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Need help with setup? Troubleshoot common Chromecast problems

Here are some steps I recommend to resolve issues during the setup of your Chromecast.Step 1: Things to check on your phone or tablet Turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Turn off cellular/mobile data.This ensures your phone or tablet does not try to use mob...

David_K by Platinum Product Expert
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Youtube music fails to stream on chromecast

Update 3/26 - Appears to be fixed, working as expected now. When I attempt to stream from my phone to the chromecast using the YouTube music app, the ytm splash screen appears on the tv for ~ 1 minute, then fails with the 'Something went wrong' error...

jkksears by Community Member
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Max # of devices

I just upgraded to google tv. I am sharing Crave with a friend. I can watch Crave on my laptop but when I try using Chromecast Google TV the error message "Maximum number of registered devices etc" comes up. There are no more than 4 devices connected...

Jillmo by Community Member
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Adding apps on kids profile not possible

I have had my Chromecast with Google TV for several months now. I have a profile for myself and a profile for my daughter based on her Google account that is managed through family link.Recently, her profile stopped working. Thinking it was simply a ...

Resolved! Chromecast can't reduce volume when our assistant is listening.

Can we please get the option to reduce volume on TV when our google home assistant is listening. Older chromecast devices could do it, so why not the new one? When the TV is on and i wanna give a command (like "pause the video" or "turn off the light...

Azazel by Community Member
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Resolved! Hotspot

How can I set up my Chromecast using my hotspot I am a trucker and would like to watch tv

Terrible lag when casting from my laptop

I just bought brand new TCL android tv, with chromecast built-in. From the start, casting from laptop to the tv is impossible, it's ridiculously slow and unwatchable. No matter if I cast tab from chrome or whole screen, or a video from VLC player, it...

Screensaver Photos

Forced to pick a cageciry not accurate to my situation. Screensaver Photos show photographer name but not location, which is much more interesting to me. I'm looking at chromecast built into my Vizio uhd TV from 2017. Love the photos, hate not knowin...

MGO by Community Member
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What breaks if I uninstall Play Games / Play Movies and TV?

See subject. From all user-facing appearances, these apps are just useless waste space. My CCwGTV has 0B available. These may not even be in a partition that counts, but they are useless and heading for Google orphan status. I have no content at Goog...

DWatson by Community Member
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Won't connect

Chromecast connects to Wi-Fi says it picks up Chromecast 0265 but then when it goes to connect it can't connect to Chromecast

inkrat by Community Member
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