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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

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Post by mmmlinux »

dlcarrier wrote: post #10

There'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 ta…

Ive never used Miracast. Does it not monopolize your WiFi card? Which would be fine if you want to show a keynote or something, but if you want to stream a video or anything requiring network access...

Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27

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Post by dlcarrier »

mmmlinux wrote: post #11
dlcarrier wrote: post #10

There'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 ta…

Ive never used Miracast. Does it not monopolize your WiFi card? Which would be fine if you want to show a keynote or something, but if you want to stream a video or anything requiring network access...

There's no technical reason it should. When I've used it on my phone, it's indicated that it's still connected to the WiFi network, but I've never specifically tested to verify that it was.

Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27

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Post by hackernudes »

dlcarrier wrote: post #9
olyjohn wrote: post #4

Can'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 r…

It's really not a replacement for Google cast. It requires actively encoding video to send over wifi. If it's anything like wireless Android Auto it will eat a lot of battery. Google cast is usually a tiny payload to the device to start playing some URL from the Internet.

Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27

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Post by CharlesW »

dlcarrier wrote: post #10

There'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 ta…

It's a bummer that Wi-Fi Alliance completely fumbled basics like standards for naming (Miracast has 30+ names) and UX consistency. It's not much of a mystery why Apple is throwing its weight behind Matter Casting and even Google Cast.

Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27

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Post by vrganj »

dlcarrier wrote: post #9
olyjohn wrote: post #4

Can'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 r…

I haven't found any software that reliably does Miracast on Android. It's been my understanding that older versions supported it natively, but Google dropped support?

Have you found anything that works?

Re: Apple reportedly preps native support for Google Cast in iOS 27

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Post by theturtletalks »

dlcarrier wrote: post #10

There'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 ta…

I had heard about FCast and it looked promising but many apps don’t support it

https://fcast.org

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