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Is Chromecast usable without a google account and without internet connection at all?

Last year I was looking for a cast stick but couldn't find a one without internet connection requirement.

You can point it to a local webserver URL with your media, I think. I also think the VLC-native streaming works with only LAN access, no credentials.

Iirc you need an account and internet in order To activate it.

But then it works on local LAN without internet

I have no idea whether it’s possible to use it without activation

Are you referring to the new Chromecast with Google TV? Because I've set up Chromecast without internet access or a Google account before. I wonder if this changed somewhere along the way.

I was talking about an older chromecast, 3rd gen, and what I did with it. I’m sure it works without internet, I’m sure I activated it with internet (the chromecast now appears in my home on my google account), I’m not sure whether activation is absolutely required.

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