Has anyone else been experiencing these two issues with Chromecast with Google TV over the past several months?

Google Photos Ambient Mode freezes. The slideshow gets stuck on a single photo indefinitely. It only starts cycling again if I manually exit Ambient Mode and then reenter it. (The metadata on the photos has also started displaying incorrectly at times and or the temperature not updating)

Chromecast randomly stops outputting HDMI. My Roku TV reports no HDMI signal, and the only way I’ve found to restore it is to physically unplug the Chromecast and plug it back in.

Both issues seem to have started after Google’s updates earlier this year, although I’m not certain they’re related.

Has anyone experienced either or both problems? More importantly, has anyone found a permanent fix?

Hey everyone,

I’m at my wit's end with the Chromecast with Google TV 4K remote. Is anyone out there actually running a real, long-term solution for the remote constantly disconnecting?

I feel like I’ve tried every single troubleshooting tip across Reddit and various forums:

• Re-pairing and factory resetting the remote
• Changing batteries (tried multiple fresh brands)
• Clearing cache and data of the Bluetooth/Android TV remote services
• Unplugging the Chromecast, power cycling, changing HDMI ports

...and none of it works, at least not for long. It always ends up dropping connection again after a few days.

What is actually going on here? Is it a broken firmware update, or are they literally trying to push us into "upgrading" by purposefully bricking these older devices?

I’ve also read that similar issues might be popping up on the new Google TV Streamer as well? Has anyone found a permanent fix, or is there an upcoming update/software patch on the horizon that’s supposed to address this once and for all?

If you've managed to conquer this issue permanently, I'm all ears. Would seriously appreciate any advice!

Not long ago it was almost impossible to get them under 60€.

Now suddenly every other week, sometimes even every other day people seem to want to get rid of them for cheap. They move somewhat quickly, are legit and work, I know because I decided to buy two.

Did something happen that could have caused this sudden influx?

Hello! I just bought a USBC to HDMI adapter to screen share from my MacBook to my google tv, and everything looks to be good on my Mac’s end, but the Google TV says “no connection” for some reason. Does anyone know how to fix this?

The up button on my chromecast is completely unresponsive. It used to sometimes work with a very firm press but that doesn’t work anymore.

I took apart the remote and cleaned all of the contacts with contact cleaner. I even cleaned under the white sticker. This is the only button with this problem and everything else works perfectly.

I would rather fix the issue than buy a completely new chromecast

Hi all, I'm not getting an LED light on the device at all. It did this after I plugged it into a USB A outlet in a power multi board (1A 5V). From what I have read the unit needs 1.5A so possibly the under current has caused it to lock up. The Power brick and cable appear fine (will charge phone when plugged in). Any ideas or is it gone?

I have an Android phone and Apple tv app installed from Play Store , I can watch Apple tv programs and stream to tv using Chromecast without Apple Tv box. So no need to pay over 200€ for the box.

I created an album on Google Photos with some background and I wanted to have them as my ambient mode but when I select it on settings the album does not appear as ambient mode.

If I select another album it works but the specific album I want it to show does not.

Any help with it?

Hallo ich habe seit Ewigkeiten bei meinem Google chromecast Stick WLAN abbrüche. Ob 2 oder 5 GHz oder mobiler Hotspot spielt keine Rolle. Auch die anderen Lösungen online bringen mich nicht weiter, die Kabel berühren keine anderen Kabel, der Netzstecker wurde auch bereits getauscht (brachte kurzzeitig Besserung) reset hilft auch nur kurz und auf dem neusten Stand ist er auch.

Gibt es überhaupt noch eine Lösung? Oder ist die Lösung etwas anderes zu kaufen?...

I have both a chromecast, and also a chromecast installed in my Samsung TV internally.

I like to cast movies to watch, but it feels like 8/10 times it simply won't work. I press the cast button, and my TV switches over to the casting mode, either in the Chromecast or internally, but all I get is the blue Chromecast icon and nothing happens.

Does this mean that my Chromecasts are faulty, or that it's the source that's faulty? It happens so often.

Edit: I can also add that if I cast from my screen it works every time. It's only when I try to cast from the source oit almost never works.

I cannot cast YouTube to my TV without being prompted to find my remote and click my profile to login to. Yes I know I can open Google home and get to the remote that way but why not just use the login of the device I'm casting from?

I use Chromecast to stream from the various streaming apps that I have. I noticed in the last month or so that Pluto stopped working on Chromecast.

Is this a known issue? Is it intentional? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

Thanks!

So we have a Chronecast with Google TV that prior to this weekend had no trouble connecting to our TP Link Deco Mesh network. Suddenly this weekend it refuses to connect, citing “Wrong Password.”

It does however connect to a Guest WiFi based of the mesh that I can set up no problem. Anyone else discover this and find a solution?

Hello,

I am wondering if there is a way to cast to my non smart tv from a pixel 7. Based on what I've read the 7 doesn't support video out through the wire, and pixels also don't use Miracast. From what I've read, Chromecast needs Wi-Fi. I can use my hotspot to connect it, but I only have 10G of hotspot data per month. Does Chromecast use a lot of data for mirroring? Does anyone know how else I could do this?

Hey everyone,

My RIVA Festival smart speaker lost Google Cast after a factory reset. AirPlay and Spotify Connect still worked, but Cast was completely dead — not visible in Chrome, YouTube, or any mobile app.

After weeks of SSH debugging, log analysis, and binary comparison with a working unit, I found **three independent root causes**:

1. **Stuck setup state** — `.eureka.conf` had `setup_state=63` and `tos_accepted=false`, blocking Cast initialization
   
2. **V8 snapshot mismatch** — factory firmware ships a 2017 `snapshot_blob.bin` (V8 6.2) but `cast_shell` is from 2020 (V8 8.6). Mobile Cast crashes with "Version mismatch between V8 binary and snapshot". PC Cast works because it uses a simpler audio pipeline.
   
3. **mDNS isolation** — my router blocks multicast between 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands
   

All three fixed. Speaker is fully restored. I wrote a complete guide and published it on GitHub:

🔗 https://github.com/mishaumc/riva-festival-recovery

**What's in the repo:**
- 15-stage recovery guide with exact SSH commands
- OTA download script (legal, from public server)
- 5.5 MB delta patch (5 critical files)
- Full 75 MB system image in Releases
- Troubleshooting decision tree

RIVA Audio's engineer Dylan acknowledged the analysis and forwarded it to their engineering team.

Hope this helps anyone with a bricked RIVA Festival. Happy to answer questions!

Buenos días.

Hasta ahora tenía una televisión sin SmartTV con un Chromecast. Desde el navegador del pc enviaba la pantalla del mismo y lo podía usar en el salón.

Pero he comprado una SmartTV de Xiaomi. No he podido enviar nada a esta tele, ni por la SmartTV ni por el Chromecast. Desde el pc dice que no encuentra la fuente, aunque está encendido y Google Home lo detecta y me deja cambiar los fondos de pantalla.

Tampoco me deja enviar Netflix desde el móvil al Chromecast.

No entiendo nada. 🙃

My Chromecast search (little voice button on the remote) has stopped giving listings or a carousel of titles, and now it just gives me a summary of whatever I searched for, sometimes it's the correct title and sometimes it's just some random result. For instance, if I search for "octopus" it will read me the summary of octopuses, as if it was from Wikipedia or the AI result on Google. If I search fantastic beasts and where to find them, it might give me the movie result or it might give me a summary on different fantastic beasts.

I was able to fix this before by uninstalling updates, but now that option is not available.

I have gemini turned off on my Google Assistant, and I have voice match and other things like that turned off.

Anyone else have this issue?