If there’s one Google complaint we’ve received regularly recently, it’s in regard to the new casting control notification which started appearing on devices as part of a Play Services update in early November. Namely, the problem is that the notification goes to every Android device on your network. It’s a well-intentioned feature, but one which results in a horrible user experience for a number of reasons. Specifically:

1. People are naturally inclined to dismiss notifications they don’t recognize or want (something I’m sure Google agrees with!)
2. People tend to accidentally hit buttons
3. People are jerks

Number one: Listen, just because you gave Uncle Steve the Wi-Fi password so he doesn’t use up all of his gee-bees during his holiday visit this year doesn’t mean you were also interested in giving him authority over your casting controls that he does not understand.

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Google, please kill the horrible ongoing casting notification for all devices on the network was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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