Chromecast with Google TV is now serving some users with full-screen, auto-playing video ads for physical goods on the home screen. Read on!

Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through once.

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    I have the first Chromecast. Google emailed me a few years ago that it’s no longer supported, and that it’ll be a brick soon. That was about 3 years ago. As long as I can project my desktop, it works for me!

    And I was getting really concerned about getting the latest model too.

    • d00ery@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I’m still on an early gen Chromecast and never see any adverts. Very occasionally crashes (once a fortnight).

    • Pretzilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I just fired my gen1 up on my 1080p screen and it looks like crap. I think they have already deprecated the bandwidth?