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Every year I scan through their Google I/O website to see if anything catches my eyes, not many things they're presenting catch my eyes. I did look at Flutter 3

Every year I scan through their Google I/O website to see if anything catches my eyes, not many things they're presenting catch my eyes. I did look at Flutter 3, but probably won't try it out. And the Google hardware ecosystem just does not appeal to me.

saidinesh5 4y ago
Their hardware used to be good though. Nexus 7, Nexus 5 were good unlocked, inexpensive devices. After that i really hoped their project Ara (block phone) to take off but they abandoned it.
lodovic 4y ago
Only the Chromecast is interesting, but that is really becoming less and less every day due to their aggressive advertising.
- rightbyte 4y ago
  I am still pissed off since buying a Chromecast just to realize there was no way to watch videos on a harddrive on the home network.
  - ngrost24 4y ago
    You might want to check Videostream for Chromecast ? There's both a mobile app that links to your PC and also a desktop app. Last time I checked, VLC also allowed casting of videos on your PC(although iirc was more iffy with subtitles, etc) though not sure if there's mobile support, and I believe there are also other paid apps that can be used to cast videos. If you're referring to seeing videos directly from a hard drive without a PC, a TV with usb support should take care of that (long time ago, I had even a Bluray player that had usb and was used in similar fashion to cast videos from a usb flash drive)
    - rightbyte 4y ago
      At the time, like 4 years ago, I could make nothing work except poor screencasts. That functionality should be native. It is easier to just plug a laptop into the TV than using a Chromecast. Maybe I should give it another try.
  - Raphael 4y ago
    BubbleUPnP for DLNA/Chromecast
  - marak830 4y ago
    On my PC I can open chrome and stream to the Chromecast on my network. I drag videos from the desktop onto chrome and it plays fine. Only reason I have chrome installed lol.
- mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
  Being kind of a cheapskate, I've tried chromecast and the Amazon one and then bought an AppleTV device. I haven't had issues like I did with other dongle-like devices with having to restart them when there was a hiccup or crash of some kind - which is especially annoying when watching live sports. I now have two AppleTV devices (I use the word 'device' because they also have a streaming product called AppleTV+, which btw has some really good shows, and I think you can get the streaming service w/o the device)

saidinesh5 4y ago

Their hardware used to be good though. Nexus 7, Nexus 5 were good unlocked, inexpensive devices. After that i really hoped their project Ara (block phone) to take off but they abandoned it.

lodovic 4y ago

Only the Chromecast is interesting, but that is really becoming less and less every day due to their aggressive advertising.

rightbyte 4y ago
I am still pissed off since buying a Chromecast just to realize there was no way to watch videos on a harddrive on the home network.
- ngrost24 4y ago
  You might want to check Videostream for Chromecast ? There's both a mobile app that links to your PC and also a desktop app. Last time I checked, VLC also allowed casting of videos on your PC(although iirc was more iffy with subtitles, etc) though not sure if there's mobile support, and I believe there are also other paid apps that can be used to cast videos. If you're referring to seeing videos directly from a hard drive without a PC, a TV with usb support should take care of that (long time ago, I had even a Bluray player that had usb and was used in similar fashion to cast videos from a usb flash drive)
  - rightbyte 4y ago
    At the time, like 4 years ago, I could make nothing work except poor screencasts. That functionality should be native. It is easier to just plug a laptop into the TV than using a Chromecast. Maybe I should give it another try.
- Raphael 4y ago
  BubbleUPnP for DLNA/Chromecast
- marak830 4y ago
  On my PC I can open chrome and stream to the Chromecast on my network. I drag videos from the desktop onto chrome and it plays fine. Only reason I have chrome installed lol.
mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
Being kind of a cheapskate, I've tried chromecast and the Amazon one and then bought an AppleTV device. I haven't had issues like I did with other dongle-like devices with having to restart them when there was a hiccup or crash of some kind - which is especially annoying when watching live sports. I now have two AppleTV devices (I use the word 'device' because they also have a streaming product called AppleTV+, which btw has some really good shows, and I think you can get the streaming service w/o the device)