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[Update: Winners] We Have 50 Promo Codes For LocalCast To Give Away

Cameron Summerson Cameron Summerson
[Update: Winners] We Have 50 Promo Codes For LocalCast To Give Away

 

Casting audio, video, pictures, and more from your smartphone or tablet to the TV is one of the easiest ways to get content from the little screen to the big screen, but it requires an app that supports the feature in the first place. For example, try using Adobe Reader or Google Docs to cast a PDF to the TV. You're out of luck.

Thankfully, enterprising developers like Stefan Pledl—the creator of LocalCast—have been able to whip up some really nice looking solutions that allow users to cast almost any consumable content to the big screen.

This contest is now over.

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LocalCast Gets Materialized In v3.0 Update, And It's Looking Pretty Good

LocalCast Gets Materialized In v3.0 Update, And It's Looking Pretty Good

Bertel King, Jr. Bertel King, Jr.

Android's screen casting feature lets people cast all the things, but it doesn't let them cast to all the things. No, Google will officially send media out to a Chromecast, but for other things, that's where third-party apps come in. One of the better options, LocalCast, has jumped up to a new version that brings the app up-to-date with the next release of Android (since L isn't actually out yet, would that make this before-to-date...up-to-early...ahead-of-date?). Regardless, its Material Design-flavored overhaul is looking rather good.

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We like what we see here. The floating Chromecast button is easily accessible, and the new green color is rather bold.

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LocalCast Media Streaming App Updated With Ability To Cast Network Storage Files Via Samba

LocalCast Media Streaming App Updated With Ability To Cast Network Storage Files Via Samba

Bertel King, Jr. Bertel King, Jr.

Streaming local media to Chromecast isn't that difficult of an endeavor these days. Sure, there isn't an official Google app that will slap those media files onto a TV for you, but between AllCast and Solid Explorer, there are options. There's also LocalCast, an app like AllCast whose singular purpose is to get media from your Android device to something with a bigger screen.

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The app's latest update has added the ability to connect to network storage via Samba and cast files from them straight to Chromecast. The feature works, though there are some issues. Chromecast doesn't support all video or audio codecs, and while LocalCast technically isn't to blame for the formats it can't play, it doesn't help you figure this out.

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