This was working as of very recently. My Android will say "Unable to connect to Living Room’ when i press the cast icon from plex app. My computer plex setup, wont even recognize the chromecast using plex. I tried a server update, phone reset, chromecast reset, no app update is available. Admiti…

no, its all chromecast devices, working fine yesterday in the netherlands. tested all devices from our google tv to chromecast ultra

Chromecast Ultra in my case. Other apps can cast just fine, but Plex on Android triggers an error on the Chromecast screen saying something went wrong. Plex worked fine yesterday, but something happened since then.

I am using a Harman Kardon Enchant 1300. Quite likely that the built-in chromecast can be regarded “old”. But the device itself is working fine and another app can still cast to it.

Same here. I used plex yesterday and it worked fine. Today it is not working. When I try to cast from plex app to chromecast in Tv, the chromecast(the Tv) shows “Something went wrong” while the plex app in mobilephome shows “Unable to connect to —name of my chromecast—”. I tried to cast from both …

ok thanks. Also my question about web was really just to find out it it matters what you are casting from. If you have the new experience mobile apps is it just those. or also the existing “old” app as well. Does it also fail from the web app in browser?

First gen Chromecast (the original USB stick shaped model), the 2nd gen Chromecast, and the OG Ultra model (from before the Google TV OS stuff was implemented). Does not connect via the old Android app, nor Web App (via Chrome, Opera GX) Edit: Ironically…as I retry right now, it might be working a…

I think the bug is acknowledged and currently under investigation - see this post from the co-founder from Plex: [image] Plex will not connect to any Google Device (using any phone, tablet, PC) Streaming Devices Being fixed as we speak, sorry about that!

for me its fixed now, living in the netherlands i thin just a few minutes ago. its was not working the whole day… thank yout for the quick support

I’ve had this problem for a few days, it’s been driving me crazy trying to find a solution. Glad the problem has been noted and being addressed- my chromecast is about 4 years old. Should I uninstall and reinstall Plex on both devices, or will it automatically adjust? Cheers.

It works now but STOP CAST dont work now Samsung s21 android

Plex will not cast to chromecast devices

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metap0d April 24, 2025, 7:04pm 11

I think the bug is acknowledged and currently under investigation - see this post from the co-founder from Plex:

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Plex will not cast to chromecast devices

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