I recently picked up a
Chromecast device on Black Friday while out with the wife and kiddo for some clothes shopping. It was my little splurge reward for enduring the insanity and taking them shopping. I knew going into it that there are only a handful of apps that have Chromecast support. However, there are a number of ways around some things and there are certain to be more apps supported in the near future. There is one app in particular that I personally would love to see gain support, Plex.
Those of you that already know and love Plex know exactly what it is. It is a combination app/media server that you can link to all your video, music and picture folders and stream remotely. It also mixes in tons of channels and ability to que up YouTube videos, Hulu and a lot more. You can get the app for your Android Tablet, Phones and Google TV set-top boxes. It is worth every bit of minor efforts required to set it up. A little digging shared on Reddit points to Plex hard at work to bring their apps up to speed and available for Chromecast support. Assuming Google takes them on and whitelists them.
I personally would stock up on Chromecasts for the whole family if/when
Plex support rolls into play. We might just have to get a hold of our friends at Plex and see if we can squeeze them for some information. I do have a feeling though that the first iterations of this Chromecast support for Plex will likely roll out to Plex Pass subscribers first. I will be keeping an eye out for more information on this and let you guys know what turns up.
Via Techaeris
Source: Gigaom
