Chromecast is Google's $35 little HDMI dongle that allows users to stream content directly from the Internet over their Wi-Fi network. It's pretty good! But it has an unfortunate dearth of official third-party apps that would make it a true living room conqueror. As of Thursday morning, though, the little dongle can boast at least one more streaming feather in its hat: Pandora.
The Internet radio giant announced in a blog post that it was bringing one-touch streaming to Chromecast. Users will be able to "cast" Pandora directly to the TV using their smartphone or tablet as the remote control, which will provide core Pandora functionality such as Play, Pause, Thumb-up or –down, and Skip.
The Pandora app for iOS while in cast mode.
Pandora says the Chromecast cast function is available as of today for listeners who downloaded version 5.0 of the Pandora app. Chromecast integration will work with all Android phones and tablets as well as iPhones (support for iPads will be "coming soon").
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