Last year, Google ended the product family Chromecast ceasing their production and withdrawing them from their store once the available units have finished. The device that during More than a decade has served as a practical and cheap means to give access to the Google ecosystem from the screen of a ‘silly’ television It was replaced by a more complete and face option: Google TV Streamer. Google then said that he continued offering ‘software and security updates’ on these devices, but now Many users of the second generation chromecast and Chromecast Audio are finding that their devices have stopped working overnight.
Users can no longer send content from their mobiles to chromecast or access its configuration through the app Google Home. The same goes for the Chromecast Audio, who can no longer send content to sound and speakers. When the chromecast connects to a TV, the message that appears on the screen is ‘Non -Reliable’ Device ‘it is reported that it could not be verified and that the problem ‘It may be because the firmware of the device is obsolete’.
Google says you don’t restore your chromecast to factory values
Naturally, many users shouted ‘programmed obsolescence’but this does not seem to be the problem. Or if it is, Google has decided to reverse the complaints of the users. In any case, The company ha recognized The incidence, claims to be investigating and working on a solution. Also recommends users that Do not do something that many have probably tried: restore the device from factory values. To those who have done it, promises facilitate a method for the device to work again ‘as soon as possible’. We will have to wait for Google to update the affected chromects to recover their functionality.
Although Google has not specified the reason for this failure, everything points to a problem with expired security certificates on the device.
How to know if your chromect is second generation
Both the second generation chromect and the chromecast audio were launched in 2015. With its second Chromect, the device abandoned the USB memory type format and He won its characteristic circular design and the HDMI flat cable of which he is hanging. It was a sales success in a few years in which the Smart TVs were not yet so common in homes and led to more models in later years. In 2018 The third generation arrived, in 2020 won the 4K capacity and in 2022 Google took out a new Full HD Chromecast, cheaper than the third generation. Since last year, the only streaming device available in the Google store is Google TV Streamer.
If you don’t know which generation your chromect corresponds, you can identify it by its circular form And the absence of Google logo, since I used the chrome browseras can be seen in the image headed by the article. In later models, Google changed it to the company’s ‘G’. You can also verify it through the Google Home app. If in the Chromecast section the model number that appears is NC2-6A5it is a second generation chomecast.
Why there was no more Chromecast Audio after the first
Chromecast Audio did not have the same success and He did not know later generations. Although it allowed access to platforms such as Spotify From sound equipment without internet connectivity, the fact that TV chromecast could also be used for this purpose, as well as the popularity of smart speakers that integrated audio and connectivity functions without the need for an additional device, they made Google never launch a second generation.