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Chromecast to get android device mirroring
Posted on 6/25/14 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 6/25/14 at 7:38 pm
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One of the most exciting features demoed onstage was Android mirroring. A long time coming, the service – which is in beta and will be incorporated into Google Play Services in a few weeks – lets you to cast your device’s display and audio to Chromecast. That, of course, allows you to play games or navigate around Google Earth on your TV. Mirroring seemed quite responsive - Google built a new protocol explicitly targeting low latency – and everything seemed to work without a hitch, including switching between landscape and portrait and using the phone’s camera.
Unfortunately, mirroring is a hardware-dependent feature – only HTC, Samsung, LG, and Nexus devices will be able to take advantage, at least initially. Bummer.
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Posted on 6/25/14 at 7:40 pm to Hat Tricks
Nice
Posted on 6/25/14 at 7:48 pm to gmrkr5
Hopefully the chrometab/entire desktop cast features get the benefit of the new protocol as well. Those are some of the slower features of the Chromecast IMO, and could be extremely useful if they didn't have that slight delay.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:14 pm to jdd48
Agreed. Guess chrome doesn't want to show the iphone love 
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:33 pm to Hat Tricks
Is this where I come in and say Apple TV and iPhone/iPad/iMac have had this for years already? And that it's sad they're just now getting this and touting it as some great innovative feature? Man that felt good.
But really, for those who haven't been able to do this already and now get to it's a really sweet feature to have. Pulling something so,ething up on your phone or tablet and just throwing it up on your TV is awesome to have handy.
But really, for those who haven't been able to do this already and now get to it's a really sweet feature to have. Pulling something so,ething up on your phone or tablet and just throwing it up on your TV is awesome to have handy.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:44 pm to Brettesaurus Rex
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Is this where I come in and say Apple TV and iPhone/iPad/iMac have had this for years already? And that it's sad they're just now getting this and touting it as some great innovative feature? Man that felt good.
Oh here we go... the dreaded android apple pissing contest.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:48 pm to jdd48
I just wanted to get that out of the way since anything I usually post gets about 15-20 responses worded similarly
Like I said, that's a good thing. I don't have a chrome cast but a friend of mine tried it out and liked it. I mean for 35$ even if it's a total POS (which I know it isn't) it's worth it to find out
Like I said, that's a good thing. I don't have a chrome cast but a friend of mine tried it out and liked it. I mean for 35$ even if it's a total POS (which I know it isn't) it's worth it to find out
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 6/25/14 at 8:57 pm to jdd48
quote:Probably will. The feature had been beta
Hopefully the chrometab/entire desktop cast features get the benefit of the new protocol as well.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 9:06 pm to jeff5891
If only it would work as a direct connection instead of requiring connection to the Internet through a router.
Posted on 6/25/14 at 10:25 pm to HubbaBubba
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only it would work as a direct connection instead of requiring connection to the Internet through a router.
That was in the presentation too. Going to be great for business travel
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:17 pm to Hat Tricks
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only HTC, Samsung, LG, and Nexus devices will be able to take advantage,
Oh, is that all?
Posted on 6/25/14 at 11:27 pm to Hat Tricks
We're coming up on the year anniversary of Google Chromecast, and I'm a little underwhelmed with its functionality. Being able to cast YouTube and Netflix in HD is great, but I can't help but wonder why more entities (like Amazon and Spotify) haven't designed for it yet.
This post was edited on 6/25/14 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 6/26/14 at 5:58 am to shutterspeed
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We're coming up on the year anniversary of Google Chromecast, and I'm a little underwhelmed with its functionality. Being able to cast YouTube and Netflix in HD is great, but I can't help but wonder why more entities (like Amazon and Spotify) haven't designed for it yet.
Well Amazon is sort of a direct competitor. So I can see why they haven't.
ESPN
HBO
Hulu
Netflix
Youtube
Those are certainly all good enough for me.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 7:03 am to Brettesaurus Rex
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quote: Is this where I come in and say Apple TV and iPhone/iPad/iMac have had this for years already? And that it's sad they're just now getting this and touting it as some great innovative feature? Man that felt good.
HAHA Apple's had this so long I forgot Google didn't.
Man that DID feel good to post.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 7:46 am to Hat Tricks
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ESPN
HBO
Hulu
Netflix
Youtube
Those are certainly all good enough for me.
Plex is the best app that I've ever used too.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 10:37 am to Hat Tricks
This has been available for months via a root tweak on Nexus devices.
Use it quite a bit.
Use it quite a bit.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 10:54 am to UltimateHog
Finally! I was disappointed when I got this and it wouldn't work for movies on my Tab 3. Downloaded a player that did work on it, so wasn't that big a deal.
I also love the idea of not having to be on the same network for it to work. that will make things so much easier.
I also love the idea of not having to be on the same network for it to work. that will make things so much easier.
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