![]() ![]() This has a few ramifications, mostly positive. As with Chromecast, the originating device "hands off" playback to the casting device and is then no longer needed. But there is a key difference between Google Cast for Audio and those existing solutions: Google's technology actually pulls the audio from the Internet cloud and not from the smart phone, tablet or PC you use to control playback. I guess you could consider Google Cast for Audio a lower-cost answer to the Sonos media streaming equipment, or at least a more open version of Apple's AirPlay technology. This is going to be a big year for Google Cast." "We want to define a mobile first experience for how you drive your entertainment devices. "Our objective has always been to be much more ambitious than just the Chromecast," Google Cast director of product management Rishi Chandra says. Called Google Cast for Audio, this technology already works with a number of Android audio apps and will ship as part of new speakers, sound bars, and A/V receivers later in 2015. ![]() Google today announced that it is taking the media casting capabilities from its popular Chromecast device and making it available as a standard of sorts for audio casting. ![]()
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