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Chromecast Available on Play Store & Amazon NOW - HURRY!

Chromecast
The easiest way to enjoy online video and music on your TV.
Plug Chromecast into any HDTV and control it with your existing smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Send your favorites from Google Play, YouTube, Netflix, and Chrome to your TV with the press of a button.
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Buy it on Amazon with FREE shipping here: http://www.amazon.com/Google-Chromecast-Streaming-Media-Player/dp/B00DR0PDNE?
Buy it on the play store here (10+ dollars shipping): https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=chromecast
http://www.amazon.com/Google-Chromecast-Streaming-Media-Player/dp/B00DR0PDNE?
As of 9/13/13 at 3:23 CST this is what Amazon's listing says:
Usually ships within 7 to 10 days.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
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FREE SHIPPING FROM AMAZON AS WELL![/SIZE]

If i lived in States I could buy....

Thank you! just ordered one! can't wait to try this out!

got 1 off amazon around 5pm
sold out now

Wow, those went fast. I wouldn't fret - I'm sure they will have stock soon, and they're saying to go ahead and order and they'll ship when available - in other words, first come first serve. I'd get in line for that free shipping if I didn't have mine ordered!
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Still trying to figure out if I want one. I know its only $35, but I have drawers full of $35 gadgets rotting away. I already have an Apple TV and a Roku 3 and a WD Live and a HTPC. All of which do everything this does and more. The streaming from the phone or tablet thing is goofy....your content is not on your phone (unless you are a 14 year old or something), its on a server somewhere (either netflix's or Amazon's or your own). Add in the lack of Ethernet (wireless sucks for streaming HD content...you are always at the mercy of your neighbors) and I think its a $35 drawer-space-taker-upper.
Someday I will be in Best Buy or something and my retard gene will kick in and I will buy one, play with it for a week, then into the drawer it goes, lol.

too bad its out of stock :<

Before I order I want to know if you can use it to stream movies from your phone to the TV without WIFI IE ad hoc from the phone

can someone upload the apk? in the italian play store is not available
thank you

tjsooley said:
Before I order I want to know if you can use it to stream movies from your phone to the TV without WIFI IE ad hoc from the phone
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In this article: http://www.inquisitr.com/868923/chromecast-tv-35-google-dongle-is-cheap-but-how-well-does-it-work/ it says this:
Essentially the Chromecast TV dongle will offer users the ability to stream Internet video and content onto their television screen. Simply plug the dongle into the HDMI port of a TV then connect it to the WiFi network at home. You can then watch movies or listen to music stored on your smartphone, tablet or PC, and watch or listen to it on the big screen.
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Sorry if it wasn't what you were looking for, but how did you expect it to connect without Wi-fi? The nice thing is that your phone is free to be used as normal while streaming.
danilos2k said:
can someone upload the apk? in the italian play store is not available
thank you
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This isn't an application - it's a piece of hardware Google released yesterday to allow streaming to any HDTV (smart or not). See videos in the OP.

DutchDogg54 said:
This isn't an application - it's a piece of hardware Google released yesterday to allow streaming to any HDTV (smart or not). See videos in the OP.
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there is also an apk in the US play store to pair with the Chromecast HW and setup the wifi

danilos2k said:
there is also an apk in the US play store to pair with the Chromecast HW and setup the wifi
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Thanks for mentioning that - didn't hear anything about that, for some reason. I'll upload it in a few when I get a chance :good:

DutchDogg54 said:
In this article: http://www.inquisitr.com/868923/chromecast-tv-35-google-dongle-is-cheap-but-how-well-does-it-work/ it says this:
Sorry if it wasn't what you were looking for, but how did you expect it to connect without Wi-fi? The nice thing is that your phone is free to be used as normal while streaming.
This isn't an application - it's a piece of hardware Google released yesterday to allow streaming to any HDTV (smart or not). See videos in the OP.
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Thats not what I am looking for. I did read that. I am saying can you setup a ad hoc wireless with your phone and stream a saved video to the tv if you dont have internet.

danilos2k said:
there is also an apk in the US play store to pair with the Chromecast HW and setup the wifi
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Here's the Chromecast APK from my Dropbox. :good:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgblpwauvjb9jov/com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app-1.apk

tjsooley said:
Thats not what I am looking for. I did read that. I am saying can you setup a ad hoc wireless with your phone and stream a saved video to the tv if you dont have internet.
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I picked one up at Best Buy yesterday and tried what you are asking. It will not work that way. You can setup and adhock network on your phone, connect the Chromecast and a 3rd device to stream to the Chromecast. I couldn't stream from the device providing the network.

