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Casting your web browser to a Chromecast just got much, much easier

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CASTING your Chrome web browser to your TV via a Google Chromecast is now much easier, thanks to a nifty new update.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google's Chromecast is hugely popular, thanks to its bargain price tag and ease-of-use</td></tr>
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Google is testing a new feature in its latest Chrome beta that should making throwing content from your laptop to your television much easier.</div>
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The latest version of the Chrome browser ditches the need for the Google Cast extension.</div>
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Instead, the latest version of the Google browser includes a built-in option which lets users send an entire webpage or online video to their television.</div>
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To begin Casting, simply right-click on any webpage and hit "Cast…". Previously Chromecast owners had to download a separate browser add-on before this functionality was possible</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google's latest Chromecast has a stylish, circular new design but its purely aesthetic</td></tr>
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Fortunately it usually only takes six weeks for the beta upgrades to roll-out to the standard, stable Chrome browser.</div>
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Microsoft <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/microsofts-first-blockbuster-windows-10.html">recently added support for Google's Chromecast in its redesigned, stream-lined Edge browser</a>. </div>
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Google released its first Chromecast back in 2013.</div>
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The lightweight gadget plugs into any HDMI port and lets you beam content from compatible Android and iOS apps, as well as your Google Chrome browser window.</div>
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<a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/google-chromecast-2015-review-still.html"><strong>Read the NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com review of the 2015 Google Chromecast</strong></a></h3>
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Unsurprisingly, Google has sold more than 20 million Chromecasts to date.</div>
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The £30 accessory offers similar functionally to the <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/apple-tv-review-has-iphone-giant.html">Apple TV, which allows iPhone, iPad and Mac customers to mirror their devices on a television</a>.</div>
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Casting your web browser to a Chromecast just got much, much easier

CASTING your Chrome web browser to your TV via a Google Chromecast is now much easier, thanks to a nifty new update. Google's Ch...

This £30 gadget will change the way YOU listen to music at home

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Chromecast Audio has a circular design and small grooves, like a vinyl record</td></tr>
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GOOGLE has unveiled a brand-new addition to the Chromecast range. Dubbed Chromecast Audio, the little gadget hopes to update your home audio system.</div>
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Google revolutionised beaming content from smartphones to TVs back in 2013 with the Chromecast – a small HDMI dongle with an impulse-buy price-tag that used any iOS or Android smartphone to stream movies and TV shows to your big screen.</div>
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And now Google has set its sights on music streaming around the home.</div>
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The US firm has unveiled the Chromecast Audio – a small and colourful new gadget plugs directly into the 3.5mm headphone jack of any speaker (the standard audio port Apple has suddenly taken a dislike to!)</div>
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Once connected, the Chromecast Audio allows the speaker to stream music over wifi.</div>
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This offers higher quality than Bluetooth, as well as a larger range around the home.</div>
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Wifi speakers have become increasingly popular in recent years and a number of companies, like Sonos, have found success selling a range of wireless speakers that link across the home.</div>
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Unlike the Sonos, the Chromecast Audio will not initially be able to stream to multiple speakers at once – although a Google spokesperson reassured NewsNewsBlog<em>.blogspot.com.uk</em> that the functionality would be added in an over-the-air update very soon.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google's new gadget is a great way to update a house full of older, unconnected speakers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The updated Chromecast Audio comes in a range of colours </td></tr>
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Users can pick and choose between multiple connected speakers, but that requires a £30 Chroemcast Audio dongle per speaker.</div>
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Google announced the Chromecast Audio device alongside <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/chromecast-google-updates-hdmi.html">a newly-updated Chromecast video streaming HDMI dongle</a> and <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/google-nexus-5x-all-details-full-specs.html">new Nexus 6P</a> and <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/google-nexus-5x-all-details-full-specs.html">Nexus 5X smartphones</a>.</div>
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A number of apps on iOS and Android have already been updated to support the new audio-port dongle, including Spotify.</div>
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If your favourite app has not yet pushed out a Chromecast update, Android users can mirror their audio from the entire device, similar to casting a screen on a Chrome tab.</div>
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If you already have a Bluetooth speaker, the Chromecast Audio probably doesn't sound like a major innovation.</div>
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But if you have a home filled with older, wired speakers – then Google's new device could be a cost-effective way to update your old systems.</div>
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The Google Chromecast now accounts for some 19 per cent of all household streaming devices.</div>
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Google clearly hopes to recreate the success in the household audio market. Chromecast Audio is now on sale in the UK Google Store for £30.</div>

