https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/What-all-can-I-do-with-a-Gen-1-Chromecast/m-p/717805#M82885 <P>While cleaning house, I found my old Gen 1 Chromecast. After setup, the screen says "Ready to Cast." So, ...</P><P>Is that all it can do? It's just for casting from a cast-enabled app?</P> Tue, 13 May 2025 19:53:28 GMT RichRinCR 2025-05-13T19:53:28Z https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/What-all-can-I-do-with-a-Gen-1-Chromecast/m-p/717805#M82885 <P>While cleaning house, I found my old Gen 1 Chromecast. After setup, the screen says "Ready to Cast." So, ...</P><P>Is that all it can do? It's just for casting from a cast-enabled app?</P> Tue, 13 May 2025 19:53:28 GMT https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/What-all-can-I-do-with-a-Gen-1-Chromecast/m-p/717805#M82885 RichRinCR 2025-05-13T19:53:28Z https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/What-all-can-I-do-with-a-Gen-1-Chromecast/m-p/717825#M82889 <P>Yes, Gen 1 (and Gen 2 and Ultra) only worked with Cast-enabled apps.&nbsp; Though, there are thousands and thousands of those apps so that's still a lot of capability.</P><P>Google no longer publishes updates for Gen 1 so at some point it is expected to stop working.</P> Tue, 13 May 2025 21:33:39 GMT https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Streaming/What-all-can-I-do-with-a-Gen-1-Chromecast/m-p/717825#M82889 Byteguy 2025-05-13T21:33:39Z