topic Re: Can no longer cast to groups in Apps / Account

Can no longer cast to groups

MattHelm — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:07:06 GMT

I can no longer use groups to cast. This is not a volume, as I have no option to cast my audio to groups, it just dumps me to the "Group Settings", no option to cast. I do not care about the volume control lost, just can't start casting.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Chest_Rockwell — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:51:05 GMT

Same here. Although, if an app has the cast button, my speaker groups show up on the device list and I can cast that way.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

CalebSawyer — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:45:46 GMT

I also am having the same issue. I go into the app and tap on a group but instead it opens up the group settings. No option to cast. This just started happening a couple days ago.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

MattHelm — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:30:00 GMT

Sorry, but the app making the sound has no cast function. I need to cast with the home app.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Chest_Rockwell — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:45:32 GMT

Yeah, the "Cast my audio" button was on the volume control screen for speaker groups. Hopefully they add it to the settings page so we can cast to groups again.

At least it still works on individual speakers.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Chest_Rockwell — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 19:47:33 GMT

Because of this:

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/Upcoming-Speaker-Group-changes/ba-p/77811

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

GarrettDS — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:19:26 GMT

Hey there,
Just wanted to see if you still needed help. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Best regards,
Garrett DS

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

MattHelm — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:38:36 GMT

As I'm still unable to cast my phone's audio to a group of speakers, it is in no way close to fixed.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

GarrettDS — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:30:52 GMT

Hi MattHelm,

Did you happen to take a look at the article that was mentioned above to see if your devices fall under the category mentioned?

Please do so and let me know.

Best regards,

Garrett DS

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

MattHelm — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:46:52 GMT

Yes, all my devices have MUCH newer firmware, and noting it said had anything about not being able to cast to groups, just not adjust volume on a speaker pair. Are you saying the person that post that message lied?

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

HBZ — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:55:43 GMT

I also can no longer cast ANY audio to a speaker group.

This is not a volume control issue.

I used to click on a Speaker Group in the Home app and then press Cast.

But, now when I select a Speaker Group, the Home app takes me straight to Group Settings.

This is NOT a volume problem which has been discussed in the law suit pages.

Please help. I have more than a dozen devices which now do not work as advertised. They all have the latest firmware, All are 2nd gen Mini.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Chest_Rockwell — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:54:45 GMT

Just to be clear, this is what's missing from speaker groups:

This is the only option to cast to speaker groups now:

Tapping "play music" just plays random music from YouTube Music. I used to be able to cast ANY audio from my device to a speaker group. Now you can only cast to a group if you have an app with the cast option built into it. It's a huge hassle to stop and restart casting to individual speakers every time you go from one area of the house to another.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Moman1 — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:30:50 GMT

Hello, I've been having the exact same problem, we have multiple devices connected to our speaker groups which no longer work as advertised.

I click on the speakers group and it just takes me to the settings page with no option to cast.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Homesie — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:24:39 GMT

It appears the change is within the Home app itself. You can use the cast option within different applications to cast to the groups, that is if the option is available.

Tidal and BBC Sounds allow me to cast to all my speaker groups other radio apps i have have no cast option at all.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

MattHelm — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 23:18:10 GMT

Yeah, The app I use ~16hours per day has no interest in adding casting, so no hope for me.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Ankalina — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:18:30 GMT

Same issue. No response from Google. Please help. Wan't the control panel back. On Spotify it doesn't always work to choose the right group or a group at all.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Ankalina — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:22:30 GMT

"cast my audio" is gone in groups. In Google Home app.The control panel is gone. I can only use "play music" and it doesn't play my playlist but a random song.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Gilad — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:56:16 GMT

Same issue. Any workaround?

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

Chest_Rockwell — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:57:14 GMT

That article has NOTHING to do with the problem. It's like you aren't even listening.

When Google removed volume control for speaker groups, they removed all other controls along with it. The "cast my audio" in speaker groups no longer exists. We either get the "play music" option, or the settings screen. The play music option isn't helpful since it just plays random music with no way to control it. Is there a reason the control screen can't be put back without the volume control? Or "cast my audio" added to settings? I have 9 devices that are pretty much useless now.

Re: Can no longer cast to groups

DrJeff — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:41:45 GMT

I have the exact same issue - as we move into March 2022, anyone have any luck with getting this to work?

Otherwise, I have so many Google speakers just sat there useless (main use is speaker group).