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Once you've disabled casting, episodes and movies will play on your mobile device until you begin casting again. Select 'Stop Casting' from the menu It's that simple!.

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Pick a episode or movie you'd like to watch.Select the Chromecast you want to use from the list.If you don't see a Chromecast icon in the upper right your devices may not be properly connected.Tap the Chromecast Icon in the upper right corner of the Boomerang homepage.Once your device has been paired to the Chromecast open the Boomerang App.

If you need help getting your devices connected, please click here.

Make sure that your mobile device is connected to same network as the Chromecast.

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Download and install the Google Home App from the App Store.To to enable Chromecast Streaming on an iOS device: Well, maybe not THAT fast, it’s only five letters. Just follow the steps below and you’ll be watching on the big screen before your can sing ‘L-A-Z-L-O’. Max Weinbach contributed to this article.Setting up Chromecast streaming for an iOS device is quick and easy. Disney+ might have just one casting button, instead of the current behavior pictured It’ll be a few months until we see how things work out. It’s our understanding that existing apps will need to tap into a new API, which Google will have to make available. As result of this change would be a single button in apps for casting, rather than having two or three, or even menus within menus.įor the time being, we’ll have to wait and see exactly how this is implemented in iOS 16. Other companies with casting options, such as Spotify or Sonos, could also potentially adopt this. This would not only provide a better experience for those wanting to use AirPlay in apps that already have Chromecast, but has the potential to make it easier for Chromecast to be supported in more apps. YouTube Music might have just one unified menu with this change, instead of the current behavior pictured Rather apps that support Chromecast would see casting targets in native menus, such as the ones that AirPlay uses. To be clear, Chromecast would not become a native part of iOS. The picker view displays discovered third-party devices and protocols in the same system menu as AirPlay, which provides a unified device-selection experience.īy our read, this should allow Chromecast to have better, more native integration with iOS starting with iOS 16.

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Use DeviceDiscoveryExtension (DDE) to discover third-party media receivers to which your app can stream AV content.īecause DDE runs in a system sandbox, the extension doesn’t need to ask the user for local-network or Bluetooth permissions. In the YouTube Music app on iOS, for example, the Chromecast button in the app serves for both Chromecast targets and AirPlay targets.īut that may change in iOS 16, as Apple is introducing the “DeviceDiscoveryExtension,” a new tool for apps to leverage native menus, such as the ones used for AirPlay. As it stands today, Chromecast is supported on iOS, but only in select apps, and usually with an interface that isn’t native to the OS. A display device with an HDMI input, such as a high-definition television (HDTV) iPhone or iPad with iOS 15.0 or later. In iOS 16, Apple is opening up the door for casting protocols such as Google Cast (Chromecast) to be better supported in the system. Apple makes it possible for Chromecast to get AirPlay-like treatment With the upcoming release of iOS 16, Apple appears to be working towards better support for Chromecast and other casting standards in apps. Apple’s ecosystem is famously fairly locked down, but things have improved a lot over the past few years.

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