diff --git a/homeassistant/components/cast/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/cast/__init__.py
index 1b3da200540..bc32b36c455 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/cast/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/cast/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from homeassistant import config_entries
 from homeassistant.helpers import config_entry_flow
 
-REQUIREMENTS = ['pychromecast==2.5.2']
+REQUIREMENTS = ['pychromecast==3.0.0']
 
 DOMAIN = 'cast'
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/cast/media_player.py b/homeassistant/components/cast/media_player.py
index 432290482f1..28373cc6c14 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/cast/media_player.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/cast/media_player.py
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass, config_entry, async_add_entities):
         _async_setup_platform(hass, cfg, async_add_entities, None)
         for cfg in config])
     if any([task.exception() for task in done]):
+        exceptions = [task.exception() for task in done]
+        for exception in exceptions:
+            _LOGGER.debug("Failed to setup chromecast", exc_info=exception)
         raise PlatformNotReady
 
 
@@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ async def _async_setup_platform(hass: HomeAssistantType, config: ConfigType,
         if cast_device is not None:
             async_add_entities([cast_device])
 
-    remove_handler = async_dispatcher_connect(
+    async_dispatcher_connect(
         hass, SIGNAL_CAST_DISCOVERED, async_cast_discovered)
     # Re-play the callback for all past chromecasts, store the objects in
     # a list to avoid concurrent modification resulting in exception.
@@ -306,8 +309,6 @@ async def _async_setup_platform(hass: HomeAssistantType, config: ConfigType,
         if info.friendly_name is None:
             _LOGGER.debug("Cannot retrieve detail information for chromecast"
                           " %s, the device may not be online", info)
-            remove_handler()
-            raise PlatformNotReady
 
         hass.async_add_job(_discover_chromecast, hass, info)
 
@@ -477,16 +478,10 @@ class CastDevice(MediaPlayerDevice):
                 ))
         self._chromecast = chromecast
         self._status_listener = CastStatusListener(self, chromecast)
-        # Initialise connection status as connected because we can only
-        # register the connection listener *after* the initial connection
-        # attempt. If the initial connection failed, we would never reach
-        # this code anyway.
-        self._available = True
+        self._available = False
         self.cast_status = chromecast.status
         self.media_status = chromecast.media_controller.status
-        _LOGGER.debug("[%s %s (%s:%s)] Connection successful!",
-                      self.entity_id, self._cast_info.friendly_name,
-                      self._cast_info.host, self._cast_info.port)
+        self._chromecast.start()
         self.async_schedule_update_ha_state()
 
     async def async_del_cast_info(self, cast_info):
@@ -562,6 +557,10 @@ class CastDevice(MediaPlayerDevice):
                 self.entity_id, self._cast_info.friendly_name,
                 self._cast_info.host, self._cast_info.port,
                 connection_status.status)
+            info = self._cast_info
+            if info.friendly_name is None and not info.is_audio_group:
+                # We couldn't find friendly_name when the cast was added, retry
+                self._cast_info = _fill_out_missing_chromecast_info(info)
             self._available = new_available
             self.schedule_update_ha_state()
 
diff --git a/requirements_all.txt b/requirements_all.txt
index fc43608cda8..2d8b747fcc6 100644
--- a/requirements_all.txt
+++ b/requirements_all.txt
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ pycfdns==0.0.1
 pychannels==1.0.0
 
 # homeassistant.components.cast
-pychromecast==2.5.2
+pychromecast==3.0.0
 
 # homeassistant.components.media_player.cmus
 pycmus==0.1.1
diff --git a/tests/components/cast/test_media_player.py b/tests/components/cast/test_media_player.py
index 66a975a226e..ff81c056420 100644
--- a/tests/components/cast/test_media_player.py
+++ b/tests/components/cast/test_media_player.py
@@ -222,13 +222,6 @@ async def test_normal_chromecast_not_starting_discovery(hass):
         assert setup_discovery.call_count == 1
 
 
-async def test_normal_raises_platform_not_ready(hass):
-    """Test cast platform raises PlatformNotReady if HTTP dial fails."""
-    with patch('pychromecast.dial.get_device_status', return_value=None):
-        with pytest.raises(PlatformNotReady):
-            await async_setup_cast(hass, {'host': 'host1'})
-
-
 async def test_replay_past_chromecasts(hass):
     """Test cast platform re-playing past chromecasts when adding new one."""
     cast_group1 = get_fake_chromecast_info(host='host1', port=42)
@@ -262,6 +255,10 @@ async def test_entity_media_states(hass: HomeAssistantType):
                return_value=full_info):
         chromecast, entity = await async_setup_media_player_cast(hass, info)
 
+    entity._available = True
+    entity.schedule_update_ha_state()
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
     state = hass.states.get('media_player.speaker')
     assert state is not None
     assert state.name == 'Speaker'