Chromacast support is fine with the following apps:
Chromecast support is broken (no devices available) with the following apps:
iPhone 13 Pro
nbpf wrote:
• Chromacast support is fine with the following apps:
Google Home
• Berlin Phil
• mconnect
•
Chromecast support is broken (no devices available) with the following apps:
YouTube
• Dlf Audiothek
• Arte
• MUBI
• ...
None of those are Apple apps, contact each app developer or look at their help site.
nbpf wrote:
But all those apps that do not work fail with the same error message that seems to be iOS specific.
Then that means the developers of those apps that don't work need to fix them so that they function properly. As there are apps that do function properly under iOS, that would point to the app developers not properly coding their apps.
nbpf wrote:
That's one possibility. Another one is that the apps that do not work rely on a iOS support which is brocken. This seems more likely given that they all bail out with the same error message.
Then why would some apps work correctly?
I do not know, perhaps they do not rely on iOS services? The strange thing is that at least YouTube and MUBI used to chromecast flawlessly until a few months ago. I have bought the iPhone in November 2022 and in those days chromecasting worked just fine through all apps that had chromecast support. Now it's a mess, at least under iOS. Under Android all apps support chromecast fine, as one would expect.
nbpf wrote:
I do not know, perhaps they do not rely on iOS services?
They're on an iOS device so they have to rely on iOS.
The strange thing is that at least YouTube and MUBI used to chromecast flawlessly until a few months ago. I have bought the iPhone in November 2022 and in those days chromecasting worked just fine through all apps that had chromecast support. Now it's a mess, at least under iOS. Under Android all apps support chromecast fine, as one would expect.
I'm not sure why you're so determined to make Apple the entity at fault here. If some apps work properly using iOS, then it's possible to do it. I would certainly expect that it's easier to code an app to work with Chromecast using Android as all the services are Google. But, it's obviously not impossible. So, complain to the developers. Apple can't fix third-party apps that don't work.
Have you tried using AirPlay? Depending on what you want to display the content on, that may work.
As I explained, I tend to think that iOS is at fault here because all apps that fail to cast do so through the same, system-wide error message.
By contrast, the 3 apps that cast flawlessly fail to do so with different, app-specific behaviors if I disconnect the Chromecast devices from the network.
Also, as I reported, the YouTube and MUBI apps used to cast flawlessly under iOS and until recent iOS updates.
Hence my conjecture that the failure to cast hast been introduced through recent iOS updates, perhaps the latest 16.6.
I cannot use AirPlay because my end points are Chromecast audio devices. I can cast to these devices flawlessly with an Android phone. This is what I do at the moment but it would be nice to be able to control these devices also with the iPhone.
I seem to remember that iOS 16 was supposed to provide better Chromecast support. This is not the case according to my experience, hopefully iOS 17 will improve.
nbpf wrote:
As I explained, I tend to think that iOS is at fault here because all apps that fail to cast do so through the same, system-wide error message.
Yes, because they were all written incorrectly in the same way.
Also, as I reported, the YouTube and MUBI apps used to cast flawlessly under iOS and until recent iOS updates.
Which means that the app developers haven't properly updated their apps. That's why Apple provides beta releases.
I cannot use AirPlay because my end points are Chromecast audio devices.
Reasonable.
I can cast to these devices flawlessly with an Android phone. This is what I do at the moment but it would be nice to be able to control these devices also with the iPhone.
And that's not surprising as you are staying within the same ecosystem.
But all those apps that do not work fail with the same error message that seems to be iOS specific.
nbpf wrote:
But all those apps that do not work fail with the same error message that seems to be iOS specific.
and chromecast isn't an Apple app, again contact their support.
That's one possibility. Another one is that the apps that do not work rely on a iOS support which is brocken. This seems more likely given that they all bail out with the same error message.
IOS 16.6 inconsistent chromecast support
