Google is now rolling out a fix to the Chromecast (2nd gen) and Chromecast Audio that resolves the “Untrusted” Casting outage/challenge.
Since Sunday, all customers trying to Cast content material to their 2015 Chromecast fashions have been getting an “Untrusted machine: [name] couldn’t be verified. This might be brought on by outdated machine firmware” error message.
Some interpreted this message to imply that Google was deprecating these two fashions, with no person providing a real successor to the Chromecast Audio. Meanwhile, the $99 Google TV Streamer is likely to be a cost-prohibitive improve, particularly you probably have a number of 2nd-gen Chromecasts.
Google has since confirmed that it is a bug fairly than any try to finish assist. To date, Google has solely stopped updating the unique Chromecast. Even then, it will probably nonetheless be used to Cast.
After sending out an e mail yesterday apologizing for the difficulty yesterday, Google on Thursday morning began rolling out a fix that for the issue that might be “accomplished over the following few days.” The firm tells us that “customers should guarantee their machine is related to WiFi to obtain the replace.”
For those who manufacturing unit reset their 2nd Chromecast or Audio in an try to fix the difficulty, Google is “nonetheless working to resolve the difficulty… Please proceed to test the Community web page right here for updates and subsequent steps.”
