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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 to Google Cast devices, enabling control of media playback. It allows users to stream content from Home Assistant to compatible speakers, TVs, and displays.

Typical uses

  • Streaming content
  • Controlling media playback
  • Integrating with smart speakers
  • Managing multiple 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
276,916 (40.5 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Media player
Provides
Media player
Found automatically via
Network discovery (Zeroconf)
Maintained by
@emontnemery
Python packages
PyChromecast==14.0.10

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 ♥ 91 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Tradfri Cast control ♥ 1 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

23 open issues and 5 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 2026.3.2.

Open

  • open Pausing media on Chromecast devices does not work as expected since March 7, 2024 · 23 reactions · 78 comments · #112644
  • open Users encounter connection errors when interacting with Chromecast devices since July 28, 2024 · 7 reactions · 34 comments · #122744
  • open Custom dashboard views may lose important query parameters when displayed since August 12, 2023 · 2 reactions · 40 comments · #98316
  • open Plex content casting misses cover images on Google Cast devices Affects: Google Cast since March 9, 2024 · 2 reactions · 23 comments · #112831
  • open Custom card dashboards fail to cast due to configuration issues since December 21, 2025 · 2 reactions · 8 comments · #159553
  • open Google Cast devices consistently show as offline Affects: Google Cast since May 26, 2026 · 2 reactions · 4 comments · #172284
  • open Volume control for Google Home devices no longer functions Affects: Google Home since February 9, 2022 · 1 reaction · 37 comments · #66131
  • open Stereo pairs incorrectly show as idle during group playback Affects: Google Cast Stereo since December 26, 2025 · 1 reaction · 12 comments · #159790

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 13, 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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