This £30 gadget will change the way YOU listen to music at home

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Chromecast: Google updates HDMI streaming stick, keeps budget price

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GOOGLE has updated its hugely popular Chromecast streaming device.</div>
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Google yesterday updated its Chromecast range, alongside brand-new Nexus smartphones, <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/google-nexus-5x-all-details-full-specs.html">the Nexus 6P</a> and <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/google-nexus-5x-all-details-full-specs.html">Nexus 5X</a>.</div>
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The US technology firm released the first generation of its popular pocket-sized HDMI dongle back in July 2013.</div>
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The Chromecast slots into any HDMI port on a standard HD television set and allows users to stream content from mobile phones to the big screen.</div>
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Google's brand-new Chromecast has been redesigned from the ground-up and now sports a circular design, similar to the Google Chrome logo, and multiple colours.</div>
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The mini-disk design has allowed Google to pack more antennas, which support more wifi bands than its predecessor and means streaming should be more reliable, even with a temperamental wifi connection.</div>
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But despite the new technology, Google is keeping the same low price-point which helped make the first generation of Chromecast such a success, in a market saturated with other streaming boxes and smart set-up devices.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new range of Chromecast devices come in three colours, including bright red</td></tr>
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Google did not mention 4K streaming, a feature many other rival strew gin devices have added <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/sky-should-be-worried-new-smart-tv-box.html">– including the new <strong>Fire TV</strong></a>.</div>
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Chromecast works across Android and iOS, so iPhone users will be able to take advantage of the £30 device.</div>
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As part of the update announced at the Nexus event last night, Google unveiled an overhauled Chromecast app.</div>
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The new smartphone software now offers more partner apps, as well as showing which various streaming services a chosen movie or TV is available on.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google also flaunted a clever new trick dubbed Fast Play, which pre-loads your next episode</td></tr>
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Google also showed off a new feature called Fast Play, which will debut next year, which intelligently pre-loads content in the background so users will wait for less time when trying to stream a show or movie.</div>
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For example, if you watched episode five of <em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt</em> last night, when you load the Netflix app the next morning, the software will quietly begin loading episode six in the background, in-case you want to pick-up where you left off.</div>
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As well as an update of the TV version, Google announced a new music version, called Chromecast Audio. </div>
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This can be plugged into home speakers, with audio content from any mobile device then streamed to them via your home wifi network.</div>
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It too will cost £30.</div>
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Both new Chromecast devices are available in the UK Google Store, starting from today.</div>

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Google's next announcement could make your Sonos system REDUNDANT

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google is preparing to release a new Chromecast, which could breath life into your old speakers</td></tr>
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GOOGLE is rumoured to be planning a second generation of ChromeCast which could make Sonos and other wireless multi-room speaker systems redundant.</div>
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Google is set to unveil two new Nexus smartphones at an event tomorrow in New York City.</div>
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The US technology firm is also reportedly planning to unveil two new versions of its hugely popular Google Chromecast HDMI drive.</div>
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Codenamed Hendrix, the new Chromecast device is rumoured to connect to any speaker through the 3.5mm headphone jack – the standard audio port Apple has taken a <em>dislike</em> to!</div>
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Once the Chromecast Audio is connected, it allows any speaker to connect to a wireless internet connection and be controlled using a smartphone or smartwatch app.</div>
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This is similar functionality to a Sonos wireless sound system, which links speakers across multiple rooms and allows users to control music, audio books or digital radio using a smartphone app.</div>
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The Chromecast Audio will also reportedly ship with Spotify support.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first Google Chromecast was a portable HDMI drive that turned any TV into a smart TV</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rumours suggest Google is planning a similar device, but with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack</td></tr>
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If you already have a Bluetooth speaker, the Chromecast Audio probably doesn't sound like a major innovation.</div>
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But if you have a home filled with older, wired speakers – then Google's new device could be a cost-effective way to update your old systems.</div>
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This is similar to the original Chromecast, which bundled smart TV functionality, including YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video apps and more, to any television set with an HDMI port.</div>
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The Google Chromecast now accounts for some 19 per cent of all household streaming devices.</div>
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Google clearly hopes to recreate the success in the household audio market.</div>
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