Google may have accidentally leaked the remote of a new Chromecast

by dbadmin | Sep 8, 2023 | Android TV, Google Chromecast, Google TV, News

Credit: David Imel / Android Authority The latest Android TV 14 beta includes a video that shows off the outline of a new TV remote. This TV remote is similar to the one included with the Google Chromecast with Google TV but with more buttons on its surface. One of...

One UI 6 brings official Chromecast support to Samsung Galaxy phones

by dbadmin | Aug 21, 2023 | Google Cast, Google Chromecast, News, Samsung, Samsung One UI

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Samsung Galaxy smartphones on One UI 6 can now cast content easily to Chromecast/Google Cast-enabled devices. An experimental Labs setting now lets you enable Chromecast support on Galaxy smartphones. Previously, this setting...

We asked, you told us: You still use a Chromecast (apparently)

by dbadmin | Aug 7, 2023 | Google Chromecast, Poll results, Survey Results, Surveys

Google’s Chromecast and the Cast protocol recently celebrated their tenth anniversary, and these are technologies that we practically take for granted today. The dongle effectively gave basic TVs access to streaming video content and more, while the Cast protocol was...

10 years of Chromecast: From wow to meh

by dbadmin | Jul 31, 2023 | Features, Google, Google Chromecast, Opinions

Opinion post byRita El Khoury Like many of you, I take the Google Chromecast and the Cast protocol for granted today, but that wasn’t the case 10 years ago when Google first announced them. I remember being in awe at Google’s solution for the phone-to-TV streaming...

Google ordered to pay $339M for stealing the very idea of Chromecast

by dbadmin | Jul 25, 2023 | Chromecast, Google, Google Chromecast, News

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A US District Court has ruled that Google violated three Touchstream Technologies patents relating to “presenting and controlling content on a display device.” Consequently, Google will have to pay $338.7 million in damages...

Samsung’s Smart View can finally mirror your screen to Chromecast devices

by dbadmin | Jul 24, 2023 | Google Chromecast, News, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority A hidden Samsung “Labs” menu for Smart View was found in One UI 5.1. The hidden menu has a toggle that will allow users to turn on Google Cast. It takes a few steps to enable the feature. Samsung’s One UI 5.1 update introduced...