If you follow Koushik Dutta on Google Plus, you have noticed some of the amazing stuff he has done with Chromecast such as the ability to cast just about anything. The only question on everyone's mind is “When can we get our hands on some of these apps?” Right now the Google Cast SDK is in Beta and any apps created by skilled developers will only work with whitelisted Chromecasts. Well Koushik Dutta has figured out a way to reverse engineer the Chromecast protocols and has figured out a way around this whitelist issue.
As a result, he has just released AllCast as a third party APK for all of us to try. The only caveat at the moment is that it will only work for 2 days and self destruct after that. Eventually, he plans on releasing it as a freemium app and will most likely need to change the name of it since the “AllCast” name has already been taken from Samsung.
The app works through the Android Sharing service. All you have to do is select a video from either the Gallery, Dropbox, or Drive and tap the Share icon. From there, select AllCast and choose your Chromecast device. It works really well, but I did experience pauses every 10 to 15 seconds seconds. However, things are working smoothly for a lot of other people. Hit the break for the video demo and source link to get in on the conversation and/or download the APK. He could probably use some ideas for a new name for the app as well.
source: +Koushik Dutta
