In addition to better efficiency, it also means that multiple devices can act as remotes at the same time, and if the original person who started the stream lea

In addition to better efficiency, it also means that multiple devices can act as remotes at the same time, and if the original person who started the stream leaves the WiFi network the stream is not disrupted. It's definitely the more sensible way to handle streaming from cloud services- I just wish it would get standardized as a web standard so that it's not limited to the Google ecosystem