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Friday, July 25, 2025

Chromecast chaos – 2nd gen gadgets go belly-up as Google struggles to repair certificates subject


Has your outdated Chromecast all of the sudden developed an issue?

You are not alone it appears.

Many customers of second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio streaming gadgets have found that their beloved dongles have gone belly-up and are exhibiting error messages comparable to:

“Untrusted machine: [name] could not be verified. This could possibly be brought on by outdated firmware.”

And what has the standard tech person learnt over time if a chunk of {hardware} is not working correctly? Why, do a manufacturing facility reset in fact!

Woah! Cease proper there – as a result of Google is advising Chromecast house owners to not make the error of considering that performing a manufacturing facility reset on their Chromecasts will repair the problem.

Certainly, Google goes on to elucidate that in the event you carry out a manufacturing facility reset whereas making an attempt to troubleshoot the problem together with your Chromecast, you might end up unable to re-setup your machine.

Google says it’s engaged on the problem, and can hold customers up to date by way of its Nest Neighborhood web page when it has extra to share.

The unique “untrusted machine” downside seems to be linked to an intermediate Certificates Authority (CA) that expired on Sunday 9 March 2025. When initially issued the certificates was set to run out after ten years and – yup! – it appears no-one at Google has renewed it for the reason that launch of the Chromecast.

This has meant that Google’s servers can’t authenticate that older Chromecasts are real, and ends in the show of the error message.

In line with a report in The Verge some Chromecast customers have acquired an apology electronic mail from Google for the inconvenience:

We’re contacting you due to a disruption affecting Chromecast (2nd gen) and Chromecast Audio gadgets. We apologize for the problem and perceive your frustration. We’re working to roll out a repair as quickly as doable and can share updates and steering on the Nest Neighborhood web page. We respect your persistence as we resolve this subject.

I believe it is protected to foretell that Google ought to be capable to repair the issue, though it might take longer than only a few days. Little doubt the dearth of a repair will depart some customers disgruntled or baffled as to why they aren’t in a position to stream their favorite movies and TV exhibits for the previous couple of days.

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