Joe T said:
I picked one up at Best Buy yesterday and tried what you are asking. It will not work that way. You can setup and adhock network on your phone, connect the Chromecast and a 3rd device to stream to the Chromecast. I couldn't stream from the device providing the network.
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So you could use a phone for the ad hoc network and connect a tablet and the chromecast and then stream from the tablet to the TV?

tjsooley said:
So you could use a phone for the ad hoc network and connect a tablet and the chromecast and then stream from the tablet to the TV?
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Exactly. I used my S4 to setup the network, connected chromecast and my wife's Note 2 and streamed to the chromecast via her Note 2.
I really haven't played with it too much; just watched a couple of youtube videos but that did work.

Joe T, can you play local content like
- local stored movies
- local stored musik
- local stored pictures?
Cloud stuff is quite good but not everything is synced with google at my side, just my music..

pl4cid said:
Joe T, can you play local content like
- local stored movies
- local stored musik
- local stored pictures?
Cloud stuff is quite good but not everything is synced with google at my side, just my music..
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From what I gather... no unfortunately. Google Music should work, YouTube definitely works but those are the only two things I was able to stream.
I tried to stream a TV Portal (android app) show to it and there was no "Chromecast" option on mx player or my S4's stock player. I've only spent about an hour messing around with it though.
I actually looked into it this morning in hopes there was something I was missing, I wanted to stream my own content to it and came across this G+ post. It doesn't look like you can stream whatever you want to it.
Also, if you look on the chromecast developer site it states
"You may not publicly distribute or ship your Google Cast application without written permission from Google, per the terms of service described below."
and
"YOU MAY NOT PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTE CODE CONTAINING THIS SDK OR REFERENCING THESE APIs WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH GOOGLE ALLOWING YOU TO DO SO."
I hope google doesn't lock this down so only certain services can be used.
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I was wrong. You can play local files through the Chrome Browser
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/07/25/tip-you-can-play-local-video-files-through-chromecast/

Any idea if it has DLNA support?? Say to support something like Plex??

[Q] Cast Amazon prime video?

Has anyone been able to Cast the amazon instant prime videos to chromecast?

Screem said:
Has anyone been able to Cast the amazon instant prime videos to chromecast?
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Yes. Works for me as long as you are in Chrome.

Works fine on Win 8 running in chrome.
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Screem said:
Has anyone been able to Cast the amazon instant prime videos to chromecast?
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hope u have already solved ur problem. if u still can't it's because of MS silverlight. disable it in chrome, and let amazon prime play the movie within flash player.

Screem said:
Has anyone been able to Cast the amazon instant prime videos to chromecast?
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I have been able to do it if I disable silverlight in chrome (from https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2445334?hl=en)
1.Type chromelugins in the address bar.
2.Find Silverlight:
◦Click Disable to stop the plug-in from running.
◦Click Enable to re-enable the plug-in.
I found that I had to reenable silverlight to get Netflix to work.

What I can do with Chomecast outside US

It is unavailable in our country and I would like to buy one from US and ship it to here. What I can do with it for the time being? Thanks!

I've installed chromecast apk here from forum and now I can cast youtube and google music from Android. And I can cast tabs or youtube from chrome on PC.

ScottXe said:
It is unavailable in our country and I would like to buy one from US and ship it to here. What I can do with it for the time being? Thanks!
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I'm from Chile and works fine, just download the Chromecast apk from the forum, and you got it everything: youtube, chrome, netflix

i am from Mexico and works perfect with Netflix and in my pc with chrome i can cast anything!!

[Q] 18+ video from youtube app on tablet

I have just received my chromecast and it works quite nicely. However some videos cannot be casted from the youtube app on my nexus 7. They are all videos that have been flagged for mature content. For instance some music videos. I get an error saying the video is not available for my tv.
However, I can cast those same videos from my laptop.
Does anyone know whats going on here?

theaftermath said:
I have just received my chromecast and it works quite nicely. However some videos cannot be casted from the youtube app on my nexus 7. They are all videos that have been flagged for mature content. For instance some music videos. I get an error saying the video is not available for my tv.
However, I can cast those same videos from my laptop.
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Since Chromecast gets video on its own, there are limits on how the YouTube login gets passed.
Google's support article doesn't seem to mention restrictions on 18+ content, but like I said, what Chromecast can access isn't the same as what a full, normal YouTube login can.

