Has your previous Chromecast instantly 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 resembling:
“Untrusted machine: [name] could not be verified. This could possibly be brought on by outdated firmware.”
And what has the everyday tech consumer learnt through the years if a bit of {hardware} is not working correctly? Why, do a manufacturing facility reset in fact!
Woah! Cease proper there – as a result of Google is advising Chromecast homeowners to not make the error of considering that performing a manufacturing facility reset on their Chromecasts will repair the difficulty.
Certainly, Google goes on to elucidate that in case you carry out a manufacturing facility reset whereas making an attempt to troubleshoot the difficulty along with your Chromecast, you might end up unable to re-setup your machine.
Google says it’s engaged on the difficulty, and can maintain customers up to date by way of its Nest Group web page when it has extra to share.
The unique “untrusted machine” drawback 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 because the launch of the Chromecast.
This has meant that Google’s servers can’t 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 acquired an apology e-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 attainable and can share updates and steering on the Nest Group web page. We respect your endurance as we resolve this difficulty.
I believe it is secure to foretell that Google ought to be capable to repair the issue, though it could take longer than just some days. Little question the dearth of a repair will depart some customers disgruntled or baffled as to why they don’t seem to be in a position to stream their favorite movies and TV reveals for the previous few days.
