Google opens the Google Cast SDK, Chromecast now open to all developers

February 3, 2014

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If there is one chief complaint about the Chromecast, it has been the lack of content. There is no question that things have been slow, but it's not because developers aren't supporting it. It's been because the Google Cast SDK was only in preview mode so developers couldn't just release an app for it in the Play Store unless Google approved it. Well all that is going to change, because Google just opened the SDK to all developers.

This means that developers can easily add Chromecast support to their apps, without any prior approval from Google. I would assume the floodgates are going to open pretty quickly here. Don't disappoint me!!

Hit the break for a video for developers explaining how it all works.

source: Google / Apps available for Chromecast / More info for developers: Google Developers

Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.

6 comments

sean carey says:

February 3, 2014 at 2:04 PM

i just want to be able to download a movie, and play it from my phone to my tv. what app will do that?

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1. Michael says:
  
  February 3, 2014 at 2:06 PM
  
  Chromecast
  
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2. Justin_Herrick says:
  
  February 3, 2014 at 3:09 PM
  
  The official Play Movies app should allow you to do so, I’m pretty sure.
  
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  1. tdurden64111 says:
    
    February 3, 2014 at 4:34 PM
    
    Gotta feeling he doesn’t mean legally.
    
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    1. Justin_Herrick says:
      
      February 3, 2014 at 6:06 PM
      
      Oh… In that case, no comment!
      
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      1. sean carey says:
        
        February 4, 2014 at 10:16 AM
        
        like, if Marty Scorcese gave me a downloaded copy of The Wolf of Wall Street (totally legal) how would i be able to play that?
        
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