theaftermath said:
I have just received my chromecast and it works quite nicely. However some videos cannot be casted from the youtube app on my nexus 7. They are all videos that have been flagged for mature content. For instance some music videos. I get an error saying the video is not available for my tv.
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You don't need the App for YouTube to cast to the CCast. Try using the browser and using the Cast button on the Video itself instead of going via the App. This works with both Netflix and YouTube. No need to use Google Cast in a browser or the Android App to send their content to a CCast.
You might have better luck sending the content FROM You Tube than from the App that tells the CCast to go and get that content.Their code is likely to be a bit more up to date on sending than the Apps are.
You say you are casting from a Laptop but did not mention via what method your using so apologies if your already doing it the way I suggested.
bhiga said:
Since Chromecast gets video on its own, there are limits on how the YouTube login gets passed.
Google's support article doesn't seem to mention restrictions on 18+ content, but like I said, what Chromecast can access isn't the same as what a full, normal YouTube login can.
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I would think an account is an account and the info about that account is stored on the google side. So it should be the same on all devices that use that login.
I would more believe that the player that the Android App sends to retrieve does not have the ability to play 18+ content natively. Or by default has 18+ restrictions set on by default in the app if that was what is going on.

Asphyx said:
I would think an account is an account and the info about that account is stored on the google side. So it should be the same on all devices that use that login.
I would more believe that the player that the Android App sends to retrieve does not have the ability to play 18+ content natively. Or by default has 18+ restrictions set on by default in the app if that was what is going on.
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Yeah, I Want to Believe but if the account login seamlessly transferred with the Chromecast handoff somehow, then live events would work, and we wouldn't have those random videos that say "Not available for your TV" (unless perhaps there's some backlog of transcoding required, like when they initially launched the mobile/MP4 site).

Asphyx said:
You don't need the App for YouTube to cast to the CCast. Try using the browser and using the Cast button on the Video itself instead of going via the App. This works with both Netflix and YouTube. No need to use Google Cast in a browser or the Android App to send their content to a CCast.
You might have better luck sending the content FROM You Tube than from the App that tells the CCast to go and get that content.Their code is likely to be a bit more up to date on sending than the Apps are.
You say you are casting from a Laptop but did not mention via what method your using so apologies if your already doing it the way I suggested.
I would think an account is an account and the info about that account is stored on the google side. So it should be the same on all devices that use that login.
I would more believe that the player that the Android App sends to retrieve does not have the ability to play 18+ content natively. Or by default has 18+ restrictions set on by default in the app if that was what is going on.
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On my laptop I am casting directly from the youtube video. I am not casting the tab as I don't have enough CPU.
bhiga said:
Yeah, I Want to Believe but if the account login seamlessly transferred with the Chromecast handoff somehow, then live events would work, and we wouldn't have those random videos that say "Not available for your TV" (unless perhaps there's some backlog of transcoding required, like when they initially launched the mobile/MP4 site).
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I think the difference is between how the youtube android app and how youtube on my laptop pass login details. It is the only way the laptop works and the android app doesn't.

theaftermath said:
On my laptop I am casting directly from the youtube video. I am not casting the tab as I don't have enough CPU.
I think the difference is between how the youtube android app and how youtube on my laptop pass login details. It is the only way the laptop works and the android app doesn't.
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Well your account is your account...
Unless your using a different account on the Android App than you are on the Laptop there should be no difference because if Account is important then all anything is telling Yahoo is what the userass is....
It may however be tat the Android app isn't sending or using ANY account at all...
Thats the only way I see account being at fault here.

Asphyx said:
Well your account is your account...
Unless your using a different account on the Android App than you are on the Laptop there should be no difference because if Account is important then all anything is telling Yahoo is what the userass is....
It may however be tat the Android app isn't sending or using ANY account at all...
Thats the only way I see account being at fault here.
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I agree, I don't believe the youtube app is providing authentication. I am using the same login. I hope they fix this.

Amazon Instant Video App Works with Galaxy Tab S

As most folks know (at least if you're an Amazon Prime member) The Amazon Instant Video App does not work with most Android Tablets (except, of course, the Kindle Fire). Well, it works fine on my new Galaxy Tab S (SM-T800) that I just purchased today. (At least I can verify that it runs on the stock ROM, build KOT49H.T800XXU1ANJ6 - Oct 24, 2014) All you have to do is download the two Apps below and install them. No other alterations are necessary and no Flash conflicts appeared. Neither of these Apps are available from the Google Play Store.
Here are the simple instructions to get Amazon Instant Video working....
1. If you have already installed the Amazon Shopping app (the one without "Amazon Instant Video" on the menu), first uninstall it. The version below has a menu that links to the the Amazon video add-on.
2. Download these two apps from "The Digital Reader" site, and install them...
Amazon Shopping
Amazon Instant Video
3. Open the Shopping app, log into your Amazon account, and then click on the menu icon in the upper left corner. Then select "Amazon Instant Video". That's all there is to it.​

