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Has anyone tried loading the Chromecast app onto an existing phone or tablet? It looks like there's just an android app that runs but it probably isn't quite as

Has anyone tried loading the Chromecast app onto an existing phone or tablet? It looks like there's just an android app that runs but it probably isn't quite as simple as that, but I also haven't tried. That you can cast to this seems like such a basic & obvious step.

seabrookmx 3y ago
I recall Google briefly supporting using ChromeOS as a Chromecast "target" but only for specially blessed "education" Chromebooks. Chromecast seems pretty locked down but it would be really freaking cool to retrofit old devices (or something like a raspi) into a Chromecast simply by installing an app.
- rektide 3y ago
  There is a great lovely w3c spec to do Chromecast, but as an open protocol. A remote control protocol for the web. https://github.com/w3c/openscreenprotocol https://github.com/w3c/openscreenprotocol I really hope we can do it. So far it's almost exclusively Google putting the work, to take their tech (derived from Netflix's common sense/simple Dial protocol) & re-protocol-ize it again. Such amazing benevolence, in my view. But if you want tech to succeed, you need to set it free. If you love it set it free. Create more value than you capture. Again here as in many places, I can say, thank you Google. You empower a great connected medium. It is good. These acts are great.
  - seabrookmx 3y ago
    So basically what happened with HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Really cool, thanks for sharing!
bjoli 3y ago
I have had a lot of problems with Chromecast (and apple play for that matter). It just never seems to work properly. Bluetooth is better, but every now and then I have to fiddle with it for a minute or two for it to work properly (and yes, also on iPhone). I have started just connecting using a 3.5mm plug. Which this tablet lacks.
jeroenhd 3y ago
I imagine once the software gets out, XDA developers will be all over it. I'm using GCam on my phone right now just like many other people running custom ROMs. Even if the Chromecast thing is more than just an app, I imagine there will be ways to get that functionality on other tablets soon after.

seabrookmx 3y ago

I recall Google briefly supporting using ChromeOS as a Chromecast "target" but only for specially blessed "education" Chromebooks. Chromecast seems pretty locked down but it would be really freaking cool to retrofit old devices (or something like a raspi) into a Chromecast simply by installing an app.

rektide 3y ago
There is a great lovely w3c spec to do Chromecast, but as an open protocol. A remote control protocol for the web. https://github.com/w3c/openscreenprotocol https://github.com/w3c/openscreenprotocol I really hope we can do it. So far it's almost exclusively Google putting the work, to take their tech (derived from Netflix's common sense/simple Dial protocol) & re-protocol-ize it again. Such amazing benevolence, in my view. But if you want tech to succeed, you need to set it free. If you love it set it free. Create more value than you capture. Again here as in many places, I can say, thank you Google. You empower a great connected medium. It is good. These acts are great.
- seabrookmx 3y ago
  So basically what happened with HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Really cool, thanks for sharing!

bjoli 3y ago

I have had a lot of problems with Chromecast (and apple play for that matter). It just never seems to work properly. Bluetooth is better, but every now and then I have to fiddle with it for a minute or two for it to work properly (and yes, also on iPhone). I have started just connecting using a 3.5mm plug. Which this tablet lacks.

jeroenhd 3y ago

I imagine once the software gets out, XDA developers will be all over it. I'm using GCam on my phone right now just like many other people running custom ROMs. Even if the Chromecast thing is more than just an app, I imagine there will be ways to get that functionality on other tablets soon after.