<story><title>Google Launches The Chromecast To Bring Chrome To The Living Room</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/24/google-chromecast/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tsycho</author><text>The obvious question: Why would you buy this if you already had an Apple TV (or were considering buying one)?&lt;p&gt;* Cross-platform support, not just iDevices&lt;p&gt;* For apps that integrate with the SDK (currently Youtube &amp;amp; Netflix, but I am sure more will be coming soon), the processing of the content can be transferred to the the Chromecast. Hence, once you &amp;quot;flick&amp;quot; your Netflix content to Chromecast, your phone is free and not processing content anymore unlike Airplay, which is a huge win for your phone&amp;#x27;s battery.&lt;p&gt;* All your phones&amp;#x2F;tablets&amp;#x2F;computers become your remote&amp;#x2F;controllers.&lt;p&gt;* The price (at $35, it&amp;#x27;s a relatively low-risk impulse buy)&lt;p&gt;* UPDATE: It automatically switches to the HDMI input channel when streamed, atleast on my LG TV. My 3rd gen Apple TV doesn&amp;#x27;t so I have to find the TV remote to switch HDMI inputs, which can sometimes be annoying.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>saturdaysaint</author><text>&lt;i&gt;For apps that integrate with the SDK (currently Youtube &amp;amp; Netflix, but I am sure more will be coming soon), the processing of the content can be transferred to the the Chromekey. Hence, once you &amp;quot;flick&amp;quot; your Netflix content to Chromekey, your phone is free and not processing content anymore unlike Airplay, which is a huge win for your phone&amp;#x27;s battery.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;If that&amp;#x27;s the case, I wonder why Chromebooks (other than the Pixel) aren&amp;#x27;t compatible.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Launches The Chromecast To Bring Chrome To The Living Room</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/24/google-chromecast/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tsycho</author><text>The obvious question: Why would you buy this if you already had an Apple TV (or were considering buying one)?&lt;p&gt;* Cross-platform support, not just iDevices&lt;p&gt;* For apps that integrate with the SDK (currently Youtube &amp;amp; Netflix, but I am sure more will be coming soon), the processing of the content can be transferred to the the Chromecast. Hence, once you &amp;quot;flick&amp;quot; your Netflix content to Chromecast, your phone is free and not processing content anymore unlike Airplay, which is a huge win for your phone&amp;#x27;s battery.&lt;p&gt;* All your phones&amp;#x2F;tablets&amp;#x2F;computers become your remote&amp;#x2F;controllers.&lt;p&gt;* The price (at $35, it&amp;#x27;s a relatively low-risk impulse buy)&lt;p&gt;* UPDATE: It automatically switches to the HDMI input channel when streamed, atleast on my LG TV. My 3rd gen Apple TV doesn&amp;#x27;t so I have to find the TV remote to switch HDMI inputs, which can sometimes be annoying.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hullo</author><text>That sounds smart to me, but for Netflix at least, generally everyone would use the Netflix app on the Apple TV (which is solid) rather than airplay from their device. YouTube is another story, though, it&amp;#x27;s a disaster on the Apple TV and I&amp;#x27;ll almost always stream from my phone. Of course, if I&amp;#x27;m streaming to my Apple TV I&amp;#x27;m by definition at home with a charger nearby, so this isn&amp;#x27;t a key differentiator.&lt;p&gt;But that brings up what I think is the most interesting use case – portability: put it in your bag and forget it until you need to present&amp;#x2F;watch something for work&amp;#x2F;at a friends house.</text></comment>