Umar Shakir is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge.
Google started rolling out an update on Thursday to fix Chromecasts that suddenly lost the ability to cast. Now, it also has a fix to take care of the ones that were unexpectedly bricked after an attempted factory reset.
“Everything should now function normally,” Google writes in an email to affected owners of second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio. It also mentions that a new Google Home app update (version 3.30.1.6 for Android and 3.30.106 for iOS) includes the ability to set up and revive broken-after-reset Chromecast devices. The company didn’t say why the devices stopped working, but a Reddit user found evidence the “untrusted device” error may have been due to an expired certificate baked into the now-discontinued devices.
Google says the new Google Home app update is rolling out starting today and “may take a few days to roll out to everyone.” The company will post any updates on the situation on the Google Nest Community page.
