Yes, from what I gather you should be able to even power off your phone, and the stream is still going. The device itself is running chrome, and opening up netf

Yes, from what I gather you should be able to even power off your phone, and the stream is still going. The device itself is running chrome, and opening up netflix itself. Your phone or whatever device you use to talk to it, is more of a peripheral used to control the chromecast device. Basically your phone is not only practically, but technically, just a remote.