Did Google just brick the 2nd gen Chromecast?

From GoogleNest through a reddit channel:<p>Hey all,<p>We&#x27;re aware of an emerging issue impacting Chromecast 2nd gen and Chromecast Audio devices and are working on a fix. Do not factory reset your device - we will keep you all updated when the fix rolls out. If you have already factory reset your device, we will provide instructions to set your device back up as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Some digging thru certificate logs appears to find that something expired Mar 9. Might require an intermediate fix from Google or some app updates.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;old.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Chromecast&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1j7lhrs&#x2F;the_chromecast_2s_device_authentication&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;old.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Chromecast&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1j7lhrs&#x2F;the_chr...</a>

Wonder if this is just a broken &quot;check for updated firmware&quot; function?<p>Still not good.<p>I loved the chromecast when it came out, but I went through several and over time they all just became more laggy and needed to be reset often just to work. It felt like the classic Google experience for me, I had enough.<p>I just quit on all the options and got an AppleTV, it just works.

Google&#x27;s Twitter feed is responding, I imagine we&#x27;ll see updates there: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xcancel.com&#x2F;madebygoogle&#x2F;with_replies" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xcancel.com&#x2F;madebygoogle&#x2F;with_replies</a>

Maybe, this whole issue is trending on a 6 year old reddit thread where gen 2 randomly started failing world wide today. Hope we can get a response from google on how to fix this or if they are completely gonna axe the gen 2s.

From NL, both devices uncastable. Any explanation from Google? Or is this covered in the terms of use?

Chromecast Audio has the same problem currently.