Microsoft plugs OneDrive storage into your Chromecast
In case you needed another way to beam photos and videos to your Chromecast, the Android OneDrive app has you covered. The latest update for Microsoft’s cloud-storage service will take all those gorgeously arranged images from your device running Google’s mobile OS and put ’em on your TV via Mountain VIew’s HDMI wunderstick. Pretty handy, right? Your Galaxy S6 (or any other Android device with the app installed) should see the update shortly if it already hasn’t downloaded. As for iOS users, they’ll likely have to wait a bit longer — the last update only mentions bug fixes and stability improvements.
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Source: Google Play
Microsoft plugs OneDrive storage into your Chromecast
In case you needed another way to beam photos and videos to your Chromecast, the Android OneDrive app has you covered. The latest update for Microsoft’s cloud-storage service will take all those gorgeously arranged images from your device running Google’s mobile OS and put ’em on your TV via Mountain VIew’s HDMI wunderstick. Pretty handy, right? Your Galaxy S6 (or any other Android device with the app installed) should see the update shortly if it already hasn’t downloaded. As for iOS users, they’ll likely have to wait a bit longer — the last update only mentions bug fixes and stability improvements.
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Source: Google Play
Microsoft announces OneDrive for Android now has Chromecast support
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If you’re a big OneDrive user, this could be the news for you. Microsoft has today announced that OneDrive for Android now has Chromecast support, and the update has been rolled out to the app today. This will allow you to stream all manner of media like photos and videos to the little Google dongle all from your couch. Apart from Chromecast support, it doesn’t look like this update to OneDrive does anything else.
This update has been a long time coming, and we hope that Microsoft has its other apps in mind as well for Chromecast support – the new Microsoft Office apps that were launched yesterday immediately come to mind. If you want to check out the new update, hit the link below to get it from the Play Store.
What do you think about the fact OneDrive for Android now has Chromecast support? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: TalkAndroid
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Microsoft’s OneDrive for Android updated with Chromecast support
Microsoft has just updated its OneDrive cloud storage app to version 3.2.0. The new update brings with it Chromecast support, allowing users to stream still images and video from their cloud storage.
The Redmond-based company has been promising Chromecast for support for awhile now, and they’ve finally made do on that promise today. If you use OneDrive, it’s really simple to start streaming content. Just jump into the app, and on the top right of the taskbar, to the left of the search button is a Chromecast option. Select it, and you can start casting!
Chromecast support seems to be the only change in this update, as that’s all that’s listed in the changelog, and I can’t seem to find any other changes in the app.
Has anyone gotten the update and taken it for a spin yet? If you haven’t gotten the update just yet, scan the QR code or hit the download link below!
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CloudPlayer can play your music straight from Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive
Still on the search for the perfect cloud music streaming service? The new DoubleTwist app CloudPlayer may be the right one for many of you. At least I know I fell in love with it right away, as it’s not really a cloud service in and of itself. It harnesses the power of other cloud storage services like Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive to bring one of the most flexible and full-featured music apps around.
As its name entails, CloudPlayer allows you to play music straight from the cloud. It just needs to access one or more of the services mentioned above and scan your library. I downloaded it and it’s crazy easy. I was literally up and running in like a minute, with all my music ready to play.
The feature to sync with your cloud storage service definitely closes the deal, but CloudPlayer is not going to stop surprising us there. I meant it when I said this is one of the most flexible and full-featured music apps out there. CloudPlayer supports both Chromecast and AirPlay. It can also play your high-quality tunes, as it is compatible with FLAC and ALAC. It’s all DRM-free and DropBox users can grant music library access to one family member. You can even download the cache for your music and play it offline!
I can’t think of a music application that doesn’t fall behind when compared to CloudPlayer… at least in terms of cloud features and wireless support. In fact, I will start using it over Google Play Music. I am a huge Google Drive fan and pretty much my whole PC is synced to it. There’s really no need to upload my music to both Google Play Music and Google Drive. In fact, I never knew why Google needs to keep them separated.
If you are like me, there’s no need to worry anymore. CloudPlayer is one hell of an app!
So the service is great, but what about the app?
I have not been using this app for an extended period of time, so I can’t give you an elaborated opinion just yet. What I can tell you is that I have encountered no issues so far. It is also super easy to navigate and understand. Simply slide your menu out from the left and all your categories will be there. From here you can also opt to turn off online access to save data, after which only your local and downloaded songs will show up.
There’s also a search button to find your music and albums are displayed with well-sized icons. It manages to look good and stay simple. That’s all an app needs in order to be a winner by my book.
Access the settings and you can sync/scan your cloud services, choose album art settings, reset the app and more.
Price?!
