Using their Wi-Fi connected smartphone or tablet, Sling users will be able to control their TV with a soft remote interface that Sling has integrated into the app. No longer chained to a mobile device for viewing away from home, Sling users can essentially now take the big screen, and all of its content, anywhere they roam - as long as the place they roam to has an HDMI-equipped TV and Wi-Fi, of course.
Now that Slingboxes are finally compatible with Google’s popular dongle, users will be able to watch any of their cable or satellite programming, be it live or recorded, on any TV rocking a Chromecast. Slingbox users have been eagerly awaiting the release since late March, when a Sling employee divulged to a few curious users on a forum that the company was, in fact, in the midst of developing Chromecast support for Sling’s product line. Android tablet support “will be rolled out soon,” as well according to the blog post. The company revealed in a blog post this morning that Chromecast support has arrived for Slingbox M1, 350, and SlingTV/500 customers using the Slingplayer app on iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. They work by allowing users to connect to their home DVR and send live and recorded TV just about anywhere with Wi-Fi via mobile device or PC.
#SLINGPLAYER PLUGIN UPDATE#
The update opens Google’s already-multifaceted piece of hardware up to even more potential applications, including bringing big screen action from their home DVR on the road.įor those unfamiliar with Sling’s particular brand of TV-on-the-go transmission, the company’s Slingbox devices have helped pioneer the “TV Everywhere” format. Fitbit Versa 3Ĭalifornia-based Sling, maker of the ingenious Slingbox devices, announced that it has finally pulled the trigger and integrated support for the Chromecast dongle.
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