Android owning cord cutters around the US rejoiced when HBO NOW made its way to the Google Play Store. The apps gives HBO loving users the ability to finally watch all the HBO content they love without having the need for a cable or satellite subscription to enjoy it. At launch the stand alone streaming service gave would be users access to all the content free for 30 days with a monthly follow-up price tag of $14.99. Not a horrible deal when you poke around the app and see how much content you get access too. Until today, it was missing a fairly critical component. One that would force me to cancel by my 8/15 renewal deadline if it didn’t make its way in by then. I am happy to announce that HBO NOW has an app update out that bring Chromecast support for all.
I immediately gave it a go to make sure it worked, and it does. However, it doesn’t bring us a function that us spoiled ass Chromecast users have come to love from apps like Netflix. The HBO NOW app won’t automatically move on to the next episode in a series. At least it didn’t do so for me. It is a minor thing, but something that seems like pretty standard operating procedures now a days. Regardless, now that Chromecast support is her for the app I am sure many more users will be giving the stand alone streaming service a run.
The update also brings along push notifications as well as some performance improvements.
Snag the app down below if you don’t already have it and give it a run.
