Has your outdated Chromecast abruptly developed an issue?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 reminiscent of:
“Untrusted machine: [name] could not be verified. This may very well be brought on by outdated firmware.”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 unit reset after all!
Woah! Cease proper there – as a result of Google is advising Chromecast homeowners to not make the error of pondering that performing a manufacturing unit reset on their Chromecasts will repair the difficulty.
Certainly, Google goes on to clarify that if you happen to carry out a manufacturing unit reset whereas making an attempt to troubleshoot the difficulty along with your Chromecast, it’s possible you’ll end up unable to re-setup your machine.
Google says it’s engaged on the difficulty, and can maintain customers up to date through 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 not authenticate that older Chromecasts are real, and ends in the show of the error message.
In accordance with a report in The Verge some Chromecast customers have obtained 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 difficulty and perceive your frustration. We’re working to roll out a repair as quickly as doable and can share updates and steerage on the Nest Neighborhood web page. We recognize your persistence as we resolve this situation.
I feel it is protected to foretell that Google ought to be capable of repair the issue, though it could take longer than just some days. Little doubt the dearth of a repair will depart some customers disgruntled or baffled as to why they don’t seem to be capable of stream their favorite movies and TV exhibits for the previous few days.
