Google is American, no thanks, not even with a fix.
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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"Buy new Chromecasts."
My whole house audio runs off a product Google no longer makes unfortunately (Chromecast audios).
There's, no like-for-like new version, and no good replacement that I've found. Thankfully, this was a fixable problem and they fixed it vs. Just EOLing them.
It’s amazing how they basically perfected something, and then just dropped it in the trash.
I know it’s easy to explain that they basically sold them to everyone who wanted one. But it really feels like a device that/situation that a company like Google could maintain as a good will thing. As a standard. As a protocol.
That's pretty much their MO though. If you look at their list of dead products, there's a lot of quality products that canned for whatever reason.
One theory I've heard here is that Patent law is the culprit in this case: Sonos has a patent they're trolling and Google had to stop infringing by discontinuing new devices.
WiiM Pro is a good replacement and support far more protocols in addition to chromecast audio, and much better DACs, but is at a different price point (though a far better value than anything else on the market).
Do WiiM Pro devices show up as speakers/streamable devices in apps (for casting) or can Google Home see them. Can they be assigned as the default speaker of a google home device?
I've got 11 CCAs in operation right now... That would be a pricey swap. Might be worth buying one and playing around. Also need to see if it supports yt music
I am an AirPlay user so haven't tried the google cast. But it separately lists echo speakers and display group, works with google, and google cast as capabilities, so I'm guessing all work. There's probably a YouTube video showing it somewhere.
It seems ytm is not supported in the app, but I'm not sure if that's a problem for my use case or not. If Google home "casts" requests then I think it'll work for me.
I sent them a message asking
I had some luck cobbling together a HiFiBerry with some speakers. It's not the same thing, but it does show up like a streamable audio device.
It's not super cheap though.
Can it stream with the "cast" button in Spotify or other apps?
Thats the vibe. In this case, it seems like they get more value from the signals they interpret from the devices already out there.
In a better world, these devices (and maybe even the Chromecast protocol) would be open sourced
Except that, despite their usual MO, they did actually fix it so people didn't need to buy new devices.
Just load their new spyware.
There is a way to connect your phone. Wireless with Wi-Fi or on a network without using a Chromecast. https://youtu.be/RkpQqmNRXic
You keep spamming this video when all it does is tell people you have never bought a low-end tv in your life. A good chunk of TVs do not have any kind of built-in casting or screen mirroring, which is what the chromecast product line is for.
I actually have like tons of TVs that I buy from the thrift store, so that's wrong. I'm just like obsessed with helping people find ways around Google. You can have a better experience with just finding an old dusty laptop. I would just get an old crappy laptop and a crappy monitor and call it a day. I usually use computers in an active way, instead of a passive way. I like to find solutions around big tech for pennies. There's like a thousand ways to skin a cat, bruh.
Did you watch the video?