A mysterious error affects numerous older Chromecast devices, according to a long thread Reddit-Specifically, the second generation Chromecast and the Chromecast audio, both of which were launched in September 2015. If you were affected, hold back when trying a factory reset of your device.
The error has appeared in the last 24 hours and makes affected devices quite unusable. One of the reported error messages is as follows: “Not trustworthy device: (name) could not be checked. This could be caused by outdated device.”
Further studies by users indicate that this is a server -side problem. So the problem is at the end of Google. It looks as if there were complications with expired security certifications, so that the Chromecast -Dongles who were hit are wrongly identified as unsafe to establish a connection.
That means there is nothing that Chromecast owners can do, except to sit and wait without Audio or videos in the meantime maintain streaming audio or video. Various steps to remedy the error were taken, including the re -connection with WLAN and the execution of a factory change, but no simple problem bypass was found.
In fact, the reset of your device is something you do according to Google’s latest information Shouldn’t Do – even if it is the obvious first fix to try such a problem. We are still not sure what happened, but an official Google account has now answered the original Reddit thread.
What Google says
According to the latest information from Google: “We are aware of a problem that affects Chromecast 2nd General and Chromecast Audio devices and works on a fix. Not factory rescue you to keep your result-if you keep you up to date when the fix remains up to date.
It is a bit of light in terms of details, but at least the confirmation is available. It sounds as if the restoration process for those users who have already (and understandably) tried a factory reset will be more complicated, but apparently Google will be able to bring all of these devices online again.
There is more of one Complicated bypass You can try that this is detailed on Reddit, but unless it is particularly urgent that you will be put back into operation again, I would recommend sitting exactly and waiting for Google to give a solution. While no timeline has been specified when the problem may be solved, we at least know that this is processed.
In view of the fact that the mistake did not hit recent Chromecast, including the Chromecast Ultra, there was some concerns that Google killed its older devices quietly, now they are approaching their tenth birthdays – but that no longer seems to be the case.
The Chromecast device line as a whole has now been discontinued, so that we will not receive any further streaming dongles in the future, but Google has not yet said that he has been doing support for existing hardware. The Chromecast functionality is still available in televisions that run Google TV The Google TV Streamer.
