Beyond Netflix, YouTube, BBC iPlayer and a small handful of apps like Real Player Cloud, your options are currently limited. However, what you can do with Chromecast is quite limited at the moment. Streaming from Netflix or YouTube is easy and works great, and so does streaming music from Google Play music or other Chromecast-enabled apps like RealPlayer Cloud or Plex. What the Chromecast does, it does very well. Photograph: Google Netflix, YouTube, BBC iPlayer Google Play and RealPlayer Cloud The Chromecast is about the size of a chunky USB flash drive.
Some apps, such as Plex, support streaming media from a network connected computer, while others allow users to stream media directly from a smartphone or tablet to the Chromecast. The Chromecast then connects directly to the source, be it Netflix or another, and streams the video or music from the internet allowing you to turn off your smartphone or use it for something else. Find the content you want to watch, be it a Netflix, iPlayer or YouTube video, or some music from Google Play Music and hit the broadcast to Chromecast button. That lack of buttons or menus makes it dead simple to use. It is purely a receiver and has no real interface of its own to navigate around, solely reliant on the commands from your computer, smartphone or tablet.
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Unlike most other set top boxes or streaming devices, such as the Apple TV or Roku, Chromecast acts like a window through which you broadcast media.
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An app called Chromecast is available for iOS or Android that connects to the streaming stick via Wi-Fi and allows you to configure the settings for your home Wi-Fi network.įrom there, the Chromecast automatically logs on to the internet via Wi-Fi and waits until you command it to do something with one of your other devices. Setting up the Chromecast is straightforward. Here's what the generation is up against if the coronavirus triggers another recession.Chromecast plugs directly into the HDMI port on your TV powered by USB. Inside the epicenter of America's Great Resignation: Kentuckians lay out the 4 forces driving the state's labor shortage - and explain why it's here to stay Millennial New Yorkers are ditching basements and roommates for luxury apartments at $1,000-plus discounts The world's youngest self-made billionaire hopes to power every future self-driving car with a technology that Elon Musk says is 'doomed' Tiffany and the Trumps: Insiders describe how the president's younger daughter has charted what they say is a distant relationship with her father and come to terms with having America's most divisive last name Inside the French Riviera's pandemic party problem Yachting insiders detail the rampant sexual harassment aboard million-dollar ships, where crew members are promised a glamorous lifestyle and can instead find themselves trapped at sea with no one to turn to Millennials came limping out of the Great Recession with massive student debt and crippled finances. Basically, she's written about money from every angle you can imagine. She also reports on consumer spending and New York City's economy, and previously wrote about the ultrarich and personal finance at Insider before joining its economy team. She covers trends in how these generations are living and spending and examines how the economy is shaping them and their financial behaviors.
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