Over the past few hours, owners of the Chromecast (2nd gen) and Chromecast Audio haven’t been able to Cast any audio or video content.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40385572

If you’re getting “Untrusted device” on your Chromecast today, you’re not alone. It looks like an expired cert.

  • sauce@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    24 minutes ago

    Well shit, I have a couple of BNIB Chromecast audios lying around for years that I’ve been meaning to put on eBay. Hopefully they fix them so they’re not paperweights.

  • PeteWheeler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    I always had issues with chromecast. And I haven’t used one in 5+ years. I assumed they were better by now?

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      21·
      2 hours ago

      They’re pretty good. The affected models are 10-year-old now. Not that it means they should stop working, but just some context.

  • grillme@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    5 hours ago

    Holy hell! I couldn’t cast to my chromecast audio even though nothing changed with my setup. Now I know why.

    I gotta look at the non google options.

  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    13·
    12 hours ago

    Hopefully, the company can send out a server-side fix in short order.

    The Chromecast (2nd gen) and Chromecast Audio are two of Google’s oldest devices, with both announced at the same event in September of 2015.

    Yeah those are likely considered dead and abandoned by google, they will probably not give a shit about it.

    • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      7 hours ago

      Comments from Google accounts on Twitter and Reddit say they are working on a fix.

      Hey there, we’re aware of an emerging issue impacting Chromecast 2nd gen and Chromecast Audio devices and are working on a fix. Do not factory reset your device - we will keep you all updated when the fix rolls out. If you have already factory reset your device, we will provide instructions to set your device back up as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      I bought a Chromecast Audio right before they were discontinued, trying to get in while I still could. It’s the only way I cast to a wired speaker system from the 80s that works reliably.

      I loved the convenience but I will not go along with their cash grabs. I will not buy their new product because they took away the old one that was still working.

      • unphazed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        They were discontinued because they lost a patent case. This one I won’t blame on Google… cept maybe for their legal team not flagging it for patent infringement.

          • unphazed@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 hours ago

            Just looked it up. It was with Sonos. It was also when they removed the ability to stream to multiple devices at once (I think that changed , but got rid of a lot of my chrome speakers due to the decline in recognition.)

            • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              2·
              3 hours ago

              Patents have gone too far. I just want to stream Spotify to my home speakers; I shouldn’t need proprietary bullshit to do that

    • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.comEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      I have to think there’s some project out there where you could plug a 3.5 to RCA adapter into a Pi and use it in a similar fashion. Maybe would need a bridge app from the ‘cast’ function to connect to it, but I expect not impossible.

  • tias@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    16·
    13 hours ago

    There’s nothing else like the Chromecast audio, and it’s a crying shame that Google discontinued them. I have four and rely on them every day. I sure hope they will fix this issue.

      • keesrif@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Thanks for the link! Too bad they’re stupid expensive in comparison to my old CCAs ;(

        • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 hour ago

          The mini is pretty cheap but unfortunately doesn’t have google cast.

          The pro is still an excellent value as it has way better DACs than the google cast and a lot more format support. But yes, on an absolute cost perspective it’s not as cheap as the old chrome cast audios were.

          But there’s still nothing available at this level of quality and features at this price , most comparible stuff is 2-3x the price.

  • kolorafa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    242·
    16 hours ago

    Those certificates should not exist in first place. That is just a bad design.

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        101·
        11 hours ago

        It’s possible to encrypt traffic without a cert that expires.

        I don’t know much about how Chromecast works but my bet is that it’s like a hacked together lighthttp or nginx server, which is why it needs a SSL cert renewal.