Built-in Google Chromecast not working on Sony A1 OLED

by prithvidiamond1

A couple of weeks back, I was unable to cast YouTube from my phone to my Sony A1 OLED (it has Android TV as it's OS), so I just left it as is and went to watching on my computer, since then I have been busy with work and haven't used the TV much until yesterday when I again could not cast from YouTube on to my TV! Everytime on my phone it says 'unable to cast to KD-A1'(the name of the TV). Even tried casting from my parents' phones but no luck either. I tried googling this issue for a solution but found none. I would really appreciate if someone could provide with a fix for this please?

prithvidiamond1

I just fixed it by uninstalling all the updated and reinstalling all updates for Chromecast!

br4n-n

Make sure you're connected to a 2 GHz wifi network. The older generation Chromecasts only work on 2 GHz and I think those are what come with Chromecast built-in, although I'm not sure about the newer ones, like Ultra. I had the same issue and a factory reset only temporarily worked until I figured this out.

civy76

Sometimes the Chromecast app on the TV hangs or gets corrupted. Try restarting the TV. Not just standby, you need to restart it (so you see the startup android logo). Or if this doesn't help it, find the Chromecast app and delete the data (clear cache, clear data).

tanivula

Same issue happend on my Nvidia shield. Whereas casting would work to my Sony 900e. The uninstall updates did the trick then too.

jmwint

I recommend not buying any "Smart" TVs