Recent content by lwm4p

Thanks for the reply, you are right it is the same number of steps and essentially does the same thing. So I guess my request to Google would be to put a 'Go into Standby' button right next to the 'Reboot Chromecast' button in the core app (In addition and even better, a hardware button on the...

I looked at that real quick, but tons of complaints and doesn't actually work on every app..ie, somehow it is app specific. It just amazes me a bit that the chromecast device itself doesn't just have a 'stop what I am doing' function that can be called from the core chromecast app on any of my...

True, but it is kind of like advising someone to unplug their desktop from the wall just to get their browser to close.

Not a bad work-around... I'll give that a try. Still means that the chromecast goes to the apps screen and not its default screen, but might just have to live with that. I wish the chromecast app just had a dang stop button in it.

I guess... but that leaves something streaming across my network. I would rather turn it off.

I have two chromecasts in my house and both work great. since we have multiple people in the house, I keep running into a problem of stopping a current cast. For example: Say my wife starts pandora from her phone and casts it to a chromecast for the kids in the morning as they are getting...