Android By Russell Holly Dec. 10, 2013 11:48 am
It’s been almost five months since Google unveiled its surprisingly affordable HDMI streaming dongle. While the initial reaction to the hardware was incredibly positive there are a lot of people waiting for Google to do something more interesting with it. Today seems to be the day, as the Chromecast gets a huge update to support more apps then have ever been available on the platform before.
While the previous Chromecast service add-ons so far have all been part of premium services, this latest batch offers a great deal more. VEVO, Red Bull.TV, Songza, PostTV, Viki, Revision 3, and BeyondPod have all been added to the lineup for streaming content from the web to the TV. Local content has also been addressed with the addition of Plex, Avia, or RealPlayer Cloud. Avia does not include Chromecast support out of the box, instead requiring that you unlock the feature via an in-app purchase.
Curiously absent from this update is any mention to the Chromecast Hackathon that occurred this past weekend, which has seen no real talk outside of the initial announcement. It has been expected that developers would have access to a proper SDK after the event, but it looks like there’s still a whitelist in which Google is the gatekeeper. Fortunately this little adventure is far from over, especially after Google changed the Micracast option in Android 4.4 to suggest Chromecast functionality in the future.
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While the previous Chromecast service add-ons so far have all been part of premium services, this latest batch offers a great deal more. VEVO, Red Bull.TV, Songza, PostTV, Viki, Revision 3, and BeyondPod have all been added to the lineup for streaming content from the web to the TV. Local content has also been addressed with the addition of Plex, Avia, or RealPlayer Cloud. Avia does not include Chromecast support out of the box, instead requiring that you unlock the feature via an in-app purchase.
Curiously absent from this update is any mention to the Chromecast Hackathon that occurred this past weekend, which has seen no real talk outside of the initial announcement. It has been expected that developers would have access to a proper SDK after the event, but it looks like there’s still a whitelist in which Google is the gatekeeper. Fortunately this little adventure is far from over, especially after Google changed the Micracast option in Android 4.4 to suggest Chromecast functionality in the future.
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