Google is not killing your old and aging Chromecast, after all

For a brief moment, the internet genuinely believed Google had finally decided to kill off the original Chromecast, after multiple Gen 1 users reported casting failures and apps refusing to connect over the past few days. Honestly, considering the tiny streaming dongle is now more than a decade old, nobody would have been completely shocked, but thankfully, Google now says the issue has been resolved, and the aging Chromecast survives another day.

Google says your old Chromecast is still safe for now

According to updates shared on Reddit, the company says the issue impacting casting functionality has now been resolved, though some users are still reporting lingering problems after factory resets.

The situation immediately reminded longtime Chromecast users of last year’s infamous “Untrusted Device” outage, where Chromecast 2nd Gen and Chromecast Audio devices suddenly stopped functioning because of expired security certificates. Back then, Google had to…