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Hypothetically, what would you like do with a Chromecast without access to a network?
by dtgriscom 5y ago
Hypothetically, what would you like do with a Chromecast without access to a network?
- vetinari 5y agoTheoretically, Google Nest Mini (not Chromecast, I know, but close) could be used as a bluetooth speaker. But I never managed to do it. Trying to enable pairing always ends up with an error message.
- bobsmooth 5y agoYou have to connect to it through the Home app to stream.
- vetinari 5y agoI don't mean streaming the sound output via the home app (it fails too, more than 50%), but streaming over bluetooth, with A2DP. It is supposedly supported, except that I cannot enable pairing mode (also in the home app) in order for pairing with bt sources. The difference is, that it doesn't have to go via access point, both ways, but directly. Especially handy if both of the devices are near each other and the access point is not.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y agoThere's no reason in principle that a Chromecast device couldn't include some local storage to support an offline viewing mode, although I do think they have a much stronger case that it would be annoying and inconvenient to build than for a GE oven.