Nothing is more frustrating than a gadget that complicates your life, instead of making it easier for you. Unfortunately, Google Chromecast falls into this category.
Google has been in hardware production for several years now. First it was the Chromecast peripherals, followed by tablets, phones and smart speakers. Basically, a Chromecast can be used to mirror content from an Android phone or tablet to a TV over a wireless network. However, it seems that a number of such gadgets come with a problem.
About 24 hours ago, I was detailing the sad scenario in which the attractive Google Home Max speakers completely block your wireless network in your home and you have to restart all your networking equipment. At the time, it was believed that people using a TP-Link Archer 7 router were especially affected.
According to Myce.com, many of the gadgets created by Google have started to have a disastrous impact on users' Wi-Fi networks. In addition to several devices in the Google Home series, owners of the Google Chromecast HDMI sticks are affected. Although the initial report mentioned TP-Link routers, unpleasant situations have now been reported from users of ASUS, Linksys, Netgear, Synology and more.
As a confirmation that this is not just a rumor, TP-Link and Linksys officials have confirmed that there is an interaction issue between their networking equipment and Google products. For Archer C7, TP-Link has released a beta firmware that should fix the problem, but it doesn't seem to have a 100% success rate.
No Google official has commented on the subject, and it is unknown at this time why these cases occurred within a few months of the actual launch. It is possible that a recent firmware update was pushed by Google recently to its devices.