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Last July, Google invaded the lounge in a major way with Chromecast – a little bit HDMI dongle that streamed content on your television from an Android device. It was and still is a large hit way to its affordable $35 asking price, but developers weren’t so fascinated with it because of Google only letting select partners build apps. In reality, Google killed a 3rd party app called AllCast that allowed users to stream local content stored on their PC to their TV. All of that may be put behind us though because of the discharge of the Chromecast SDK.

Google announced today that the Google Cast SDK is finally available to download. Here is the SDK you’re going to wish when building apps for Chromecast. It is going to permit you to integrate Google Cast into your apps for Android, iOS and Chrome in order that users can stream content from their smartphone or Chromebook to their TV.

This is huge news because it essentially opens the floodgates with regard to Chromecast apps. Formerly, Google was incredibly selective by only letting a couple of partners use the Google Cast API of their apps. Google’s pickiness has resulted in some noteworthy apps being disregarded, like Amazon Instant Video. Apps like AllCast and other local streaming apps at the moment are also possible due to this release.

If you should start building an app straight away and don’t know where to begin, you should watch the below video first. In it, Google gives a short lived overview of the SDK and what you have to start on development:

To learn more, you’ll are looking to take a look at the Google Developers page for Google Cast and its documentation.

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