Re: FYI: Chrome launch announcement

> On 29 Aug 2016, at 21:12, mark a. foltz <mfoltz@google.com> wrote:
> 
> Second Screen WG / Webscreens CG,
> 
> I am pleased to announce that Chrome has launched support for Google Cast via the Presentation API for all Chrome desktop users on Chrome 52 (Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeOS).
> 
> https://chrome.googleblog.com/2016/08/google-cast-is-now-built-in-to-chrome.html

It is always rewarding to see things that have been discussed extensively in standards context to ship in products. Congrats to folks who made this happen!

> This launch also adds support for Google Hangouts [1] and Cast for Education [2] as presentation screens for signed-in Chrome users.   However, these are not yet integrated with the Presentation API; they can be used for tab and desktop sharing (mirroring of content).

Thanks,

-Anssi

> [1] http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2016/08/introducing-casting-into-hangouts.html
> [2] https://support.google.com/edu/castforedu

Received on Wednesday, 31 August 2016 13:39:13 UTC