Many people using older chromecast devices have experienced a shock in recent days when their units have lost the capacity to launch content. The company, which led people to think that it was an obsolescence planned of a certain kind. Here is good news. It’s just a software problem and .
The company sent an email to users to say that its engineers "Working to solve this problem as soon as possible, and will keep you posted when there is no more to share. Google was quite vague in its formulation here, but at least we know that a correction arrives.
Yikes, Google really tried.
RIP Chromecast. pic.twitter.com/xxtlulm3eay– DLLN (@dllnbrand) March 12, 2025
The problem mainly has an impact on older chromecastes and the Chromecast audio device and prevents them from flowing. Google says that the cause of the problem has been identified but has not revealed any detail.
However, he warned users of . It will completely see gadget users. Google suggested that this would help these people, because performing a factory reset would probably be one of the first troubleshooting stages, but has not provided a deadline.
A Reddit User This made the features of the devices lose, noting that it was “most certainly due to the cooked certificate in the chromecast having expired”. This person said that the certificate specified that he would no longer be active after March 9 and, well, it is the day before the start of many models.
For the uninitiated, the problem causes an “unreliable device error” whenever someone tries to launch on certain models. The only option is to reject the error, which deactivates the flow. Assigned units include audio and chromecast.
This article originally appeared on engadget to
