Chromecast volume controls are disabled on Android 12 due to legal issues

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Chromecast volume controls are disabled on Android 12 due to legal issues

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With an Android 12L which already has its arrival date, we now know that the new version of Android 12 disables volume controls for Chromecast sessions for a legal reason.

That is, before Android 12 when you used the YouTube streaming feature or another service from your mobile to a screen, you can use the volume keys to manage Chromecast volume.

It was not a bug in Android 12

what precisely it looked like an android 12 bug which was discovered last summer, specifically in August, has become a deactivation carried out by Google itself.

Chromecast Cast Screen

Chromecast Cast Screen

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From what we can know via 9to5Google, it is because Google is patent infringement owned by audio company Sonos, a lawsuit that has been in existence since early 2020.

And is that even from the code you can find how the big G disabled the volume controls for all remote sessions. The problem is, this code is not publicly available, so it was pretty hard to figure out why this change was made until a Googler came in to explain it.

The volume key does not work on Android 12

The volume key does not work on Android 12

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Yes it seems that in Android 12L there will be a solution With which you can avoid legal problems so that the volume keys can be used again when a cast is made through our mobile on a screen through Chromecast.

Now we’ll have to see what the Pixel 3 looks like, as it apparently won’t be getting more updates, although yesterday the big G announced that for Q1 it will have a new one. Precisely the one who could solve the deactivation of the volume keys and thus anyone could return to the usual experience with your Chromecast from this mobile.

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