Chromecast wants some TV gaming actionnow. Google announced it’s adding games to the Chromecast app list, including big titles such as Monopoly, Scrabble Blitz, Just Dance Now, Connect Four Quads and Simon Swipe. Users will now be able to open these games on their televisions and play on the big screen using their smartphones as […]
Google is starting to enable customizable backdrops for the Chromecast, a feature it first revealed in June. Rolling out from today, owners of the streaming dongle can customize the image feed from the Chromecast app for Android and iOS, including photo albums from Google+, artwork from the Google Cultural Institute, and news images from various […]
Google said its Chromecast HDTV plugin device can now mirror the screens of nearby Android smartphones and tablets. With screen mirroring, anything that appears on the phone or tablet’s screen will appear on the TV. The feature can be used to share photos or view/interact with apps on the big screen. According to Google, screen […]
Google today revealed a new collaborative tool for its Chromecast product called Photowall. Photowall for Chromecast, a new Chrome Experiment that lets your friends using their Android or iOS smartphone or table display images in real time on the TV. Anyone can take a picture and send it to a Photowall to instantly see it on the screen. In […]
Google’s Chromecast, an HDMI-connected device that allows users to push online content such as streaming video onto TVs, Is now for sale in Canada at Amazon.ca and the Google Play store. “This is a really simple way to get online content on your television. What the Chromecast does is that it allows any device in […]
A recent update to the Chromecast software reveals that countries outside of the United States may soon be able to get their hands on the inexpensive smart TV option from Google. The update adds support for over 50 languages on the Android version and 20 on the iOS version as the device readies a wider […]
Roku has introduced a new version of its Streaming Stick at a much lower price tag than the previous version. The Streaming Stick was originally launched in 2012 and until now has sold for $99 — and it was marketed as a way to turn an HDTV into a connected TV. But it depended on […]
Google today made a software developers kit available to application writers that will allow them to add Chromecasting ability to their apps. Chromecast is already available from a number of Android and iOS apps, and lets device owners push content from their phone or tablet to a Chromecast unit attached to their TV set. Google […]
The Chromecast has gotten to be the default freebie item when Google wants to do a deal. It was offered through various retailers, not just Google, as a free item when you purchased a Nexus 7; and now, Motorola is using it to sweeten the pot on the Moto X. The Chromecast had been left […]
Google has added 10 more apps to the Chromecast digital media player, the company announced on the official Chrome blog. The apps are VEVO, Red Bull.TV, Songza, PostTV, Viki, Revision 3, BeyondPod, Plex, Avia and RealPlayer Cloud. VEVO is a music video site, Red Bull offers a variety of video content, Songza is a music streaming […]