Well that only adds androids devices to the list, Windows phones are out right now.
> "* For apps that integrate with the SDK (currently Youtube & Netflix, but I am sure more will be coming soon), the processing of the content can be transferred to the the Chromecast. Hence, once you "flick" your Netflix content to Chromecast, your phone is free and not processing content anymore unlike Airplay, which is a huge win for your phone's battery"
AppleTv does this by it owns, not need to stream Netflix from your devices.
> "* All your phones/tablets/computers become your remote/controllers."
Only if they are iDevices or android devices.
> "* The price (at $35, it's a relatively low-risk impulse buy)"
Only attractive I see, still if you already own an AppleTV, why should I buy this one too?
Chrome browser supports it. There's an SDK, so theoretically any device can support it.
I own both an AppleTV and a ChromeCast. For Netflix, I use both depending on whether my phone or the Apple TV remote was closer to me. For Youtube, no question, Chromecast is far better. Other content, I don't want to comment about since I am not sure what's released to the public yet.
I also strongly dislike that AppleTV has a fixed set of channels/apps and no SDK (though it's likely they will have one soon). I can't even remove the multiple channels that I never watch and don't care about.
Funny thing when people down-vote posts that criticize(?) Google and don't give a good reason why...
Exactly which part of what I said deserves to be downvoted? I don't care about the karma but it makes me wonder what are the things that are not acceptable in HN
Well that only adds androids devices to the list, Windows phones are out right now.
> "* For apps that integrate with the SDK (currently Youtube & Netflix, but I am sure more will be coming soon), the processing of the content can be transferred to the the Chromecast. Hence, once you "flick" your Netflix content to Chromecast, your phone is free and not processing content anymore unlike Airplay, which is a huge win for your phone's battery"
AppleTv does this by it owns, not need to stream Netflix from your devices.
> "* All your phones/tablets/computers become your remote/controllers."
Only if they are iDevices or android devices.
> "* The price (at $35, it's a relatively low-risk impulse buy)"
Only attractive I see, still if you already own an AppleTV, why should I buy this one too?