Google Chromecast

Please sort out the pausing situation – I'm giving chromecast a 2 star review because every time I pause what I'm watching and go to press play it's gone. Then I have to go back into the app, find what I was watching then try and move the thing across to find where it was. Not very helpful. Then end up getting all the adds again which is obviously so annoying. So if you could please fix that id be pretty stoked Show details

Turn any tv into a smart tv – Chromecast is fantastic to turn your tv into a smart tv You can download free to air tv channels on your phone and stream to your tv You need to set up a google account to be able to operate Show details

unnecessary automatic volume control – why is it every time i turn it on i have to turn it up to hear it at all then it ramps up to loud and i have to turn it back down to where it was originally. the remote contols shape makes it neary impossible for me to pick it up without pressing buttons, flipping upside down in my hand or dropping

Beautiful – I bought this off of Amazon (the chromecast with Google TV - HD for $59) and i wasn't sure whether or not to buy it but it is the best thing I've bought off amazon. I've been using it for weeks now, it works beautifully, I can watch Netflix, YouTube, listen to Spotify, search things up like the weather, time. It even let's you create your own… Read more

custom screen saver. I have an old TV that I plugged it into and the quality is really good, for 1080p. I wouldn't recommend buying the 4k chromecast version if u don't have a 4k TV, as long as it has an HDMI port the 1080p one is extremely good as it is. It's also really small and easy to use/transport.

Great way to connect to non smart TV – I have the first generation one very easy to connect non smart TV or even mirroring TV away better connection and quality, Down side still use old style Samsung cable power cord also Google home apps is not easy to use for some people they not understand new technology. Show details

Initially frustrating, but eventually worked it out (with limits) – I bought the latest Google Chromecast model direct from the official store 1 month ago, which provides 3 different colours. Set-up was pretty straight-forward. But trying to use it was initially a challenge. I bought the Chromecast device because I wanted to be able to stream apps like Binge, Kanopy etc. The aim was to use the device on my… Read more

bedroom television. The problem is the Chromecast connects to the Internet easily...than drops the connection not even 30 seconds later. In the month since I bought the device, I managed to stream 3 episodes of Squid Games. When I stream Kanopy, the picture goes grainy and indecipherable.

Than I tried something different. Despite wanting to watch shows in my bedroom, I took it out to the living room as our digital television is next to our WiFi box which emits the signal. Set it up and boom - it has worked pretty much perfectly ever since. We can watch anything and everything...in the living room. Despite our laptops, cellphones, bluetooth speakers etc all working absolutely fine in our bedrooms, the Chromecast device is just too weak to be used on the other side of the apartment. Which means we would need a re-router if we wanted to use Chromecast in the bedrooms.

To think I was going to buy 3 for each TV in the house but nope, it's just not worth it. But for the 1 we did buy and to which the device is literally within 30cm of the internet signal, it's doing a great job. 4 stars for that. One star missing for such a weak signal that cannot be used elsewhere in the apartment.

Guest network deleted - why would you do it!!! – I purchased a 4k Chromecast two days ago so we can wirelessly cast to a screen in our office. This has been one of the best features of Chromecast so people don't necessarily have to access your company network yo cast. This worked when I first setup then the unit did upgrades and guest disappeared, i contacted Google support(who to be fair were… Read more

amazing) who told me the function was removed two weeks ago. Google what are you doing deleting established functionality from your products, please reinstate this!!.

Great when it works but crashes a lot – I never had an issue with the first gen but this latest is full of glitches. It crashes and you have to factory reset which takes around 20 minutes if you sitting there trying to get your phone to communicate with the thing also the remote is terrible. It’s like a bar of soap and slips falls. Buttons are so sensitive that you end up exiting what your watching by accident as soon as you touch it. Show details

A pain in the neck to set up – I bought this product from retravision and unless the wifi/hot spot signal is of a very high strength, it will not set up. You can literally spend hours trying to set this crap product up. Stick to watching things on your tablet if the signal is poor instead of wasting an evening. Show details

Disconnects constantly – Frustrating. There has to be better products available, please research and vote with your wallet. As soon as I have the money I’ll be finding an alternative

Absolute rubbish – I had a gen for years that never failed until recently. I decided to upgrade and get the latest version and it's been absolute trash. The amount of times you have to unplug this piece of crap and restart is insane

Wish I could give it minus 5 stars – This product is incredibly difficult to set up. I spent 4 hours and still couldn't do it. It's supposed to need wi-fi, but Google Home also wants me to pair it by Bluetooth. It won't pair- a message says 'an app is needed to pair this' ‍ Hang on, Google Home IS the app! Catch-22 !!! I tried everything in Google Home Help. I hate this product and it's ruined me. Show details

Frustrating, infuriating and now after about 3 months, inoperative – This device was always slow and clunky but I put up with this until it became completely inoperative. It called for anew login and then failed to provide an alphabet to do so. I believe I have been cheated by Google and feel very disinclined to ever use any of the companies prducs in future. Show details

