Chromecast was the Miracast usurper.
Long live miracast
Honestly I had problems with every Miracast device I ever used. Beamers and TVs always broke connections randomly. Most of the time pairing didn’t even work and failed without an error.
Just read about it, so is it like an open standard Google Cast/Airplay type thing?
It was the open standard, then Google broke it and introduced Chromecast.
And they’ve polluted the wording so that Chromecast means both the device, and the protocol, etc etc
I look forward to seeing what they rename the streaming protocol to. Maybe it will still be called chromecast
It was called Google Cast for a long time, after other devices adopted the protocol.
I still have my Chromecast. I love it. It’s so easy to use and fast. I really only watch streaming and don’t want to spend a lot of money on a new smart TV when my old TV still works. I have a small fire TV and it sucks, Amazon makes them cheap and it often crashes trying to load streaming services, never had an issue with the $30 Chromecast.
Did Google ever write that they are actually discontinuing the older Chromecasts? I only see that they released a new device that does not have the name Chromecast.
https://blog.google/products/google-nest/chromecast-history/
After 11 years and over 100 million devices sold, we’re ending production of Chromecast, which will now only be available while supplies last.
Thanks!