Comments on: Google’s Chromecast challenges Apple TV AirPlay, and it’s iOS compatible http://isource.com/2013/07/24/google-chromecast-airplay-apple-tv/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: RajCaj http://isource.com/2013/07/24/google-chromecast-airplay-apple-tv/#comment-59252 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:52:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=64618#comment-59252 You can compare Chromecast to AirPlay, but not fair to compare it to AppleTV….which is sort of tricky becasue the only way to have AirPlay IS through AppleTV.
Had Chromecast been baked in a GoogleTV device (which sounds like is in the works), THEN that would be a more fair comparison.
In terms of comparing Chromecast to AirPlay….Chromecast is compatible for all devices that have the functionality built-in within the app, or if you’re able to run a Chrome browser, whereas AirPlay is for iOS & OSX devices only.
It’s also nice that using Chromecast does NOT monopolize your device, since it seems the Chromcast device streams the content seperately from the device that sends it. AirPlay, on the otherhand, is a live video feed from the device to the AppleTV and operates on a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) methodology.

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