Google debuts Cast for Fiber IPTV service
Michelle Clancy
| 02 June 2016
Google has debuted the Google Cast service for its Fiber IPTV set-top box (STB), using the same technology behind the Chromecast dongle to give viewers access to apps on their TV screens.
google cast“At the click of a button, you can watch the Game of Thrones premiere on HBO, then head to Netflix for the latest season of House of Cards,” said Jared Nusinoff, product manager at Google Fiber. “You can DJ your party with Pandora, then scroll through pictures with friends using Google Photos. You can watch and listen to everything you love, whenever you want.”
To use Cast, subscribers can connect a compatible mobile device or laptop to the Google Fiber Wi-Fi, then tap the Cast button from the apps they have to send whatever they’re viewing to the TV. No additional equipment or set-up is needed.
Michelle Clancy
| 02 June 2016
Google has debuted the Google Cast service for its Fiber IPTV set-top box (STB), using the same technology behind the Chromecast dongle to give viewers access to apps on their TV screens.
google cast“At the click of a button, you can watch the Game of Thrones premiere on HBO, then head to Netflix for the latest season of House of Cards,” said Jared Nusinoff, product manager at Google Fiber. “You can DJ your party with Pandora, then scroll through pictures with friends using Google Photos. You can watch and listen to everything you love, whenever you want.”
To use Cast, subscribers can connect a compatible mobile device or laptop to the Google Fiber Wi-Fi, then tap the Cast button from the apps they have to send whatever they’re viewing to the TV. No additional equipment or set-up is needed.