Chromecast: Now you can control it with your remote

Unless Google specifically mentioned it, users were quick to point it out on Reddit. Following its latest update, it is now possible Control Chromecast using your TV remote. For now, the features offered through it are limited to “play”, “pause” and “next”, but this is already a big step forward.

While the Chromecast, which has already sold over 10 million copies, will celebrate its second anniversary next summer, Google has updated the HDMI dongle’s firmware to version 27,946. to control the machine using your television’s remote control. Useful if you’re already doing something else on your smartphone or don’t want to unlock it.

Technically speaking, this innovation, HDMI-CEC protocol It allows devices connected via HDMI to communicate with each other. The HDMI-CEC protocol was available in Chromecast from the very beginning, but this feature was never used until today.

• To read : How to set up and configure Chromecast

Unfortunately, the HDMI-CEC protocol is only compatible with version 1.0 of the HDMI specification. too muchold TVs will not be compatible. The only way to know if your TV is compatible with this feature is to try it yourself. Note that on Samsung and Sony televisions this function is called Anynet+ and BRAVIA Link respectively.

Finally, as convenient as this new feature is, not yet compatible with all apps but only some of them, including HBO Go, Youtube, Allcast, iPlayer, Google Play Music, Plex and even TuneIn Radio.

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