Release notes for the Chromecast application.

3.25.0 NEW: Improve 4k support on the Chromecast Ultra FIXES: High-bitrate videos cast from Android use original quality

3.43.0 NEW: Rewritten the app to use the same technology as the web application New UI for players and preplays Better support for 4k playback Better support for NVIDIA SHIELD and other Cast devices Support for mixed photo/video playback Lower memory footprint for CC Audio Update subtitle support …

3.45.0 NEW: Added user/critic ratings for movies and TV shows Added new flat Rotten Tomato icons FIXES: Fixed some poor truncatio Fixed overzealous clipping of mirrored item descriptions Fixed casting camera roll from iOS Fixed automatic media version playback Fixed ignoring of initial quality…

3.46.0 FIXES: Fixed unnecessary rendering, making all screens snappier Fixed device name in Now Playing view

3.47.0 FIXES: Fix photo and background transitions to be a little smoother Fixed partially-scrolled summaries when navigating between pre-plays

3.50.1 NEW: Added tv, movie, and music details Add automatic fallback to transcode if direct playing music fails Added short rewind when switching from a local player to Chromecast Added support for repeat-all and repeat-one1 Added ability to force Chromecast to allow multi-channel surround soun…

3.51.0 FIXED: Fixed support for HLS plugins

3.52.0 FIXED: Fixed playback with subtitles freezing when streaming from some servers

3.54.0 ADDED: Added error codes to error screen FIXED: Fixed incorrectly displaying playback quality when casting media from Android

3.64.1 ADDED: Added podcast playback support Added noise filter to reduce banding artifacts on blurred artwork

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duncanbeeversAdmin October 21, 2020, 5:56pm 26

4.45.0

NEW:

Changed transcoded audio to use Opus codec instead of AAC
Show Original Artist name instead of Various Artists when playing music

Chromecast Ultra and 2nd Gen - Error code: h4 (Not Supported)

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Plex fails to cast videos to Chromecast Plex Media Server chromecast	5	582	February 15, 2023
Plex on Android fundamentally broken in new version Plex Players android-mobile	1	80	May 13, 2026
You've broken chromecast! :'( Plex Players chromecast , ios , android-mobile	7	264	September 19, 2025
[Acknowledged - Still No Fix] Unable to cast server content on Chromecast device Plex Players server-windows , chromecast , android-mobile	45	2219	May 19, 2026
Chromecast crash on plex initialization Plex Players chromecast	28	707	November 10, 2023

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