Chromecast is Android based?

[gtbarry]

"We had a lot of internal discussion on this, and have concluded that it’s more Android than Chrome OS," says GTV Hacker on its website. "To be specific, it’s actually a modified Google TV release, but with all of the Bionic / Dalvik stripped out and replaced with a single binary for Chromecast."

Google's Chromecast has its roots in Android, not Chrome OS | The Verge


Related to this is that the SDK for Chromscast is actually called Google Cast

http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2013/07/cast-content-from-your-apps-to-tv-with.html

 

[Droidunited]

Interesting. [FONT=&quot]I just heard that Chromecast works with Android, Chrome, and iOS, but not BlackBerry or Windows Phone [/FONT]

 

[h4x0rj3ff]

Hmm maybe someone will port it over to a phone so we can emulate our phone as chromecast my esteem has an HDMI out

 

[007shark]

Hmm maybe someone will port it over to a phone so we can emulate our phone as chromecast my esteem has an HDMI out

I was thinking the same thing of using my Droid Razr Maxx HD as a Chromecast receiver with its HDMI output. This will probably become possible when the Jellybean update with Chromecast rolls out to the GoogleTV devices. Then we can dissect to see what code is added to make update.zip files for other devices.

 

[lcneed]

Cheapcast app turns your Android device into a Chromecast (video)