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Google home won’t find my chromecast

Jujuchilds — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:55:39 GMT

My chromecast worked fine last night. Today my streaming services wouldn’t stream even though they brought up my device. I unplugged both chromecast and router and still had no luck. I went to google home and it won’t find my chromecast and now my streaming services cannot find it either although my router shows it as connected and it broadcasts the google photos that show when nothing is streaming. What step am I missing?

Re: Google home won’t find my chromecast

David_K — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 12:49:48 GMT

It sounds like you've already tried some of these steps, but I'll include them in full. Try these steps:

Make sure your Chromecast is within 15 - 20 ft (4 - 6 m) of the Wi-Fi router if possible.
Turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on your phone or tablet, if not already turned on.
Turn off mobile/cellular data.
Reboot your router. Most routers just require that you unplug the power source and then plug it back in to reboot.
Reboot Chromecast by removing the power cable, then reconnect it.
Reboot your phone or tablet.
Make sure you're using the latest version of the apps you want to cast from, by checking your app store for any updates.
Restart those apps.

Android: Swipe up from the bottom, hold, then let go. Swipe up on the app.
iPhone/iPad: Swipe up from the bottom, hold, then let go. Swipe up on the app. On older devices with a home button, double-click the Home button, then swipe up on the app.

Turn Wi-Fi off and on again on your phone or tablet.
Reopen the app(s) you want to cast from.

If none of the steps above help, factory reset your Chromecast and do setup again. Once setup, try casting from those app(s) again.

Re: Google home won’t find my chromecast

Jujuchilds — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 03:33:29 GMT

Thank you. I was able to get it working but it seems to happen a lot so I’ll keep all those tips in my toolboxz