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This is cool, although Firefox for Android can already cast video to nearby Chromecasts. If I've got something in a tab that I want to cast, I usually send the
by AdmiralAsshat 8y ago
This is cool, although Firefox for Android can already cast video to nearby Chromecasts. If I've got something in a tab that I want to cast, I usually send the tab to my phone first, then cast it.
I suppose this would be useful if you've only got an iPhone.
- skykooler 8y agoOr any other non-Android phone. Or an older Android that doesn't support Chromecast.
- lucideer 8y ago> Firefox for Android can already cast video to nearby Chromecast This is less about Firefox itself casting video, and more about Android providing APIs to Chromecast. It's still Google doing the casting at the Android OS level; Firefox just leverages that. I know this is a nitpick, but it's important to understand the distinction with a closed protocol like this is that Google is the gatekeeper. The above linked Firefox addon is: highly unstable, made through painstaking reverse engineering, and has limited support (e.g. no Youtube). It's brilliant, comendable work, but I wonder how sustainable.
- r3bl 8y agoThis is for the desktop. Firefox for Android can support it by calling Android's Chromecast support. They can release the code for calling those libraries. Firefox for desktop can't implement the same since the OS behind it doesn't have such support. This project requires you to install a bridge on the OS side and an add-on for calling it. It removes the need for Chrome for the users who already use Firefox as a primary browser.