I-Apple TV sisixhobo esimnandi esinokuthumela kuso nasiphi na isiqulatho esivela kwi-iPhone, i-iPad okanye i-iPod yakho ngaphandle kokusebenzisa esinye isicelo. Ukuba sifuna ukuthumela umxholo we-Mac yethu, sinokuyenza ngokuphinda i-desktop okanye nge-Safari, kodwa ukuba sifuna ukuthumela i-movie kufuneka sisebenzise izicelo zenkampani yesithathu ezifana Beamer. Kodwa ukuba sineChromecast, izinto zitshintsha kakhulu kuba ingasiniki imisebenzi efanayo neApple TV. Ukuba ufuna ukwenza imovie kumabonakude kwaye ungafuni ukuchitha imali eninzi, iChromecast sesona sixhobo sitshiphu oza kusifumana kwintengiso, nangona I-Apple TV isinika ezinye iindlela ezininzi, kodwa inyuka ngexabiso ukuba siyithelekisa nesixhobo sikaGoogle.
Enkosi ngokusasazwa kwesicelo seChromecast, sinako thumela nayiphi na ifayile yeaudio okanye yevidiyo kwiChromecast yethu ukuze iveliswe kwakhona kumabonwakude apho idityaniswe khona, ngendlela elula nexabiso eliphantsi, ukuze sonwabe kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya esiyithandayo ngelixa sihleli kamnandi kwigumbi lethu lokuhlala. Ngale sicelo, akukho mfuneko yokukopa okanye ukuguqula iifayile, thumela nje ukuba idlale ngokuzenzekelayo kwisixhobo sikaGoogle.
Yiphose kwiChromecast, nayo iyahambelana ne-Android TV, isixhobo sikaGoogle Cast, iChromecast Audio kunye nezithethi ezihambelana nale teknoloji, esivumela ukuba sonwabe kwilayibrari yethu yomculo ngaphandle kweentambo. Ukusasaza kwiChromecast kuyahambelana neefomathi zevidiyo: 3GP, AVI, ASF, FLV, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4, M2TS, MTS, RMVB, RM, WEBM, WMV phakathi kwezinye kunye neaudiyo: AAC, M4A, FLAC, MP3, OGG I-WMA phakathi kwezinye ezininzi.
Yilahlela kwiChromecast iyafumaneka ngokukhutshelwa kwiVenkile yeApple yeMac kunye Inexabiso le-5,49 euro. Ifuna i-macOS 10,10 okanye kamva kwaye iyafumaneka ngeSpanish nangesiNgesi. Kuhlaziyiwe nje ukuhambelana neMacOS ePhakamileyo yeSierra, ke ngekhe ubenazo naziphi na iingxaki zokuhambelana malunga noku.
Inkqubo enomdla, ndicinga ukuba kulungile ukusebenzisa iChromecast neMac.