topic Re: Adding a second Google Photos account for Chromecast ambient in Streaming

Adding a second Google Photos account for Chromecast ambient

chrisbmann — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:22:04 GMT

Hello ! Is it possible to adding a second Google Photos account (eg my wife's) to Chromecast Ambient so that the display shows photos from both accounts?

It seems that the answer is 'no' (or that she would have to manually create and update a specific album that is shared with me) - but if others have found a way please let me know !

Thanks in advance

Re: Adding a second Google Photos account for Chromecast ambient

GothamNY — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:38:37 GMT

Hi @chrisbmann, this is more a Google photos question so you might wish to use that forum for your answer. I would guess the simplest thing to do would be to share an album and voila, the photos in that album can be selected for ambient mode. The account that set up the device is the primary controller of most settings -- no mix and matching.

Re: Adding a second Google Photos account for Chromecast ambient

GarrettDS — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:56:51 GMT

Hey there,
Just wanted to jump in here to check to make sure that you saw the response from GothamNY. Shoutout and huge thank you to GothamNY for the help here. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours.

Have a great day.
Garrett DS

Re: Adding a second Google Photos account for Chromecast ambient

GarrettDS — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:02:18 GMT

Hey folks,
It looks like we haven't heard back from the OP so I'm going to go ahead and lock the thread. If you have any further questions or concerns, feel free to create a new thread.

Have a great day,
Garrett DS