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Google blocks Chromecast app that streams local media files Aug 26th 2013, 15:22, by Ian Paul You can stream a lot of content to a Chromecast dongle, but one thing you can't do is stream your personal files from an Android device—and according to one developer, Google's actively working to keep it that way. A beta version of an Android application called AllCast has lost the ability to stream content to Chromecast from Android apps such as the photo gallery, Dropbox, and Google Drive. "Google's latest Chromecast update intentionally breaks AllCast," said Android developer Koushik Dutta in a recent Google+ post. The company removed a developer option called "video_playback," which as its name suggests, allowed any application to support video playback. Dutta believes this is a sign that Google will not be friendly towards third-party developers of Chromecast apps compared to the relative openness Android developers enjoy on Google Play. "The Chromecast will probably not be indie developer friendly," Dutta said in his post. "The Google TV team will likely only whitelist media companies." To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: chromecast_1_solo-100047456-small.jpg

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