topic Hulu is launching on its own in Streaming

Hulu is launching on its own

wiscoman — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:52:57 GMT

90% of the time when I boot up my chromecast with google tv, Hulu just starts up automatically. Why is this happening and is there any way to stop this? It's a minor annoyance, but it is an annoyance. I just want to see the home screen.

I always make sure to exit whatever app I'm using when I'm done watching, so it's not like I'm just leaving Hulu on somehow. In fact, it's not even the app I use most often. It's just, for some reason, the app that's always launching on its own when I turn chromecast on. There's nothing in the Hulu app settings that would account for this.

Not sure what platform I was supposed to choose. None of them actually seem right. Whatever OS the physical chromecast with google tv uses on its own, I guess.

Re: Hulu is launching on its own

GeremiG — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:10:44 GMT

Hi @wiscoman!

Thank you for posting in the community. I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing this issue with Hulu automatically launching on your Chromecast with Google TV. I appreciate your efforts in taking those steps before. I'm happy to help you!

To help me find the best solution, I'll need to ask you a few questions:

Is this issue only happening with Hulu, or have you noticed it with other apps too?
Is your Chromecast device up to date?
When you exit Hulu, are you completely closing the app (e.g., going back to the Chromecast home screen) or just stopping playback?
If you connect your Chromecast with Google TV to another TV do you get the same behavior?

Please keep me posted. I'll be waiting for your response.

Best regards,
Geremi