Automatic software updates are a plague that sometimes break perfectly functioning systems. . Google systems are not the only ones that are affected, a recent update of the Sonos app seems to have broken some functionality for many people. In my own system everything was working fine until I upgraded my router. Then intermittent dropouts and device discovery problems occured not just with the google devices but also some other devices on my network. Since the WiFi was the thing that changed I assumed the router was the problem. I kept looking out for new updates and fortunately the latest one fixed all the problems on all the devices. These are sometimes frustrating problems, and it could have been an automatic update on the chromecast devices or the router that broke things. Before you give up though, I'd suggest doing a factory reset on all the devices and see if that clears the problem.
Chromecast is not reliable anymore for multi room audio, from personal experience. In recent months, speaker groups that previously worked fine have been plagued with endless issues and complaining to Google doesn't seem to solve them.
Do you have any experience with Juke Audio? Looking for a way to tie in 4 zones of architectural speakers to TV soundbars. Essentially, play either TV content or music together in the family room and kitchen.
Hi I don't have first hand experience with Juke, but I see that they have built in Bluetooth receivers. Their website recommends this as a way to connect to a TV. If your TV ( or TVs) don't have bluetooth or if the TV bluetooth signal is too weak to reach a distant amplifier, then you can add a Bluetooth transmitter like the one shown in this video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tz6wSNouxlE.html
This is just the video I was looking for. Thank you. Planning to install multi room audio in a house I'm building for my family. We're android, so I'm leaning towards Chromecast. Still a total novice about how to link it to hardwired built in ceiling speakers though.
Your hardwired speakers must be connected to an amplifier somewhere if the amplifier feeds one set of speakers in one room then connect a Wiim pro to it. The Wiim Pro features Chromecast Airplay and Linkplay and works extremely well for all modes. If you have hardwired speakers in many rooms they may be all connected to a single multi channel distribution amplifier in which case you don't need to go wireless to sync up the speakers but you can still use the Wiim pro to use your phone as the music source
I will never buy or trust SONOS again after the made the bulk of their equipment obsolete a few years ago and expected SONOS owners to purchase upgrades...it had all the markings of the KODAK management decades earlier.
