Cast media control notifications

Control media on your Google streaming devices, devices that work with Google Cast, and Google smart speakers and displays from your Android device.

Important:

  • To get Cast media control notifications, your mobile phone and your streaming device should be linked to the same Google account.
  • You’ll get notifications for all streaming devices, speakers, and displays on the same Wi-Fi network.
  • You won’t get notifications when you cast YouTube or YouTube Music content from your phone.

Supported mobile devices

  • Android devices: Running Android 6.0 or later.

Supported Cast devices

You'll get Cast media control notifications when you play media with your:

  • Streaming devices
  • Google smart speakers and displays
  • Devices that work with Google Cast

What is displayed on Cast media control notifications

  • Device names of all connected devices currently casting on the same Wi-Fi network
  • Content provider
  • Media controls such as Pause Pause, Mute Mute, Stop Stop, and Settings Settings

You can turn off Cast media control notifications within Settings Settings.

Cast notifications

Temporarily dismiss Cast media control notifications

To temporarily dismiss a Cast media control notification during the current casting session, swipe it away on your phone.

The notification will reappear if you start to cast content from a different Cast-enabled app.

Turn off Cast media control notifications for your device

To prevent others on your Wi-Fi network from controlling your media casting, turn off Cast media control notifications on your streaming device, speaker, or display.

  1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
  2. Tap Home  and then All devices , then touch and hold your device's tile.
  3. Tap Settings and then Recognition & sharing.
  4. Turn off Let others control your cast media.

Turn off Cast media control notifications on your phone

To permanently turn off Cast media control notifications on your phone, follow these steps.

On the notification

  1. Tap Settings .
  2. Turn off Show remote control notifications.

On your phone

  1. Tap Settings and then Google and then Devices & sharing.

  2. Tap Cast options.

  3. Turn off Media controls for Cast devices.

To turn notifications back on, turn on Media controls for Cast devices.

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