Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
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Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
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Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#2Great. AirPlay has been nothing but trouble for me. Doesn't work half the time, uses the wrong language channel, needs funky setup on my TV. And when I finally get it working and take out my phone to browse a website, it will replace whatever I was streaming to the TV with the ads on that website.
I hope Google Cast will be better.
Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#310 years too late.
Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#4Can't we just have a standard for this stupid shit already? How many years is it going to take before we can just cast to a goddamn screen. This would have been figured out years ago if there was any actual competition, and Google and Apple didn't prevent 3rd party implementations.
Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#5Great. AirPlay has been nothing but trouble for me. Doesn't work half the time, uses the wrong language channel, needs funky setup on my TV. And when I finally get it working and take out my phone to browse a website, it will replace whatever I was streaming to the TV with the ads on that website. I hope Google Cast will be better.
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Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#6I'm personally quite excited for Matter Casting. I haven't actually looked into the details of casting protocol itself, but I've been really enjoying my Matter devices at home and would love for my screens and speakers to integrate with the standard as well.
Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#7Is this European Union related?
Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#8Air play has been super solid for me but I love to see solid interop! Big news for the chrome stick users!
Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#9Can't we just have a standard for this stupid shit already? How many years is it going to take before we can just cast to a goddamn screen. This would have been figured out years ago if there was any actual competition, and Google and Apple didn't prevent 3rd party implementations.
There is. It's called Miracast. It's great. It works even without connecting to an access point. Pretty much every major TV manufacturer supports it, and Samsung has it pre-installed on their phones. For phones that don't ship with support installed, like iPhones and Google Pixel phones, it's possible to install software to add support.
The Wii U used it to send video to the gamepad, and it's fast, low latency, and reliable. The real question is how did we get to the point that such a widespread standard supported by TV manufacturers and even used by Nintendo, who can't even follow the USB-IF standards, has been so long avoided by the Apple/Google duopoly.
Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27
#10There's three common methods for wireless screen local sharing:
• Miracast, from the Wi-Fi Alliance, an open and free standard that works reliably, without a need to even have a local Wi-Fi network, despite being developed by an organization who's entire purpose is to promote Wi-Fi equipment
• Google Cast, a proprietary protocol from Google, requires a common access point connection to share a screen, and it often takes multiple attempts, for it to load a shared screen before it times out
• AirPlay, a proprietary protocol from Apple, also requires a common access point connection to share a screen, but at least it loads reliably
Miracast is probably the most supported by TVs, but Apple doesn't include it on their phones, and while many Android phone manufacturers do include support, Google doesn't on their Pixel phones. Because of that, it's likely the least used of the three, despite being the best.