![]() Google’s latest Chromecast update intentionally breaks AllCast. The app had not yet made its way to Google Play, but Dutta claims ( via TheVerge) that Google intentionally disabled support for AllCast in the latest Chromecast software update: In order to download AllCast, first you must join the ClockworkMod Beta Testers Community, then sign up to be a beta tester for AllCast, and then install the actual app from the Play Store.Ĭheck out a video demonstrating the app below: Expandĭeveloper of the third-party AllCast Android app, Koushik Dutta, says that Google’s latest software update for Chromecast blocks the app’s ability to stream local files to Google’s new $35 streaming device. Though, it’s worth noting that it only works with local videos, not videos from streaming services. AllCast is huge for Apple TV users, as it was easy for them to cast videos from their Android device to the set-top box. The process works very much like the Chromecast and Apple TV, though with local videos as well. Within seconds of choosing a device, the video will begin playing on your TV. ![]() Once it is installed, simply go to a video that is local on your device and tap the cast button in the upper right corner and a menu will pop up, asking you where you would like to cast it. The app, entitled AllCast, is incredibly simple to operate. Well-known CyanogenMod developer Koushik Dutta is at it again, this time with a new app for Android that allows users to beam their local content to a variety of set-top streaming boxes, including the Apple TV, Roku, Xbox, PS4, and any other DLNA renderers (via Engadget). ![]()
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