Robin M said:
As most folks know (at least if you're an Amazon Prime member) The Amazon Instant Video App does not work with most Android Tablets (except, of course, the Kindle Fire). Well, it works fine on my new Galaxy Tab S (SM-T800) that I just purchased today. (At least I can verify that it runs on the stock ROM, build KOT49H.T800XXU1ANJ6 - Oct 24, 2014) All you have to do is download the two Apps below and install them. No other alterations are necessary and no Flash conflicts appeared. Neither of these Apps are available from the Google Play Store.
Here are the simple instructions to get Amazon Instant Video working....
1. If you have already installed the Amazon Shopping app (the one without "Amazon Instant Video" on the menu), first uninstall it. The version below has a menu that links to the the Amazon video add-on.
2. Download these two apps from "The Digital Reader" site, and install them...
Amazon Shopping
Amazon Instant Video
3. Open the Shopping app and click on the menu icon in the upper left corner. Then select "Amazon Instant Video". That's all there is to it.​
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WORKED PERFECTLY! Thanks you so much. Just called Amazon last week about this issue after I purchased my table from Sprint. They told me it was nothing they could do. It was a Samsung issue. Then I called again they said they didnt support the GTS

Thanks very much Robin!
Works a treat here in the UK.

Is there a way to download the prime videos? On my kindle I could download 4-5 shows and watch them later. On the tab s, I can't seem to find this feature.

I thought the idea behind Prime instant video was that you stream videos for free if you're an Amazon Prime member. There doesn't seem to be a way to DL them unless you buy or rent the video. I didn't know you could do that on the Kindle.

Robin M said:
I thought the idea behind Prime instant video was that you stream videos for free if you're an Amazon Prime member. There doesn't seem to be a way to DL them unless you buy or rent the video. I didn't know you could do that on the Kindle.
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On the Kindle certain shows can be downloaded for offline availability.

Adding offline ability would be great
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Thanks!
Robin you are THE MAN!!! Worked perfectly on my retarded Fujitsu M532. The only reason ama-a-zon chooses not fix this or redo their files/apps must be because they don't want it to work for people. That sucks.

FINALLY, prime instant video on my Tab S 10.5! thanks

Just a quick note on this. I just went through it. If you have the amazon shopping app for tablets installed from the play store, you will go around in circles trying to get it to work. What clicked for me was the reference to phones only in the amazon documentation. The play store will not show the amazon shopping app for phones if you have a tablet. The key is to first uninstall the shopping app for tablets then load the amazon app store then load the shopping app for the phone and the instant video app from the amazon app store. Then it all works. I am guessing if I loaded the apks here in post 1 it would do the same.
FYI, YMMV

Sadly the app crashes on the lollipop rom. App install fine but once start playing a movie the player crash. Hopefully there will be a lollipop version out :victory:
To the OP thanks for posting the apk links

Worked on my rooted stock Tab Pro 8.4
Thanks, I have been trying to get this to work for 2 weeks. This solution worked!

Thanks much. I also have it working on a SM-T707V but can not download my purchased movies on Amazon Instant video like I can do on my Kindle Fire HD.
Anyone find a source that can do that?

I was playing them with dolphin browser and the flash apk. Worked fine. So does this app but I think quality is a bit better with flash and dolphin

If you have a rooted phone, you can just make a backup and install the amazon phone app beside the tablet app. The instant video app will then start working.

Awesome. Thanks for its tip!

You are welcome.

Marcenzeichen said:
If you have a rooted phone, you can just make a backup and install the amazon phone app beside the tablet app. The instant video app will then start working.
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This works well, for those of us that don't want to remove any apps and whatnot, I simply added the amazon app from the app store, while still having the tablet one enabled and then instant video started working

Regarding the Amazon appstore itself - how to get it first
Sorry for the slightly off-topic swerve.
Brand new Galaxy Tab S 8.4 owner. I've tried installing 2 different version of the appstore apk that I have from other Android devices with no success - keep getting prompted to enter a valid email and password (which are definitely correct because they do work with regular Amazon site via Chrome). Installing the tablet shopping app from Google Play didn't give me an option for the appstore.
So -- how do I install the appstore itself? I have a bunch of purchased apps that I want to install on my Tab S so that I can retire my old semi-reliable Xyboard. This is a dealbreaker because if I can't install these apps on the Galaxy Tab, it's useless to me. Thanks for any advice.

"Slightly" off-topic?!?
This thread is about the instant video app. The shop app is anot other story.
But long story short: Get in touch with amazon support, the shop app should work without any tricks on the Tab S.