topic Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try in Streaming

Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

AlexOfAnders — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:04:34 GMT

No one in my household can reliably cast to the Chromecast with Google TV from any app on their device. The Chromecast shows up in the cast menu no problem but it always fails on the first try. Sometimes it will say it's connected but the TV just shows the main Google TV menu, other times it just fails to connect but still seems to wake up the Chromecast to the main menu. Connecting again sometimes works but not always, sometimes it will just play the audio while showing the home page or a loading page within the app. Usually if the app is already open on the Chromecast, it will then work so often we have to hunt out the remote and open the app with it before it will let us cast.

It feels ridiculous how bad something with cast in its name is bad at casting. It's always been a problem with this Chromecast since I bought it 2 years ago but we just used the old Chromecast on the main TV until YouTube blocked signing in on "older devices". My environment is practically fully Google products too. Google Nest WiFi and Pixel phones (2 & 7) or Android tablet.

Doesn't matter which app, YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, it's never a smooth casting experience with Chromecast with Google TV. I almost returned this thing when I bought it but at the time it came with a Netflix subscription that I already redeemed but it's enough that I don't think I'd buy another Chromecast.

Anyone else have this problem? Is there any solution to make casting a smooth single attempt process?

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

Coby — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:29:45 GMT

Are you using a VPN if so knock it off because it does affect the Chromecast

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

AlexOfAnders — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:36:46 GMT

No VPN, no special settings in my Google Nest Wi-Fi. It has UPnP and IPv6 enabled but I think that's the default settings.

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

Coby — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:50:16 GMT

I know it's a stupid question but is the firmware in the Chromecast up to date

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

AlexOfAnders — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:45:03 GMT

Not at all, I thought I had turned on an auto-update preference so I didn't even think about it but I don't even see an auto-update option so I must be thinking of something else. It turns out I was on Google TV v10 still. I've only given some simple tests but it seems to have sorted it out. Thanks!

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

Jeran — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:00:25 GMT

Hey there AlexOfAnders,

I'm just checking up on this thread, I'm glad to hear the issue was resolved! In that case, do you have any more questions or need any additional help?

Thank you for helping out on this thread, Coby!

Best regards,
Jeran

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

Jeran — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 17:31:23 GMT

Hey AlexOfAnders,

Do you have any more questions that we can address? If not, I'll go ahead and lock up this thread in 24 hours.

Just checking up,
Jeran

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

gbe2020 — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 23:29:01 GMT

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Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

Dan_A — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:41:39 GMT

Hi gbe2020,

I'm afraid this feature is not available. We appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us and we're always looking for ways to improve. We'll take this as feedback and pass this information to our team. Let me know if I can assist you in anything else, otherwise I will be locking this thread in 24 hours.

Best,

Dan

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

AlexOfAnders — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:41:50 GMT

I'm good, feel free to lock this thread

Re: Casting from a device to Chromecast with Google TV almost never succeeds on the first try

Dan_A — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 21:09:42 GMT

Hello again,

Got it! Glad to hear that this has been sorted out and thanks for sharing it to the Community. I'm going to mark this one as resolved and will be closing this thread now. Please feel free to open up a new thread if you have other questions or concerns.

Best regards,

Dan