Many people using older Chromecast devices experienced a shock in recent days when their units lost the ability to cast content. The company ended the brand last year, which led folks to think that this was a planned obsolescence of some kind.

Second-generation Chromecast users have been facing an outage since several days, and Google has now apologized for it. But where's the fix?

Users of select Chromecast models are seeing a consistent error message when they try to cast content using the device. If you’re the owner of a Gen 2 Google Chromecast or Chromecast Audio device, you’re likely not having a great start to your week.