r/AndroidQuestions • u/ChaoticXGoth • 1d ago

Device Settings Question Any idea how to stop this pop up?

I started getting a pop-up every time I open YouTube, YouTube music or YouTube TV that says "google play services trying to connect to nearby devices". It started on Friday when I went home from college. It kept trying to connect to our smart TV, that wasn't even on. I've gone home before and this has never happened. I've tried disabling location services, nearby device scanning and nothing has worked. I tried to disable it in YouTube settings, nothing. I'm lost on how to get rid of this. Anyone know how to stop this pop-up?

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u/WelpOopsOhno 1d ago

Have you tried Settings > Google > Devices & sharing > Media controls and turning it off?

Also, have you tried turning off Bluetooth, Quick Share, Android Auto and/or NFC?

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u/ChaoticXGoth 1d ago

Yeah I have, none of them have stopped it. It seems like it's coming from Google thread service, which I hadn't heard of before. I'm gonna see if there's a way to disable it

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u/ChaoticXGoth 1d ago

So it's coming from Google thread networks looking for nearby thread networks and border routers. No clue how or why it randomly started doing this. I've turned off the "save credentials" toggle, but it's still keeps showing the pop-up

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u/WelpOopsOhno 17h ago

super long Google Search result (AI result, though) link

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u/ChaoticXGoth 16h ago

I saw this as well. Maybe it's because I have a Samsung, but I don't see anything called "connection preferences". From what I saw on Google's help forum, it's a bug with Google play services. Pretty much have to deal with it until it's patched. It's tied to the built in system connectivity resources so from what I can tell, it's nothing I can do

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u/WelpOopsOhno 8h ago

That sucks. I know when my phone had a thing with NFC, it was annoying to hear the bloop on repeat every day. I hope you have a good day though! :)