![]() ![]() ![]() As I see it, it makes most business sense to be as compatible with as many devices as possible, even if you'd prefer people to purchase your device. Yes, I get that it works as a 'casting' device, but they would need to clarify somewhere so that people don't commit the same mistake I did, which is to buy one only to find out after installing it that I can't use it with the service.Īlternatively and preferably, they should just come out with an app that runs on that device. It's unclear if DirecTV would have any incentive to do that, since it would keep their users in Google's environment (seeing Google's ads) rather than their I see your point, but being that Google has named their device in a way that is somewhat confusing (because they recycled the name Chromecast for a completely different device), DirecTV should add a disclaimer somewhere that says explicitly that 'Chromecast with Google TV is not supported' or 'There is no native app for Chromecast for Google TV, but you can use it as a casting device".Īs it stands, unless you're very well versed in technology as you seem to be, it stands to reason to the regular user that if it says "Chromecast 2 or higher" on the DirecTV website that a brand new device using the name "Chromecast" would, at the very least be version 2 or possibly something higher meaning that there would be an app for it. However, perhaps moving out from under AT&T's ownership will allow it - we'll have to see.Ī further step would be going from just an Android TV app (which would run on Google TV) to one that fully supports the Google TV "sharing" environment. Why don't they? It seems that it must be a business or legal issue - something that is preventing them from offering a (general release) Android TV app. So they clearly could have a "real" Android TV app pretty readily. Their own device runs Android TV (though the app they run there likely has enough differences from one running on stock Android TV that it couldn't be used as is). There's clearly no technical limitation - they already support devices close enough that people can sideload to get the service running on Android TV devices. Now a different question is whether DirecTV Stream should be available on Android TV devices? That answer seems like a "yes". They could have just called it Google TV (or Google TV with Chromecast), but they didn't. Google, for their own marketing purposes, reused the Chromecast name for a different class of device (one that is a full streamer able to run apps and competing with Roku or FireTV, rather than just half of a streamer like the original Chromecast is). I don't really see anything deceptive there on AT&T/DirecTV's part. It doesn't say they support Chromecast with Google TV (or any other Android TV device), though it does when treating them as Chromecast devices. The web page says they support Chromecast, which it does. ![]()
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