Millemissen wrote:

Same here - still not fixed.

On my Essence MK2 a daily reboot solves the issue.....why is a mystery.

But after that it shows up in the Google Home/Spotify apps as a chromecast device and works well.

(N.B. I have no groups, since I don’t use cast for audio that much).

MM

Same here with my Essence MK2. since I use Groups, I thought that might be (causing) the problem, but apparantly not.

Maybe when you use other GC devises in the network (not in a group, but seperately)? I also notice a difference in behaviour when  starting a GC stream from the app directly or by using google voice assistant. 

Let's hope the upgrae will be rolled out soon!

I must say this is a very odd problem.  I have 2 Essence Mk2s sitting right next to each other and one usually works, and the other does not. 

This whole Chromecast fiasco stopped me from buying a Level.  It is true that the Level didn't have any problems itself, but it would not reliable play with my older devices so back it went.

Hiort wrote:

M5 and A6 have got updated. For me they now appear as they should as Chromecast devices and appear as playable in Google Home app.

Good news!

What Google Cast (software) version do you have now?

Hiort wrote:

M5 and A6 have got updated. For me they now appear as they should as Chromecast devices and appear as playable in Google Home app.

Livingroom: BL3, BL11, BV11-46 Kitchen : Beosound 1 GVA, Beocom 2 Bathroom : M3 Homeoffice: M3, Beocom 2 Library : A6, Beocom 6000 Bedroom : M5, Essence remote Travel : Beoplay E8 2.0, Beoplay P2, Beoplay Earset

mbolo01 wrote:

Tks Hiort. Do they have a more recent CC software or does the latest update only fixes the registration issue?

Still 1.28.102057

Got the update too, didn't solve anything... worked for 5 minutes, switched a bit between speakers to play audio on and then got the error again

Update I received:

• 15.04.2021 01:40:48
  * Automatische update naar v.: 1.25.43619.92550662

Error: 

• 14. 4. 2021 02:01:13
  * Network state: down
• 14. 4. 2021 02:01:12
  * Authentication server unreachable, stopping Google Cast!
• 13. 4. 2021 23:59:28
  * Network state: down

Still not working after latest sw upgrade, cannot connect to M5 via cc, Beo app works fine. 
peter 

same here. Get you the BeoTool ot type the IP adress into a browser, most likely the M5 shows serial no. 0000000, so it cannot be recognized by the app.

Created a ticket at Support: ticket no. 371619

They have offered me 20% discount on a new M5 since they haven't been able to fix it. Freekin joke!! Device is only 3 years old.

At least I can access it on the web browser but no integration possible.

Sorry for the late reply. I wanted to test it thoroughly before giving a positive feedback.

I am happy to say that I can now connect to my A6 and M5 via Chromecast. I can play for long time and is not disconnected.

My units have been without restart for several weeks now. I do not experience the connection to the server is lost.

All is fine on my end. At long last. 🙂