# Google chromecast app not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** homey-pro-2023, googlehome\ **Created:** [July 14, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867 "2024-07-14T06:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![izekube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/izekube/32/79653_2.png) [@izekube](https://community.homey.app/u/izekube)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/1 "2024-07-14T06:18:58Z")
Issue: Google Chromecast unusable (official Athom app). App and Google Devices is shown with warning symbol and status “crashed” and all my Homey Pro (early 2023) flows are thus dead. Question: Am I the only one affected and do you know any fix? When problem appeared: About one month ago? Possibly same timing with new app version, not sure. Workarounds tried: - Resynched Homey and Google Assistant account (no success) - Uninstalled/installed app again (no success - error message “missing driver” shown when trying to re-add my Google devices) Collateral: Cast to Google app thus also not working currently. I have ticket logged since July 9 but still no resolution suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Hielke\_de\_Jong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hielke_de_jong/32/79029_2.png) [@Hielke\_de\_Jong](https://community.homey.app/u/Hielke_de_Jong)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/2 "2024-07-14T10:48:14Z")
But your Google-devices are working with Google assistant end Google Home-app? So outside Homey ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/3 "2024-07-14T12:58:19Z")
As a workaround: Just auto restart the app when it breaks a flow, or when a Chromecast device becomes unavailable. Make sure to enable _Settings \> Experiments \> Power User_ first. > [@Detecting failing App](https://community.homey.app/t/detecting-failing-app/68674/4): > > Most app failures are apps getting disabled or paused. To detect that, that can be solved with the Flow Checker app: > > ![Screenshot from 2022-09-11 20-51-54](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/6/96072d54b34b9cbeaece9a7c5bb40390266074c2.png) > > and by using the error ‘nipple’: > > ![Screenshot from 2022-09-11 20-50-02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/e/9e7c2cdbdffe8d3af8a0f6d4895028e848d53cd4.png) Or with this trigger card: > ![Screenshot_20240714-145741_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/9/992210cff3da8a04287b6d035892b9f9bfe4b0d8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Amersfoort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Amersfoort](https://community.homey.app/u/Amersfoort)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/4 "2024-07-14T15:01:46Z")
There is already a similar item [here](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-google-services-app-for-translate-and-new-text-to-speech-for-any-device-with-url-input/43257/474) ---
**Author:** ![izekube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/izekube/32/79653_2.png) [@izekube](https://community.homey.app/u/izekube)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/5 "2024-07-14T18:37:48Z")
Found the solution. Restart the Homey Pro… Now it works. One would expect when Athom actually update an app that requires restart of Homey Pro to work, that it would automatically restart Homey Pro, or at least ask for permission… ---
**Author:** ![izekube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/izekube/32/79653_2.png) [@izekube](https://community.homey.app/u/izekube)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/6 "2024-07-14T18:40:06Z")
I tried using Device Capabilities app and to restart app if it becomes unavailable, but does not work. Had to restart the entire Homey Pro… From now on I will restart all apps and Home Pro every night. Can’t hurt. The universal fix for all SW bugs since the dawn of computers… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/7 "2024-07-14T18:59:30Z")
> [@izekube](#): > > restart app if it becomes available I hope you made typo, because available should be _un_available ---
**Author:** ![izekube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/izekube/32/79653_2.png) [@izekube](https://community.homey.app/u/izekube)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/8 "2024-07-14T20:25:54Z")
Yes typo. Sorry. I meant “unavailable”. Anyway point was that it does not work. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/9 "2024-07-15T00:56:17Z")
I understand your point, but when you actually really used ‘available’ in the card, it would definitely not work 😉 ---
**Author:** ![izekube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/izekube/32/79653_2.png) [@izekube](https://community.homey.app/u/izekube)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/10 "2024-07-16T03:38:27Z")
Update; restarting Homey Pro just fixes my problems **temporarily**. Every day Google Chromecast and Google Devices reports at crashed. 🥵 ---
**Author:** ![Amersfoort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Amersfoort](https://community.homey.app/u/Amersfoort)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/11 "2024-07-16T06:38:56Z")
There is a test update of the Google Chromecast app: v. 6.0.7. You could try this version and check if this will solve your issue. It works for me; before Chromecast just would play one time, and than you had to restart the app. > **[Google Chromecast](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/com.google.chromecast/Google-Chromecast/)** > > Een slimme manier om jouw content te streamen ---
**Author:** ![ChrisG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chrisg/32/8825_2.png) [@ChrisG](https://community.homey.app/u/ChrisG)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/12 "2024-07-16T06:56:12Z")
> [@Amersfoort](#): > > You could try this version and check if this will solve your issue. It works for me; before Chromecast just would play one time, and than you had to restart the app. I only had to restart my v6.0.6 app once after the HomeyPro restart. Since then it has been working perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Marius\_Stensrod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marius_stensrod/32/56540_2.png) [@Marius\_Stensrod](https://community.homey.app/u/Marius_Stensrod)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/13 "2024-07-16T15:22:32Z")
I was not able to cast a URL. The “test” version solved my issue. Thanks for the tip of experimental version! ---
**Author:** ![Nelson1976](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nelson1976/32/18341_2.png) [@Nelson1976](https://community.homey.app/u/Nelson1976)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/14 "2024-07-18T05:27:47Z")
Ik heb hier ook last van gehad, maar na het rebooten van de app werkt alles weer. Ik heb dit paar keer gehad, toevallig net gekeken en alles werkt top nog steeds al een tijdje dus. ---
**Author:** ![Stefan\_Doring](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/stefan_doring/32/115932_2.png) [@Stefan\_Doring](https://community.homey.app/u/Stefan_Doring)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/15 "2024-10-18T11:35:13Z")
I have today the some problem again. No device from google chromecast anymore. I restartet Homey pro and the app. I uninstall the app. Nothing. Some Ideas? Update: After several times unistall und reboot it works again ---
**Author:** ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/16 "2024-10-18T21:10:06Z")
same issue here. All google chromecast devices are unavailable, searching for new devices no result, restart app also no effect… Any ideas how to get this to work gain? ---
**Author:** ![Stefan\_Doring](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/stefan_doring/32/115932_2.png) [@Stefan\_Doring](https://community.homey.app/u/Stefan_Doring)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/17 "2024-10-21T19:28:46Z")
Uninstall the app first. Reboot Homey. Install the app again und search for devices. That works for me. ---
**Author:** ![weide43](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/weide43/32/79186_2.png) [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/18 "2024-12-04T10:22:21Z")
Didn’t work for me. I add the devices and directley the app is crashing ---
**Author:** ![Stefan\_Doring](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/stefan_doring/32/115932_2.png) [@Stefan\_Doring](https://community.homey.app/u/Stefan_Doring)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/19 "2024-12-04T14:32:14Z")
Here the devices shown offline every day, but it still works. ---
**Author:** ![Toothy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/toothy/32/122790_2.png) [@Toothy](https://community.homey.app/u/Toothy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867/20 "2025-01-13T09:47:01Z")
Merci izecube! Ça a fonctionné aussi pour moi! [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/google-chromecast-app-not-working/112867.md?page=2)