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Setting to adjust time on Chromecast until screensaver starts.

Jshkrueger
Community Member

Please, create a setting to allow us to change the time until the screensaver starts on the Chromecast with Google TV. It's ridiculously short. 

 

After the screensaver starts, it messes with some apps. Like on Netflix, if the screensaver comes on while a show is paused, it stops the show that's playing and takes you back to the show page. It's a minor inconvenience, but it messes with the flow, and makes me want to use the native app on my TV, instead of Chromecast.

 

It messes with other apps like YouTube, too. If a video is paused and the screensaver comes on, when you click the remote an ad immediately plays instead of my video coming back up. And it's not a normal ad. It's 2-3 ads in a row, with no skip function, which last 30 seconds to a minute. That's on top of the regular ads in the video. Why am I being punished with additional ads just for pausing a video? 

 

Please, create an option in the settings to adjust the time until the screensaver starts. It's extremely ridiculous that it doesn't already exist.

 

P.S. ~ We shouldn't have to enable developer options to adjust this setting, so don't even suggest it.

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luciaaa
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi, @Jshkrueger,

Thank you so much for reaching out to the community. We appreciate your opinion about the Chromecast features. We understand how frustrating it must be to constantly have your viewing experience interrupted by an untimely screensaver. It's clear that this is causing significant inconvenience and impacting your enjoyment of your Chromecast with Google TV. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback and assure you that we're listening to your concerns.

 

Keep me posted.

 

Best regards,

Ana