9to5google

Google Cast control notifications now appear in the Android media player

For many years, the Cast controller for devices playing media on your home network appeared as a regular Android notification that’s “Silent” at the bottom of the feed. In the past week or so, Google ...
Wired

Netflix Won't Let You Cast Shows From Your Phone to Most TVs Anymore

The streaming giant quietly removed the feature that lets you control content on your TV screen using a mobile device. The company says the feature was not widely used. Netflix has updated its service ...
Android Police

Google stops using notifications to control your Cast media

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...
Lifehacker

Netflix Is Killing Casting From Your Phone

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
Android Authority

Google announces new features for the Chromecast ecosystem

Fast Pair support is now coming to Chromecast with Google TV, and soon to other Google TV devices. Chromecast now supports TikTok and will soon also support casting live content from TikTok to your ...
Android Authority

Will Android 'App Cast' let you stream apps from device to device? (APK teardown)

Google Play Services shows evidence of an in-development “App Cast” tool. While its full functionality is unclear, it appears able to gather info about remote Android devices and access their ...
Android

‘Hold close to cast’ feature rolling out to UWB Google Pixel devices

Google is rolling out the ‘Hold close to cast’ feature to Pixel Pro phones and the Pixel Tablet. As the name suggests, the feature makes it easier to cast from a Pixel smartphone to a Pixel tablet and ...