Methods, systems, and media for presenting notifications indicating recommended content

A system for presenting notifications of recommended content, the system comprising:

• a hardware processor that:
• receives an indication that a user device has initiated a casting session with a media presentation device, wherein:
• the indication includes an identifier of media content presented on the media presentation device during the casting session;
• and
• a user account is authenticated on the user device;
• identifies a group of media content items based on at least one media content item that has been previously selected in association with the user account and presented using the media presentation device;
• generates a notification that includes an indication of the group of identified media content items and a selectable input that, when the selectable input is selected, causes media content from the identified group of media content items to begin presentation on the media presentation device;
• and
• transmits the notification to the user device for presentation on the user device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting notifications of recommended content, the method comprising:

• receiving an indication that a user device has initiated a casting session with a media presentation device, wherein:
• the indication includes an identifier of media content presented on the media presentation device during the casting session;
• and
• a user account is authenticated on the user device;
• identifying a group of media content items based on at least one media content item that has been previously selected in association with the user account and presented using the media presentation device;
• generating a notification that includes an indication of the group of identified media content items and a selectable input that, when the selectable input is selected, causes media content from the identified group of media content items to begin presentation on the media presentation device;
• and
• transmitting the notification to the user device for presentation on the user device.