If you want the most essential app for your new Chromecast, you don't have to look too far. The Google Home app formerly known as the Chromecast app has always been a staple of the platform, but now it's more versatile than ever thanks to built-in universal search, content discovery and app recommendations.
The app will also be your primary way to add more than one device if, say, you buy a second Chromecast for the upstairs bedroom. Netflix is one of the best Chromecast-enabled apps. Tossing a TV show from your phone or mobile device is as simple as hitting the Cast button, and the results are near instantaneous. Offering hundreds of TV shows and movies as well as some of the best original programming this side of a premium cable subscription, Netflix should be your first stop on the road to building your Chromecast app collection.
While the app itself is free on iOS and Android, you'll need to be a Netflix subscriber in order to stream content. Check out our handy guide about how to Chromecast Netflix. This is a two-fer. There was just one problem with it: HBO Go required a cable subscription.
It wasn't until HBO Now was announced that our eyes were opened to the bigger picture. As a standalone streaming service like Netflix and Hulu, HBO Now unshackled itself premium cable packages, allowing users to watch shows like Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley without buying a whole cable package.
After its short, three-month exclusivity contract with Apple came to a close in August , it rocketed to the top as one of the best Chromecast-compatible streaming apps out there.
Currently unavailable in Australia. Subscription services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video are great in certain scenarios: because they're all you-can-stream, you never need to open up your wallet in between seasons. As a trade-off, however, you don't have the latest shows and movies at your fingertips. Using your Google account, you can instantly purchase and watch anything on the Play Store think movies and TV shows from recently released blockbusters to videophile classics without needing to download the content on your mobile device.
Couple that with an easy-to-understand interface and seamless Chromecast compatibility, and the Google Play app quickly becomes the best piecemeal video service on either platform. Even the stingiest of streamers can appreciate YouTube's fantastic and free Chromecast-enabled mobile app. It's interface is simplistically designed, just like the Chromecast itself, so it's only a matter of seconds from when you find a funny video until it's broadcast on your big screen.
Not only is it a pretty great cable alternative, but it's a darn good Chromecast app, too. YouTube is free to download on both iOS and Android. Once upon a time, we might've recommended that you download Rdio as your go-to Chromecast music streaming app. Unfortunately, however, the music streaming gods saw fit to cast Rdio into the abyss and, for awhile, the world was audio-less. Spotify removes shuffle button after Adele's request. Cowboy Bebop review.
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