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Can't we just have a standard for this stupid shit already? How many years is it going to take before we can just cast to a goddamn screen. This would have been
by olyjohn 4mo ago
Can't we just have a standard for this stupid shit already? How many years is it going to take before we can just cast to a goddamn screen. This would have been figured out years ago if there was any actual competition, and Google and Apple didn't prevent 3rd party implementations.
- dlcarrier 4mo agoThere is. It's called Miracast. It's great. It works even without connecting to an access point. Pretty much every major TV manufacturer supports it, and Samsung has it pre-installed on their phones. For phones that don't ship with support installed, like iPhones and Google Pixel phones, it's possible to install software to add support. The Wii U used it to send video to the gamepad, and it's fast, low latency, and reliable. The real question is how did we get to the point that such a widespread standard supported by TV manufacturers and even used by Nintendo, who can't even follow the USB-IF standards, has been so long avoided by the Apple/Google duopoly.
- hackernudes 4mo agoIt's really not a replacement for Google cast. It requires actively encoding video to send over wifi. If it's anything like wireless Android Auto it will eat a lot of battery. Google cast is usually a tiny payload to the device to start playing some URL from the Internet.
- vrganj 4mo agoI haven't found any software that reliably does Miracast on Android. It's been my understanding that older versions supported it natively, but Google dropped support? Have you found anything that works?