Cast your favourite music from your phone or tablet straight to your speakers with Google Chromecast Audio.Google Chromecast Audio is a small device that plugs into your speakers for streaming music over Wi-Fi. Once set up, simply use your iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet, Mac or Windows laptop or Chromebook to cast your favourite music, radio stations and podcasts to any speakers in the house.Tap the Cast button from your music apps to instantly play on the speakers. Play, pause and turn up the volume right from your phone, anywhere in the house. Millions of songs, radio stations and podcasts from apps like Spotify, Google Play Music and other favourites.
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tighty
21 Sep 168#1
Just had three delivered from the Curry's Ebay store for the same price with free delivery.
Set them up in about 5 mins for all three and then grouped them on the app and opened my music and clicked cast to group.
I was going to spend £0000s on a Sonos setup but thought i have decent speakers anyway so why bother £60 later and its sorted.
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tighty
21 Sep 168#1
Just had three delivered from the Curry's Ebay store for the same price with free delivery.
Set them up in about 5 mins for all three and then grouped them on the app and opened my music and clicked cast to group.
I was going to spend £0000s on a Sonos setup but thought i have decent speakers anyway so why bother £60 later and its sorted.
djlondon22 to tighty
21 Sep 161#2
can you recommend any good speakers with a line in? cheers
misterpaul to tighty
21 Sep 162#4
Did this too when they were £15s in Currys. Excellent flexible multi-room set up! Great for streaming but wish I could send any sound source to the group.
ukez to tighty
22 Sep 16#6
Same..
tighty
21 Sep 161#3
well I've got a smorgasbord of speakers. Onkyo (av receiver) in the living room. Harmon kardon sound sticks in the bedroom and bose soundbar in the kitchen. had to get 3.5mm to RCA adapters for the Onkyo but that was £1
JamesPilling
21 Sep 16#5
download local cast - job done
ukez
22 Sep 16#7
I can stream all my music to all me Chromecast audios perfectly fine :wink:
kg808
22 Sep 16#8
if only we could add a standard chromecast into the audio group :disappointed:
Jabeat to kg808
22 Sep 16#10
agreed! so frustrating, I can't pair CCA to my existing Chromecast on my TV. I have to buy another CCA to plug into my soundar... anyway still cheaper than Sonos, good alternative, have some heat. Who knows, Google might even come up with an update to pair all CC dongles!
tighty
22 Sep 16#9
what do you mean by any source? different music apps? I've only tried the one associated with my phone (Z2) but it works. eventually I will have a tablet with all my music on but my nexus 7s are too old and too slow now. what apps/programs don't work then?
mikeypr
22 Sep 161#11
Don't forget this does have optical out too. Just buy the small 3.5-Optical out. Think they were £1.25 for two.
It goes into the 3.5mm jack, of the Chromecast.
CantGetNoSleep
22 Sep 16#12
Have five of these in a multiroom set up, working great. Just make sure you don't power the Chromecast from the speaker's USB (unless you can keep it far away). Mine get a lot of interference like that.
I'm thinking of pairing a set of Edifier speakers with this for my living room - will also use an optical in connection for my TV - anyone find anything better and as flexible in that price range? (under 200)
As mentioned, LocalCast works great as does BubbleUPnP. You can then use almost any source and have it beamed over to the Chromecast.
jlh31
22 Sep 16#14
Google have annouced their event to take place in just under two weeks time (Oct 4th) that they will use to show off their new devices. I know this includes phones but I wonder if there might be a new version of this. Still hot from me though with the 2 for £35.
vidl to jlh31
22 Sep 16#15
Phones yes, and
- 4K Chromecast Video
- Google Home
- VR stuff (Daydream)
They'll reveal more on Google home which will be a modified chrome cast. I'm just hoping Google home will still interface with chrome cast audio
djlondon22
22 Sep 16#16
thanks
David23
22 Sep 16#17
The lag is a bit irritating between pressing play and the music starting, also seeking has lag. It doesn't cache songs either so there is another pause before the next song. Many apps don't support casting audio like poweramp or youtube so you have to cast the phones audio instead which is a half baked fix.
It's OK but limited in its uptake and support, the general public just dont get it and prefer to use inferior Bluetooth.
vauxmik
22 Sep 16#19
Don't know a lot about these....normally stream Spotify through Apple air to Denon AV......can I stream to two of these at once....Denon and a wireless speaker ie playing same music on both?
wearablecoyote2
22 Sep 16#20
any ideas if you can cast from Amazon music app?
tighty to wearablecoyote2
23 Sep 16#23
Just checked - yes
EDIT: although its pretty crappy as a music source due to its limited content. however it is free with your prime I suppose
solidamber
22 Sep 16#21
amazing piece of kit, brings your 80/90s amp and speakers bang up to date, even better if you have spotify or deezer suscription, also supports digital optical,
misterpaul
22 Sep 16#22
I use google's play music and it works perfectly. I would like it if I could send all sound from my phone to the chromecast though - like when connecting to a bluetooth speaker so that sound from games/music/video would all be shared. I couldn't work out a way of doing this when I set it up but some of the suggestions further up may help. Either way, these are excellent when grouped.
solidamber
23 Sep 16#24
Pick up a three pay as you go sim and you can get deezer premium free for three months, great with chromecast. http://try.deezer.com/three-web/
It does work with payg I took advantage of their 6 months free a while ago
CantGetNoSleep
23 Sep 16#25
Use the Google Cast app and go into cast audio - not perfect but will work
iminhull
24 Sep 16#26
"Sorry, this product is currently unavailable". Thanks for the post.
Rob.
25 Sep 16#27
Out of stock :disappointed:
mikee11
25 Sep 16#28
works well with lepy amp and wharfedale 9.1 speakers.
mro2011
9 Nov 16#29
I know this dead topic but would like bit of quick info. If I connect this to TV can I them stream sound to Bluetooth headphones or iPhone with headphones connected to it.
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Cast your favourite music from your phone or tablet straight to your speakers with Google Chromecast Audio.Google Chromecast Audio is a small device that plugs into your speakers for streaming music over Wi-Fi. Once set up, simply use your iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet, Mac or Windows laptop or Chromebook to cast your favourite music, radio stations and podcasts to any speakers in the house.Tap the Cast button from your music apps to instantly play on the speakers. Play, pause and turn up the volume right from your phone, anywhere in the house. Millions of songs, radio stations and podcasts from apps like Spotify, Google Play Music and other favourites.
Top comments
Set them up in about 5 mins for all three and then grouped them on the app and opened my music and clicked cast to group.
I was going to spend £0000s on a Sonos setup but thought i have decent speakers anyway so why bother £60 later and its sorted.
All comments (29)
Set them up in about 5 mins for all three and then grouped them on the app and opened my music and clicked cast to group.
I was going to spend £0000s on a Sonos setup but thought i have decent speakers anyway so why bother £60 later and its sorted.
It goes into the 3.5mm jack, of the Chromecast.
I'm thinking of pairing a set of Edifier speakers with this for my living room - will also use an optical in connection for my TV - anyone find anything better and as flexible in that price range? (under 200)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edifier-Studio-R2730DB-speakers-wireless/dp/B00TY8CZVQ/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1474533273&sr=8-17&keywords=edifier
- 4K Chromecast Video
- Google Home
- VR stuff (Daydream)
Details will be here:
https://madeby.google.com/
It's OK but limited in its uptake and support, the general public just dont get it and prefer to use inferior Bluetooth.
EDIT: although its pretty crappy as a music source due to its limited content. however it is free with your prime I suppose
http://try.deezer.com/three-web/
It does work with payg I took advantage of their 6 months free a while ago