Device holders Chromecast second generation and Chromecast Audioboth launched in 2015they are not very happy with Google these days. Its devices They stopped working this Sunday when expiring a certificate of the Firmware configured to expire at 10 years, exactly At 17:44, Spanish time, from March 9, 2025as reported from Ars Technica. They can no longer send smartphone content to a television or sound equipment and when trying the user it is informed that their chromecast now is a ‘Non -Reliable’ Device ‘ that cannot be verified, what ‘It may be because the firmware of the device is obsolete’.
If not renew the certificate has been Disposal or something intentionalthey only know in Google. But your answer is not being the best. Google attended to the complaints of the users with an X message, the day after the devices stop working, in which it warned the users that users that users that They should not restore the chromecast affected to their factory values.
Restore it is precisely One of Google’s recommendations on its product support page And what many users probably did to try to solve the problem, with the result that now Its devices are blocked and cannot connect to the user smartphone.
Google has promised Solutions for allbut, in the meantime, if you used a second -generation chromecast you are unable to use your streaming apps on the television, so You may be thinking about alternatives.
Google and Apple have their options, but they are expensive
Google has yours: the Google TV Streamerwhich is priced at € 119, about four times more than the 2015 Chromecast. Apple, for its part, offers the Apple TV 4Kbut it is also a device of the Careros, with a starting price of € 169.
These are the best economic alternatives to chromecast
Many of the calls can be found in the market Boxes (for its format) of Android TV streamingwhich connect to the Internet and offer the same service as Chromecast using Android TV either Google TV. The offer is varied, with options for all budgets, and usually corresponds to not well -known manufacturers, mostly Asians and some Europeans. Homatics, Rocktek, Mecool either Strong They are some of them. But if you are looking for the confidence that they give better manufacturers, you have good options on the part of Amazon and Xiaomi.
Amazon fire tv stick
Amazon renewed its cheapest streaming device, Fire TV Stickthis last fall, replacing the model launched in 2021 by the one third generation. There are no big differences (same four-core CPU and 1 GB RAM, but better connectivity with Wi-Fi 6E), beyond design. Is limited to resolution FHDlike the second generation chromecast, but it is still enough for millions of televisions.
Comes with remote controlhe Alexa voice assistant and execute Fire os 7based on Android 9, which depends on the Amazon application store. Its price at Amazon is € 44.99.
If you want to take advantage of the change to resolve 4kyou must opt for the upper model, Fire TV Stick 4Kwhat costs € 69.99.
Xiaomi TV Box S 4K (2nd Generation)
The most economical option of Xiaomi It can be more interesting for some users. The Xiaomi TV Box S of 2nd generation does support resolution 4Khas as operating system Google TV, based on Android 11, he Google assistant To interact by voice, remote control and a faster and faster and faster cpu that Fire TV Stickin addition to the double of RAM (2 GB)although it stays in Wi-Fi 5. Its price at Amazon is € 49.99.
If you prefer in USB memory format, the Xiaomi Smart TV Stick 4K It is practically the same product, with a somewhat lower processor, lower physical connectivity and control in which the buttons dedicated to YouTube and app can be missing. Costs € 51.94 In Amazon.