The Google Chromecast may not be the only cheap, pocket sized device that lets you stream content from the internet to your TV anymore. But more than a year after launch, the $35 streaming device continues to get more useful as a growing number of developers add support for Google Cast. Now Google has announced […]
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Next-gen Google Chromecast on the way?
A new Chromecast is on the way. As Dave Zatz noticed, A Google device showed up at the FCC today, and the model number and label drawing look an awful lot like last year’s model. It’s not clear if there are any major changes under the hood. But with Google’s new Android TV platform set to […]
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Chromecast screen mirroring for any (rooted) Android device
Google recently launched a new feature that lets you use a Chromecast to mirror your Android phone or tablet display to a TV. But for now Google only officially supports a little over a dozen devices. Want to try Chromcast screen mirroring, but don’t have a phone or tablet on Google’s list? There’s an app for […]
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Lilbits (5-28-2014): Google designs its own self driving cars
Google has a habit of working on crazy sci-fi projects like delivering internet access to underserved parts of the globe with balloons and developing cars that drive themselves. Up until recently, those self-driving cars were basically commercially available vehicles that had been retrofitted to work without user input. Now Google’s going all out and building […]
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Google launches Chromecast Offers, starting with £4.99 Play Store credit in the uK
Google’s Chromecast is already one of the cheapest device you can attach to a TV in order to stream internet video to the big screen. But Google’s sweetening the deal a bit for UK customers. For a limited time, anyone who buys (or has already bought) a Chromecast in the UK can visit cast.google.com/chromecast/offers in a web […]
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Google Chromecast is now available in a dozen countries
Google’s media streaming device is shedding its US-only status. You can now pick up a Chromecast in 11 new countries including Canada, the UK, and much of Europe. Plug the Chromecast into your TV and you can stream internet media while using your phone, tablet, or PC as a remote control — and along with the […]
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MyCastScreen adds some Google Now flavor to Chromecast
Sure, you can use the Google Chromecast to stream videos from Netflix, music from Pandora, or even games to your TV. But what about when you’re not really actively using your Chromecast? Google includes a pretty wallpaper and clock widget that you can stare at while you decide which app to use. But MyCastScreen gives you […]
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Draw on your TV screen with CastPad for Chromecast
Tired of just using Google’s $35 media streamer to, you know… stream media? You can use a Chromecast to play games on your TV. Or you can try an Android app called DrawCast which lets you doodle on your TV using a Chromecast. Update: The app has been renamed CastPad for trademark-related reasons. Just fire […]
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Lilbits (3-13-2014): Chromecast goes international (soon)
Google has promised that the Chromecast would be available in more countries within weeks… and it looks like one of those countries will be the UK. An employee at UK retailer Currys/PCWorld posted a photo on Twitter showing a box of Chromecast media streaming devices that showed up at his store in advance of the […]
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Google Chromecast launching in more countries within weeks
Google’s $35 Chromecast media streamer provides one of the cheapest, simplest tools for streaming online video to your TV… if you’re in the United States. But soon Google will begin offering the Chromecast around the world. Speaking this week at SXSW, Google’s Android and Chrome chief Sundar Pichai announced that Chromecast would be available in […]