With growing evidence that Google will launch the Chromecast Ultra in Australia sometime in the next week or two, we’re seeing an update today to Google’s Cast API which enables the key feature of the Chromecast Ultra: 4K casting.
There’s another cool feature too, which means — put simply — that whenever a user is casting, other devices on the same network will get a notification which will allow them to control playback, too. This might be a good thing, for example, if you start casting something from your phone, but then want to change it using your tablet.
Fortunately, because we can see this going entirely wrong with families fighting over what should be on, the primary user of a Chromecast compatible device can turn the feature off.
