Reports of Chromecast’s death have been greatly exaggerated — Google deploys a fix

There’s arguably no single product more responsible for ushering in our modern era of TV streaming than Google’s humble little Chromecast. With a few bucks and an HDMI port, anybody could transform their dumb TV into a modern streaming marvel — or just sidestep their smart TV’s disappointing built-in apps. Recently, though, a concerning number of users have been reporting problems with streaming to Chromecasts, and we were starting to fear this was the end of an era. Today we’ve got some good news, though, as Google shares an update on the situation.

Even as many of us turn to full-blown Google TV solutions for our streaming fix, the Chromecast line has represented a fantastically capable low-cost alternative. But there’s already been signs of trouble for Chromecast’s future, like when Netflix decided to block access for certain models.

Earlier this week, though, things really hit the fan, and we started seeing piles of reports from users who suddenly found…