Another day, another “smart” gadget that’s about to become dumb. This time it’s Amazon’s Echo Look, an Alexa-enabled device that the company positioned as a “style assistant” when it first launched three years ago. This summer, it’ll stop giving fashion advice as Amazon kills off its Echo Look app and service, leaving customers with a […]
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Microsoft’s Phone Screen mirrors your Android phone on a Windows 10 PC
Microsoft knows that even if you use Windows on your PC, you probably don’t use it on your phone — the company has pretty much stopped making smartphone operating systems at this point. But odds are that you do have a phone, and so Microsoft has spent the last few years developing Android and iOS apps […]
Roku adds screen mirroring, casting from Android, Windows, and Windows Phone
Roku makes some of the most popular devices for streaming internet video on a TV. Now you can also use a Roku as a sort of wireless display for your phone, tablet, or PC. Blogger Dave Zatz uncovered support documents that show screen mirroring and video casting features are on the way. Update: It’s official. Roku has […]
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 […]
Google brings Chromecast screen mirroring to Android
Google is bringing the ability to mirror the screen on your Android phone or table to a TV using a Chromecast. You could already use a Chromecast to stream audio, video, or other content from the internet to your TV while using your mobile device as a remote control. Now you can use a Chromecast […]
Chromecast support coming to Firefox
Last year Firefox developer Mark Finkle provided an early look at a new feature that would let you stream content from the Firefox mobile browser on your phone to a TV using a Roku. Now it looks like Firefox is adding support for Google Chromecast (and possibly other devices) as well. According to Mozilla’s weekly […]
Koush shows phone to Amazon Fire TV screen mirroring
Android app developer (and member of the Cyanogen team) Koushik Dutta offers a series of apps designed to let you stream content from an Android phone or tablet to a TV using an Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku, or other device. Not only can you stream photos, videos, or music from your phone with his […]