YouTube is about to expand to a niche that’s very keen to consume content in a more organized way: kids. Thus, they’re launching YouTube Kids, an app that’s available right now on Android, but only if you live in the US. Most kids are already playing with tablets and smartphones and have access to Internet and YouTube, but they need…
VLC is finally getting Chromecast support, although this feature has been coming for the past 7 months or so. The latest leak in this regard involves a Git repo changelog, that mentions the fact that the next VLC release will offer Chromecast support. VLC is used by many people on their PCs, laptops and even mobile and tablets, because it’s able…
The YouTube app for Android got updated today, jumping quite a bit in version, going from 6.0.3 straight up to 10.02.3. There is some novelty to benefit from here, including the return of the voice search. We also get a new format for the sharing options and a bunch of new icons. YouTube 10’s biggest change involves a new share menu, that lists…
VLC for Android has been in beta phase for about 2 years now and today it has finally come out of beta, being available as a version 1.0 software on the Play Store. The famous Video LAN Client (VLC) is one of the most famous media players on desktop, so it was logical it was going to get a solid mobile version. Version 1.0 of VLC for Android fixes…
Following the Material Design updates of stock Android apps like Gmail or Maps, today it’s the turn of YouTube to make that step. It has received a Material Design makeover and you can download the .APK from here and enjoy it yourself. The icon got revised as well and once you open the app, you’ll see a bright red toolbar, that integrates…
Version 5.7 of the YouTube Android app seems to have introduced the ability to select which quality level want to stream a video in. As long as the level is 720p or lower, the option is there. The options seem to have skipped from 360p to 720p, but there are some lucky users who have started to see the 480p option appear. 1080p has appeared as well,…
Google tried its hand at the software for TV boxes market with something called Google TV, but that didn’t work out. The interface was confusing, but the concept behind the whole thing was good. Now it appears that the search engine giant is ready to come up with something new, called Android TV. The Verge got their hands on some documents and…
Although in my opinion nothing beats MX Player on Android, here’s a VLC Player new release on the Google Play Store, in a pre release version. This is a free and open source cross platform media player, that’s already hugely popular on the PC. This beta version is supposed to be a port of the standard VLC to Android. Apparently it’s…
As ye are slowly headed to eco-systems consisting in either devices provided by one manufacturer or software designed for multiple platforms – few of these solutions come in mind as really good options. Media Browsers is not without fault but closer to perfection han other alternatives of the type so worth giving a shot. With the help of a MB…
Beats has been preparing a brand new streaming service for a while now and it appears it’s ready for the big takeoff. Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s company is ready to offer us a brand new rival for Spotify and Pandora apparently. Their service and probably associated app will debut on January 21st, which is pretty soon. This product comes…
