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Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by go_jonny_go »

I am also having issues with chromecast and WiFi, weird slowdowns that never happened in the past. Casting pandora to the audio’s and mini’s always has problems. The phone will eventually start playing different songs than the cast, and at this point you are unable to control or reconnect to the cast. Like others I assumed this was a app issue.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by xrd »

xrd wrote: post #51

Has anyone found a good way to troubleshoot and confirm these suspicions? This aligns with our experiences as well since adding more Chromecast devices and Google Home devices.

None of my devices have guest mode turned on so I'm unsure. But, I definitely feel like these symptoms have been on our network.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by innagadadavida »

gkfasdfasdf wrote: post #37

I haven't noticed this problem. I've got a Chromecast v1, Chromecast Ultra, Home Mini, Pixel phone, and Google onhub + WiFi mesh, plus a bunch of other non-google devices. Perhaps the Google routers are able to handle the burst? I do wish that Chromecast was in general a little faster at connecting / playing etc.

Oh me either, but then I just have Apple TV and iPhone.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

chubot wrote: post #46
aeturnum wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I quit using chromecast and a wireless HDMI solution. Does exactly what I want most of the time.

Do you have details on that solution? Is it a small PC? One problem is that a lot of the things I cast use Android apps. Although I should check if they have web options. But a web browser is also a big dependency.

But you have a lot of flexibility in web browsers: There are a decent number of options, and they're available on every OS. The problem with using "Android apps" is that they tend to lock you into Google's ecosystem. Your solutions are limited to "things that support Chromecast", which is a vastly more limited set of options.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by 27182818284 »

Lots of anecdotal experience in this thread about how bad Chromecast is so I'd like to offer my opposite:

Chromecast has been one of the nicest additions per dollar for my home. It has been working well for me for a year or so. I even used it today (for the first time in a week or more) while cooking and it worked like a charm first try.

The only real problems I've had with it, I switched hardware, but used the same SSID and it was confused as all heck. To its credit, though, so was my "Smart" TV. I gave up and just used a new SSID and everything worked again without all of the weird-ass problems.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by hn2017 »

Yhippa wrote: post #16

I have a Google Home and a Pixel 2. I didn't have problems until we added two Google Home Minis. It's knocked out 5G on the Verizon Quantum Gateway router and 2.4G drops out every now and then.

I'm having the same issue. Just bought a Google Home in December and my Verizon quantum router has been dropping repeatedly. I've had a Chromecast and Nexus 6P for years and never had any issues with it. I'm glad I finally discovered the issue, thanks to this article!
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