Unreliable – Chromecast does not automatically connect to TV. Have to reconnect it each time you wa t to use it. Sometimes it will connect sometimes it will not. Very frustrating. Who wants to disconnect and reconnect each time you use it. Reset router etc Show details

Works well but having difficulty with the app – It is easy to set-up and it works well but not 100% all the time. At times, but rarely, my device gets disconnected so I'm unable to cast. The app is hard to navigate through especially for streaming Show details

Frustrating! – We are finding this device so frustrating. It is very counterintuitive to change the choice of wifi (no simple wifi setting - must "forget device" and then resetup?!), then wont turn up in list of devices. Cant seem to hotspot it either! (When you are away from normal wifi like on holiday for example), inconsistent quality with voice/video lag, or the app on our phone keeps losing sync or connection. And yes - wifi speed was tested and all ok Show details

Terrible with IOS devices. Working one minute, broken the next – I am an IT technician for a living, i deal with complicated technical issues every day of my life however I could not get this thing working. One minute its ok, next minute it tells you that the wifi password is incorrect yet you know that nothing has changed. The help available online from Google is so vague that there is no way of fixing the issue. I have owned it too long to return it so it now goes in the bin. Show details

Terrible device with extremely limited compatibility with apps – Bought this to stream shows / movies via apps from mobile / tablet to the tv (as we don’t have a smart tv) I’m in no way technologically incompetent but I found it pretty confusing to set up AND once set up would only cast with about 3 apps. (Instructions in box woeful). If an older person tries to set this up they’d be throwing it out the window.… Read more

Will be returning to the store for a refund. Do not purchase unless u wish to be tearing ur hair out

Poor connectivity with IOS – Since the IOS update of 14.2 google chromecast has failed to connect to my iPhone or any other device for that matter Upon doing a lot of research on this issue that’s the conclusion I have drawn and that google and apple are yet to address the issue. I just had to go out and buy the fire tv stick instead and works much better! It was working fine before up until a few months ago.  Show details

We love our Chromecast! – We love our Chromecasts, we have one on every TV and our projector, I would recommend getting the 3rd generation as we had an older one and it buffered a lot when watching live sports but haven’t had a problem with this model. We use it to stream all of our streaming platforms and when we aren’t watching anything we have our favourite photos… Read more

playing on it in the background and have had people comment on how great it is we can have our photos playing on the screen.

We love it, wish we'd known about them before now – We have poor reception of an evening so use this for normal free to air live tv in addition to all the apps. So easy to install, i couldn't believe i didn't need help. Only a 4* because the remote i find slippery and sometimes difficult to find being white, believe it or not Show details

Drives me crazy with frequent short pauses – Good ideas which allows me to view my laptop on the tv but whats the point of a product that has constant pauses and drops a second or two of dialogue and visuals every few minutes or so. I cannot believe that companys' with the resources of Google Chrome would put out such a crappy piece of gear. Show details

Worst user friendly device ever – I’ve had a gut full of this device I just want to smash it into a thousand prices. I’m away in our caravan with no tv reception, however we have internet through our iPhone, I have spent hours trying to get the iPhone to cast to our chromecast connected tv. It won’t, factory reset whatever, it is not user friendly. Google chromecast is a waste of money. Show details

High Tec Low Performance – I have to wonder why in this day and age my Google Chromecast regularly (at least once a fortnight) stops functioning and I have to go through a range of primitive switching and re-booting to get it to come online again. I have seen military blokes sitting in a booth thousands of kilometres away remotely fire a rocket and precisely destroy their target but my google chromecast has problems remotely connecting to my laptop one metre away. Show details

Best Thing Ever – So good in the loungeroom I brought a second one for the bedroom. Quick & easy just to stream a show from my iPad or iPhone. Never had issues with it. Show details

Total Rubbish – I'm pretty good at getting devices working, but this device had me stumped. Would not connect to numerous wifi connections available in the house. Don't buy one total Rubbish and you'll waste a lot of time. Show details

Flakey and unreliable – I've worked in system adminstration and software development for almost 40 years and I can't get it working reliably. Error messages are vague, if you can get it connected (which seems to depend on the phase of the moon) it randomly disconnects leaving the video running which can't be stopped. Don't buy it unless you get a money back guarantee!

Was fine until – I was happy with device which was working with no problems until recently. Now it continually fails so I've given up. I won't replace it, not worth the money and trouble. Show details

Biggest pile of crap ever – It doesn't connect properly with my mobile phones (Moto x2 play and Moto G5Plus) but my laptop does connect to it but it buffers and is choppy and eventually the screen goes purple. Rebooting and running Google's useless troubleshooting makes no difference. You'd think if you pay for a product from a multi billion dollar company you'd actually… Read more

get something that actually works. No wonder they are so rich ripping off everyone. I tried to write a review via google review and guess what? You can't. They've locked it like a late night infomercial review site where everyone says how great the product is and gives if 4 and 5 stars but in reality it's a piece of trash.