Google’s Chromecast and the Apple TV are back on Amazon, two years after the retail giant removed the streaming products from its online store. As noted by CNET, Apple TV… Read More
Google today unveiled a huge new catalog of devices it plans to release in the coming months: a new smartphone, a virtual-reality headset and platform, its voice-activated home speakers, a new WiFi… Read More
Google’s Chromecast can now play live TV thanks to support from the Dish Network-owned Sling TV streaming platform. Sling TV announced today that its service is available for casting from Android… Read More
Amazon is pulling two of its bestselling electronics from their shelves because the Apple and Google video-streaming boxes are not compatible with the Seattle company’s Prime Video service. In an email sent to… Read More
The battle for your TV screen isn’t slowing down. With Apple’s new app-capable Apple TV coming out next month and the Alexa-powered Amazon Fire TV less than a week away,… Read More
September is shaping up to be the month of new TV streaming boxes. Apple kicked things off with the new app-enabled Apple TV and Amazon one-upped them with a 4K-slinging Fire… Read More
Last week I read that Google was offering a free movie to Chromecast owners to celebrate the streaming device’s 2nd birthday. So I went over to my Galaxy Tab S 8.4,… Read More
Amazon this morning announced a series of updates for its Fire TV set-top box and Fire TV Stick, including a new feature that will allow the streaming devices to work over WiFi… Read More
Google’s Chromecast appears to have hit the ten million unit mark in sales, globally. While Google’s U.S. headquarters hasn’t released Chromecast sales figures, Google Korea has told the Korea Times the company… Read More
Amazon started shipping its Fire TV Stick streaming device this morning, going up against Google, Roku and others in the market for low-cost streaming devices that plug directly into a… Read More
Google’s $35 Chromecast streaming device is adding a series of games to its lineup of content, expanding beyond its core video and audio streaming services and putting the Chromecast more on par with Amazon’s… Read More
Amazon this morning unveiled the second stage of its Fire TV initiative — a new $39 streaming device called the Fire TV Stick, aiming to challenge Google Chromecast and other… Read More
Microsoft is preparing to launch its own video streaming device, based on the Miracast screencasting standard, according to filings with the FCC and WiFi Alliance, unearthed this week by Windows Phone… Read More
It’s been a good run so far for Google’s Chromecast video streaming dongle. The $35 device, which plugs into a TV’s HDMI port and allows users to stream video from… Read More
Apple TV may be getting a refresh this spring. The Cupertino-based company launched a new promotion today that allows buyers of a new Apple TV to pick up a free… Read More
It’s open season for Chromecast apps. Google released its Google Cast Software Development Kit today. The SDK allows developers to create new apps for the company’s $35 streaming video dongle,… Read More
We have a lot to talk about this week on the GeekWire radio show, starting with Amazon’s gravity-defying share price, passing $400/share for the first time this past week. Despite… Read More
Google this morning announced 10 new apps for Google Chromecast, including support for RealPlayer Cloud, the new video player and cloud service from Seattle-based RealNetworks. The integration will let RealPlayer… Read More
Google announced today that it’s now possible to stream popular shows like Game of Thrones and The Newsroom to its Chromecast dongle from the HBO Go website, as well as the… Read More
Hulu updated its iPhone app today to include support for Google Chromecast. That means users, after installing the update, can now stream Hulu Plus content from their Apple device straight… Read More
Don’t try to be smarter than a smart device. That’s the main lesson I learned from an otherwise flawless first Google Chromecast experience. Chromecast is Google’s new entry into a… Read More
There are seemingly endless ways to get video onto your television set these days, and the GeekWire team has been testing two of them, at opposite ends of the spectrum… Read More
