What Is A Google CHROMECAST?

At yesterday’s “Breakfast with Sundar” event, the news of a new Nexus 7 with Android 4.3 and 1080p Netflix streaming was overshadowed by the announcement of Google’s Chromecast, a small dongle that plugs into the back of your TV, allowing you to stream content from any device. Oh, and it’ll only cost you $35.
Google’s Chromecast has the potential to change the way we consume media in our homes. Even record producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri is excited about the possibilities, as he so eloquently remarked on Twitter.
If you’re wondering how Google managed to work its crazy magic to produce a device capable of streaming content from all of your devices onto your TV, we’ll break it down for you. Here’s everything you need to know about Google’s Chromecast.

What is Chromecast, and how does it work?

The Chromecast is a 2-inch dongle that doesn’t look much different from a USB thumb drive you might plug into your laptop.  The dongle runs off a simplified version of Google’s Chrome OS, and actually has only 256k of memory – which is nothing. However, it doesn’t need to have a ton of memory because it’s simply being plugged into your HDTV’s HDMI port, connecting to your home Wi-Fi network, and acting as a gateway for the content on your mobile devices to be cast onto your TV.

Google feels very strongly that all of the devices you own should work with your TV. “We will not force you to have to use the same OS on all of your devices,” Google TV VP Mario Queiroz said during the event.

What devices work with Chromecast?

Google is adamant about Chromecast working on all devices and platforms. It can run on Android tablets and smartphones, iPads and iPhones, and Chrome for Mac and Windows. Those of you with a BlackBerry or Windows Phone, you’re out of luck; you’ll have to use your tablet or PC instead.

Chrome

Want to watch a video from your Chrome Web browser? After all, it’s not like every video on the Web is on YouTube. Though currently in beta, Chromecast will allow you to access content from the Web from a Chrome tab projection. Basically, Google’s admitting that watching videos via your computer’s Chrome browser isn’t perfect yet, but it’s an option – and one that will soon be perfected. And no, it’s not just mirroring your entire desktop; instead, it just flings the one tab you tell it to. So, if you have 10 tabs open but just want to view content from one tab, everyone in the room won’t see all the other tabs you have open on your computer, nor will they see the URL. Google also pointed out that this works well for things like photos. Finally, sharing all those vacation photos just got easier.
With Chrome, you can access the entire Web, meaning you can watch every type of content you can think of – yes, including porn – right on your TV. Anything you can stream on your via Chrome (pirated versions of Game of Thrones, perhaps?), you can watch on your TV.


REF: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/chromecast-features/#ixzz2aLM1nIo2
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