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Rivian Gets Google Cast, YouTube App in Holiday Update

Kellen December 14, 2024 11

Back in May of this year, Google and Rivian teamed up to announce that Rivian vehicles would "soon" support Google Cast from phones to the big screen in cabin, plus a native YouTube app would bring an improved or native YouTube experience. We told you at that...

Rivian to Add Google Cast, Native YouTube App

Kellen May 15, 2024 9

Owners of the Rivian R1T or R1S typically have one complaint that they are very vocal about and constantly shout to anyone who will listen. They want Apple Carplay or Android Auto because they aren't quite satisfied with Rivian's infotainment system (which is...

Google Cast Expands to TikTok, Pixel Tablet Gets Cool Tapping Feature

Kellen January 9, 2024 1

As a part of Google's series of CES 2024 announcements, they shared two big updates in the world of Google Cast and another involving Fast Pair. The news just keeps flowing, friends. I think the biggest of the two Cast features is for TikTok. The massive video...

You Can Now Google Cast Your Google Meet

Tim August 19, 2020 5

Ahead of this week's change, the only way to cast a Google Meet to your Google Cast-enabled device was by casting the entirety of your screen. Thankfully, this is no longer the case, as Google announced this week that a Cast option is now baked natively into...

You Can Now Move Streams Between Google Cast Devices With Your Voice

Tim October 8, 2019

At long last, users can now move music and video streams between Google Cast-supported devices with nothing but their voice. Before this change, let's say you casted music to your bathroom speaker, but now want to move it to the living room. To do, you'd have...

Chrome Will Soon Let You Cast Local Files

Kellen March 28, 2018 5

Ever wanted to Cast something from your desktop or laptop that wasn't just a tab? Google has added a new "Cast file" option to Chrome Beta that will let you Cast local audio or video files. The option isn't showing for me yet, but it will show as a Cast option...

There are Numerous Ways to Stream Super Bowl 2018 on Android

Kellen February 2, 2018 20

You don't need traditional cable anymore. With Super Bowl 2018 weekend upon us, it feels like more than ever we need to talk about the ways to watch the big game. So many have cut the cord and are using a variety of non-traditional methods to get to their...

VLC Beta for Android Adds Chromecast Support

Kellen January 30, 2018 8

VLC, the free and open source multimedia player that so many of you play your legally purchased DVD rips from, received a beta update today on Android that brought with it Chromecast support. While I'm not as up-to-speed on VLC development as I probably should...