Settings On Your Chromecast That Could Be Ruining Your Experience – SlashGear

The Google TV operating system that comes with top-of-the-line Chromecasts is personalized to your viewing habits. There’s a convenient Continue Watching row to dive back into whatever you were watching across multiple apps, the ability to add things to your watchlist, and you can give movies and shows a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to further fine-tune recommendations.

But if you share a TV with your family or roommates, you’ll soon find the interface cluttered with their interests, crowding out the stuff you actually want to see. That’s why Chromecast with Google TV allows multiple user profiles to make things easier. Everyone in your household can have their own, personalized Google TV experience. To set up additional user accounts, hold down the home button on the Chromecast remote to open the quick action menu, then select your profile picture (a small circle at the top right of the overlay). You’ll see your profile, and to the right of it, a button to add additional ones.

If you’re setting up an account for a young child, there’s an option to set up a kid-friendly account that restricts access to mature content. Otherwise, select Add Account, and you’ll be greeted by a large QR code. With a phone logged into the Google account of the person for whom the profile is being created, scan the QR code, then follow any additional prompts (via Google).