Hiort wrote:

At least my M5 is much more stable now.

No dropouts so far.

And no "* Authentication server unreachable, stopping Google Cast!" messages so far.

As written before, Since last week (after the reboot) it started working again with Google Home, but very unstable.

After your message I did a reboot again and now it seems much more stable in the Google home group. And still the same firmware versions..

I have been following this thread as I have a M5 with Theas issues. As written it started to work again last week, however it is so unstable that the M5 is almost useless. I can reboot the M5, it shows up i Spotify, Tidal etc, but wont play. Sometimes it start to play after trying to connect for 5 minutes. Sometimes it wont play at all. Sam issue using Google Home, it showes up but wont play. Looking in the app everything seems fine.

Anyone have the same experience?

It's seems very unpredictable. My essence MK2 is now working for a day without any problem. But before it was experiencing the same issues like you mention here.

BTW, Deezer is still not working with Chromecast but that seems to be the case also for speakers of other Brands. 

....oops,.sorry..double post.....no way to delete a message?

.....oops....

mbolo01 wrote:

yep, very disappointing ....

BS Moment, BS Core, BG 4002, BC 4500, BS1, BL18, BL19, BL8000 + RCV1, A6, M5, M3, A1, P6 (tks Botty), H5, TR1

Beware, if you use the latest Android 11, this on.the.fly adding or removing GC speakers will not work for now.... spotify, TuneIn, etc need to be upgraded to be able to use Media Streamer....

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-11-audio-output-picker-support-showing-google-cast-devices/

Hiort wrote:

I have asked support why the old CC version is kept.

Will be good to know as without an upgrade these products can't benefit from the flexibility of adding/removing them from playing session.

Back to the screenshot I posted, as HAWK answered, it is the Google Home App / Multimedia button that shows what's currently playing and from where you can control products individually assuming they have a recent CC software.

Hopefully this feature will be supported by more and more app or OS.

mbolo01 wrote:

Hiort wrote:

I have asked support why the old CC version is kept.

Will be good to know as without an upgrade these products can't benefit from the flexibility of adding/removing them from playing session.

Back to the screenshot I posted, as HAWK answered, it is the Google Home App / Multimedia button that shows what's currently playing and from where you can control products individually assuming they have a recent CC software.

Hopefully this feature will be supported by more and more app or OS.

To add: I can also use this button to control (add/remove) individual devices from the Google Home app on my Essence MK2 (with has NO new firmware yet). 

Beware, if your smartphone/tablet uses the latest Android 11/Q, this on the fly adding or removing of GC speakers will not work for now.... Spotify, TuneIn, etc need to be upgraded to be able to use the "new" Media Streamer functionality in this Android OS....

See: link

mbolo01 wrote:

Hiort wrote:

I have asked support why the old CC version is kept.

Will be good to know as without an upgrade these products can't benefit from the flexibility of adding/removing them from playing session.

Back to the screenshot I posted, as HAWK answered, it is the Google Home App / Multimedia button that shows what's currently playing and from where you can control products individually assuming they have a recent CC software.

Hopefully this feature will be supported by more and more app or OS.

Got the following reply from B&O on my question why Chromecast was not updated and when A6 will receive an update of its firmware:

The update would not be with the Chromecast firmware but with the M5 and A6's firmware itself. The two are distinct from one another and updates to the Chromecast firmware are no longer possible.
Different generations of devices will have different Chromecast firmware.
As the update for the M5 was to its firmware the A6's update is still in development.

I looks as if M5 and A6 are a bit lost with regards to Chromecast....