To good to be true? Well, it would be if the app was completely free… but it’s not. You can download it and test its premium features for 7 days, but access will be limited after that trial period. DoubleTwist is charging $4.99 to unlock premium features like cloud streaming, an awesome equalizer and Chromecast/Airplay support. Then again, these are really the features that make CloudPlayer stand out, so if you are signing up you should pay up.
It’s definitely no cheap application, but I can’t think of a better way to spend $4.99 right now. Are you guys as excited about CloudPlayer as me? Hit the comments and let us know how you feel about it!
Google Slides score Chromecast and AirPlay support
In more Chromecasting news, Google Slides gets an update giving it Chromecast and AirPlay support.
In a bid to make your life easier, Google announced that Google Slides has been updated to allow you to present your Slides without the hassle of setting up wires. Wires everywhere.
Now, all you have to do is go through the hassle of setting up a Chromecast or AirPlay device.
While your slides are displayed on the bigger screen, you can use your phone’s screen to control what slide your presentation is on.
On top of this, you can view speaker notes and a timer to keep you on track and moving along.
Where was this built-in timer when I went over my presentation time by 2 minutes and 50 points got deducted from my final grade because of it?
The casting option should now be availible on the Play Store app, iOS app and from the desktop! Although, in my personal opinion, it would be eaiser to hook up an HDMI cable from your laptop/desktop to your TV/projector than it would be to set up the Chromecast, but it is the thought that counts!
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Chromebooks will soon have native casting feature
In a Chrome OS Canary channel release, a new feature is being tested. The “cast menu” will allow Chromebooks to cast their entire desktop screen to a Chromecast.
Now having the ability to cast your Chromebook screen to a TV is nothing really new. You could always have cast a web page via the Chromecast extension, but now it works natively. 
How the cast function will work is when you are connected to a network with a Chromecast on it, an option will appear in the menu reading “Cast Devices Available”.
Clicking on that will give you a menu containing all cast devices on your network.
A similar functionality has been available on select Android devices for a while now, so it makes sense to add it to Chromebooks.
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Google (finally) adds Chromecast support to Google Slides
Google Slides is the company’s answer to PowerPoint, the ubiquitous presentation tool of the business world. Just like other solutions, one of the limitations of Google Slides is getting a presentation from the computer to a large screen for the audience. Until now, this frequently required the use of a projector and an assortment of cables to connect all the hardware pieces. In a move that has been long sought by users of Google Slides, Google has finally enabled Chromecast support, as well as AirPlay support for Apple users, meaning presentations can be done wirelessly a lot easier than it has in the past.
Since Google Slides is a cloud-based product, users can work on putting their presentations together at their desktop or laptop. No need to lug those around or move the file onto a thumb drive though as a user can just fire up their tablet or smartphone to access the presentation on their mobile device. Users can then hit the cast button to launch the presentation. The Google Slides app on their mobile device gives users the ability to advance slides, check speaker notes, and it even comes with a built-in timer.
If you do not have Google Slides already, you can grab it with the download link below.
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source: Google for Work Blog
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Google is seeking your help with improving Google Voice
It seems that Google is either trying to gauge the usefulness of Google Voice, or trying to decide whether GV is expendable. Today, Google is luring Google Voice users to complete a simple survey by offering users an entry into a raffle for a free Chromecast.
The survey is more than likely just to see what they can improve upon, which is really cool to see from such a large company. Head on over to the survey via the link below, let Google know your thoughts on Google Voice and enter for a chance to win a free Chromecast.
The survey will close Wednesday June 17th, so hurry on over to the survey and fill it out. In order to win a Chromecast
from Google, you must be at least 18 years of age, and live in the United States. While you’re at it, let us know what you think about Google Voice, and how you use it in your day to day life.
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Google Slides adds Chromecast support for your next presentation
Fancy Google Slides over PowerPoint for your super exciting presentations? Well, if you’ve been using a cord to get your work on the big screen in the office, that task is about to get a whole lot easier. The folks over at Android Police discovered that with a forthcoming update, Slides will allow you to beam your info for all to see to a Chromecast from an Android device. On the desktop, you can already leverage Google’s diminutive dongle for presentations thanks to the Google Cast Chrome extension.
Once you select the streaming accessory, the app turns into a remote control of sorts, offering a timer to let you know how long you’ve been on the current slide. It also displays a thumbnail for the current slide in addition to a small preview for both the previous one and next item in the queue. The feature hasn’t made it to the app yet, but if you don’t want to wait, you can nab the APK via the source link below. With this being the Android APK, there’s no indication when the feature will arrive for Slides on iOS, but I’d guess it’ll happen soon enough.
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Source: Android Police
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