Factory reset your buggy Chromecast? Google finally has a fix for you

Google helped define the early streaming landscape with its ubiquitous Chromecast hardware, empowering millions of viewers to smarten up their dumb TVs with an internet connection. These days, we’ve got much more capable options like the Google TV Streamer , but there are still mountains of loyal Chromecast users out there who intend to keep using their affordable streaming dongles for as long as they’re able. And while that should be a good long while, earlier this month some older Chromecast hardware ran into serious trouble. Google already deployed its initial fix, and today shares word of how it’s resolving things for everyone else. Owners of second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices first started seeing authentication errors pop up a little over a week ago. It didn’t take long for Google to acknowledge the issue, advising users to sit tight while it worked on a fix, and to not factory reset their Chromecasts in an attempt to fix them. By the end of the week, Googl ... Read full article.