{"id":61912,"date":"2014-03-05T01:18:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T23:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=61912"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:50:30","slug":"chrome-for-android-beta-includes-chromecast-video-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/chrome-for-android-beta-includes-chromecast-video-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome for Android beta includes Chromecast video streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest <a title=\"Chrome for Android beta\" href=\"http:\/\/chrome-beta.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome for Android beta<\/a> includes support for <a title=\"Hands on with Chromecast\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/hands-on-with-chromecast\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chromecast<\/a> video streaming. While the desktop version of Chrome supports Chromecast streaming via a <a title=\"Google Cast plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/google-cast\/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plug-in<\/a>, this is the first time the feature has been baked into the Chrome browser.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61915\" title=\"Chrome beta for Android Chromecast support - via Android Police\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/Chrome-beta-for-Android-Chromecast-support-via-Android-Police-568x333.jpg\" alt=\"Chrome beta for Android Chromecast support - via Android Police\" width=\"568\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/Chrome-beta-for-Android-Chromecast-support-via-Android-Police-568x333.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/Chrome-beta-for-Android-Chromecast-support-via-Android-Police-256x150.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/Chrome-beta-for-Android-Chromecast-support-via-Android-Police.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chrome beta currently only supports <a title=\"YouTube news\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/youtube\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> videos viewed in the browser. When a user taps on a YouTube video, a popup appears with options to view the video on the device or on a Chromecast. This makes it easy to send a video to a television without needing to use the YouTube app.<\/p>\n<p>To enable the feature in Chrome beta for Android, type in <em>chrome:\/\/flags\/#enable-cast<\/em> into the address bar. You&#8217;ll then be able to manually enable the experimental feature. Relaunch the browser to save your changes.<\/p>\n<p>Since the feature is still experimental, expect plenty of bugs and crashes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"Android Police\" href=\"http:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2014\/03\/04\/chrome-beta-for-android-version-34-adds-built-in-chromecast-streaming-for-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android Police<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/new-chrome-beta-includes-hands-free-voice-search\">New Chrome Beta includes hands free voice search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/google-play-services-to-scan-for-malware-constantly\">Google Play Services to scan for malware constantly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/tor-is-developing-an-anonymous-mobile-os\">Tor developing anonymous mobile OS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Chrome for Android beta includes support for Chromecast video streaming. While the desktop version of Chrome supports Chromecast streaming via a plug-in, this is the first time the feature has been baked into the Chrome browser. The Chrome beta currently only supports YouTube videos viewed in the browser. When a user taps on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/chrome-for-android-beta-includes-chromecast-video-streaming\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chrome for Android beta includes Chromecast video streaming&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":61915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2561],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-61912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionchromecast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331209,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61912\/revisions\/331209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61912"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=61912"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=61912"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=61912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}