AllCast: The Streaming App can do that

Everyone is talking about the AllCast streaming app - but what can the tool do? Quite a lot - we will clarify ...

AllCast: All-in-one streaming app

As the name suggests, AllCast is an all-in-one streaming app: With AllCast, you can easily stream music, videos and photos from your Android device to other compatible devices and even on a large TV screen consider.

• AllCast uses DLNA - a network protocol that is used by numerous manufacturers to stream media content to devices in their own home network as easily as possible.
• The advantage of Allcast is that the app has a very high level of compatibility and works with almost any DLNA-compatible device.
• The long list includes the Apple TV, Roku, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Smart TVs from Sony, Panasonic and Samsung, WDTV, Chromecast as well as all DLNA renderers such as the software XBMC.
• A special highlight is the Chromecast support, because even if the support is currently still in the beta phase, it should be possible in the future to send and play local files on the HDMI stick from Google.

Conclusion: super easy streaming without much effort

The unusual thing about AllCast is that the app works incredibly easily. As soon as you start the app, you will see all the DLNA devices available in the home network within a fraction of a second.

• As soon as you have selected a device, AllCast will list all the media files available on your Android device. One click on the desired picture or video is enough and the app sends the desired file to your playback device.
• Thanks to AllCast, viewing the latest party photos or holiday videos together is a simple matter of just a few seconds.

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