Chromecast built-in

Google LLC

About this app

Google Cast is a technology that enables multi-screen experiences and lets a user send and control content like video from a small computing device like a phone, tablet, or laptop to a large display device like a television.

This app includes Chromecast built-in for Android TV.

Available and pre-installed only on Google approved Android TV devices.

Ratings and reviews

I've been having major issues with the latest version of this app. I use an Nvidia Shield TV, and I'd been unable to cast to the device in multiple apps. Youtube and HBO Go would both regularly fail to show content. The only fix I've found has been to uninstall the latest update for this app. Once I do that everything works great. Clearly the latest version has been hosed, and needs to be fixed.

On my Sony TV, the factory installed version (1.47.216070) I couldn't get many websites, most notably Netflix, to successfully cast from Chrome off a laptop. The dedicated app for said site would attempt to load (three pulsing red dots) and then fail, crashing back to the home screen. With this update, that's not even an option -- trying to cast those sites that previously failed now instead triggers Chromecast Mirroring for that tab...which also frequently fails. I don't understand why this experience is so much worse than with a dedicated Chromecast device.

Reply: Thank you for your reply. Since by resetting the app's data and cache youtube's chromecasting restores (only for the problem to emerge again a couple of hours later), I am pretty sure that there is nothing wrong with my router or anything else. I repeat that other apps (Google Photos, Netflix, TuneIn, Google Play etc.) are chromecasting wthout any problem. There are multiple threads and posts in avforum and sony community where people are reporting the same problem AFTER THE LATEST UPDATE. People that never updated to the latest version have not this youtube chromecasting issue.

What's new

- Bug fixes and performance improvements