Screen cast to Sony Bravia stopped working

by Ficetool

Hey guys,

I really hope you can help me out here. I haven't found anything online that helped me solve my problem and am now asking for help directly.

The Bravia that I have been using now for like four weeks has been working perfectly. The best feature was when I discovered that I could simply click the small TV Icon on my iPad/phone when watching a stream or youtube and I could cast it directly to the TV. It was super convenient.

However, for the last week, casting to the TV hasn't been working anymore. In the youtube app the button still shows, but clicking on it, my Bravia isn't shown. In streaming apps it doesn't even show up anymore.

The TV does recognize that the iPad is in the same network (I was able to log in to my disney+ account on the iPad and the TV recognized that.)

I have done the following things before I noticed it stopped working at some point.

- Updated my iOS (I don't think that's the issue since my phone can't cast to the TV either.)

- Installed a sound bar using HDMI Arc.

- Fiddled around with some app settings in the TV since I wanted to restrict access to stuff so my TV can't spy on me as much.

I'm assuming it to be point three, but I cannot find a setting anywhere that would restrict screen casting. Google screen cast built in is activated as well.

Can anyone PLEASE help me what I am missing here/what I screwed up? I loved casting to the TV and it made the whole experience so much better. I'd hate not to have this function anymore.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.

phendrome
  • Try restarting the TV completely (from settings)
  • Make sure the device and the TV are on the same Wi-Fi
kkZZZ

I'm pretty sure the recent system update broke it, this worked for me:

  • Uninstall updates for android webviewer
  • Untinsall updates for Chromecast built in

Make sure Google play updates are disabled becaue it's set to auto update. I tried a few times to be sure, after manually updating both, casting stopped working each time.

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