Automatically select cast target

[primerebirth]

Hi everyone.

Quick question. Whenever I am in my living room and cast from YouTube, it automatically selects the cast target (my TV via nvidia shield android TV).

Whenever I'm upstairs though, where I have a Chromecast setup with another screen, I get an option to cast to all my cast targets

I have 4 cast targets. 2 downstairs (shield TV, Chromecast Audio) and 2 upstairs (Chromecast and Sony Cast enabled speakers).

In summary, whenever I am downstairs and cast from YouTube(only tried with it), it doesn't give me the option to select the cast target and just plays on the big screen. If I walk upstairs(same network via onHub), it gives me the option to select the cast target.

This is not a complaint, just wondering whether anyone else has seen this feature/functionality.

Personally think it's cool to auto select the cast target you are closest to, if this is indeed what is happening.

 

[primerebirth]

Going to answer my own question. My screen upstairs was automatically powering off after use. Seems Cast protocol automatically selects the cast target if you only have one target (that can play video, for instance).

Still, would be a cool feature.

It just so happened with me that whenever I cast downstairs my screen upstairs would already be off...