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I want to chime in that AirPlay had been doing this on iOS for almost three years (Nov 2010 vs July 2013) before Chromecast came around and is largely seen as a
by birdyrooster 7y ago
I want to chime in that AirPlay had been doing this on iOS for almost three years (Nov 2010 vs July 2013) before Chromecast came around and is largely seen as a superior experience.
- ehsankia 7y agoThe 35$ small and minimal dongle was really the game changer I think. I remember when it first came out it even came with 3 months (30$) worth of netflix subscription too, making it basically free. Back then I played with a bunch of different HTPC solutions and I don't think anything below 100$ existed.
- Galaxeblaffer 7y agoNo they didn't. AirPlay streamed the screen from your idevice, huge difference.
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- dragonwriter 7y agoTo be fair, that's one of the things Chromecast supports (screen/desktop/tab casting of mobile, desktop, or browser content); of course, direct-to-player streaming of online content controlled by web/mobile app is the preferred mode for most things and it's what is meaningful for most media consumption.
- person_of_color 7y agoDoesn't AirPlay do rerouting to?
- Galaxeblaffer 7y agoIt does now, but not when Chromecast arrived
- benhurmarcel 7y agoHow do you use AirPlay to cast to your TV? You need to buy an Apple TV?
- deanclatworthy 7y agoMany 2018+ TVs have firmware updates for Apple TV app and some of them got AirPlay 2 functionality too :)
- mmahemoff 7y agoAirPlay mirrors your device, which means you can no longer use it during playback and will drain its battery fairly quickly. You're also subject to network lag. Chromecast simply sends commands to the TV/speaker, which does the streaming directly from source. You can use your device for something else.
- akvadrako 7y agoAirplay can also be used to stream video.