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Google Cast in Home Assistant

cast part of Home Assistant since pre 0.7

Local, polling Set up in the user interface

The Google Cast integration connects Home Assistant with Google Cast-enabled devices, allowing users to control media playback through smart speakers, TVs, and other compatible devices. It uses local network communication and automatic discovery to establish connections.

Typical uses

  • Streaming media to smart displays
  • Controlling playback from Home Assistant
  • Managing multiple Cast devices

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Local, polling – Talks to the device on your own network and asks for changes at regular intervals.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
Installations
289,226 (40.3 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Media player
Provides
Media player
Found automatically via
Network discovery (Zeroconf)
Maintained by
@emontnemery
Python packages
PyChromecast==14.1.0

Setup

  1. Home Assistant can find this integration on its own: if it is suggested under Settings → Devices & services, confirm it there.
  2. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  3. Click "Add integration" and search for Google Cast.
  4. Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.

Add to my Home Assistant

The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation Cast to Google Hub – Casts media to a Google Hub using the Cast integration and media player services. ♥ 91 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Tradfri Cast control ♥ 1 · Import · Forum
  • Automation UniFi Protect Doorbell - Stream to Google Nest Hub / Cast Devices ♥ 0 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

23 open issues and 8 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Google Cast in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.11.0.

Open

  • open Pausing media on Chromecast devices doesn't work since March 7, 2024 · 23 reactions · 82 comments · #112644
  • open Chromecast devices show connection and socket errors since July 28, 2024 · 7 reactions · 35 comments · #122744
  • open Reported problem #98316 since August 12, 2023 · 2 reactions · 42 comments · #98316
  • open Plex stops sending cover images when casting to Google Cast devices Affects: Google Cast since March 9, 2024 · 2 reactions · 23 comments · #112831
  • open Starting playback with quick play takes too long and times out since April 16, 2026 · 2 reactions · 8 comments · #168342
  • open Google Home devices can no longer control volume levels Affects: Google Home since February 9, 2022 · 1 reaction · 39 comments · #66131
  • open Google Cast Stereo Pair shows 'Idle' when playing media in a group Affects: Google Cast Stereo Pair since December 26, 2025 · 1 reaction · 12 comments · #159790
  • open Casting media to Google Nest Mini fails with Elevenlabs content Affects: Google Nest Mini since May 17, 2026 · 1 reaction · 5 comments · #171022

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of November 1, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration
The description was written by a language model from the facts listed here, not taken from the documentation.

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