A developer, under the name of Cheapcast, an application will be developed that the Chromecast functionality on other Android devices available, such as media players, Raspberry Pi and hdmi sticks. This is a Chromecast-stick is no longer needed.
Google introduced in July, the Chromecast, a 35 dollar dongle into a hdmi input of a television set can be. Using an Android-running smartphone, tablet or Chrome browser on a laptop content on the tv be opened, such as a YouTube video. This is not the video from a smartphone to the Chromecast sent; the content is by the dongle directly on the internet requested. There can also be some browsertabs of the Chrome browser on the tv to be opened.
Google has the Chromecast stick is still not released in Europe, so the dongle is only for now available in the USA. In addition, the dongle currently with a limited number of services useful, such as YouTube, Google Play Movies, Netflix and Pandora. The German developer Sebastian Mauer has, however, under the name of Cheapcast software has been developed that allows the Chromecast functionality on other Android devices available. This is especially interesting for Android devices with a tv output, such as media players, Raspberry Pi and hdmi sticks running Android.
The Cheapcast software is still in the beta phase, and can no browsertabs sync. This functionality is still in development. Currently, all applications that are compatible with Chromecast be used, such as the YouTube app. The software requires at least Android 2.2.