away the old one that was still working.

    • unphazed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      They were discontinued because they lost a patent case. This one I won’t blame on Google… cept maybe for their legal team not flagging it for patent infringement.

        • unphazed@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 hour ago

          Just looked it up. It was with Sonos. It was also when they removed the ability to stream to multiple devices at once (I think that changed , but got rid of a lot of my chrome speakers due to the decline in recognition.)

          • semEnglish
            2·
            17 minutes ago

            Patents have gone too far. I just want to stream Spotify to my home speakers; I shouldn’t need proprietary bullshit to do that