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My Vizio TV calls it SmartCast. I just Airplay to it. I didn't realize until I just googled it that Chromecast is basically Airplay for Android.
by firesteelrain 2y ago
My Vizio TV calls it SmartCast. I just Airplay to it. I didn't realize until I just googled it that Chromecast is basically Airplay for Android.
- ajross 2y agoOther way around; Chromecast beat Airplay to market by like four years I think. But yes, they're very comparable technologies.
- tiltowait 2y agoAccording to Wikipedia, AirPlay was 2010 (and preceded by AirTunes in 2004); Chromecast 2013.
- firesteelrain 2y agoI had an AirPort Express back in 2004 timeframe that was precursor to Airplay that did beat Chromecast by close to 10 years with AirTunes. AirPlay came out in 2010. Then, in 2017, Apple released AirPlay 2. Chromecast first gen was in 2013. Apple actually beat Google on this one in terms of time.
- randunel 2y agoHow is a wireless audio technology comparable to chromecast? If it is, bluetooth audio streaming started in 1998, beating airport express by 6 years. And don't get me started on radio...
- firesteelrain 2y agoBy your logic, AirPlay and Chromecast are just smaller versions of broadcast television. Come on man
- lxgr 2y agoOne important difference is that Airplay is much more of a screen or video mirroring protocol, while Google Cast is focused on the receiver driving presentation, with your mobile device only acting as a navigation source. Practically, this means that you can take phone calls, hibernate your computer, kill a source app on your phone, leave the house entirely etc. with Chromecast without interrupting whatever's playing on a TV or stereo, while with Airplay, playback usually stops in these scenarios. Airplay is also a bigger battery drain as a result, in my experience.