Easily cast photos, videos, and audio in real time to smart TVs and media devices
Easily cast photos, videos, and audio in real time to smart TVs and media devices
Vote (8 votes)
Program license Free
Developer ClockworkMod
Version 3.0.1.7
Works under Android
Also known as AllCast
Vote
(8 votes)
Developer
ClockworkMod
Works under
Android
Program license
Free
Version
3.0.1.7
Also known as
AllCast
Pros
- Free app to use
- Transfers in high quality
- Handles photo, video and audio
- Compatible with a range of TVs
Cons
- Watermark on all videos
- Larger videos buffer a lot
- No streaming
While there are plenty of photo apps you can get for an Android mobile device, AllCast actually allows you to post the photos you take in live time to a variety of different platforms, including smart TVs.
Overview of AllCast
There are many apps on the market today that people don't even realize they need until they have them. With the ability to post photos and videos in real time to a range of different devices and platforms, AllCast may perhaps be chief among these apps. A simple app that allows you to post media to a range of devices and platforms, this Android application can come in handy in numerous ways.
Created by ClockworldMod and available for free, this small 7mb app can instantly broadcast your media on multiple platforms. For instance, if you're at a party or event and have an immobile family member, you can start taking photos and posting them at home on a smart TV, so that they can see what's happening. This saves you the trouble of exporting everything to another device just to view your media. You can do it instantly.
How AllCast Works
Overall, this app is pretty simplistic in how it operates. It downloads just like any other app you'll find at the store or on any third-party page. After launching it, you will see that you have a large screen with your available files displayed, and you can simply select which media you would like to display and it casts it to services like Amazon Fire TV, Xbox, WDTV, Roku, and a range of smart TVs, and even Apple TV.
The app will search your entire device for existing media, including dropbox folders and more. And as you take new photos, video and audio recordings, they will show up on the screen. Simply click them to cast them live. This little app allows you to do so much in terms of sharing your media.
AllCast Features
Part of what makes the features of this app strong is that it's more than photos you can share. Photos are the easiest and will transfer the best, but it also handles audio files and even video files. The only drawback for video files is that you're going to have to deal with a small watermark on the bottom left of the videos. It's not very noticeable, but it is the company's logo and you can't get rid of it.
The idea behind this app is that you can cast all of your media to your TV screen. It won't allow you to do it with live streaming options, but anything that's saved on your Android can be cast to a screen, thus saving you the steps of transferring your media to another device in order to play it on your TV screen.
Pros and Cons of AllCast
Pros
- Free app to use
- Transfers in high quality
- Handles photo, video and audio
- Compatible with a range of TVs
Cons
- Watermark on all videos
- Larger videos buffer a lot
- No streaming
Pros
- Enlarges images
- View files on the TV screen
Cons
- Viewing limit
- Some devices don't mirror
This is a fun app that's a bit different as you can send files from your phone to your television.
There are several ways that you can view your pictures, videos and other files instead of just viewing them through the television. You can use a gaming device or one of the television sticks to stream your content so that it's displayed on the screen. The app allows you to view your files on a larger format than your phone.
Once you view the files on the larger screen, it's easier to edit them and view the details in them that you might have missed when viewing them on your phone. Keep in mind that there is a viewing limit of five minutes for each file, so you need to be quick about looking at your images and videos. You can get around this by looking through a few pictures and going back to one that has already been displayed. It tends to trick the app into thinking that it's a new image on the screen. The internet connection needs to be on to get the best results. You can search for different connections on your device on the television screen. While using your phone, you can view various accounts that you have online. If you have trouble seeing your device, then you'll want to have this app on hand as it makes things easier when you're trying to read documents and word files or when you're trying to see details in pictures.
Pros
- Enlarges images
- View files on the TV screen
Cons
- Viewing limit
- Some devices don't mirror
