topic Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times in Streaming

Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Zardoz — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:12:05 GMT

My chromecast has a green dot in the top right of the screen at all times, even when movies are playing. I know this is because of the microphone being active & useable by apps, but this is an integral part of the device & its voice assistant, why must I turn off microphone just to watch a movie without a green dot? How is the dot helpful? Why would they put such a thing on screen at all times? This is an insanely badly implemented system. From what I can tell from searching you can turn it off on mobile using dev mode, but this is not a phone its a device made solely for watching tv & movies. If anyone knows how to remove the green dot I would very much appreciate it.

Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Zardoz — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:24:19 GMT

So it just randomly stopped showing, thats the kind of quality device I paid the big bucks for.
If you have this problem, I'm sorry you brought a Chromecast & I hope it randomly stops the same way it started like it did for me. Maybe try pressing the voice button a few times or throwing the whole thing out of a window & buying a firestick or Shield?

Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

kiltguy2112 — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 20:10:19 GMT

It sounds like the voice button on your remote got stuck and the green light was trying to tell you that. It's a warning to let you know that Google is listening.

Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Zardoz — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:26:18 GMT

It was not the button on the remote, its brand new & clean & works fine, this was a software error in the chromecast itself. It wasn't listening to me as that would have caused it to have the mic icon & for it to return results when I talked & it was not doing that, it was just showing a green dot for no reason. The error was present even if the device was powered off and on again.

I permanently fixed it by buying an Nvidia Shield instead.

Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Bnewman589 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 01:35:41 GMT

I reset the chrome cast and it went away.

Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Jeran — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:20:29 GMT

Thank you for helping out on this thread, kiltguy2112 and Bnewman589!

Hey there Zardoz,

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

Best regards,
Jeran

Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Jeran — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:38:40 GMT

Hey there Zardoz,

Do you have any more questions or need any additional help?

Thank you,
Jeran

Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Jeran — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:40:36 GMT

Hey Zardoz,

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: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Zardoz — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:10:54 GMT

Go ahead & lock it up.

Re: Green Dot in the top right of the screen at all times

Jeran — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:37:58 GMT

Hiya Zardoz,

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