Google opens Chromecast to game developers

Games on your smartphone or TV via Chromecast --

Google opens Chromecast to all developers | Internet & Media - CNET News: "... Chromecast's future depends on developers making their apps compatible with the device. "With the Chromecast, we're resetting consumer applications," said Rishi Chandra, Chromecast's director of product management. People, he said, "should expect their phones or tablet applications to just work on the television."..."Gaming is an exciting opportunity for what you can do with Chromecast," he said, as one example of an area where developers could spend more time. "It's exactly the right model. The fact that it works with your iOS phone and Android tablet and Windows laptop is true multiscreen. There's a lot of potential there," he said. As simple as the Chromecast is, making sure that it was easy to develop for took some time. One thing Google learned, said Chandra, is that Chromecast developers are like Chromecast consumers: they want it to just work. When it comes to the SDK, he said that "developers don't really need or want all the features. They want turnkey solutions." When it comes to all things Chromecast, the geniuses at Google may have finally learned their lesson: keep it simple, stupid..."


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