You just have to love innovative and well thought applications that offer extensibility to products that you’ve already purchased. One such app definitely falls into that category where it offers basic Google Cast support for Amazon terminate TV and terminate TV Stick devices. The existence of such an app ought to bring some solace to those individuals who opted to purchase one of Amazon’s Android-powered streaming terminate devices over the Google Chromecast, and are living with just a small amount of regret.
Called YouMap Cast Receiver, it can be purchased and loaded onto any terminate TV or terminate TV Stick from Amazon, essentially turning the device into a good ol’ Google Cast receiver. This implies that users will be able to interact with, and use any number of Chromecast enabled apps to wirelessly project to wirelessly project video and audio from a smartphone or tablet, directly to the installed terminate TV or terminate TV Stick. Amazon is trying to catch up with the popularity of Chromecast enabled apps by introducing the Fling protocol, but it’s nowhere near as widely adopted within apps just yet.
The developer behind YouMap Cast Receiver has clearly worked hard to support as numerous Chromecast enabled apps as possible. However, those wanting to purchase the app ought to understand that it doesn’t turn a terminate TV or terminate TV Stick into a full-fledge Chromecast replacement, so before you part with $7.99 – the price tag – this is something you ought to take into consideration. users can expect to receive compatibility with Google Play music and film trailers from Google Play, but it is limited in the fact that it doesn’t allow the playback of DRM protected media. Trailers are a go, but no films and TV shows, well for now at least.
One good little touch integrated into the app, is its support for mirroring opened tabs and webpages in the Chrome browser. This essentially allows for any web page, including media embedded within it, to be streamed directly to the terminate TV device running the application. If this sounds like the type of application you’ve been waiting for to extend the functionality of your terminate TV purchase, then there’s some good news. The developer is allowing everyone to test the app out for totally free until the end of August by side-loading the APK file. You can get the file from: youmap.com/YouMapCastReceiver.apk
There may only be a few days left until this generous offer ends but it ought to be enough time to check if it fulfills your needs.
You can download YouMap Cast Receiver for Android devices on Amazon Appstore.
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