Google advises against factory resetting affected Chromecast devices

Google has confirmed an ongoing outage affecting second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices. The company is working on a fix but advises users against performing a factory reset, which could complicate the issue further. The outage began last weekend, with only second-generation devices impacted. Google has identified the cause as an expired authentication certificate but has not detailed the fix. Users may experience delays in resolution. A significant update or a quicker app-side fix is expected, which could take about a week.