topic Downgrading Google Chromecast with Google TV to Android 9 in Streaming

Downgrading Google Chromecast with Google TV to Android 9

tfmeier — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 06:14:00 GMT

My Google Chromecast with Google TV is running Android Q (10) and I want to integrate it into my home automation system which is possible (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/androidtv/)

However the stick needs to run Android 9 as Android 10 has introduced a SELinux policy that stops certain commands from being executed.

How can I downgrade my stick to Android 9?

Re: Downgrading Google Chromecast with Google TV to Android 9

David_K — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 15:29:51 GMT

The short answer is you can't, there is no way to downgrade unfortunately.

Re: Downgrading Google Chromecast with Google TV to Android 9

tfmeier — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:24:51 GMT

Thanks @David_K Not what I wanted to hear as this renders this device useless in my household. While I understand the formal answer there should be a backdoor way as I'm sure Google would hold this image on android.com. What do you think?

Re: Downgrading Google Chromecast with Google TV to Android 9

David_K — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:37:03 GMT

Yeah I agree it's not great for your case, but if I add a few words to my previous reply it would be there is no user accessible way to downgrade I'm afraid. Google isn't going to provide that detail if it's even possible.

Re: Downgrading Google Chromecast with Google TV to Android 9

Jeran — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:16:11 GMT

Thank you for helping out on this thread, David!

Hey there tfmeier,

I'm just checking up on this thread, do you have any more questions or need any additional help?

Best regards,
Jeran

Re: Downgrading Google Chromecast with Google TV to Android 9

tfmeier — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:27:23 GMT

No thanks Jean, unfortunately I'm at the end of the options here. We can close this

Re: Downgrading Google Chromecast with Google TV to Android 9

Jeran — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:45:24 GMT

Hiya tfmeier,

No problem at all. I'll go ahead and lock this thread. If you have any more questions in the future, feel free to create a new thread.

Have a good weekend!

Best regards,
Jeran