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Wirelessly Stream Your Entire Music Collection With Google Chromecast Audio

Google Chromecast Audio
Photo-A-Day #4350

The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.

I enjoy gadgets and gizmos. When there is new tech to be had I am an early adopter. I want to start setting up a Smart House to have many things automated. Recently, I was at my friend Brian’s house and he has Google Home. He also has Google Chromecast Audio in several spots of his home. When I saw it in action I knew that I had to get this for our house. Filling the whole house with music from the living room to the bedrooms via streaming WiFi was amazing. It was crystal clear sound. So, when Best Buy was looking for bloggers to try these out I had to be one of those bloggers.

Google Chromecast Audio Contents

I think the nicest thing that the Google Chromecast Audio does is that it connects to any speaker or device with an AUX jack. You can use many devices and fill your entire home with sound right through your WiFi connection. There are so many audio apps that you can use, too. I recently loaded all of our music onto Google Play Music. Now I can stream that audio directly from my phone to either of my Google Chromecast Audio devices and therefore to whatever rooms I want. Continue reading Wirelessly Stream Your Entire Music Collection With Google Chromecast Audio →

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Review: Bling – Free on Google Play March 3 – April 10

Review Bling on Google Chromecast
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Tonight we watched the movie Bling. This movie is free on Google Play from March 3 to April 10, 2016 before it goes to theaters. We tried out my new Chromecast that I got on my trip to Dad 2.0 and the YouTube Kids night at Blue Jacket Brewery. What I didn’t realize was that the Chromecast would need to be powered. Unfortunately the wire to power it was way shorter than I figured and the power plugs are on the complete opposite ends of the entertainment center and the spots for the HDMI inputs. I did attempt to plug the Chromecast into the back of the X1 box because it had an input in HDMI port however, every time it I tried to get it to work the HDMI port for the Wii U turned on. I did finally get it to work and you can see how I jerry-rigged up the Chromecast.

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