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I can confirm this, very aggravating.

Very surprised this isn't an option already. I would like to see this added.

Thank you for this suggestion. We are aware of this issue and working towards fixing the issue. We will provide updates as they are available.

This should have been an option a year ago.

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lots of people with this issue: https://productforums.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/chromecast/R-VGErCknOo/AL6BZikhBgAJ

I too would love to see this option for our church's signage

Does not seem to impact all TVs the same way. Was ok on my Philips and LG, but horrible on an older plasma Toshiba. Though this was a problem with the TV until I realized that this is an overlay applied after a few seconds.

Please give us the option to (1) disable the overlay and (2) adjust its intensity depending on the screen or our needs.

This feature request has been marked P1 since the start of the year.
Any news on an update?
Is this the correct place for this request?

Thanks for checking with us on the status. Our team considered this request, however we don't have scheduled dates on this feature release.

This is one of those needling issues that drives people to adopt different software. I really just want to use Chromecast as a picture frame 90% of the time, but not with some third party app.

Please make this an option, the gradient ruins some of our photos.

Why doesn't Google give a credible reason why they don't want to fix this problem. It shouldn't be a problem to do that. It's making backdrop totally useless.

As something with a VERY high priority (P1) and a high severity (S2), why is it taking so long to correct?

I just bought an ultra and the first thing I noticed is the picture quality on the Backdrop pictures. Completely disappointed. Spent a few hours on the internet to discover that there is no way that the gradient can be removed. I'm surprised why it can't be a simple plain display of the picture as is. Please do the following

1. No zooming of the picture
2. No adjustments to the picture to "fit screen"
3. No dark gradient on the background
4. Also, a nice to have, please allow us to change/adjust the display time of each picture. Currently, there is only 0.5x,1x and 2x options, it makes much better sense if we can adjust the time in seconds. Have 5-second option to begin with and then increase by 5 seconds intervals for the next.

Please just let us turn off all the "fancy" features and be able to display the pictures as is

I'd love to see an option to display backdrop photos unmolested as well. I take great care to expose properly, edit, etc. and love to use my Chromecast with a Google Photos album to randomly display my favorite photos on my TV when I'm not casting media from a device. What will it take to get this 'feature' (I have a hard time calling it that) incorporated?

This is a major annoyance for a lot of users, surely you could implement an option to remove the overlay gradient. Ive had a Chromecast for a long time now, and have just recently purchased an Ultra and was disappointed that this was the same behaviour on my new device. Please fix this Google Devs

Please remove the overlay gradient.

please allow us to remove overlay!

This is fixed in internal firmware releases and fix will be available to public in next chromecast firmware release.
Steps to remove dark gradient over backdrop photos:
1. Google Home app -> Device -> Backdrop Settings ->  Google Photos -> enable Google Photos for Backdrop -> Add Album  
2. Google Home app -> Device -> Backdrop Settings -> Turn off all the information like Time, Device Info, etc

Huzzah!  Thanks guys!  I'm sure this was low priority, but very much appreciated :-)

Wait, "turn off all information like Time, Device Info, etc"? That's not what we asked for, nor is it what we want. We just want the dark gradient removed. We don't want to get rid of any of the text. This issue does not sound properly fixed.

I still can't see any difference until now. When is it supposed to be fixed for every one?

When is the next update?

Hi guys,I can't turn off the time etc. only the weather. So I still have the *** gradient

The fix is not available to public yet. We will provide updates when the fix is available to public.

It would be nice, thanks

nice, thanks

Is it possible to make gradient an option without having to turn off all the other information?

I've turned off everything and it is still dark on the bottom. Any timeline on when things will be fixed for us mortals?

Lucas

Thanks for the update. Can you share the screenshots of expected and observed behaviors with explanation if possible.

using a chromecast ina small business lobby to advertise, this gradient is so annoying cant wait for the new firmware release!

Responding to comment #33
Sorry I'm not sure what to do here.

Are you saying that the request to "remove the dark gradient" needs more explanation?

My understanding from comment #21 is that there is a fix that has not been released to the public yet.
Since that comment there has been an update pushed out to the public that renames "backdrop" to "ambiance" and allows us to selectively remove additional information like photo credits, weather info, etc.
However, there is still no option to remove the dark gradient displayed over the photos.

So has the "option to remove dark gradient" still to be released to the public? Or has there been a misunderstanding about what this feature request has been asking for?