Published On: December 22, 2013

Google Chromecast To Expand Services In 2014

Published On: December 22, 2013
Last Updated on: October 31, 2020
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Google Chromecast To Expand Services In 2014

After selling more Chromecasts than anyone could have predicted, tech giant Google has plans to keep its newest sucess afloat. By expanding the sources that Chromecast is able to stream content from as well as giving developers more access to...

Google Chromecast To Expand Services In 2014

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google-chromecast-9803_1_610x407.jpgAfter selling more Chromecasts than anyone could have predicted, tech giant Google has plans to keep its newest sucess afloat. By expanding the sources that Chromecast is able to stream content from as well as giving developers more access to Chromecast tools, Google is fully behind the diminutive dongle.

From CNET

Google has big plans for its surprise hit Chromecast to take it far beyond its status as a low-cost, limited-function dongle for streaming media.

The company wants to make it available to an international audience, Mario Queiroz, Google's vice president of product management, told GigaOm on Friday. Fans of the device will be "pleasantly surprised," he said.

As more people are able to get the device, Google expects that they will want more apps to be compatible with it, Queiroz said. That requires finalizing and opening the Chromecast Software Development Kit (SDK), which the company hopes to do in 2014. Currently, Google must assist developers chosen to work with the SDK.

Queiroz added that Google wants to turn the technology behind the Chromecast, called Google Cast, into an open standard that manufacturers can build into their consumer electronics.

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