Google says it fixed outage affecting first-generation Chromecast devices (opens in new tab)

Google said it fixed a technical issue that temporarily disrupted casting for some first-generation Chromecast users earlier this week, after reports that the 2013 streaming dongles could no longer cast from several apps. The problem prompted concern that Google had cut off the devices, but Google told Ars Technica it had identified the root cause and resolved it. The first Chromecast launched in 2013 as a $35 device that let users cast content from a phone or other device to a TV without a r...