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Originally Posted by mpeg2
Not quite like airplay - many of the media reports seem to have gotten this quite confused.
I think that this device will play stuff out of the cloud - for suitable definitions of "cloud" - seemingly only certain apps now, like Netflix or Youtube. It won't play content on your tablet or phone. The tablet or phone is used as the controller.
At least that's what I've managed to understand from the confusing reports.
Rich
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Yes, it HAS been quite confusing, which makes me even more confused regarding the excitement surrounding this device. Do they even know what they're excited about? Or is it simply because Google is the one releasing it?
One needs a smartphone, tablet, or PC to stream the video to the Chromecast. Once the video starts streaming, can the sending device do something else? eg. Start Netflix stream on smartphone to the Chromecast, and then exit the app on the smartphone.